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The Guardian
30-07-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Australia politics live: only four out of 19 Closing the Gap targets improving, latest report shows
Update: Date: 2025-07-30T20:32:14.000Z Title: Content: Without changing the approach to Closing the Gap, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will continue to 'pay the price', Indigenous organisations say. Just four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track to be met, according to the latest data from the Productivity Commission, the Australian Associated Press reports. But key targets, including adult imprisonment rates, children in out-of-home care, suicide and childhood development are continuing to worsen. While there have been improvements in Year 12 attainment, tertiary education and housing access, these are not on track to meet deadlines. Update: Date: 2025-07-30T20:28:34.000Z Title: Welcome Content: Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I'm Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action. The latest Closing the Gap report has been released this morning and it shows that progress is being made on only four of the 19 targets. Indigenous groups and advocates say governments need to do more. More details coming up. Anika Wells, the communications minister, appeared on 7.30 last night to explain the government's decision to restrict children's YouTube access. More details coming up on that as well.
The Guardian
29-07-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Australia politics live: Senate votes against search engine ID checks; just one in seven Australians back Israel's actions in Gaza
Update: Date: 2025-07-29T20:32:51.000Z Title: Welcome Content: Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I'm Martin Farrer with the best of the overnight stories before Krishani Dhanji picks it up. There was some evening activity in the Senate last night as senators voted to pass an urgency motion against rules requiring search engines, such as Google, to undertake user identity checks by the end of the year. More details coming up. Chris Bowen appeared on 7.30 last night when he was grilled about climate policy but also about the UK government's decision to hold an emergency cabinet meeting about Gaza. The energy minister played that question with a straight bat but the fact that the UK has announced overnight that it will recognise Palestine unless Isrel agrees a truce will increase calls today for Australia to follow suit. More coming up. Plus the latest Essential poll shows that barely one in seven Australians back Israel's military action in Gaza. More on that soon too.
The Guardian
30-04-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Australia election 2025 live: Peter Dutton to reveal Coalition policy costings; house prices rise again
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Good morning and welcome to our live election blog. I'm Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then Krishani Dhanji will take over. Our top story this morning is on the 'handshake' deal by the Nationals to move One Nation up its preference list that could help win the New South Wales electorate of Hunter. The deal has been made despite Pauline Hanson's candidate being known for calling public health officials 'little Hitlers' and promoting a conspiracy theory that the climate crisis has been used to control every aspect of people's lives. The Coalition will release its long-awaited policy costings today, claiming that they will show the budget would be more than $10bn better off and debt would be $40bn lower over the next four years than under Labor. A re-elected Coalition government would have to slash net migration of students and temporary skilled workers by 90% to reach its 'impossibly heroic' goal of reducing net migration to 160,000 next financial year, a Guardian analysis shows. The median price of a home has risen for the third month in a row, according to data this morning from the research firm Cotality. The median value of an Australian dwelling increased about $2,720 in April, according to Cotality's national home value index. More coming up. Share
The Guardian
28-04-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Five days until the Australian election day and things are heating up: TLDR Election 2025
With the fourth and final leader's debate over, we're in the final sprint toward election day on Saturday. More than 2.4 million Australians have already cast their vote, while the leaders try to squeeze in as many visits to electorates as they can. And while the debate was, from the policy side of things, your usual fare, Peter Dutton's comments about welcome to country ceremonies were just one catalyst for a cavalcade of headlines today. Krishani Dhanji explains where things stand at the beginning of this frantic final week
The Guardian
22-04-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Australia election 2025 live: Peter Dutton to pledge big boost to defence; Labor claims Coalition election cash splash over $50bn
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I'm Martin Farrer with some of our top overnight stories before I hand the news baton to Krishani Dhanji. Peter Dutton has blamed poor polling during the election campaign on Labor attack ads rather than his own performance, including two mistakes and ditching a policy to force some public servants to work from their offices. The third debate was a mostly lacklustre affair that livened up when the leaders were asked to name the other's biggest lie. Nine's three-person panel awarded the contest to Dutton by a vote of 2-1. The opposition leader launches a big defence policy today, with a promise to lift defence spending to 2.5% of the economy. More on this soon. Amid more turmoil on the world's financial markets thanks to Donald Trump's economic policies, there are concerns that the Australian Treasury has underestimated the threat posed by the US trade war after the International Monetary Fund slashed its outlook for Australia's economic growth in 2025. It forecast annual output will be $13bn lower this year than predicted in January and that real GDP growth will drop to 1.6%, from 2.1%. More coming up. And in more money matters, we're reporting this morning that Australians would have to wait 70 years for affordable housing if property values follow the 'sustainable growth' path advocated by the two major parties. A leading economist calls the claims a 'con'. Share
