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Those tax cuts test Albanese and provoke Hanson

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Those tax cuts test Albanese and provoke HansonThe proposed 3 stage tax plan will cost $158 billion.Shutterstock

As hissy fits go, it was a beauty. Pauline Hanson was very cross indeed. Senate leader Mathias Cormann hadn’t called her, even though he was reportedly negotiating on the government’s $158 billion package of income tax cuts.

Venting on Sky on Wednesday night, Hanson said:...

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Government senator urges sale of ABC city properties

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Government senator urges sale of ABC city propertiesSenator James McGrath in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra.Mick Tsikas

Queensland Liberal senator James McGrath had said the ABC’s headquarters in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane should be sold, and the funds used to retire government debt.

In the latest Coalition attack on the national broadcaster, McGrath declared: “The...

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Cory Bernardi to disband Australian Conservatives

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Senator Cory Bernardi will wind up his Australian Conservatives party, after its abysmal showing at the election.

Bernardi, who defected from the Liberals and formed the party in 2017, said on Thursday: “The inescapable conclusion from our lack of political success, our financial position and the re-election of a Morrison-led government is...

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Why we should be wary of expanding powers of the Australian Signals Directorate

  • Written by: Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University

Last week, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton reignited the debate about new spying powers for Australian authorities during an interview on the ABC Insiders program.

His comments followed a police raid on a journalist’s home earlier this month related to the leaking of sensitive documents detailed in a story published in 2018. The documents...

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