Clive Palmer at a press conference at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Palmer targets Dutton in $90 million MAGA-style election pitch

Palmer said the Coalition lacked the aggression of right-wing parties around the globe,as he launched his new party,the Trumpet of Patriots.

  • Paul Sakkal

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

The Chalmers offensive:Media blitz after rate cut hints at more cost-of-living relief

The government is keeping the possibility of further cost of living measures on the table as the latest data showed wages growing at the slowest rate in nearly three years.

  • Shane Wright andMillie Muroi
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancee Jodie Heydon in a photograph from the Australian’s Womens Weekly

‘Small,intimate’:PM and Jodie Haydon reveal wedding plans

The pair are eyeing an outdoor wedding in the second half of the year,well after the election.

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Scott Morrison and Space Centre Australia chief executive officer James Palmer.

Scott Morrison still headed for outer space

The former prime minister,in high demand since Trump’s election win,is headlining a space conference in Sydney in May.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after the laying of wreaths at the Parliamentary Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Monday 3 February 2025. Photo:Alex Ellinghausen

When does bipartisanship happen? When mutual self-interest is served

If you want proof that our politicians put their own careers way ahead of their duty to the people who vote for them,this is it. I’ve never felt more disillusioned.

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Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock addresses the media on Tuesday.

Bullock follows rate cut with a bucket of cold water

Yes,the Reserve Bank has finally cut rates. But the economy is really struggling. And it is still propped up by government spending.

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Sorry to break it to you,but this isn’t the day we stop feeling so sorry for ourselves

Here’s why I doubt this small cut in interest rates will be the circuit breaker everyone was hoping for.

  • Ross Gittins
Chalmers Albanese

Albanese would be mad to justify a race to the election on this rate cut

Australians are finally seeing a glimmer of hope on household mortgages – but a single rate cut cannot be a game-changer in an election on the cost of living.

  • David Crowe
Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Defence Minister Peter Dutton during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra today.

‘Way too ahead of themselves’:Senior Coalition MP says opposition is getting cocky

Former deputy prime minister Michael McCormack says his colleagues are too confident of an election victory a day after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton let the phrase “when we win” slip.

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Palmer was charged over alleged fraud and breaches of his duties as director of his company,Palmer Leisure Coolum.

Penny-pinching Palmer? Billionaire miner spotted flying Virgin

Australia’s sixth-richest person doesn’t usually fly with the hoi polloi.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook