May
Gold Dinner raises record $33.4 million despite Albo’s declining pull
The country’s most lavish charity dinner delivered another record haul, even though demand was soft for the prime minister.
- Mark Di Stefano and Myriam Robin
January
How these top CEOs stay fit and healthy
From a returned ballerina, to a marathon-running CEO and an executive yogi, nine leaders tell the BOSS team about their daily routines.
- Sally Patten and Euan Black
October 2023
- Exclusive
- Philanthropy
Superannuation has become a wealth vehicle: Keneally
Former NSW premier and senator Kristina Keneally has ruled out a return to frontline politics and says Labor’s plans to double charitable giving needs more work.
- Tom McIlroy
September 2022
From refugee to MP: Dai Le flags her joint identity
Newly elected Vietnamese-Australian MP Dai Le wore a traditional Vietnamese dress made from a print of the Australian flag for her maiden parliamentary speech.
- Updated
- Maeve Bannister
July 2022
- Analysis
- Crime
Ghosts from Labor’s past are good news for Perrottet
News of the prosecution of three NSW ex-ministers,12 days after the charges were filed, is a useful distraction for the Coalition government.
- Aaron Patrick
May 2022
Labor Right faction gets Home Affairs
Victorian Clare O’Neil replaces failed Fowler candidate Kristina Keneally in the latest factional split of portfolios
- Tom McIlroy
‘Loyalty no longer exists’: Why the teals could go after Labor next
Community-based independents could dislodge Labor MPs from safe seats in Melbourne and Sydney if the party does not stop taking its voters for granted.
- Michael Read
‘Labor took us for granted’: Mistake costs Kristina Keneally
Fowler victor Dai Le says the multicultural Sydney seat interpreted the attempt to parachute in the Labor frontbencher as a slap in the face.
- Updated
- Georgie Moore
Election 2022: denial is an ugly thing
Wherever you looked, torrents of illogic spewed forth on election night.
- Joe Aston
‘Making fun of people’s names’: Albanese hits out at Liberal ads
The Labor leader said Italian-Australians had made their own judgments about Liberal advertisements using his surname
- Tom McIlroy
Keneally faces tough fight to take Fowler
Labor is redoubling efforts in the western Sydney electorate amid fears the ultra-safe seat could fall to an independent.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Our voice is growing’: Hindus welcome the political spotlight
Upwardly mobile yet lacking intergenerational wealth, many Australian citizens from a Hindu background are swing voters, an expert says.
- Gus McCubbing
March 2022
Let’s honour Kitching with an election win: Keneally
The Senate was recalled a day early to honour late Labor senator Kimberley Kitching, amid recriminations within the Labor Party
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Political leadership
Two years of ‘micro-aggressions’: Kitching felt frozen out by Labor
From comments about her hair colour to exclusion from important meetings, the late Victorian senator experienced unpleasant treatment she said verged on bullying.
- Aaron Patrick
Albanese denies Kitching was bullied
Anthony Albanese has rejected calls for an inquiry and backed the alleged bullies as the “solution” to Labor’s shift towards a more female friendly party.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Mean girls and boys’ clubs plague all the parties
Once more in politics, we have serious allegations being levied by friends of a dead woman. This time, however, it concerns Labor.
- Phillip Coorey
Bullying allegations rock Labor
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is being blamed by some in the ALP for not supporting deceased Labor senator Kimberley Kitching in her battle to retain preselection.
- Phillip Coorey
February 2022
Labor sidesteps attempt to make it look weak on criminals
Scott Morrison created uproar by labelling Anthony Albanese as Beijing’s candidate of choice.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- National security
Shake up in the wind for Border Force under Labor
Labor sources say there will be no radical shake up of national security policy, but are concerned by the over-emphasis on security in immigration.
- Andrew Tillett
September 2021
AFR readers back RBA’s record and GST reform
Readers largely agreed with an OECD recommendation to broaden the GST base, though many did not think its rate should also be increased.
- Hannah Wootton
