INSANE: 8 - The Real Truth

Major parties rule out deals with independents – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 18, 2022

Does Labor plan to force the top 200 energy users and producers to cut emissions by 25%?

Angus Taylor claims that to be the opposition’s aim but Chris Bowen says it’s a target ‘more than two-thirds of the companies already have’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 14, 2022

There is ‘no one News Corp view’ on election, head of company’s Australian arm tells staff

News Corp Australasia executive chairman issues all-staff memo, with scrutiny on election coverage likely to increase

The Guardian - AU · Apr 13, 2022

Oz editor-in-chief rages against the ‘tearing down’ of News Corp journalism

Christopher Dore says some critics make him ‘cringe’. Plus: ‘Furries’ at elite Brisbane school?

The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2022

Is News Corp following through on its climate change backflip? My analysis of its flood coverage suggests not

Several months ago, Australia’s Murdoch media news outlets launched a new climate change campaign advocating a path toward net-zero emissions by 2050. The launch included a 16-page wraparound supplement in all of its tabloids supporting the need for climate action.

The Conversation · Mar 24, 2022

Queensland premier admits ‘blurring’ of lobbying rules may require changes to the law

Comments come amid questions over the duties of Annastacia Palaszczuk’s former deputy chief of staff at a Labor-aligned lobbying firm

The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2022

Paul Bongiorno: Scott Morrison consoles himself his opponent is no Malinauskas – it won’t matter

The shellacking the South Australian Liberal government suffered at the weekend spells big trouble for the Morrison government in Canberra.

The New Daily · Mar 21, 2022

Reporters deliver ‘a fraction of the horror’ from Ukraine’s war zone to Australia’s lounge rooms

Seven’s Chris Reason among Australian journalists reporting from Kyiv despite ongoing danger. Plus: Age columnist walks after Claire Lehmann furore

The Guardian - AU · Mar 18, 2022

Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is sitting pretty for the election – so what could possibly go wrong?

Polls this week were once again music to Labor ears. Newspoll showed the opposition maintaining its strong election-winning margin. A poll in selected Western Australian seats had the Morrison government on the nose.

The Conversation · Mar 17, 2022

‘Extraordinarily disrespectful’: Albanese hits back after Labor senators dubbed ‘mean girls’

Rebuke followed story in The Australian about alleged disagreements between Kimberley Kitching and a group of female Labor senators

The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2022