Michelle Grattan

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’ The Greens’ senator says she’s worried kids will end up ‘in other online spaces that are even darker and more dangerous’ – and Australia should act on other options.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Ayres on the AI rollout’s looming ‘bumps and glitches’ The industry minister denied Australia’s adopting a ‘light-touch’ approach on AI – and says he’s working to make sure data centres are ‘not a drain on resources’.

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View from The Hill: Albanese’s wedding guestlist a mudmap to his inner power sanctum The prime minister’s quiet wedding gave an insight into who is in his inner circle.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on Barnaby’s defection and how the environment law deal ‘fell apart’ Ley says the Opposition was negotiating on the environment laws with the government into early Thursday – just before Labor announced a deal with the Greens.

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Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal The government finally got through its environmental laws, doing the deal with the Greens, leaving the Liberals hung out to dry.

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Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat The sandwich-press steak dinner may yet work a charm, but the MP has quit the Nationals while not yet saying where he’s headed next.

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View from The Hill: Niki Savva outlines Andrew Hastie’s ambition ‘to restore the Menzian big tent’ Those around Sussan Ley seem confident her fragile leadership would survive into next year. But some in the party look to Andrew Hastie as the parties future.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Liberal Andrew McLachlan on why he’ll still promote net zero The South Australian Liberal senator says he’s “dubious” about being able to sell the Coalition’s new policy to voters – describing it as “carefree with emissions”.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Niki Savva and David Solomon on The Dismissal Next week is the 50th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam government. We’re joined by Niki Savva and David Solomon to talk about their memories of that day.

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View from The Hill: pressure on embattled Ley to do a deal on EPBC reform Sussan Ley is set to survive “the killing season” but the task ahead is only going to get harder.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sam Rae on big changes to aged care Amid rising demand for aged care, major changes are rolling out from Saturday. Minister for seniors Sam Rae explains what the overhaul means for older Australians.

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Grattan on Friday: Libs should reflect on proverb ‘As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly’ The Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy while the government races to get its enviromental laws through.

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View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce is doing again what he does best – disrupting Joyce’s complaint that he is now seen as a “discordant note” overlook his own behaviour.

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Grattan on Friday: Master communicator vs master tactician, the race between Chalmers and Burke In the clandestine race for Labor’s next leader, the question is will youth or expereince shine through?

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Jakubowicz on repairing our ‘fragile’ multicultural nation The multiculturalism expert says increased tensions since the October 7 attacks have raised ‘the tideline of hate speech’ in Australia.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself Opposition finance spokesman James Paterson canvasses the economy and the budget, says the Liberals need to sort out its stance on net zero sooner rather than later.

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Australia formally recognises Palestine, as Albanese begins US visit The Albanese government on Sunday formally recognised Palestine as an independent state.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Wood on ‘politics trumping climate policy’ and the hard road ahead The energy expert says Australia’s only on track to cut its emissions by around 50% by 2035 – ‘so we’re going to have to step up the pace’ in the next decade.

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Trump accuses ABC journalist of ‘hurting Australia’ and says he’ll report him to Albanese The stoush comes as the prime minister prepares for his long-sought meeting with the president.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler on kids on the NDIS through to aged care funding The health minister also says fewer kids are now vaping because of the government’s ban, which ‘exploded’ as a health problem during the COVID years.

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View from The Hill: Growing push for early decision on climate policy wedges Ley Sussan Ley is resisting growing internal pressure for the Coalition to quickly discuss and determine the future of its policy on net zero.

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Grattan on Friday: a laundry basket of reform leaves a lot of washing to be done While Mark Butler went bold on NDIS reform, Treasurer Jim Chalmers used his roundtable to present a masterclass in inclusive incrementalism.

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View from The Hill: Everyone wants a slice of the productivity action While the summit’s program is well-defined, it’s much harder to know what’s going on behind closed doors.

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Australian Jewish representatives deliver stinging rebukes to Netanyahu and Albanese The Executive Council of Australia Jewry has called both leaders to tone down the rhetoric as Australia and Israel continue a war of words.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brien and industry chief Andrew McKellar’s tax and red tape wishlists Both men say the government has a ‘spending problem’ and are urging the federal government to think beyond raising taxes – especially for business.

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Grattan on Friday: Can Jim Chalmers reap a healthy crop with the help of his big worm farm? One observer describes next week’s economic roundtable this way: the treasurer “has opened a can of worms – and everybody has got a worm”.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers wants roundtable to ‘crack open’ the challenge of slow housing approvals Housing is on the agenda at next week’s productivity roundtable, with the Treasurer wanting better regulation and faster approvals to build more homes.

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Coalition declares it would revoke Australia’s Palestinian statehood recognition if it wins office While the split in bipartisanship on the Israel-Palestinian conflict has come to a head this week, it has been in the making for some time.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: ‘talking about blokes’ issues’ with ex-Olympian and Labor MP Dan Repacholi The former five-time Olympic shooter and coal miner wants men of all ages not to be afraid of speaking about their health – as he used to be.

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UN climate chief tells Australia to ‘go big’ with its 2035 emissions reduction target United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell has urged Australia to go further in it’s climate goals, telling Australia to seize the moment.

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