Yesterday
Meet the former Deloitte consultant taking on Allegra Spender
“There’s no doubt it is going to be a challenge,” says Roanne Knox. It’s a sentiment echoed by party insiders who think Wentworth will be the most difficult of all teal seats to win back.
- Ronald Mizen
This Month
Dream of the 1990s comes alive at Fashion Week
Grunge, denim and sexy slip dresses were all over the runways at Australian Fashion Week.
- Lauren Sams
- Analysis
- Political leadership
Did Albanese just use the Bondi attack to promote a teal?
The prime minister praised independent MP Allegra Spender during a speech commemorating the six people who died at a Sydney shopping centre last month.
- Aaron Patrick
Stokes’ anti-AFR price rise could breach competition law: Samuel
Billionaire Kerry Stokes has faced political criticism – and calls for an ACCC investigation – for forcing The Australian Financial Review print edition out of his home state of WA.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones, Tom McIlroy and Tom Rabe
Albanese vows to tackle antisemitism after crisis talks with rabbis
Jewish Australians should feel safe in the classroom and in their neighbourhoods, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
- Andrew Tillett
April
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Bondi Junction tragedy brings out the best
The carnage at Bondi Junction Plaza may have lessons for mental health management. But it was also a violent exception that proves the rule of a harmonious society.
- The AFR View
Teals warn Labor has ‘dropped the ball’ on small business
The independent MPs, expected to play a crucial role in next year’s federal election, also hit out at the Coalition for failing to support sensible changes.
- Patrick Durkin
Former Deloitte consultant emerges as Liberal candidate for Wentworth
The Liberal Party now has its likely candidate but party members and officials have mixed views of the Liberals’ chances of regaining Wentworth.
- Ronald Mizen and Samantha Hutchinson
March
Teals brand Labor’s $3m policy a ‘cash grab’
Teal MPs say changes to taxation of super funds with balances larger than $3 million could drive investment away from start-ups and leave retirees worse off.
- Hannah Wootton
University reforms get thumbs up from teals, Nationals
The ambitious 25-year plan to double the number of people with a degree has found many fans in Canberra.
- Julie Hare
February
- Exclusive
- Political leadership
Libs look to convert, not beat, Spender
The Wentworth MP, chosen as an independent at the last federal election, says she has no interest in joining the party.
- Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
Wong meets with UN’s Palestinian relief agency weeks after aid frozen
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has spoken with the head of the UN Palestinian refugee relief agency, Philippe Lazzarini, weeks after Australia froze aid. Follow updates live.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
- Updated
- Income tax
Dutton sets scene for election tax battle
The Coalition will wave through Labor’s stage three tax revamp but will pledge to reinstate some or all of the benefits for higher-income earners.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
January
- Exclusive
- Tax reform
CEOs urge summit to break tax ‘malaise’
The country’s peak business group will attempt to jumpstart a moribund reform agenda with a national summit.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Teals issue tax cuts warning to Labor
Anthony Albanese will reject any deal with the Greens that would take more benefits of the stage three tax cuts away from high-income earners.
- Tom McIlroy
At a glance: what the new tax cuts mean for you, based on salary
Workers slated to get nothing from the stage three tax cuts will now get $654. Higher earners will take a $4546 haircut. Here’s what you need to know.
- Lucy Dean
November 2023
Actually, I’m more western suburbs than Bondi: Sharma’s new pitch
Former eastern Sydney suburbs MP turned newest NSW Senator Dave Sharma says the Coalition needs to look beyond teal-flavoured seats to win the next election.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Second group of Israeli hostages released in uneasy four-day ceasefire
Those released include Emily Hand, the nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl who was initially thought to have died in the attack on Kibbutz Be’eri in an apparent case of mistaken identity.
- Ronald Mizen
Crossbench unconvinced on Labor casual concessions
Business groups issued a new joint statement opposing the Albanese government’s industrial relations changes on Wednesday, urging a complete reset.
- Tom McIlroy
October 2023
Major parties, teals squabble over NSW redistribution
The major parties and teal independents are at loggerheads over a pre-election redistribution of federal electorates in NSW that could help decide the outcome of the next election.
- Phillip Coorey
