Today
What we expect in Tuesday’s federal budget
This week on The Fin podcast, political editor Phillip Coorey on what is likely to be announced in the federal budget and what it means for inflation and interest rates.
- 47 mins ago
Yesterday
Outer Perth ‘pain seats’ at risk as Albanese cocks ear to west
Federal Labor is bleeding votes in Western Australia that could cost it several key seats, pollsters warn.
- Tom Rabe
- Exclusive
- Federal budget
Labor’s plan to ‘restore faith’ in Qld
Anthony Albanese said Labor’s Future Made in Australia Act was key to “restore faith” with blue-collar Queenslanders, who deserted the party in 2019 over the confused position on the Adani coal mine.
- Phillip Coorey
This Month
Calls for power to break up Coles and Woolies split inquiry
The ACCC should get new legal powers to prosecute supermarkets found to be engaging in price gouging, a parliamentary inquiry has recommended.
- Tom McIlroy and Carrie LaFrenz
- Analysis
- Political leadership
All hat, no bull: PM’s tough task disarming farmers in Qld
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are in Rockhampton for Beef 2024. One suspects Labor will need to look elsewhere in Queensland to win seats at the next election.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Renewables
‘A big risk’: Voters wary of nuclear replacing coal-fired power
Voters in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley have raised the spectres of Chernobyl and Fukushima when asked about Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan to build large-scale reactors in their community.
- Tom McIlroy
PM blames DPP, bureaucrats for Perth couple bashing, detainee debacle
The Coalition has accused the government of duck-shoving accountability for its pledge to keep the community safe.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton calls on unis to shut down pro-Palestinian protests
Peter Dutton says vice chancellors are tolerating racist protests on their campuses and should shut the activists down.
- Julie Hare
PM, Chalmers mull go-it-alone power price discounts
The Albanese government is considering a second round of power bill discounts, on top of $1000-per-household credits promised by the Queensland government.
- Phillip Coorey
Markets push interest rate cuts beyond the next election
Investors think the first rate cut may not be until May 2025 or June 2025, complicating Labor’s re-election bid amid red-hot voter concern over cost of living.
- Michael Read
Nuclear power: Could we? Should we?
This week on The Fin podcast: Ben Potter and Jacob Greber on Dutton’s atomic bet, the economics of nuclear energy and whether the AI revolution changes the debate.
April
Albanese tries to shift blame on alleged attack by freed detainee
Labor is under fresh pressure over its management of immigration detainees set free by the High Court after the alleged bashing of a Perth grandmother.
- Andrew Tillett
Thousands join Anzac services as nation seeks to heal
Anzac Day was labelled a chance for Sydney to come together and heal after a series of terrifying knife attacks.
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Dutton’s atomic bet threatens Coalition chain reaction over climate
Rather than keep the heat on Labor’s handling of the cost-of-living pain as inflation stays high, the opposition leader’s nuclear venture risks becoming the story.
- Jacob Greber
Delete your accounts! A disingenuous crusade against Elon Musk and X
Hypocrisy lays at the heart of the increasingly moronic battle between Australia and the tech billionaire.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
Limits of social media laws highlighted by Musk’s mockery
The billionaire X owner’s mocking of demands that footage of the Sydney church stabbing be taken down has highlighted how ineffective Australia’s laws are, experts said.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
‘What Paula wants, Paula gets’: Lindsay Fox’s $152m birthday surprise
A high-profile birthday singalong broke out on billionaire Lindsay Fox’s birthday at the official opening of new $152 million Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre in Melbourne on Friday.
- Patrick Durkin
Labor ‘determined’ to halve record post pandemic immigration
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said multiculturalism needs to be carefully nurtured.
- Tom McIlroy
Dutton faces Liberal pushback over ‘big stick’ supermarket powers
Opposition MPs have warned against any move that could undermine the Coalition’s free market economic credentials.
- Tom McIlroy
Navy, RAAF face cuts to pay for $330b in new weapons
While the government touts its $330 billion new weapons blueprint, concerns are being raised about programs that have been scrapped.
- Andrew Tillett
