Katharine Murphy

A prime minister who is demonstrably comfortable with intervention, now declares government has to get out of people’s faces

Coalition’s standing on economic management takes a hit as voters feel pinch of rising food and petrol prices

ALP use final parliamentary sitting to home in on PM’s truthfulness and revisit Christian Porter matter under new Speaker

Authoritative social cohesion study also reports increasing positive sentiment on immigration and multiculturalism

Liberal MP wants an investigation into alleged breach after Guardian Australia revealed the committee cleared former attorney general

Anthony Albanese will unveil skills and higher education commitments worth $1.2bn at a campaign-style rally in Sydney

Katharine Murphy speaks to finance minister Simon Birmingham about the mid-year budget update and the Jenkins review

Federal health minister says circumstances in winter in Europe are very different

From an integrity commission to climate, there are still many question marks facing the federal government

Environment minister receives enthusiastic welcome in Lisbon and flags five blue carbon projects to safeguard ocean health

Change to ensure future emissions reduction targets could only be increased follows talks with crossbench and Greens

Ten years on from the misogyny speech, Katharine Murphy reflects on how it was framed at the time – and what has been gained since

Jim Chalmers says spiralling energy costs the most ‘problematic aspect of our inflation problem’ through to mid-2023

Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers to attend meeting of Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action in Washington this week

A volatile global economy looms as Jim Chalmers assembles the Albanese government’s inaugural budget, where he will be judged on delivering on election promises while exercising restraint

Research comes as treasurer acknowledges ‘an appetite in the community’ to strengthen petroleum resource rent tax

The prime minister will use a keynote address at the B20, a business summit alongside the G20 in Bali, to argue for a more sustainable global economy

Labor has enjoyed a honeymoon period with voters after their brutal rejection of Morrison’s government

Greens leader says party will negotiate in good faith on proposals that deal with the ‘untenable’ opening of new coal and gas mines

Exclusive: Treasurer expects ‘bumpy’ year ahead as Australia feels the squeeze of higher interest rates and China’s slowdown