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Disater Fund

ECONOMY
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has posted flyers to constituents of his marginal seat spruiking the success of a controversial online fundraiser he launched after the Brisbane floods. Dutton’s methods raised questions among transparency and charity experts, also sparking action from a fundraising regulator, before the GoFundMe effort closed with almost...
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Labor to charge electric vehicle take-up

ELECTRIC VEHICLES
A Labor government will build more electric vehicle charging stations and establish a Driving the Nation Fund if elected in May. Leader Anthony Albanese told the party’s official campaign launch Labor will close the gaps in Australia’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure. “That means you’ll be able to drive an electric vehicle across...
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Cracks emerge in Russian elite as tycoons start to bemoan invasion

BUSINESS
In the two months since Russia invaded Ukraine, the silence — and even acquiescence — of the Russian elite has started to fray. Even as opinion polls report overwhelming public support for the military campaign, amid pervasive state propaganda and new laws outlawing criticism of the war, cracks are starting...
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Morrison says he can’t make aged care nurses fall from the sky. Sounds like he’s not even trying

ELECTIONS
By Sarah Holland-Batt This week, the Fair Work Commission commenced landmark hearings into whether Australia’s aged care workforce should receive a 25% pay rise, to bring their pay into parity with disability and hospital workers. Undoubtedly, these hearings will tell us what we already know: the aged care workforce is overwhelmingly...
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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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