Judith Ireland

Labor aims to get carbon tax, NBN message across

Judith Ireland Julia Gillard has told the Labor caucus that the government will step up its campaign to sell the carbon tax and national broadband network after the budget is released.

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PM and Abbott at cross purposes

Judith Ireland The government is fond of calling Tony Abbott ‘‘Dr No’’ but that could change to ‘‘Dr Cross’’ after Julia Gillard opened budget week with a provocative shot at the Opposition Leader.

Fair Work moves on Thomson over 'misuse' of HSU funds and escort services

Judith Ireland The report finds that Mr Thomson used his credit card to procure $5,793 worth of escort services.

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Once more with feeling we have speculation by the numbers

Judith Ireland There is a certain ''once more with feeling'' feeling brewing in Canberra.

Government names 250 companies to pay carbon tax

Judith Ireland Companies such as Alcoa, BHP Billiton, Boral and La Trobe University are among about 250 companies that will pay the carbon tax when it is introduced on July 1.

Whish-Wilson gets nod to replace Brown in Senate

Judith Ireland Tasmanian vineyard owner Peter Whish-Wilson will replace Bob Brown in the Senate.

Government foreshadows more cuts to Defence spending

Judith Ireland Prime Minister Julia Gillard has commissioned a new Defence white paper to be released next year, one year earlier than expected, as the government guaranteed that Australian soldiers would not be...

Thomson not off the hook yet, says HSU chief

Judith Ireland Craig Thomson cannot yet distance himself from police investigation into the union's East branch, says the acting national president of the Health Services Union, Chris Brown.

Government claims cover-up in Slipper affair

Judith Ireland, Jessica Wright The government is accusing the Coalition of a cover-up over the Peter Slipper affair, after Christopher Pyne this morning altered his account of his dealings with former Slipper staffer James Ashby.

AFP to investigate Slipper taxi dockets

Judith Ireland, Jessica Wright Peter Slipper is being formally investigated by police for misusing his travel entitlements, despite the embattled Speaker's continued insistence that he is innocent.

Gillard should dump carbon tax, says Keneally

Judith Ireland Former NSW premier Kristina Keneally says Julia Gillard should dump or "dial back" the carbon tax in a bid to save herself at the next election.

Windsor turns tables on Abbott over no-confidence motion

Judith Ireland Tony Windsor has turned the tables on Tony Abbott, saying the Opposition Leader should call a no-confidence motion if he has lost confidence in the Gillard government.

Gillard's profit and loss account

Judith Ireland If you believe the polls, the opposition and some of the media commentary over the past 24 hours, Julia Gillard's government is not just hanging by a thread on the rocks.

Thomson's preselection in doubt

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Gillard 'will remain as PM'

Judith Ireland Senior government ministers have backed the Prime Minister's decision to sideline Craig Thomson and Peter Slipper and are insisting that Julia Gillard will lead Labor to the next election, despite...

Slipper Cabcharge documents only muddy the water

Dylan Welch, Judith Ireland THE Cabcharge dockets released by embattled MP Peter Slipper have raised more questions than they have answered, with incomplete and possibly inaccurate information casting doubt on their ability to...

Slipper's unusual Cabcharge use

Judith Ireland Peter Slipper appears to have been unusually unlucky when it comes to the electronic payment of his government-funded Cabcharge travel.

Cabcharge documents not enough to clear Slipper, say Libs

Judith Ireland The Coalition says Cabcharge documents produced by Peter Slipper in a bid to clear himself of travel rort claims are not enough to put him back in the Speaker's chair.

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Shorten bids to put health union into administration

Judith Ireland Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has made the extraordinary move of trying to place the Health Services Union's East Branch into administration.