Shadow Minister for Education, Senator Jonno Duniam, will tell an education forum hosted by the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) that Australia’s schooling system is under strain and underperforming, and that policy must shift from spending debates to the delivery of real outcomes for students. At the event in Sydney on Wednesday, Senator Duniam will…
The Albanese Government’s disastrous newly released emissions targets now confirm what the forestry industry, and its workers, have long feared: that Labor is trying to end native forestry activity across Australia. Notwithstanding that Labor’s commitments aren’t worth the (imported) paper on which they’re written, the ‘Targets Advice 2035’ report now openly identifies “halving re-clearing rates”…
Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Mr. Aftab Malik, handed down his independent submission to the Australian Government on Islamophobia today. This role was established in 2024, alongside the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism. When Australians are targeted or marginalised because of their faith, culture or background, it damages the social fabric that binds us…
The Coalition today welcomes the announcement that Woodside’s North West Shelf extension has been approved. This extension will allow Australia to continue its reliable and secure position as an energy trading nation, whilst continuing to supply domestic gas to Western Australia. Gas remains critical for the energy needs of Australians, and the energy needs of…
This afternoon in the Senate, the Albanese Labor Government – backed by the Greens – voted against reinstating two critical standalone Estimates hearings that had been scheduled for Monday, 13 October 2025: the Cross Portfolio Indigenous Matters and the Cross Portfolio Murray-Darling Basin Plan hearings. These hearings have long been a fixture of the Senate…
The Coalition wants governments at all levels to act with urgency to implement measures that have been agreed at the Education Ministers Meeting today. Shadow Minister for Education and Early Learning, Jonno Duniam, said that the blueprint is available to make childcare centres safer, now it is up to governments at all levels to follow…
The Coalition is urging state and territory governments to agree at tomorrow’s Education Ministers Meeting to an urgent uptake of measures that will truly shift the dial in improving child safety. On the day Federal measures passed the Parliament to improve compliance in childcare centres, the Coalition urged the Albanese Government to establish a national…
The Coalition is urging the Federal Government to act quicker to implement a national Working with Children Check system with the states and territories. Today’s state and territory Attorneys-General meeting will consider nationalising a check system. However, the Federal Attorney-General has already conceded this morning that it might take 12 months before any changes are…
The Federal Coalition will work with the tertiary education sector to determine how the annual international student intake can be sustainable to meet the 21st century challenges of Australia’s economy. Today, the Albanese Government announced that the National Planning Level will be lifted from 270,000 in 2025 to 295,000 in 2026 – an increase of…
After a new, shocking case of child abuse was revealed today in New South Wales, the Coalition is urging the Albanese Government to act quickly with the states and territories to adopt measures that will make a real difference in stopping perpetrators before they make it to early learning centres. The Coalition supported the passage…
