Exclusive: ALP national president urges party to urgently renew its ageing grassroots membership base in suburban and regional areas Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian Labor party must renew or risk collapse like other centre-left parties including the US Democrats, the national president Wayne Swan has said, cautioning … Read more
Death of former NSW senator after long period of ill health announced on Saturday morning Obituary: Graham Richardson, hard-nosed former Labor minister and numbers man Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The former New South Wales senator and Labor party powerbroker, Graham “Richo” Richardson, has died aged 76. His death … Read more
Secrecy around public release of 2023 review findings has angered crossbenchers in parliament, leading to Senate question time revolt Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Labor is going to extraordinary lengths to keep secret a controversial report on jobs for mates … Read more
Murray Watt says ‘it’s not the government’s intention to stop old growth logging’ as Greens and academics press for total halt Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The Albanese government is being urged to end old growth logging “at a minimum” in order to meet a 2035 … Read more