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2026-09-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘The people’s money’: Hanson, Joyce defend proposed super shake-up

🔮 At a rare Canberra press conference alongside her treasury spokesman Barnaby Joyce, Hanson dismissed claims the policy would be inflationary or discourage employers from offering raises, and clarified that almost two-thirds of workers would be able to access the scheme. “The cost of living is forcing people out of their rental accommodation. assertive

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Labor migration plan revealed: Burke to ramp up deportations and bring in backpacker ballot

🔮 Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke will ramp up deportations, introduce a ballot system for backpackers and prioritise construction workers as he seeks to restore confidence in the migration program and salvage Labor’s long-awaited reforms. assertive

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Albanese dumps controversial veterans’ health cap amid fierce criticism

🔮 The proposed measure, announced in May’s budget, would have replaced the current system requiring veterans to return to a GP for a new referral after every 12 allied health visits. assertive

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

What are Labor’s new migration rules for Australia?

🔮 Addressing the National Press Club, Burke said the changes would restore confidence in the Australian migration system, breaking his proposal down into the categories “who arrives”, “who stays” and “who leaves”. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Minister dodges migration modelling question eight times amid farmers’ fury

🔮 Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth has repeatedly failed to say whether Labor modelled the impacts of its new migration plan on wages or the broader economy, despite the government claiming plans proposed by One Nation and the Coalition would damage the Australian economy. assertive

2026-09-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Pride in flag, Western culture, and soldiers in schools: Coalition unveils education plan

🔮 The Coalition will also seek to emphasise “the foundations of Western culture” through the curriculum and ensure every school has an Australia flag to bolster national pride, which Leeser said was lacking. assertive

2026-09-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Telstra not to be trusted with Triple Zero, says Senate inquiry

🔮 The first of 11 recommendations in the report demands a modernisation of the Telecommunications Act 1997, but notes the task would be significant and suggests it should be established in coming years. assertive

2026-09-23 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘That’s a lie’: Joyce fury over claim he had meeting with neo-Nazis in Canberra

🔮 Joyce’s denial of the interaction comes just weeks after Australia’s neo-Nazi movement declared it would back One Nation’s path to government if the High Court overturns a ban on its new political party. assertive

2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Labor senator’s extra staffer told to pay back $12,000 hire car bill

🔮 Amos was based in Canberra during the period that was investigated, and would regularly travel to northern Tasmania where senators Tyrrell and Lambie were based. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Greens leader showdown to occur at Sydney retreat

🔮 Greens MPs will elect a new federal leader at a two-day retreat in Sydney this week, as possible contenders go quiet on who will lead the party to the next election. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Almost half the Greens partyroom is contesting in leadership showdown

🔮 Greens senator David Shoebridge will challenge for the party leadership on a joint ticket with Victorian senator Steph Hodgins-May as his deputy, setting up a rare three-way contest for the future of the party ahead of a vote this week. mixed

2026-10-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald

The Greens want to catch the Mamdani wave. But can the minor party really become ‘unashamedly populist’?

🔮 On the first day of this year, at New York’s City Hall, socialist senator Bernie Sanders declared it was time for wealthy corporations to pay their fair share of tax as left-wing mayor Zohran Mamdani was sworn in. assertive

2026-10-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Hanson and Spender united in demand for tax office ban reversal

🔮 The Reserve Bank of Australia on Thursday banned surcharges for Mastercard, Visa and eftpos networks, after a campaign from Labor the government said would save consumers $1.6 billion a year. assertive

2026-10-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Her great-great-grandfather helped create the National Party. Now she wants to ‘bury it’

🔮 Newly minted Greens deputy leader Steph Hodgins-May learned that lesson while walking along the beach at Victoria’s Phillip Island last weekend. mixed

2026-10-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Jim in Japan: Treasurer to sell Australia as a safe bet in two-day Tokyo blitz

