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Grattan on Friday: Government must find a way to force gas prices down – but how?

Senior ministers this week have dramatically raised the stakes in the Albanese government’s face-off with gas producers, amid escalating energy prices and dire warnings of worse to come. The question now is: how does the government follow through with effective action to match the rhetoric?

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2022

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Rod Sims on tax reform and the gas price crisis

The government has flirted with, and now ruled out, changing the Stage 3 tax cut in the October 25 budget, which appears set to be dominated by some deep spending cuts. In the longer term, however, debate will continue over the need to reform Australia’s tax system, as the calls…

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2022

Chalmers flags gas action, with escalating power prices a cost-of-living nightmare for government

High and rising power prices will become a bigger part of Australia’s inflation problem over time, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned, as he foreshadowed more government action to combat high gas prices.

The Conversation · Oct 11, 2022

View from The Hill: Without those 'lefties' the Liberals can't regain government

A key issue for the Liberals’ election post-mortem that reports later this year – conveniently after the Victorian election – is how the party deals in future with the “teal” phenomenon.

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2022

Optus under fire from government over delaying information handover

The government has stepped up pressure on Optus to immediately hand over the information it has on people whose data was breached by the hacking of the telecommunications giant.

The Conversation · Oct 2, 2022

View from The Hill: national cabinet drops mandatory isolation, dumping 'COVID exceptionalism'

National cabinet has agreed to lift the five day mandatory isolation period for people contracting COVID, with the Commonwealth’s chief medical officer declaring “it is time to move away from COVID exceptionalism”.

The Conversation · Sep 30, 2022

Grattan on Friday: National Anti-Corruption Commission set for easy birth thanks to Albanese-Dutton accord

Though they’d be the last to admit it, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have more in common than you might expect. They’re both unapologetic pragmatists.

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2022

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on the National Anti-Corruption Commission

The government has introduced its legislation for the National Anti-Corruption Commission, which has received the endorsement of opposition leader Peter Dutton and so is assured of passage through parliament.

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2022

Anti-corruption commission would hold public hearings 'in exceptional circumstances'

The Albanese government’s proposed National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) would have a broad scope but only hold public hearings “in exceptional circumstances and where it is in the public interest to do so”.

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2022

Employers will have positive duty to prevent sexual harassment in workplaces, under new legislation

Employers will have duty “to take reasonable and proportionate measures” to eliminate sex discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation as far as possible in workplaces, under legislation to be introduced on Tuesday.

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2022