Yesterday
- Analysis
- Antisemitism
Taskforce better late than never, but the damage has been done
It feels like the government has again underestimated the import of a serious event and is playing catch-up, which doesn’t help a prime minister fighting a perception of weakness.
- Phillip Coorey
Albanese blocks China with $140m Nauru deal
The new treaty with the Pacific nation gives Australia a veto over security, banking and teleco agreements – and comes with a $140m price tag.
- Andrew Tillett
No ongoing threat after synagogue attack: ASIO
ASIO conducts own antisemitism inquiries as the AFP sets up a special operation; David Lamming avoids criminal conviction after arrest outside The Star. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
- Analysis
- Analysis
‘Albo knows best’: Inside Labor’s discontent with PM
A series of missteps has raised questions about Anthony Albanese’s judgment. Is he too confident in his own instincts?
- Ronald Mizen
This Month
Netanyahu blames Albanese for Melbourne synagogue attack
The Israeli prime minister said that “it is impossible to separate this reprehensible act from the extreme anti-Israeli position of the Labor government”.
- Phillip Coorey and Andrew Tillett
Jewish leaders plead with PM: crack down on antisemitism now
An arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue is a “crime of hate”, Anthony Albanese says.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Dutton pushes role for gas power amid blitz on Labor seats
The Opposition Leader hit five Labor electorates this week, in an indication the Coalition is increasingly confident of holding its own seats and is on the hunt for more.
- Phillip Coorey
Do you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
Synagogue attacked; AusSuper’s $1 trillion woe; Murdoch Christmas bash
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Hunt for synagogue fire suspects who ‘spread accelerant with a broom’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says police believe the intention was to cause maximum damage in the Jewish place of worship.
- Lucy Slade and Gus McCubbing
Pharmacy Guild sends voodoo dolls to fans and supporters
Trent Twomey doesn’t fear the scorn of the political establishment. Or the evil eye.
- Myriam Robin
Rupert Murdoch makes surprise Australian homecoming
The “retired” media mogul has made his first trip Down Under in many years.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Teals aren’t letting the Liberals whitewash them as Greens
Allegra Spender’s push to change the definition of small business complicates the Coalition’s attempts to pigeonhole the independents as lefties.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton axes third wind farm ahead of nuclear pitch
The opposition leader has pledged to scrap plans for a massive wind farm off the NSW central coast if elected.
- Phillip Coorey
How salmon could cost Labor majority government
A fierce backlash over a review into fish farming in Macquarie Harbour in the state’s west that is costing the party votes in battleground electorates.
- Ronald Mizen
Plibersek’s EPA a threat to mining, claims WA premier
An unapologetic Roger Cook said: “We’ve made our position in relation Nature Positive absolutely clear.”
- Tom Rabe and Phillip Coorey
End of sanctions as China lifts bans on beef
China has removed sanctions from two Australian abattoirs, bringing to an end an avalanche of tariffs and de facto bans that began four years ago.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Federal election
PM lacks the guts to try again on EPA: Greens
Anthony Albanese has been labelled both courageous and gutless after he torpedoed talks to establish an EPA.
- Phillip Coorey
- Analysis
- Federal election
Finding life tough? Imagine if Dutton had been PM, says Albanese
The government does not dispute voters are worse off than three years ago, but argues it would be more dire had the Coalition been in power.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor targets Meta, Apple, Amazon and Google with tough new rules
Global tech giants face tough new rules and hefty fines as the government moves to stop digital giants unfairly pushing their own products onto consumers.
- Tom McIlroy and Michael Read
