The Social Agenda

21 September 2019

• Labor's climate policies are 'unshakeable' despite election loss, Mark Butler says
  21 September 2019
  Butler says the past decade in Australian politics has demonstrated there is a “business model” in division, and Labor has washed up consistently ...
• Labor calls for Facebook investigation after 'death tax' election campaign
  21 September 2019
  ... a negative impact on Australian democracy after Facebook refused to take down fake news about the “death tax” circulating during the May election.
• Will Labor keep its climate promises? - Australian politics live podcast
  21 September 2019
  The shadow climate minister, Mark Butler, sits down with Katharine Murphy to discuss Labor's ambitious climate policies. Did they lead to Labor's ...

21 September 2019

• Home Affairs boss calls for 'trusted conversations' between government and media
  21 September 2019
  The head of one of Australia's most impenetrable departments has... The Australian Federal Police also revealed it treats public service leaks as ...
• Migration policy a hurdle for doctors
  21 September 2019
  “It's not simply a quick fix of more money or better housing, a range of different policy settings — all controlled by the Federal Government — need to ...
• Traffickers see corruption as 'line item'
  21 September 2019
  International drug dealers see money paid to corrupt Australian law... as Home Affairs, the Australian Border Force and Australian Federal Police.

21 September 2019

21 September 2019

• Labor's climate policies are 'unshakeable' despite election loss, Mark Butler says
  21 September 2019
  The shadow minister, a leftwing powerbroker and close ally of Anthony Albanese, used a speech at a book launch in Canberra to send a message to ...
• Morrison poised to emulate Howard's record Peter van OnselenFollow @vanOnselenP
  21 September 2019
  So does Pauline Hanson. Barnaby Joyce has broken ranks to be an advocate within government for lifting the rate. Anthony Albanese has committed ...
• Missed opportunity
  21 September 2019
  The Victorian Premier earns more than federal Labor and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack.

21 September 2019

• Mark McGowan may be 'appalled' by the Maritime Union, but the cost of divorce may be too much
  21 September 2019
  ... to lay bare his absolute disdain for the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA).... to the WA economy", still has a powerful role within the Labor Party.
• Labor calls for Facebook investigation after 'death tax' election campaign
  21 September 2019
  Exclusive: ALP warns Australian democracy may be vulnerable to influence of... Labor has urged the joint standing committee on electoral matters to ...
• Liberal Party's tetchy relations with business aren't new
  21 September 2019
  In the pre-Liberal Party days before World War II, big business effectively had its own party - the Liberals' non-Labor predecessor, the United Australia ...

21 September 2019

• Bills: National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 (No. 2); First Reading (10 Sep 2019)
  21 September 2019
  Adam Bandt: We can have an ICAC today and we should have an ICAC today-
• Committees: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reference (9 Sep 2019)
  21 September 2019
  Richard Di Natale:...influence across the Pacific and indeed here in Australia is something that many of us have become increasingly aware of. You need only look at what's going on in New South Wales right now with the ICAC hearings to know how wide and deep the reach of the Chinese Communist Party goes. Indeed, what we heard from the former ASIO chief was that in his view the issue of foreign interference in...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Answers to Questions (9 Sep 2019)
  21 September 2019
  Hollie Hughes:...continue to stick with the Morrison government, who will deliver a clear plan and deliver on the promises that we made, versus a Labor Party that's conflicted and tarnished by scandal, whether it's ICAC in New South Wales and the Aldi bags full of cash, whether it's the Setka sit-in happening in Victoria at the moment, or Jackie Trad in Queensland and whatever department she sits over. And...

21 September 2019

• Bali takes a hit from bonking ban plan
  21 September 2019
  ... has called for the House of Representatives to hold off on passing the bill,... Australian entrepreneur Elizabeth Travers - owner of The Glasshouse ...
• We don't need another family law review — we need to act on what we already know
  21 September 2019
  As the House of Representatives report noted, more than half of parenting... violence orders are state protection orders and only available in NSW.
• Armenia FM receives Australian parliamentary delegation
  21 September 2019
  Armenia FM receives Australian parliamentary delegation... Deputy of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Australia Tim Wilson, ...

21 September 2019

• Liberal Party's tetchy relations with business aren't new
  21 September 2019
  Liberal Party's tetchy relations with business aren't new... In the pre-Liberal Party days before World War II, big business effectively had its own party - the Liberals' non-Labor predecessor, the United Australia Party. The UAP had ...
• Wren's Week: The Gladys Liu scandal deepens and robodebt class action begins
  21 September 2019
  Apparently, the Liberal Party's legal team were chastised for their (unsurprising) reluctance to assist the Court. Once the case got underway it appears ...
• Flagging the steps needed to raise political standards Troy BramstonFollow @TroyBramston
  21 September 2019
  Robert Menzies continues to loom large in Australian political life. As the longest serving prime minister, who led the Liberal Party to seven election ...

21 September 2019

• PM arrives at White House state dinner
  21 September 2019
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife Jenny have arrived at the White House where they are to be feted with an official state dinner. It is only the ...
• Guests arrive at State Dinner wearing their best outfits
  21 September 2019
  US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife, Jennifer Morrison, stand for the National ...
• Morrisons arrive at Trump's state dinner
  21 September 2019
  Scott Morrison and his wife Jenny have arrived at the White House for just the second state dinner Donald Trump has hosted as US President.