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Private health rebate changes causing Labor 'a lot of pain in electorates'
By Michelle Grattan
It will be hard for the government to push through its private health rebate changes without sacrificing big dollars, just when it needs to preserve the budget's savings.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-16/michelle-grattan-private-health-rebate-cuts/107269846
Unless you're Hanson, migration can be a dangerous sinkhole
By Michelle Grattan
In the furious debate about migration policy, figures and justifications get easily lost in a quagmire of vocal stakeholders, potential losers and outcomes that may not stand the test of the real world.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/michelle-grattan-migration-policy-liberal-party/107242754
Albanese jets off to talk climate, but interest rate pain is never far away
By Michelle Grattan
In ordinary people's day-to-day thinking the cost of living dominates, and never more than this week, when the Reserve Bank hiked rates to the highest level since 2011.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-02/anthony-albanese-climate-change-ai-interest-rates/107217568
#FederalGovernment #WorldPolitics #ClimateChange #InterestRates #MichelleGrattan
Rogue agent hack vindicates Albanese's push for tough AI guardrails
By Michelle Grattan
The Medicare hack underscores that the work on AI has to be given even higher priority by the government. As one government man put it, it was a real-life example of a science fiction scenario.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-25/rouge-ai-agent-medicare-push-for-tough-guardrails/107193366
Labor pounces on migration problems, but leaves massive wedge for critics
By Michelle Grattan
After the embarrassment of having to abort his earlier press club appearance, Tony Burke produced a package that, on his own admission, did not contain all he'd wished.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-18/labor-migration-policy-delivered/107166054
#MigrationPolicy #Immigration #FederalGovernment #FederalParliament #MichelleGrattan
Hanson's overreach on Hastie kicks Liberals into gear
By Michelle Grattan
This week the One Nation leader dug her heels in on two high-risk demonstrations.
Economy won't improve until Australia climbs productivity mountain
By Michelle Grattan
For the average Australian, just where we are economically is, at best, confusing; at worst, alarming.
#EconomicTrendsandIndicators #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #Tax #MichelleGrattan
Albanese is seeking the icing on the international cake
By Michelle Grattan
Securing a UN Security Council seat would cap the Albanese government's international efforts.
#ForeignAffairs #FederalGovernment #FederalParliament #MichelleGrattan
Battle for Victoria sends important signals to federal players
By Michelle Grattan
Victoria's election on November 28 has taken on a drama and significance we wouldn't have anticipated a year ago.
#StateandTerritoryElections #FederalGovernment #Elections #MichelleGrattan
A reluctant Albanese is under pressure over telehealth for VAD
By Michelle Grattan
At last week's Labor conference, which was totally under the prime minister's thumb, only one issue was contested on the floor: support for the use of telehealth in voluntary assisted dying care.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/albanese-under-pressure-over-telehealth-for-vad/106979238
#FederalParliament #FederalGovernment #HealthPolicy #Euthanasia #MichelleGrattan
Jim Chalmers’s appetite for economic reform is about to be tested
The next few months may be the most crucial that Jim Chalmers has faced as treasurer, at least…
#NewsBeep #News #Economy #AU #Australia #budget #Business #housing #housingaffordability #jimchalmers #michellegrattan #tax #taxreform #Treasurer
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/461286/
Why are political parties still bickering over net zero?
By Michelle Grattan
The opposition leader faces a diabolical situation with the debate over whether the Coalition should abandon the 2050 net zero target.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-25/net-zero-coalition-sussan-ley-nationals-liberals/105555152
#ClimateChange #FederalGovernment #LiberalPartyofAustralia #NationalPartyofAustralia #MichelleGrattan
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Since when have the ‘entrails’ of party #factionalism (of any political persuasion) got any ‘uglier’ - but for want of an impactful intro to a piece covering regular post-election re-org. #MichelleGrattan is beating it up it seems. Factionalism is part and parcel of normal democratic politics, has ever been so.
No surprises here. No surprises anywhere because it is basically a logical numbers’ game, democratically and procedurally so. Has ever been so.
As for #Keating ’s holler and bluster, it might keep his blood pressure up but little else.
When it comes to climate, Labor is keeping an eye on Washington before it looks to Paris
By Michelle Grattan
If Donald Trump wins the US presidency on November 5, his victory will have profound implications for other countries on many fronts. Not least of them will be climate change policy.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-25/trump-making-albanese-cagey-on-climate/104515024
The voters of Dunkley have government and opposition in a guessing game
By Michelle Grattan
The prime minister has the foreign stage coming to him as he prepares for the special ASEAN summit in Melbourne. But with the Dunkley by-election only days before, he may have other things on his mind.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-01/voters-of-dunkley-have-guessing-game/103530880
#FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #Elections #MichelleGrattan
Unshackle immigration from Home Affairs and give it its own department
By Michelle Grattan
A central problem is that the department's component parts are a bad fit. There seems an overwhelming case for separating immigration, citizenship and multicultural affairs into their own department with cabinet status, writes Michelle Grattan.
#PoliticsandGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #MichelleGrattan
Can the Albanese government show muscle in Indigenous policy? One test is coming next week
By Michelle Grattan
When the government presents its latest implementation plan for Closing the Gap on Tuesday, it will test its ability to produce policy muscle in Indigenous affairs, writes Michelle Grattan.
#PoliticsandGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #MichelleGrattan
