View from The Hill: Unmoored Ley has the appearance of a dead woman walking Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is looking like a dead woman walking. The Conversation · Nov 3, 2025
Afternoon Update: net zero divide heaps pressure on Ley; rugby league concussion furore; and the teen who escaped the manosphere Opposition leader urged to call special Liberal party room meeting this week The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2025
Coalition’s primary vote plunges to record low and One Nation surges to record high in Newspoll The Coalition’s primary vote slumped four points to a record low 24% in the latest Newspoll, while One Nation was up four points to a record high 15%. One Nation also surged to 15% in an Essential poll. The Conversation · Nov 3, 2025
Optus customer who reported triple-zero outage told to go to store – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2025
The Coalition have a better chance of winning by chasing teal voters over One Nation voters Opposition faultlines have opened up over net zero and immigration, but the data shows there’s more to gain targeting moderate electorates The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2025
View from The Hill: Nationals dump net zero – say Australia shouldn’t cut emissions faster than comparable countries Once again, the Nationals have got out in front of the Liberals on a key issue, this time net zero, announcing on Sunday they were dumping their commitment to it. The Conversation · Nov 2, 2025
Nationals members vote to ditch net zero target from party platform Policy position diverging from senior Coalition partner expected to be formalised at Nationals partyroom meeting on Sunday morning The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2025
Liberals hold cordial party room after public brawling but chasm on net zero remains Regional and metropolitan MPs at loggerheads as members warned not to ‘verbal’ each other over the issue The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2025
Australia Tables Historic Environmental Reform Legislation Promising Economic Boost and Conservation Balance Australia's government introduces comprehensive environmental reform legislation promising A$6.9 billion annual economic benefits through faster project approvals while establishing a new National Environmental Protection Agency. The landmark bill faces political challenges requiring crossbench support. International Business Times · Oct 30, 2025
BoM to revert to former rain radar colour scheme after backlash – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2025
Morning Mail: Ken Henry’s nature laws warning, Australia knocked out of Women’s Cricket World Cup, and will interest rates go up? Former treasury secretary says developers will take advantage of law as it is currently drafted; and is it possible interest rates could rise before they fall again? The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2025
Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie rebuked for ‘playing politics’ on abortion in debate on stillbirth leave Experts warn the fearmongering about late-term terminations is straight out of the anti-abortion handbook The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2025
Despite what a thinktank bleats to the Coalition, heat deaths are in fact ‘a thing’ Centre for Independent Studies points to climate risk report to back up its dismissal of heat-related deaths, but neglects to use the part that actually concerns the future The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2025
Grattan on Friday: Albanese government hasn’t walked its talk about accountability and integrity The government used to be quite cosy with independent ACT senator David Pocock. That was back at the start, when it needed his vote. The Conversation · Oct 30, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Oct 29, 2025 Morning Mail: ‘now or never’ for Watt’s nature laws, mother vows to continue blockers fight, Trump’s White House revamp Environment minister calls for cross-party support as Matt Kean warns Coalition to support the bill; Trump fires federal commissioners over White House reno
The Conversation · Oct 29, 2025 View from The Hill: pressure on embattled Ley to do a deal on EPBC reform Sussan Ley will survive “the killing season”, as commentators dub the fag end of the political year. But she’s in bad shape.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2025 Morning Mail: Coalition’s sceptical climate science briefing, Israel orders Gaza strikes, Melissa hits Jamaica MPs given presentation casting doubt on climate change as voters show they want more progressive policies
The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2025 ‘Shock and anger’ as Labor proposes giving states more power over fossil fuel projects Extracts of planned changes to the EPBC Act prompt ‘anger’ from conservation organisations that fear nature protection will be weakened
The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2025 Jane Hume renews push to lift nuclear energy ban – as it happened Follow the latest updates live
The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2025 Environment minister could approve projects at odds with nature laws under Labor overhaul New ‘national interest’ provision revealed as extracts of legislation circulated to stakeholders before bill introduced to parliament later this week
The Conversation · Oct 26, 2025 Labor has huge lead in a South Australian poll, 5 months from the election Labor has a blowout lead in South Australia, with the election in March 2026. The federal party has also expanded its lead in a Morgan poll.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2025 Opposition wants ‘balanced outcome’ on environment protection reforms – as it happened This blog is now closed
AAP · Oct 26, 2025 Battle ahead for Labor as details on nature bill emerge Labor insists its long-awaited environmental reforms will be passed through the Senate despite objections from both the opposition and Greens.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2025 Liberals accuse Labor of secrecy for withholding PM’s letters to ministers – despite Coalition doing the same Opposition senator’s FoI request rejected by Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on national security and cabinet solidarity grounds
The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2025 As the Coalition shows its colours on nature, Labor faces a question: will it really protect Australia’s wildlife? There are some decent elements in what Labor is proposing, but the overhaul could end up as tinkering rather than transformation