Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has been forced to defend his choice of car as senators enjoyed their last chance this year to grill ministers.
Treasurer Dan Mookhey will host a morning tea for departing Liberals Dominic Perrottet and Matt Kean,a sign of uncharacteristically good relations on Macquarie Street.
Julian Assange’s plea deal and subsequent release dominated headlines this week,while Labor grappled with its first MP crossing the floor in 19 years. Alex Ellinghausen and James Brickwood captured it all.
This is an important appointment by the federal government that will provide an opportunity to help all Australians.
The media maestro is never out of his depth. But then he was appointed chair of the national broadcaster,and the deluge started.
Matt Kean’s appointment to head the Climate Change Authority has outraged federal Liberals and Nationals,who believe one of their own has joined the enemy.
A survey shows voters strongly back using subsidies to help families install solar panels,amid a wider argument about whether to embrace nuclear or renewable energy.
What appears forgotten in this latest version of Australia’s climate wars is the reason why our planet cannot be allowed to pass 1.5 degrees of warming. At 1.5 degrees we trigger a domino event where a warming planet reinforces further warming that is irreversible.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Kean,who was also an energy minister for the state’s former Coalition government,was uniquely qualified to lead the independent authority.
The departure of Matt Kean,and the imminent resignation of Dominic Perrottet,is good news for the Minns government.
Kean has taken aim at Treasurer Daniel Mookhey and his budget on the way out.