Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements.
As the latest figures show Australia will struggle to meet its new emissions reduction target, the climate change minister explains how he will manage his role in next year’s UN summit.
For the first time, the Liberal Party has lost its position as the country’s preferred economic manager – causing many to wonder if it will ever win back government.
Behind the glowing tributes to Graham Richardson is a factional deal that the controversial former minister helped broker to make Anthony Albanese leader.
Anthony Albanese’s decision to grant Graham Richardson a state funeral has confounded some within the Labor Party and drawn attention to the tribalism that still binds it together.
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
The US president has signed legislation to release all Epstein case files, but it’s unclear if this win for the abused will reveal any more about the paedophile’s powerful allies.
Pauline Hanson’s chief of staff lays out the party’s strategy to take more votes – and members – from the opposition, while exerting greater influence over its policy.
Sussan Ley has reasserted her position as Liberal leader, although moderates in the party are worried she may cave in to extreme rhetoric on immigration.
