Phillip Hudson
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Federal election 2016: voters deliver a ‘stab’ to stability
The double dissolution has been a double disaster for Malcolm Turnbull. Not only is his grip on power hanging from the precipice but voters have wilfully ignored his plea for stability by deliberately voting for minor parties and independents. → Read More
Libs launch attack ads
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Federal election 2016: prize there for leader who dares
At the half-way mark of the election campaign, voters appear so uninspired by the major parties that they are tempted to vote in record numbers for micro-parties and independents to create a potentially powerful crossbench in both houses of parliament. → Read More
Labor loses lead, voters turn on Shorten
Election 2016: Newspoll shows Labor and Coalition 50-50 * Phillip Hudson * The Australian * 10:25PM June 5, 2016 It has ended Labor’s lead of 51 per cent to the government’s 49 per cent, which has lasted four consecutive Newspolls since the start of April. But the survey also reveals the Coalition, Labor and the Greens have each suffered a one-point fall in their primary vote over the past… → Read More
MYEFO 2015 key points: budget deficit $37bn
The key points of MYEFO 2015: → Read More
Tony Abbott slams decision to remove smoking from Carmen
Tony Abbott has blasted a decision to remove smoking from the opera Carmen as “political correctness gone crazy”. → Read More
Diabetes a rising cause of blindness, Fred Hollows Foundation warns
A GROWING number of people around the world are at risk of avoidable blindness due to the rapid escalation of diabetes, according to the Fred Hollows Foundation. → Read More
Rethink to resolve burka ‘segregation’ plan, says Tony Abbott
TONY Abbott says a row over facial coverings in parliament will be resolved before MPs sit again, after he asked Speaker Bronwyn Bishop to “rethink” a segregation plan. → Read More
Cabinet approves Australian airstrikes in Iraq
THE Abbott government has given the go-ahead for Australian Super Hornet fighter-bombers to begin airstrikes on Islamic State terrorist group targets in Iraq. → Read More
Burka ban: Tony Abbott pushes backdown over new parliamentary rules
TONY Abbott will ask House Speaker Bronwyn Bishop and Senate President Stephen Parry to abandon surprise rules to separate people with facial coverings from other members of the public by forcing them to watch parliament from behind glass after they faced a chorus of condemnation. → Read More
Parliament visitors wearing facial coverings to be seated behind glass
AUSTRALIAN Human Rights commissioner Tim Wilson has blasted as “utterly unjustifiable” the decision to force parliamentary visitors wearing facial coverings like burkas to sit behind a glass enclosure. → Read More
Andrew Colvin appointed new commissioner of Australian Federal Police
CAREER officer Andrew Colvin has been named the new commissioner of the Australian Federal Police. → Read More
Budget cuts loom to fund Islamic State fight
NEW cuts will be announced in the midyear budget review in December to pay for close to $1 billion in extra spending to fight Islamic State terrorists. → Read More
Three out of four to Abbott and Coalition
TONY Abbott is Mr 41 per cent. → Read More
Tony Abbott earns approval on security, Newspoll shows
SUPPORT for the Coalition has risen to a five-month high as voters show their approval of Tony Abbott’s handling of national security matters, with a six-point leap in the Prime Minister’s personal satisfaction rating taking it to the highest level since November. → Read More
Newspoll shows backing for Tony Abbott’s handling of national security
SUPPORT for the Coalition has risen to a five-month high as voters show their approval of Tony Abbott’s handling of national security matters, with a six-point leap in the Prime Minister’s personal satisfaction rating taking it to the highest level since November. → Read More
Negative focus on Abbott won’t suffice: ALP must sharpen its policies
WHETHER they are Labor or Liberal, ministers love to use question time to give free advice to the opposition. Of course, it’s almost always to do something that would be helpful to the government. → Read More
Powerful must lead on indigenous recognition
BILL Shorten was in primary school the last time Australians were convinced to change the Constitution. Tony Abbott was at university. → Read More
Barack Obama thanks Tony Abbott for Iraq aid, but no extra requests yet
US President Barack Obama has spoken with Tony Abbott to thank Australia for its strong support in Iraq, but he made no specific request for extra military help. → Read More
Tony Abbott’s one-year report card: ‘needs to improve’
TONY Abbott says he looks back at his first 12 months as Prime Minister with “some satisfaction”. But today’s Newspoll shows satisfied is not the word voters might use. → Read More