Politics
Federal
‘Don’t trust in governments’: Scott Morrison delivers Pentecostal church sermon
In a sermon to former tennis champion Margaret Court’s Pentecostal congregation, the former prime minister told churchgoers to trust in God, not the government or the UN.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Real wages to take larger hit as inflation pressures grow: Chalmers
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will update the country on the state of the economy next week. It will show an even larger than expected to hit to real wages.
- by Shane Wright
We don't trust in governments: Former PM
In a church sermon, former prime minister Scott Morrison said we don't trust governments or the UN because they are 'earthly' and 'fallible'.
Opinion
ICAC
Our democracy will be better for it: Empowering whistleblowers key to effective anti-corruption reform
With the guidance and backing of a whistleblower protection commissioner, the next generation of Australian whistleblowers will not have to pay the price so many others have paid for speaking up.
- by Andrew Wilkie
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Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Pandemic leave reversal is a teachable moment for Albanese
The federal government’s justification for ending the pandemic leave payment did not wash. It fell over at the first hurdle.
- by Shaun Carney
Opinion
China relations
Australia can safely improve its relations with China. Here’s how
Australia’s relationship with China has sharply deteriorated since 2017. But there are initiatives we can, should and must deploy to improve bilateral ties.
- by Bob Carr
Rising interest rates to cost taxpayers an extra $13 billion
The budget bottom line is facing the same hit from higher interest rates as the household budgets of ordinary mortgage payers, the treasurer says.
- by Shane Wright
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‘Creeping politicisation’: One in five federal board roles held by political appointees
A Grattan Institute analysis of federal government board positions shows 21 per cent had direct political connections, described as a form of “grey corruption”.
- by Lisa Visentin
Are ‘box tickers’ armed with DNA tests inflating the Indigenous population?
Indigenous community leaders are concerned that census data showing a surging Indigenous population could result in resources being misdirected.
- by Carla Jaeger and Jack Latimore