Tag: Labor
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More Labor MPs call time on politics
The Labor MPs for the seats of Elizabeth and Torrens both announced on Wednesday that they would not stand for their seats at the 2026 state election. Member for Elizabeth Lee Odenwalder said that after 16 years in politics it was “time for me to try something new”, while Member for Torrens Dana Wortley said…
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Albanese’s recognition of a Palestinian state implements a long-held Labor ambition
Those who accuse the Albanese government of breaking with a historic Labor position of opposing recognition of a Palestinian state are wrong. Labor has a long-held ambition of a two-state solution to the Palestinian Israeli conflict. It is not surprising that the Whitlam government supported what has become known as a two-state solution before the…
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Coalition backers retreat in first Newspoll since election
The survey, published in The Australian, shows a 1.4 percentage point rise in Labor’s primary vote since the election to 36 per cent while the Coalition slipped from 31.8 per cent to 29 per cent. The Greens remained steady at 12 per cent, as did the independents and minor parties category on 15 per cent,…
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Polls tilt towards Labor as campaign gets into full swing
Labor has surged ahead of the Coalition in polling, with primary support for the conservatives on a slump, as leaders begin crisscrossing the nation on the election campaign trail. A national Newspoll survey conducted for The Australian published on Sunday, has the Albanese government leading the Coalition 51 per cent to 49 per cent on…
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Labor pledge electricity bill relief
Under the plan, some $1.8 billion in rebates would automatically be applied to every residence and one million small businesses around the nation on a quarterly basis from July 1. It’s the second time in a year the government will roll out energy rebates after it provided $300 in relief in the 2024 budget. The…
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Miles says LNP can only fund promises by cutting 17,000 jobs – Crisafulli prefers to axe $24b hydro plan
Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli is on track to win the October 26 election and end Labor’s nine-year reign. He is vying to become the LNP’s first Queensland premier since Campbell Newman, who was ousted in 2015 after one term following thousands of public service job cuts. Deputy Premier Cameron Dick said the LNP…
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The only way is up for Labor, even if Albo’s not quite sure how to get there
The poll published on Monday in The Australian shows the coalition leading Labor 51 to 49 on a two-party preferred basis. It’s the first time the opposition has hit the lead in the poll since the 2022 election. While the two-party preferred result has changed, primary votes remain the same, with the coalition on 38…
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Greens’ hare-brained plan to bully RBA is not just bad policy, but terrible politics
So it is with their “ask” on the Reserve Bank legislation. Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants to split the Reserve Bank board into two, one to run monetary policy and the other to administer the bank. He got close to agreement with the Liberals, but then they saw an advantage in walking away. The Greens…
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Hasta la vista, baby: Shorten walks away from politics saying he ‘wouldn’t hand a day back’
The former Labor leader on Thursday said he would not contest the next federal election, bringing to an end a 17-year career in parliament. Mr Shorten will stay on as NDIS minister until he leaves federal politics, pledging to use every minute left to secure the future of the national disability scheme. Despite the long…
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Bill Shorten, the Prime Minister who never was, quits politics to lead next generation
The former Labor leader, who narrowly lost the 2019 federal election, revealed he would step down in February to become vice-chancellor at the University of Canberra, bringing his 17-year political career to a close. “I had the very amazing privilege of serving as leader of our party and the movement which has been such an…