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Greg Hunt’s final act against universal healthcare

ECONOMY
By Claire Connelly. Low down in the latest budget was a decision that will fundamentally change the availability of low-cost, safe healthcare. In a single line item, the Morrison government defunded Australia’s national prescribing service, NPS MedicineWise (NPS). The move came without announcement. There was no warning or consultation with the...
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Liberal brand losing its lustre

ELECTIONS
By SMH's political editor. Peter Hartcher Reality has knocked on the door of the federal election campaign. The big, dangerous reality beyond the tiny homes occupied by the political campaigners and their tiny plans. But who’s answered the door? First came China’s hard knock on Australia’s security. Then came the knock...
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Australia’s 2022 election: toxic politics and a lack of ambition

ELECTIONS
By Barry Jones This is an edited extract of the Jim Carlton Integrity Lecture to be delivered this evening at the Accountability Round Table, Melbourne Law School by Barry Jones. Jones joined the ALP in 1950 and had a total of 26 years in the Victorian and federal Parliament. He...
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Is it the economy or not, stupid?

ELECTIONS
Yesterday’s shocking inflation figure and the impending interest rate rise have brought the election campaign firmly back into economic territory, with a renewed focus on the rising cost of living and stagnant wages. The Coalition has been eager to shift the blame (what else is new?), suggesting that cost-of-living...
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Keeping you up to date

ELECTIONS
Keep checking back to this page for regular updates Thursday 28 April 2022 Liberal party MP Trent Zimmerman says he and fellow moderate MPs “prevailed” over the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, in securing a net zero climate target, saying the Nationals leader was opposed to the policy. Zimmerman, a key Liberal party...
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ECONOMY
Ex-prime minister John Howard says he doesn’t accept there is a housing crisis in Australia. The former Liberal leader campaigned in the Brisbane seat of Ryan on Thursday ahead of the May 21 election. Mr Howard told reporters a day after the largest spike in inflation in more than 20 years...
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Carbon state: Coalition changed rules to save fossil fuel donor tens of millions

ELECTIONS
By Bernard Keane The failed Gorgon carbon capture and storage (CCS) project could be spared more than $100 million in costs after the Morrison government intervened to change the rules around Australian Carbon Credit Units, lowering the bill its fossil fuel company owners are facing, a new report reveals. The report...
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Annabell Crab mussings

ECONOMY
Western democracy was so much easier 300 years ago, when it was illegal for journalists to report the goings-on in Parliament. In those days, politicians could say whatever they liked to their voters, and whatever they liked in the parliament, without the irksome risk of inconsistencies between the former and...
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A teal “Independents” fight on their hands

ELECTIONS
By Rachel WithersToday is not a great day to be a so-called modern Liberal fending off a challenge from a progressive independent. After LNP senator Matt Canavan reignited the Coalition’s internal climate wars last night by declaring the government’s target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 “dead”, Wentworth MP...
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Pacific failings continue to plague Morrison as Labor unveils regional strategy

ECONOMY
By Bernard Keane Crikey's Politics EditorCapitalising on Scott Morrison’s persistent problems over his Solomon Islands debacle, Labor maintained the unusual foreign policy theme of the campaign so far by unveiling its Asia-Pacific strategy this morning, with Penny Wong standing in for Anthony Albanese. A half billion dollars in extra...
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