Labor pledges voice for councils on National Cabinet

A Labor government would bring councils onto National Cabinet.

10 March, 2021

Christopher Pyne consultants engaged by drone company

Appointments, departures and movement in and around government.

1 February, 2021

Labor calls for infrastructure-led COVID recovery

Labor says investment in nation-building infrastructure is needed to resurrect the national economy.

11 May, 2020

Overhaul of APS sees cuts to govt depts

Federal government departments will be reduced from 18 to 14, with several departments to merge.

5 December, 2019

Robodebt under review

The federal government is reviewing its controversial automated welfare debt collection system.

19 November, 2019

Labor’s adventures in TV land: Shorten’s ‘white Australia’, Dastyari’s $1m house hunt

Accusations of racism and snobbery.

9 May, 2017

More victims of Centrelink’s botched benefit fraud crackdown step forward

One in five letters wrong.

6 January, 2017

Shorten’s new Shadow Ministry: Who to watch

Welfare, Medicare & Broadband key fronts

25 July, 2016

Imposing council merger plebiscites declared a Constitutional fantasy

Oops, no-jurisdiction.

14 June, 2016

Reinventing the wheel: Greens pledge $1bn for bike paths

Pedalling promises a plenty.

2 June, 2016

Rudd steers High Speed Rail pledge at Coalition

By Paul Hemsley Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made an ambitious bid to get Labor’s trailing electoral fortunes back on track on the East Coast by pitching the big-picture infrastructure vision of High Speed Rail against Tony Abbott’s smaller target Paid Parental Leave scheme as a better use of taxpayers money. Mr Rudd yesterday committed […]

27 August, 2013

Newman laps-up Abbott’s $10 billion promise of Bruce Highway aid

By Paul Hemsley Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has warmly welcomed a funding pledge from federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott worth up to $10 billion to flood-proof the state’s Bruce Highway should the Coalition win government at the next federal election. The flood-prone Bruce Highway is a major artery stretching 1,700km along the Queensland coast from […]

19 July, 2013

Quigley calls time on NBN

By Julian Bajkowski The chief executive of the National Broadband Network Co., Mike Quigley has pulled the plug on his role at the top job of the $37.4 billion government infrastructure provider, a move that paves the way for a senior executive restructure most likely to occur following the federal election. In an announcement this […]

12 July, 2013

Referendum teeters as Rudd makes King latest Local Government Minister

By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Australia’s 565 councils and shires have been handed their third federal minister for Local Government in as many months on the back of an inevitable reshuffle following the second incarnation of Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister. Member for Ballarat, Catherine King has been elevated into Cabinet under a simplified […]

2 July, 2013