POLITICAL PARTIES – AUSTRALIA – PLATFORMS

Greens promise tax cuts for all – but not the resource sector

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Original article by Shane Wright
The Age – Page: Online : 28-Oct-26

Australian Greens leader David Shoebridge will use today’s National Press Club speech to call for income tax relief. He will propose increasing the tax-free threshold from $18,200 to $26,000; the cost of the tax cuts would be offset by making changes to resource rent taxes and imposing a tax of 25 per cent on gas exports. Shoebridg will contend that the majority of workers would receive a tax cut of about $1,000 each year, while the new taxes on gas and mining companies would raise some $45bn a year. Shoebridge will also propose increasing welfare payments by $1,000 a year.

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AUSTRALIAN GREENS

Coalition’s migration plan risks breaching India free trade agreement and damaging economy, advocates warn

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Original article by Krishani Dhanji
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 7-Oct-26

The number of temporary graduate visas would be reduced from 271,200 to just 10,000 by 2031-32 under the Coalition’s migration policy. Shadow home affairs minister Jonno Duniam has indicated that there will be a four-year transitional phase before the temporary graduate visa is abolished. The International Education Association of Australia’s CEO Phil Honeywood contends that the Coalition’s policy could breach Australia’s free-trade agreement with India, which allows Indian students to stay and work in Australia for up to four years after completing their studies. Universities Australia CEO Luke Sheehy adds that scrapping temporary graduate visas could make Australia less attractive to international students.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA, UNIVERSITIES AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Taylor denies immigration cut will hit economy

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 7-Oct-26

Opposition leader Angus Taylor has announced that net overseas migration would be reduced to 100,000 annually during the first two years of a Coalition government, before progressively rising to 160,000 during its fourth year in office. Other key features of the Coalition’s migration policy – which Taylor has described as the biggest cut to immigration in Australia’s history – include reducing the number of temporary visa holders by 650,000 during its first term in office and increasing the number of visa for high-value skilled migrants by more than 100,000. Taylor says the Coalition’s proposed immigration reforms would boost the federal budget by about $260m over four years.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Chainsaw to ALP energy revolution

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Original article by Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 1 & 5 : 23-Sep-26

The Coalition has advised that its Scrap Net Zero (Cheaper Energy) bill will be introduced to parliament within 30 days if it wins the next federal election. Amongst other things, the proposed bill would abolish Labor initiatives such as the legislated net-zero emissions target, the Capacity Investment Scheme, the safeguard mechanism and new vehicle efficiency standards. The existing CIS would be replaced by one that embraces all dispatchable energy technology, including nuclear power; the Coalition would also seek to scrap the national ban on nuclear power generation. Shadow energy minister Dan Tehan says the Coalition’s energy policy will be about "energy abundance", rather than Labor’s current approach of "energy restriction".

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Labor in thrall to Islamists and far left

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Original article by Ben Packham, Elizabeth Pike, Greg Brown
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 28-Jul-26

The Labor Friends of Israel group’s co-convenor Mike Kelly has criticised the removal of explicit references to the disarming of Hamas from Labor’s national policy platform. Kelly says the changes that were endorsed at Labor’s national conference underline the "unholy alliance" between the ultra-left and Islamist extremists. Former federal MP Michael Danby in turn contends that Labor has been "hijacked" by extremists; he adds that the far left and Islamists have been allowed to dominate Australians streets since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel in October 2023. However, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Labor MP Josh Burns have expressed support for the policy platform changes.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE

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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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY