Under the Labor NBN plan up to two million extra homes will get fibre-to-the-premise without additional cost to the government.
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Labor is heaving a sigh of relief after Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement that the Liberals will put the Greens below Labor everywhere. In particular, the embattled Labor MP for Batman, David Feeney, under…
Labor has pledged to spend $2 billion more than the Coalition on hospitals over four years and brought Bob Hawke into the election campaign.
Labor’s weakest flank in this election is economic credibility and it knows it. A combination of the past, including memories of Wayne Swan’s ever-elusive surplus, and the present, with the perception…
Labor’s proposed reform of family benefits will impact on higher income families.
A Labor government would toughen the means test on Family Tax Benefit A end-of-year supplements.
Was Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Anne Ruston right to say that no solely-managed Commonwealth fishery is subject to overfishing?
This week, The Conversation followed Nick Xenophon to his home state of South Australia, where the party formed in his name looks set to be the big winnner at this election.
Small businesses are important employers. But the problem in the company tax debate is that they haven’t created many jobs. Unlike big business.
The ACTU’s main election campaign focus is to target 28 marginal Coalition seats, including 11 in NSW and six in Queensland: the key battleground states.
The Business Council of Australia speaks for the big end of town - but does it still have the ear of government?
Many people do not yet understand the new Senate voting rules, meaning many votes could be wasted at the upcoming federal election.
The opposition will attempt to strengthen its economic credentials by announcing on Friday a package of savings to help pay for its policies and improve the budget bottom line.
Nick Xenophon, the South Australian 'vote magnet', is making both the Coalition and Labor nervous.
The Nick Xenophon Team is to this election what the Palmer United Party was to the 2013 one. It is potentially the ‘next big new thing’ in the Senate.
Watch Anne Tiernan and Duncan McDonnell discuss the popularity of minor parties and independents in this election – including what the Nick Xenophon Team learnt from the Palmer United Party.
The current campaign against proposed changes to superannuation has little basis in reality.
Was Opposition Leader Bill Shorten right to say that $100 billion has been added to Australia’s national debt on the Coalition government’s watch?
Lobbying in Australia is a multi-billion dollar industry which employs a sophisticated strategy to win public opinion and political favours for its clients or members. Here’s how.
The AMA has campaigned heavily on the Medicare rebate freeze, pointing out its potential impact on patient access if out-of-pocket costs were to increase.
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