He can twist it, he can turn it, he can backflip, he can do a forward somersault. But Anthony Albanese has a problem: his credibility is shot.
Joe Spagnolo
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his fuel excise cut will be extended for a month - albeit at a lower rate.
Comedian Dave Hughes has been a lifelong Labor voter — but even he has had enough of the Albanese-Chalmers show and the sad state of Australian politics.
Ben O'Shea
ANDREW GREENE: As the Budget fallout fuels leadership speculation, Labor insiders fear the Albanese-Chalmers partnership is following a familiar political script.
Andrew Greene
Both sides of the House are struggling to come to grips with Pauline Hanson’s rise. But they should know it is tied closely to their failures.
Jim Chalmers has conceded the Government has lost ‘political paint’ over its backdown on the Budget tax plan, and now they’ll need to do a deal with the Greens to get it over the line.
Katina Curtis
Love it or loathe it, Pauline Hanson’s composure during the protest banner stunt at the National Press Club spoke loudly to the One Nation leader’s single-minded focus and authenticity.
Paul Murray
Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers had ‘hashed up’ the Budget so badly, that the health minister would ‘win out’, according to Opposition frontbencher Tim Wilson
For 29-and-a-half of her 30 years in politics, punching Pauline Hanson has been a beloved pastime for the nation’s newspaper columnists. No longer.
Ben Harvey
RECAP: The Coalition has launched a blistering attack on Labor’s revised tax package, with Tim Wilson accusing the Government of scrambling to repair a policy Australians had already rejected.
Madeline Cove
Labor has fuelled hopes of a last-minute extension to its fuel excise cut, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers refusing to rule out more cost-of-living relief as the June deadline approaches.
Pauline Hanson’s safety is under renewed scrutiny following this week’s security breach at the National Press Club and amid claims repeated requests for increased federal police protection have been ignored.
If Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers think the Budget backflip announced on Thursday does the job they need to think again. They need a bigger scraper. And Rita Saffioti indicated she was ready to use it.
After not scoring an invite for the NATO summit, Anthony Albanese has made a big call on a possible meeting with Donald Trump, as Australia is warned over its position amongst global leaders.
Latika M Bourke
AARON PATRICK: Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers were forced to retreat on tax rises by a revolt of a class that has wielded little political influence in recent decades: builders, strivers and entrepreneurs.
Aaron Patrick
WA Labor is backing a union push to secure more Federal funding for Collie’s transition away from coal while still maintaining its ‘just transition’ is going strong.
Oliver Lane
Former ABC chairman Maurice Newman is backing One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s plan to make the national broadcaster a subscription service in the big cities.
Stephen Johnson
The Government has revealed a raft of carve-outs and amendments to its capital gains tax and negative gearing changes in a bid to clear the barnacles from the legislation it hopes to push through the Senate.
The National Press Club has made a big move after David Sharaz’s GetUp lowered a banner during Pauline Hanson’s Canberra address.
Instead of drawing attention to Pauline Hanson’s inconsistencies and misinformation, GetUp!’s stunt has become another rallying cry for her party’s cause.
Mark Riley
LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have walked back some of the most despised parts of their broken promises Budget, just months after turning Aussies against Labor.
Kimberley Braddish and Madeline Cove
Environment Minister Murray Watt has accused Pauline Hanson of promoting ‘division, chaos and cuts’ after her National Press Club speech on multiculturalism, climate policy and workplace laws.
Unapologetically himself, the One Nation MP and former deputy PM is a divisive figure in politics — but voters continue to back him.
Pauline Hanson used her wide-ranging speech at the National Press Club to call for a ‘monocultural society’ as she lined up a number of One Nation targets.
