politics

A previous disclosure that the head of the federal corruption watchdog had been consulted 11 times has been corrected to 21 following questions from the ABC. Source link

Penny Wong has demanded “full accountability” and “transparency” from Laos over the methanol deaths of two Australian women last year. Source link

The next few days are viewed as critical to landing a deal on the proposed reforms to update the EPBC Act, amid hopes the Liberals will be more motivated to bolster their environmental credentials after ditching net zero. Source link

A decade and a half after an energy company CEO outlined his greatest fears for Australia’s economic future — no carbon price — the nation again appears set for a renewed battle over climate policy and power generation.  Source link

Health ministers are furious with a letter from the prime minister demanding they rein in spending if they want a public hospital funding deal honoured.  Source link

As Chris Bowen lands in Belém with the clock ticking on a resolution, Anthony Albanese says the rules against co-presidency for the COP are clear. Source link

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to talk up Australia’s role a a middle power and herald the success of APEC, while also describing the nation as seeking security in Asia “more than ever”. Follow live.  Source link

It was only a week ago that the moderates in the Liberal Party were flexing their muscle privately (and some publicly), threatening a divorce with the Nationals and to walk the plank if net zero was dumped. Neither threat ever materialised.  Source link

The strange macho appeal of fossilised vegetation means that 30 years of annual United Nations meetings to stop the planet heating any more have been a bust.  Source link

In 2011, Tony Abbott was questioned over his use of the phrase “shit happens” when discussing the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan. Instead of responding, he stared at the journalist, fighting the urge to thump him.  Source link