Nationals leader David Littleproud said the party didn’t believe the Voice would “genuinely close the gap”, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
In the immediate term, the outcome is a win for “Pocock power”, as well as for Albanese and the unions, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Pocock has undertaken community consultations. But, in the end, he has to make his calls, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
With the Albanese government now at its six months mark and the end of the parliamentary year fast approaching, it’s tick-off time, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
A lot may be changing in China-Australia relations, but a lot is staying the same, writes political commentator MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The major contested change is the extent to which the legislation widens employees’ right to bargain with multiple employers, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Under the amendment, votes by workers – to be part of an agreement, to take industrial action, or to accept an agreement – would be at the individual business level, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
“I can’t be in all places at once,” Albanese said, justifying his absence; he observed that this COP is about implementation, not new commitments, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
In the space of a few months the cost of living has transformed, politically, from a Labor weapon to a Coalition one, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
New policies have been largely offset across this year and next year to avoid adding to the inflationary problem. But the budget contains alarming news for households, with its estimates of soaring energy prices, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Over the four year period, the budget bottom line is estimated to be more than $42 billion better than what was expected in March, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The budget pays for the largest indexation increase to payments in more than 30 years for allowances and the largest in 12 years for pensions, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
