The US president has imposed a baseline 10% “reciprocal” tariff on all imports, with some countries facing a much higher rate.
- Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
As we prepare for Trump’s “Liberation Day”, both sides of the campaign are bracing to see how Trump will affect the campaign.
Labor will urge the Fair Work Commission to increase both award and minimum wages in a written submission to their Annual Wage Review.
Kos Samaras, a director of the political consultancy firm Redbridge and a former Labor Party official, joins to talk about the polls and the parties prospects.
Comparison with American politics has continued with Peter Dutton flagging intervention into school curriculum’s to combat ‘woke’ in a move Labor has called DOGE-Y.
Climate change has taken the back seat while both parties sell their energy policies as better to reduce prices. And why has Dutton already forgone the lodge?
As the campaign officially begins both leaders run into problems selling their policies.
The election campaign starts with the government and opposition neck and neck – and minority government considered a real possibility.
With the next parliament, like this one, expected to have a large crossbench, present polling is pointing towards a minority government as a likely outcome.
As the election campaign finally begins, both major parties are making their case to the electorate. But will a spending arms race land with voters?
The opposition leader has announced a range of spending cuts and new measures, with Australians expected to go to the polls on May 3.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton will promise in his Thursday budget reply that a Coalition government would immediately halve the fuel excise on petrol and diesel.
On this podcast we are joined by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor to talk about the budget.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced surprise tax cuts while talking about “storm clouds” gathering in the global economy.
US President Donald Trump isn’t mentioned by name. But he is the colossus in the background of this budget.
We really need another budget post election. That’s because this one is about chasing votes – and could be quickly overtaken by Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement.
In the Trump age, how the next government, whether Labor or Coalition, will handle foreign affairs, defence and trade is shaping to be crucially important.
The Albanese government will make another pre-election offer promising that if re-elected it will ensure people pay no more than $25 for a script under the PBS.
Peter Dutton often goes for a quick-hit. But has he done so again over threatening to deport dual citizens - even if it means taking the policy to a referendum?
Jim Chalmers has given outline of next week’s budget in speech, promising it would be “a responsible budget which helps with the cost of living.”
With the polls close to a dead heat, would the Greens push a potential minority Labor government even harder to pursue their agenda?
The Albanese government has responded by saying Australia doesn’t need an ‘American racketeering law’.
The cyclone looks set to hit many household budgets – from higher building costs to damaged crops raising prices on staples like fruit and vegetables.
The opposition has made it comfortably past base camp. but whether he can climb to the electoral summit remains to be seen.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton joins the podcast to discuss his ambitions if he becomes Prime Minster at the May election.
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