POLITICAL PARTIES – AUSTRALIA – PLATFORMS

Coalition and One Nation’s plan to ditch net zero would not lower power prices, CSIRO report finds

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Original article by Graham Readfearn
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 15-Jul-26

The CSIRO’s annual GenCost report has found that renewables will continue to be the cheapest option for generating electricity in 2030. Both the Coalition and One Nation have advocated adding nuclear power to the nation’s energy mix, but the CSIRO has concluded that this would be the most expensive way to generate electricity among the current options. The report has also refuted claims by the Coalition and One Nation that scrapping Australia’s net-zero emissions target would result in lower electricity prices; it found that generation costs are likely to rise after 2030 regardless of Australia’s net zero policy, although prices are then likely to stabilise.

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CSIRO, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, ONE NATION PARTY

Right fright sees Labor go for woke

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Original article by Greg Brown, Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 8-Jul-26

The Australian Labor Party’s draft national policy platform has been amended to include a commitment to an anti-racism strategy. The revised draft platforms states that Labor will continue to oppose people who "foster extremism, hatred, ethnic division or incitement to violence". Senior Labor sources have indicated that the move to include this in the draft platform is a direct response to growing concern within the party about rising levels of racism and the growing support for One Nation. The draft platform also formalises Labor’s support for Welcome to Country ceremonies, which were not mentioned in its 2023 national platform.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, ONE NATION PARTY

ALP lifts pressure off Palestinian Authority, Hamas

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Original article by Elizabeth Pike, Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 7-Jul-26

An initial draft of the ALP’s policy platform for its upcoming national conference called for Hamas to disarm and for the Palestinian Authority to reform and guarantee Israel’s security. However, no mention of these demands are mentioned in the latest draft, despite Prime Minister Anthony Albanese making them key conditions of his recognition of Palestine, while the latest draft appears to strengthen criticisms of Israel over its actions in Gaza. Commenting on the latest draft of Labor’s policy platform, a spokesperson for Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the federal government stands by its view that Hamas should play no role in a future Palestinian state

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE

ALP snubs Greens, unions on teen super

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Original article by Thomas Henry, Matthew Cranston
The Australian – Page: 4 : 1-Jul-26

The Greens have moved to block a provision in payday superannuation laws that exempt businesses from making super contributions to employees under the age of 18 who work for less than 30 hours per week. However, the Senate has agreed to delay parliamentary debate on the disallowance motion, which has the support of unions and super funds. The ACTU’s assistant secretary Joseph Mitchell says it is unfair that young workers are not paid super on their wages, contending that doing so could boost their super balance by thousands of dollars when they retire. Business Council of Australia CEO Bran Black opposes the motion, arguing the need for measures that make it easier rather than harder to employ people.

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AUSTRALIAN GREENS, ACTU, BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA

Tourists to Australia would have social media accounts vetted under Trumpian Coalition plan

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 14-Apr-26

Opposition leader Angus Taylor will use a Menzies Institute speech tonight to outline the first details of the Coalition’s much-anticipated immigration policy. Amongst other things, migrants will be required to embrace Australian values, including the rule of law, tolerance and equal opportunity; Taylor contends that some people who want to migrate to Australia will be a "net drain" rather than a net benefit to the country. The Coalition will also reinstate temporary protection visas, which the federal government abolished in 2023, while it will develop a list of countries to which failed asylum seekers can be safely returned. People who apply for a visa to Australia – including tourists – would also be required to submit their social media accounts for screening,

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Renewables goal off ALP platform

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Original article by Greg Brown, Sarah Ison
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 8-Apr-26

Sources within the Australian Labor Party have stated that it remains committed to the 2030 target of generating 82 per cent of the nation’s energy via renewables. This is despite the fact that explicit references to the target have been removed from Labor’s draft national policy platform. The sources contend that the renewables target is covered in a broader reference to ‘ambitious and achievable 2030 and 2035 targets’. Amongst other things, the draft policy platform also emphasises Australia’s role as a middle power, calls for Australians to receive a ‘fairer return’ from natural resources and says Labr should consider appointing more union representatives to the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy board. The policy platform for the next federal election will be ­debated at Labor’s national ­conference in July.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Labor’s draft party platform more assertive on China and omits mandatory jail term stance

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Original article by Dan Jervis-Bardy
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 1-Apr-26

The first draft of Labor’s 2026 national party platform shows that some key issues have been omitted since the last such document was prepared ahead of the 2025 election. Amongst other things, the initial draft does not include any references to carbon, capture and storage technology or Labor’s long-standing opposition to mandatory jail terms. However, it does reaffirmed Labor’s support for the AUKUS alliance and a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, while stating that Labor will continue to assert Australia’s interests in the "face of China projecting power" in the Indo-Pacific region. The new national platform will be refined before it is debated at Labor’s triennial national conference in July.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Capital gains tax breaks in our sights

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Original article by Matthew Cranston
The Australian – Page: 2 : 20-Jan-26

The Greens are looking to reduce the capital gains tax discount, with the party to hold a Senate inquiry into the tax this year. With figures from Treasury showing that the top one per cent of taxpayers get more than 54 per cent of the benefits from the capital gains tax discount, Greens senator Nick McKim says the best way to address intergenerational inequity is to wind back the discount. He says that the Greens "have the CGT discount in our sights", and that it intends to use the Senate inquiry to show "how grossly unfair it is".

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AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY

Shaky Liberals fears party split

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Original article by Phillip Coorey, Ryan Cropp
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 19-Nov-25

There is growing concern within the Liberal Party of Australia that its stance on net-zero emissions could potentially cause the party to split. Multiple sources have indicated that some members of the Liberals’ moderate faction have held discussions about splitting from the party. However, Liberal senator and moderate Andrew Bragg contends that the recent decision to abandon the commitment to net-zero is not a reason to walk away from the party, and he argues that the fragmentation of the centre-right of Australian politics would result in less coherent policy.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Employers urge Ley to expand IR changes

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 22-Oct-25

Opposition leader Sussan Ley has committed to reviewing the federal government’s multi-employer bargaining laws. However, business groups want the Coalition to consider more extensive industrial relations reforms. The Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s CEO Andrew McKellar says the Coalition should look at increasing the legal definition of a small business from 15 employees to 25, contending that getting a fair deal for small business should be a priority. The Australian Resources & ­Energy Employer Association’s CEO Steve Knott in turn has identified the abolition of laws expanding union delegate rights, right-of-entry provisions and the Fair Work Commission’s intractable bargaining powers as reforms the Coalition should be pursuing.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES AND ENERGY EMPLOYER ASSOCIATION