🔮 Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hold a series of high-level meetings with Japanese investors and business leaders in Tokyo this week, as the government attempts to sell Australia as a safe harbour for middle-power investment amid an increasingly uncertain global economy. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions

🔮 Approval for a major coal mine expansion has been declared invalid by the High Court in a decision that will force NSW planning authorities to reckon with emissions from Australian coal burnt overseas. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald

The cost of cutting foreign workers: Fares spike in Taylor’s migration gamble

🔮 Rideshare and food delivery prices could spike as Coalition leader Angus Taylor trades efficiency for a migration and economic model that shifts away from Australia’s reliance on cheaper foreign workers. assertive

2026-10-08 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Biggest surge in new members’: Greens celebrate the leadership bump in their numbers

🔮 The bump comes after a week-long media blitz from Shoebridge and deputy leader Steph Hodgins-May talking up established policies such as dismantling AUKUS and establishing a gas export tax, as well as regular posting to social media from the pair encouraging voters to “join the movement”. assertive

2026-10-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Chalmers steps in: ATO credit card ban delayed a year after business uproar

🔮 The Australian Taxation Office’s controversial banning of credit card payments will no longer come into effect at the end of next month, after the government negotiated with the independent agency to delay the change. assertive

2026-10-10 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Smarmy management consultant’: Hanson attacks Taylor, Liberals in fiery CPAC speech

🔮 My convictions were overturned, but my family went through more than most people will ever, ever know.” assertive

2026-10-10 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Taylor was billed as CPAC’s keynote speaker. He looked more like Hanson’s support act

🔮 Despite the wash of Liberal blue light painting the conference centre, and the watchful eyes of party founder Sir Robert Menzies looking down upon him from an enormous banner, Taylor couldn’t help but be overshadowed by the woman who has pillaged his party’s primary vote and set the political agenda for almost a year now. assertive

2026-10-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘We are talking billions’: Burke demands costings on Coalition deportation plan

🔮 Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has challenged the Coalition to explain how they will pay the billions needed for a plan to remove over 400,000 migrants on bridging visas from the country, as Opposition Leader Angus Taylor insisted his plan could not be fully costed until closer to the election. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Butler vows to bring back health rebate bill after Senate ambush sinks $3b aged care plan

🔮 The Coalition, the Greens and One Nation have teamed up in the Senate to scrap a bill that would have dumped private health insurance rebates for people over 65, infuriating the Albanese government, which had planned to use the $3 billion in savings on aged care. assertive

2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Online safety laws to penalise platforms promoting gender-based violence.

🔮 Labor’s flagship online safety bill will penalise platforms that allow users to advocate gender-based violence, but Communications Minister Anika Wells has removed the promotion of illicit-drug use from its expanded list of harmful online content. assertive

2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Leave means leave’: Greens senator to stay away from parliament during investigation

🔮 Senator Jordon Steele-John will not attend parliament while allegations against him are investigated, as Greens leader David Shoebridge again refused to say whether the results of an independent inquiry into the senator should be made public. mixed

2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘A bad call’: Greens rift deepens over Steele-John allegations

🔮 The senator criticised Shoebridge for saying he had requested time off “because I knew it would be read as validating a story where there isn’t one”. assertive

2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald

A politician’s job is to listen. It’s becoming increasingly dangerous to do so

🔮 When Catherine King was elected to federal parliament 25 years ago, she would spend plenty of time in the open with constituents: chatting to them across her reception desk and travelling around her regional Victorian electorate with a caravan that doubled as a mobile office. assertive

2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Who is Phil Haines, the soulmate who convinced Helen to run for politics?

🔮 “Normally, it would be Helen up in front of the media speaking, and she’s pretty good at that. assertive

2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Corruption watchdog’s interest ‘piqued’ by Labor’s invite-only grants

🔮 “We would not [make a determination] unless we conducted a thorough, proper investigation under the NACC Act,” Kilgour told the inquiry. assertive

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