Labor HeraldinLabor HeraldAustralia stands in solidarity with France’s liberté, égalité, fraternitéIn a statement issued today by Opposition leader Bill Shorten and his deputy and shadow foreign affairs minister Tanya Plibersek following…Jul 15, 2016Jul 15, 2016
Labor HeraldinLabor HeraldClimbing youth unemployment concernThe latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures released today show the unemployment rate has risen to 5.8 per cent, with 734,200…Jul 14, 2016Jul 14, 2016
Labor HeraldinLabor HeraldWhat is the point of Malcolm Turnbull being prime minister?Whatever else it might have been, Malcolm Turnbull’s election pitch was pretty unexciting, writes Labor’s Member for Scullin Andrew Giles.Jul 14, 2016Jul 14, 2016
Labor HeraldinLabor HeraldAustralia’s energy sector is in critical need of reformThe Grattan Institute’s *Tony Wood says a federal election is an opportunity to take stock of how Australia is doing, where it’s going, and…Jul 14, 2016Jul 14, 2016
Labor HeraldinLabor HeraldBring back Steve — and they did“Bring back Steve” Georganas worked, with the people of Hindmarsh electing the one-time Labor factory worker, taxi driver, underwriter and…Jul 14, 2016Jul 14, 2016
Labor HeraldinLabor HeraldRecord on health — pushed Coalition to the edge of oblivionQueensland health minister Cameron Dick says of the 2016 federal election’s most potent themes, the Coalition’s record on health became the…Jul 13, 2016Jul 13, 2016
Labor HeraldinLabor HeraldSouth China Sea next steps — de-escalating tensions and resolving disputesA Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague has issued a unanimous ruling in the arbitration instituted by the…Jul 13, 2016Jul 13, 2016
Labor HeraldinLabor HeraldLargest personal philanthropic donation to a university laudedAustralia’s largest personal philanthropic donation — worth $200m — will expand the Australian National University’s (ANU) scholarship…Jul 12, 2016Jul 12, 2016
Labor HeraldinLabor HeraldPeople With Disability Australia president moves onFederal Labor today acknowledged the contribution of Craig Wallace, who has announced he was stepping down as president of People with…Jul 12, 2016Jul 12, 2016
Labor HeraldinLabor HeraldTime the government gets superannuation rightRetrospectivity, and other consequences of the government’s rushed superannuation changes continue to dominate conversations around the…Jul 12, 2016Jul 12, 2016