Australia and India have many reasons to grow closer, from trade to the rise of China. For Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi, the politics at home matters too.
Matthew Franklin
Matthew Franklin
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Today’s Telstra network crash has left Communications Minister Anika Wells with another political headache as the telco faces scrutiny over failed triple zero calls.
China’s ballistic missile test shows why Australia’s Pacific push is central to the broader struggle for power in the region.
Politicians are ramping up efforts to reach real Australians through podcasts and other platforms. But as Anthony Albanese just learned, access brings risk.
After proposing modest new limits on gambling advertising, Anthony Albanese is being drawn into a broader debate about poker machine regulation, which is a state issue. And he’s not happy.
A full parliamentary year on from Peter Dutton’s wipeout, One Nation is ascendant and the Coalition is veering right. But is the politics changing, or just the players?
Critics accuse Anthony Albanese of caving in to bookies and TV networks over proposed reforms on gambling advertising. Now the prime minister faces discontent in his own Labor Party.
The housing market is cooling after Labor’s budget, raising hopes for buyers and risks for a government wary of price politics.
Labor is seizing on signs Pauline Hanson’s surge may have a shelf life, as new polling shows the Coalition sliding and voters cooling on One Nation.
A new NIMBY backlash over data centres threatens to complicate Labor’s bid to position Australia as a global AI infrastructure hub.
A collapsing primary vote, a Pauline Hanson insurgency and persistently shaky Question Time performance have put Angus Taylor on the back foot.
The preference flows behind One Nation’s Farrer win might offer early clues to whether Hanson can turn votes into seats.
In securing passage for his first tranche of budget legislation this week, Anthony Albanese has created a new political headache for the Coalition.
Anthony Albanese’s standing with female voters has fallen sharply, with the Capital Brief/DemosAU poll pointing to a deepening problem for Labor.
The latest Capital Brief/DemosAU polling shows Coalition support has fallen so low that it is now closer to the Greens than to One Nation.
Pauline Hanson’s address to the National Press Club was red meat for her base. But it also laid a few landmines on the road to 2028.
Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club speech was a tour de force in grievance politics, aimed squarely at a growing base of supporters angry about the world.
Fund manager Geoff Wilson came armed with supporters and placards as the capital gains tax fight became the political spectacle Labor probably hoped to avoid.
Labor’s contentious budget will face public scrutiny in the Senate, but the changes we’ll see in the coming days are being shaped behind closed doors.
The prime minister has significantly sharpened his rhetoric against One Nation to convince the Labor support base the maverick party is no friend of battlers.
Anthony Albanese wants the CGT fight over and done with in less than a fortnight. But unless there’s careful consideration of business, and significant carve outs, the blows will keep coming.
Australia needs to develop new, high-tech industries. But critics warn the 2026 budget will inhibit growth by punishing risk-takers.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has appeared to concede that Australia’s exorbitant passport fees are about revenue raising.
China’s ambitions in the region explain why Anthony Albanese rolled out the red carpet for newly elected Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale.
For decades, Labor and the Coalition built their political strategies around attacking each other. But One Nation’s continued rise demands a change of tactics.
The Hawke-Keating era is remembered for consensus, but its most contentious reforms drew the kind of backlash facing the Albanese government today.
The ANL Kokoda will become the first ship in Australia’s strategic maritime fleet, designed to reduce reliance on foreign shipping in times of crisis.
It’s often said Labor can struggle to fluently speak the language of business. That weakness is on display as it continues its budget sales job.
Skills Minister Andrew Giles says the Coalition should put aside its obsession with migration and focus on policy, including in skills and training.
The startup sector is furious over Labor’s capital gains tax changes, but Anthony Albanese says the government always planned to consult after the fact.
The government hoped breaking an election promise on capital gains tax would be a vote winner. The latest Capital Brief/DemosAU poll suggests otherwise.
Party figures are concerned a ‘good story’ on housing is being drowned out by the capital gains tax furore, as opposition leader Angus Taylor goes on the offensive.
No one said framing a budget during a global energy crisis would be easy. But the backlash over Labor’s tax reforms is threatening to derail its pitch.
Jim Chalmers says he expected a political hit from the budget. But Labor’s capital gains tax changes are proving a harder sell than hoped.
The senators keen to determine the fate of the government’s capital gains tax changes span the full spectrum of Australian politics — and many have never engaged with the startup sector.
After decades of timidity from governments and opposition leaders, Australia has now seen two radical tax reform proposals in as many days.
Anthony Albanese says circumstances changed, and he could be right. But after two major backflips in two terms, voters might ask whether his word is still his bond.
The government is resigned to facing a scare campaign over its reforms to the way housing is taxed, which have also concerned the business community.
