Katy Gallagher
So what is Albonomics, and what will it mean for Australia?
When he came to power, the prime minister’s economic priorities were hard to discern. Two years on, his vision is clear.
- by Shane Wright
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No scorched earth: Chalmers promises budget spending as economy slows
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is poised to deliver a second successive budget surplus, but deficits in coming years to support the economy.
- by Shane Wright
An extra $25 billion not enough to guarantee more budget surpluses
Jim Chalmers will deliver his third budget on May 14. Extra tax, which has bolstered the past two budgets, won’t be enough to offset extra spending.
- by Shane Wright
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher reveals taking antidepressants after personal tragedy
Katy Gallagher has told former prime minister Julia Gillard she hit the “bottom of the bottom” after the tragic death of her fiance.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Federal budget
$50b clawed back from waste and rorts not enough to solve ‘truly wicked problem’
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher’s spending audit has found $50 billion in savings and redirected spending over the last two budgets. Economists say more needs to be done.
- by Rachel Clun
‘Do you want me to speak or not? I am the prime minister’: Albanese caught on film
ABC footage shows the prime minister asking rally organiser Sarah Williams if she wanted him to speak just before his comments to the crowd prompted her furious outburst.
- by Olivia Ireland
Analysis
Gender equality
Albanese’s big test as leader is responding to women’s anger. So far, it’s a bad look
Scott Morrison must be feeling either empathy or schadenfreude as he watches Albanese cop bad press for his handling of a rally.
- by Jacqueline Maley
‘A rape happened in this building’: What the Higgins finding could mean for body to punish politicians, staff
Minister for Women Katy Gallagher says the much-delayed parliamentary standards commission could punish MPs, senators, staffers and others in the building for serious breaches such as sexual assault.
- by Olivia Ireland
Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’: Lidia Thorpe
‘Whatever, let the purge begin’. Some Coalition MPs think a new parliamentary watchdog would be used to pursue vendettas, but Lidia Thorpe says it should be a lot tougher.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Political leadership
Badly behaved politicians face docked pay, suspension under proposed new code
Politicians who breach parliamentary workplace standards could be fined up to $10,853, according to a leaked draft of new laws.
- by Olivia Ireland
Do better on equality or lose $70 billion in government work, minister warns business
Minister for Finance and Women Katy Gallagher said gender equality improvements will be important when it comes to winning government contracts.
- by Rachel Clun