3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (470+ words) By Lucinda Garbutt-Young and Tess Ikonomou in Canberra Pauline Hanson denies she labelled Liberal MP and former special forces soldier Andrew Hastie a “traitor”, while refusing to take down a cartoon at the centre of their dispute. Mr Hastie claimed…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (972+ words) Cutting tobacco tax won’t stamp out the illicit trade. Researchers explain how other countries tackled the problem while keeping taxes high. The proposal sounds appealing but is deeply flawed. Australia’s high tobacco tax undeniably makes untaxed sales profitable. Yet this…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (498+ words) By Lucinda Garbutt-Young in Canberra Taxpayer-funded pay rises for childcare workers could continue for another three years as an extension of the measure returns to parliament for debate. A government-supported wage rise was introduced in 2024 and applied to 200,000 early educators,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (722+ words) Pauline Hanson’s ability to turn attacks back on her opponents shows why Labor and the Liberals are struggling to counter One Nation’s rise, political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN. The major political parties are struggling to find ways to effectively counter Pauline…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (364+ words) The Canberra Liberals are calling for the Secure Local Jobs Code to be abolished following the ACT Integrity Commission’s Operation Kingfisher findings into the Campbell Primary School procurement. Master Builders ACT has backed the call, declaring the code “not fit…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (801+ words) “A year or so down the track, under the first Hanson-Joyce government, we will all be free to enjoy the smell of cigarette smoke in public transport, our classrooms and in our restaurants,” writes a sardonic HUGH SELBY. Wonderful news....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (883+ words) “The poor standard of The Canberra Times’ tabloid articles is illustrated by the lack of verification and taking quotes out of context… Canberra needs a daily newspaper that accurately reports, without stooping to the level of the Murdoch tabloids,” writes…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (437+ words) By Andrew Brown in Canberra Calls by right-wing parties for Australia to become a monoculture would risk national security and jeopardise the nation’s world standing, the foreign minister warns. In a wide-ranging speech at the Lowy Institute on Friday, Penny…...

1+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (730+ words) Andrew Bragg’s pitch to slash migration and building rules offers a sharper picture of the Coalition’s housing agenda, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN Liberal housing spokesman Andrew Bragg has nominated about 180,000 as the size of Net Overseas Migration under a…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (845+ words) Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN sees Labor’s blocking of a voluntary assisted dying telehealth push as a test of how much weight the party’s national conference really carries. The government has blocked a crossbench attempt to allow telehealth to be used…...