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Australian election 2025: Police warns of threats to MPs

Australia’s top cop has urged MPs to seek advice on campaign safety following hundreds of reports of threats and harassment directed at officeholders.

MinterEllison partners in line for more lucrative paydays

The top-tier law firm has followed some of its major rivals in creating a larger gap between top earners and the rest of the partnership to prevent poaching.

Federal Election 2025: Peter Dutton promises more gas for domestic market in energy prices pitch

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has fired a salvo on energy prices ahead of Friday’s announcement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of a May 3 election.

Virtical: $5m gold bullion twist in hunt for collapsed pub group’s millions

Former Virtical director Mark Toma told a court it wasn’t him who turned up in a Range Rover to buy bullion from a Martin Place gold merchant, as the pub group’s $100 million fake GST refund scandal erupted.

Federal election 2025: Peter Dutton is losing the political race for lower taxes

Rather than replicate the Howard government’s innovative tax reform thinking, Dutton has instead lazily copied from the less creditable playbook of his political hero.

Federal Election 2025: Labor’s environmental promises for a renewed EPA and EPBC Act sleep with the fishes

Labor went to the last election talking big on the environment, but political reality has got in the way.

NEC ASX: Nine Entertainment could land $1.4b from Domain deal with CoStar. What will it do with the money?

Nine Entertainment looks certain to pocket $1.4 billion from the sale of Domain to US group CoStar. What it does with the cash will be the subject of fierce debate.

Budget 2025: The facts that burst Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ balloon

The treasurer has staked his claim of the “biggest ever” improvement in the budget bottom line on projections that proved to be wildly wrong.

‘Bonkers’: Economists slam Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s pledge to halve the fuel excise

The opposition leader’s promise to halve the fuel excise is a populist sugar hit that will disproportionately favour the wealthy and do little to fix the budget, economists say.

Budget 2025: Peter Dutton’s fuel tax cut is good politics, but bad economics against Labor’s tax cuts

The pledge to temporarily cut the price of petrol exposes the Liberals for embracing a Labor-lite version of debt-funded spending, while shying away from serious tax reforms.