Peter Dutton denies having access to sensitive information as Labor questions personal investments
Liberals decry government ‘dirt unit’ as Labor scrutiny leads to fiery clash during Senate estimates Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The opposition leader had no access to sensitive information when he invested in several banks shortly before a massive bailout […]
Linda Reynolds asks Katy Gallagher to apologise for ‘the damage’ done during Lehrmann saga
Former defence minister Linda Reynolds has used her final Senate estimates to ask finance minister Katy Gallagher to apologise to her, her staff and her family ‘for all of the damage that has been wrought on them’. Gallagher responded by saying: ‘I would believe that other senators in a similar circumstance would ask exactly the same questions.’ Reynolds […]
What’s the secret to Dutton’s polling success? | Fiona Katauskas
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Albanese ‘confident’ US would come to Australia’s defence in event of attack
PM tells Q&A that US relationship is ‘rock solid’ as he fields questions on cost of living, housing and antisemitism Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese says he is confident that the US would defend Australia if it were to come under attack, despite the change in leadership […]
It would take 100 years to resolve claims of 7,000 asylum seekers stuck on bridging visas, Greens claim
Labor promised prior to 2022 election to allow the cohort to apply for permanent Resolution of Status visas Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It would take 100 years for the government to resolve the cases of the 7,000 asylum seekers […]
Brisbane bus drivers push back strike action – as it happened
This blog is now closed Ita Buttrose claims ‘inconsistencies’ in ABC boss David Anderson’s affidavit in Antoinette Lattouf case Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast How will the bulk-billing increase be paid for? There’s been criticism of the opposition that its support of the $8.5bn package hasn’t come with a […]
Dutton says Coalition will pay to match Labor’s $8.5bn Medicare boost by cutting thousands of public service jobs
Opposition leader claims plan to reduce workforce by nearly all jobs added under Labor would save $6bn annually Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Peter Dutton claims the Coalition would pay for a $8.5bn boost to Medicare by cutting thousands of […]
Dowagiac man gets prison time on multiple counts
CASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac man who resisted police during an incident last May in Dowagiac and who then represented himself at a January trial has been sentenced to prison. Scott Robert Allen Scott, Jr., 33, of Dowagiac, was convicted of six felony counts and was sentenced to 46 months to 20 years in prison with […]