Nationals push Dutton with threat on net-zero

Nationals push Dutton with threat on net-zero

Australia’s bipartisan support for its key international climate pledge is under threat as the Nationals seek a deal in return for maintaining their support for a net zero emissions policy.

  • byPaul Sakkal andMike Foley

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Low-rise jeans have won over Gen Z. Here’s how the Coalition can do the same

Low-rise jeans have won over Gen Z. Here’s how the Coalition can do the same

The cycle of youth opinion is brutal and constant. Birkenstocks,once decidedly out,are in again. The Coalition,too,can win over my generation. Here’s how.

  • byDaniel Cash
NSW’s safest seat to go to byelection as MP quits

NSW’s safest seat to go to byelection as MP quits

Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall,long seen as a replacement for Barnaby Joyce,is quitting state parliament.

  • byAlexandra Smith andJames Massola
Coalition developing ‘big stick’ law to rein in Coles and Woolworths
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Coalition developing ‘big stick’ law to rein in Coles and Woolworths

Opposition backbenchers are putting pressure on Peter Dutton to live up to his repeated claim that the Coalition is now the party of the working classes.

  • byPaul Sakkal
WA Nationals put payroll tax front and centre with election pledge

WA Nationals put payroll tax front and centre with election pledge

The Nationals party will lift the payroll tax threshold to $1.3 million if they form part of the next West Australian government.

  • byHamish Hastie
David Littleproud finally remembers to declare free mine trip from Adani

David Littleproud finally remembers to declare free mine trip from Adani

The Nationals leader was flown to the controversial Carmichael mine last October. It took him nearly six months to declare it.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
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Albanese’s sudden retreat on religious discrimination sparks Dutton fury

Albanese’s sudden retreat on religious discrimination sparks Dutton fury

The prime minister told the Labor caucus meeting he did not want a divisive debate on religious freedom laws,but this move has angered many.

  • byDavid Crowe
Long-time nuclear nations shut down reactors as local debate rages

Long-time nuclear nations shut down reactors as local debate rages

The nuclear card gives unsuspecting voters a shiny new vision,where nothing needs to be done now about troublesome fossil fuel emissions.

Pesutto on shaky ground as MPs threaten to defect to Nationals

Pesutto on shaky ground as MPs threaten to defect to Nationals

The relationship between the Coalition partners is at a low ebb after 15 months of chaos and division.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
‘Zero tolerance’:Plibersek to consider extending brumby cull

‘Zero tolerance’:Plibersek to consider extending brumby cull

The federal government has threatened to call for the removal of all feral horses from alpine regions rather than preserving 3000 brumbies on heritage grounds.

  • byNick O'Malley
Parliament vowed to sober up two years ago. It’s time everyone got the memo

Parliament vowed to sober up two years ago. It’s time everyone got the memo

A report was released in November 2021 which was supposed to draw a line under the boozy culture on the hill. Some MPs are dragging their heels.

  • byJames Massola