The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Since the May 9 budget, there have been polls from Resolve, Essential, Morgan and Newspoll. Labor has a large lead in all of these polls. It’s almost a year since Labor won the May 21 2022 election by a 52.1-47.9 national two party margin, but its honeymoon is continuing, and…

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Exclusive: Tenants feel let down by Labor, but Chris Minns insists sale does not meet ‘definition of privatisation’

Union says compliance measures do more harm than good as Acoss analysis reveals they disproportionately affect vulnerable jobseekers

Labor policy limiting negative gearing only to new homes was seized upon leading up to the party’s 2019 election loss.

Adam Bandt decries ‘massive black hole’ after Parliamentary Budget Office analysis puts cost at $313bn over a decade

The Federal Member for Lingiari claims a key recommendation around water use has not been implemented despite plans to allow fracking in the region, and it has left traditional owners, environmentalists and pastoralists with serious concerns.

Internal push for stronger housing policy reform comes amid fears Labor could bleed inner-city voters to the Greens over issue

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is the first in decades to declare war on what he calls the “pain of rising rents”.

The Labor government has made a virtue of moderation in its first year but there are warning signs voters will want more than just balance in the longer term

The ALP’s first national conference under the Albanese government will also debate union proposal for an export tariff on unprocessed critical minerals