Matt Coughlan
‘Do not walk away’: Treasurer’s pitch to protect mining industry on road to net zero
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says it is wrong to assume mining and agriculture will decline as the economy responds to climate change. In...
Travel ‘by Christmas’: Tehan’s pledge to Aussies
Australia’s Tourism and Trade Minister believes international borders will be open in time for Christmas. Dan Tehan, who is preparing to jet...
Singapore Airlines scraps Australian flights amid travel confusion
Singapore Airlines has blamed a lack of Australian government clarity about international travel on a decision to scrap dozens of pre-Christmas flights....
Turnbull lashes Porter’s blind trust for legal fees
Malcolm Turnbull has lashed former attorney-general Christian Porter’s decision to allow a blind trust to cover some of his legal fees. Mr...
COVID hospitalisations rise as vax milestone looms
Coronavirus hospitalisations in Australia’s biggest cities are on the rise as the nation edges towards 70 per cent first-dose vaccination coverage. Sydney’s...
Discarded ALP candidate reveals local rage over Keneally
South-west Sydney lawyer Tu Le has revealed community rage at the decision to cast her aside and parachute Labor senator Kristina Keneally...
Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon to retire from politics
Retiring Labor veteran Joel Fitzgibbon has backed Anthony Albanese to win the next federal election as he leaves politics confident in the...
‘Gollum’: Insults fly as states scrap over GST
The NSW Treasurer has labelled Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan “the Gollum of Australian politics” in the latest chapter of bitter interstate...
International vaccine passports likely in October
Australia will begin issuing COVID-19 vaccine passports from next month as preparations to restart international jetsetting continue. Travel is not expected to...
Another 19 more Delta cases in Canberra
Canberra has another 19 coronavirus cases as the Delta variant continues to circulate in the nation’s capital. Of Tuesday’s infections, 13 were...