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Taxpayers pay for PM, ministers’ travel to Christmas soiree for donors in Sydney (last night) #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Taxpayers pay for PM, ministers’ travel to Christmas soiree for donors
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has for the second time in six months hosted a full ministry meeting in Sydney followed by a fundraising event.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Taxpayers foot bill for PM, ministers' travel to $18,000-a-table fundraiser #auspol #ausbiz www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Albanese hosted ministry meeting an hour before fundraiser
Labor ministers flew in to Sydney on taxpayer dollars for an appointment between 4pm and 5pm. The party’s major annual gala started an hour later.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Wells refers herself for expenses audit, as calls grow for review #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Attorney-General Rowland billed taxpayers $20k for family trip to WA
Expenses saga threatens to engulf the Albanese government, as it widens to trade minister and attorney-general, with calls for a review of the family reunion entitlement.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Attorney-General Rowland billed taxpayers $20k for family trip to WA #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Attorney-General Rowland billed taxpayers $20k for family trip to WA
The nearly week-long expenses saga is threatening to engulf the Albanese government and overshadow its agenda leading into the final weeks of the year.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Pressure mounts on Wells as travel expense revelations roll on #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
‘I don’t write the rules’: Anika Wells defends trips that included birthdays and skiing
Anika Wells also billed taxpayers $765 on a chauffeur-driven car on the day she attended the Magic Millions Race Day on the Gold Coast.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Wells bills taxpayers $1800 to attend Melbourne F1 Grand Prix with husband #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
‘I don’t write the rules’: Anika Wells defends trips that included birthdays and skiing
Anthony Albanese insists his rising star sports and communications minister followed taxpayer-funded travel rules, but integrity experts say the rules need to change.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Airservices Australia eyes $2b privatisation plan #auspol #ausbiz www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Airservices Australia eyes $2b privatisation plan
Under the proposal, which the government has yet to approve, the agency responsible for air traffic control and airline safety would lease-back rescue assets.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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‘NIMBYism is a cancer’: Bragg outlines Liberal housing policy vision #auspol #housing www.afr.com/politics/fed...
‘NIMBYism is a cancer’: Bragg outlines Liberal housing policy vision
In a speech highlighting the Coalition’s housing plan, Andrew Bragg repudiates John Howard’s view that he has never met a person angry about their house price going up.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Wells billed taxpayers $3681 for trip that included friend’s birthday #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Wells billed taxpayers $3681 for trip that included friend’s birthday
Records show taxpayers footed the bill for a trip by Communications Minister Anika Wells from Brisbane to Adelaide which included a birthday party.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Long read: CEOs navigate Senate minefield with expert help #auspol #ausbiz #auslaw www.afr.com/politics/fed...
CEOs navigate Senate minefield with expert help
A conga line of bosses from Australia’s biggest companies are increasingly asking former political staffers to help them prepare for Senate committee appearances.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Labor gives business green light on AI, with a warning #auspol #ausbiz #auseco #AI www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Labor gives business green light on AI
A newly released blueprint for artificial intelligence in Australia will take a light-touch approach to regulating the technology’s use and development.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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#Breaking ‘Patronage, nepotism’: Labor finally releases damning jobs-for-mates report #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
‘Patronage, nepotism’: Labor releases damning jobs-for-mates report
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher commissioned the review in early 2023 after the Coalition was accused of stacking dozens of plum positions.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Labor to let $15b National Reconstruction Fund make riskier plays #auspol #ausbiz www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Labor to let $15b National Reconstruction Fund make riskier plays
None of the projects the NRF has invested in have been in low-emissions technologies, one of seven priority areas for the fund.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Labor strikes deal with Greens to overhaul environment laws
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Labor strikes deal with Greens to overhaul environment laws
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese brokered an 11th-hour agreement with the minor party to pass the bill in the Senate.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Prime minister steps in to hash out environment law deal #auspol www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Prime minister steps in to hash out environment law deal
Anthony Albanese is in negotiations with the Greens and a deal is expected by the end of the day, but sources say negotiations continue with the Coalition too.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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‘Get your house in order’: Watt slams Coalition over environment talks #auspol www.afr.com/policy/energ...
‘Get your house in order’: Watt slams Coalition over environment talks
After Bridget McKenzie demanded last-minute amendments to shield farmers from a national EPA, Watt said he felt like he was dealing with two parties.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Business’ $160b reason to want a deal on broken environment laws #auspol #ausbiz #auseco www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Business’ $160b reason to want a deal on broken environment laws
Pressure is mounting on the Coalition to back Labor’s new laws as the Environment Minister makes concessions and company directors push for a swift resolution.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Labor puts billion-dollar Snowy Hydro play at heart of Tomago rescue #auspol #ausbiz #auseco www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Labor puts billion-dollar Snowy Hydro play at heart of Tomago rescue
Even as the Rio-controlled aluminium smelter consults with employees about a 2028 shut down, the government is increasingly optimistic it can avert closure.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Silk lashes judges, NSW/Vic Bar for ‘rear guard action’ to rehabilitate Dyson Heydon #auslaw www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Judges lashed for ‘rear guard action’ to rehabilitate Dyson Heydon
Rachel Doyle, SC, told a courtroom that women in the legal profession felt there was “a sunset clause” on caring about workplace sexual harassment.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Coalition outlines deal to pass Labor’s environment reforms #auspol #ausbiz www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Coalition outlines deal to pass Labor’s environment reforms
Murray Watt says he wants the changes to pass before the summer recess and is willing to strike a deal with the Coalition or the Greens.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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‘Make my day’: Nationals dare Labor to deal with Greens on enviro laws #auspol #ausbiz #auseco www.afr.com/politics/fed...
‘Make my day’: Nationals dare Labor to deal with Greens on enviro laws
Jim Chalmers asked business leaders to ‘do me a favour’ and try to convince the Coalition to pass its environmental legislation.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Labor tipped to drop proposal for online gambling ad ban #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Labor tipped to drop proposal for online gambling ad ban
Political and industry sources expect Communications Minister Anika Wells to crack-down on illegal offshore gambling websites.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The frontman is important, but if the rest of the band can’t, or won’t, play a tune people like, there is little hope. #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Liberal women inherit a crisis they will struggle to fix
The party might be headed for a historic outcome, with female leaders in NSW, Victoria and Canberra, but it is still failing to learn from election losses.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Liberals gear up to fight over kitchen-table economics and migration #auspol #auseco #ausbiz www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Liberals gear up to fight over kitchen-table economics and migration
The Liberal and National parties met on Sunday to rubber stamp the Coalition’s new energy policy after weeks of infighting, and will now look to target migration.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Labor threatens Meta with $112m yearly tax if it fails to pay for news #auspol #ausbiz #ausmedia #auslaw www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Labor threatens Meta with $112m yearly tax if it fails to pay for news
The government will begin consulting on its proposal for new laws that would force social media giants to pay news organisations.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM