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Minimum wage increase threatens small business jobs
The ACTU is arguing for a $26-a-week rise in the minimum wage in the case currently before the Fair Work Commission, but employers and...
Rikki Lambert
Apr 12, 20212 min read


Christine Holgate throws grenades at Senate hearing
Former Australia Post CEO, Christine Holgate, has accused the Prime Minister and the chairman of Australia Post of bullying her out of...
John McDonnell
Apr 12, 20211 min read


Trade minister on vital mission to Europe
Trade minister, Dan Tehan, takes off on a visit to Europe this week on a mission that is vital for Australia’s economic recovery....
John McDonnell
Apr 11, 20213 min read


Will Labor adopt Biden’s progressive agenda?
There is a strong resemblance between the agenda that Joe Biden intends to implement in his first, and probably only, term as president...
John McDonnell
Apr 8, 20213 min read


My experience with the vaccine
FlowNews24 Canberra correspondent John McDonnell speaks about his COVID-19 vaccination experience. I had my Astra Zeneca anti-Covid...
John McDonnell
Apr 7, 20212 min read


The vaccine roll-out needs reorganising
To say, as Grattan Institute’s Stephen Duckett and Labor’s shadow health minister Mark Butler, have done, that the vaccine rollout has...
John McDonnell
Apr 6, 20213 min read


Australian motor transport reform is overdue
Australia could reduce the CO2 emissions from motor transport immediately simply by changing the petrol we use. Australian petrol is...
John McDonnell
Apr 5, 20212 min read


Mayday as Tasmania goes to the polls a year early
Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has announced the state election will be brought forward to May 1 after the state government plunged into...
Rikki Lambert
Mar 31, 20212 min read


Labor now on an election footing
When Anthony Albanese gave his rousing closing speech at the Labor party conference on Wednesday, it was clear that he was pleased with...
John McDonnell
Mar 31, 20213 min read


Will submarines lead the way to civil nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy is suddenly getting a lot more attention. It was raised at the Nationals party conference on the weekend and is on the...
John McDonnell
Mar 30, 20212 min read


Cabinet reshuffle has a big focus on women
Scott Morrison’s reset cabinet reshuffle has put women at the centre of all the key decision making areas of the government but the...
John McDonnell
Mar 29, 20212 min read


Budget recovery a big boost - but we're not out of the woods yet
On Thursday the government announced that the budget bottom line had been boosted by $23 billion. The increase in revenue was due to...
John McDonnell
Mar 28, 20213 min read


Blowin' in the wind? Wind Farm Commissioner gets an extra gig
The Australian government has given the Wind Farm Commissioner a new added responsibility, but one of the former independent senators who...
Rikki Lambert
Mar 28, 20213 min read


Scott Morrison’s reset reshuffle
The dogs have been barking all week that Christian Porter and Linda Reynolds are going to lose their portfolios although they may remain...
John McDonnell
Mar 25, 20213 min read


Victoria, NSW ask for more time to reach Murray-Darling water targets
The Victorian and New South Wales state governments have told FlowNews24 overnight that they want more time to reach Murray-Darling Basin...
Rikki Lambert
Mar 24, 20214 min read


Ominous signs for SA in PM’s restructure of naval shipbuilding
In a press release that went largely unnoticed, the prime minister announced a major change to the management of naval shipbuilding.
John McDonnell
Mar 23, 20213 min read


Cash dashes Nats hopes of undocumented farm worker amnesty
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Rikki Lambert
Mar 23, 20212 min read


U.S. plays big brother on Australia’s trade relations with China
At the virtual Quad leaders meeting that was held last weekend, Joe Biden promised Scott Morrison that he would not relax sanctions...
John McDonnell
Mar 22, 20214 min read


Morrison wedged on Vets royal commission
At the end of last week’s parliamentary session, the senate voted unanimously for a motion calling on the government to establish a royal...
John McDonnell
Mar 21, 20213 min read


Basin Plan must be more flexible - Victorian government, NSW irrigators
The NSW Irrigators' Council have called for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be amended to allow more flexibility.
Rikki Lambert
Mar 18, 20213 min read
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