Real wages to take larger hit as inflation pressures grow:Chalmers

Real wages to take larger hit as inflation pressures grow:Chalmers

Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ update on the state of the economy next week will show an even larger than expected to hit to real wages.

  • byShane Wright

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‘Creeping politicisation’:One in five federal board roles held by political appointees

‘Creeping politicisation’:One in five federal board roles held by political appointees

A Grattan Institute analysis of federal government board positions shows 21 per cent had direct political connections,described as a form of “grey corruption”.

  • byLisa Visentin
Skills crisis the ‘number one challenge’ for employers at jobs summit

Skills crisis the ‘number one challenge’ for employers at jobs summit

The shortage of skilled workers has overtaken Australia’s broken enterprise bargaining system as the most critical issue for employers fronting the government’s jobs summit.

  • byAngus Thompson andShane Wright
Mark McGowan Romes Europe

Mark McGowan Romes Europe

Mark McGowan,he of hard border fame,is jetting off to London and Rome to spruik Western Australia to the world.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
‘People were fed up’:Sussan Ley on her punk past,feminism and why the Liberals lost

‘People were fed up’:Sussan Ley on her punk past,feminism and why the Liberals lost

COVID crankiness not Scott Morrison was the primary drag on their vote,the new deputy leader of the Liberal Party says.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Liberal Party lost the trust of Australian women long before Morrison

Liberal Party lost the trust of Australian women long before Morrison

The Liberal Party’s pledge to earn “back” the trust of female voters implies the Liberals consistently had that trust before Morrison lost it at the federal election.

  • byJulie Szego
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Dutton pitches to ‘forgotten’ Australians in suburbs to rebuild Liberal vote

Dutton pitches to ‘forgotten’ Australians in suburbs to rebuild Liberal vote

Peter Dutton has made a direct pitch to the “forgotten people” in the outer suburbs on his first day as opposition leader after a devastating election loss.

  • byJames Massola andMike Foley
New leadership team outline priorities
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New leadership team outline priorities

Liberal leader Peter Dutton and deputy Sussan Ley have given an insight into the type of leaders they'll be and what their policy priorities will be from climate change to the economy.

Dutton confirmed as new Liberal leader,Ley elected deputy

Dutton confirmed as new Liberal leader,Ley elected deputy

Peter Dutton and Sussan Ley are the new leadership team for the Liberal Party in opposition while the Nationals have chosen David Littleproud to lead them.

  • byKatina Curtis
Liberals elect new leaders
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Liberals elect new leaders

Peter Dutton is the new leader of the Liberal Party with Sussan Ley elected deputy,as former PM Scott Morrison congratulates his successor.

‘We are Liberals’:Peter Dutton’s rallying cry to moderates and conservatives

‘We are Liberals’:Peter Dutton’s rallying cry to moderates and conservatives

Peter Dutton is all but certain to become the next Liberal leader. But he has a mountain to climb,with the last one-term government elected in 1929.

  • byJames Massola