Glen Connley

April 10, 2025

Peter Dutton media conference

The Opposition Leader is asked how his plan for a domestic gas reserve would get gas to Victoria: We want to see…

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Australia Institute View: Australians have never received their fair share of mining export profits, but Peter Dutton’s sovereign wealth fund won’t work

Australia is one of the largest exporters of mineral resources in the world, but Australians have never received their fair share of…

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Election entrée: First preferences of different governments

Skye Predavec It’s funny that we call single-party government “majority” government, because no one party or coalition has won a majority of…

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The inimitable and irrepressible Amy has returned! Appropriately caffeinated and ready to rumble. It’s been a pleasure….

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The Coalition is proposing another future fund, but:

A simpler way to raise revenue and pay for things than the Coalition’s new mining-windfall-thingy-tax-diversion-magic would be to just stop giving away…

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PM attacks Dutton’s ability to take questions from independent journalists, rather than mates.

There’s been a lot of talk about why Peter Dutton is struggling in the polls in the Press Gallery over the past…

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Not getting ahead of myself, but …

The PM says he’s not getting ahead of himself when asked about a visit to Washington (“I intend to go there”) ……

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Next question is to the Prime Minister, about the government’s climate ambitions. We have a plan to get to the 43% target….

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Labor’s Leichhardt candidate Matt Smith states his case

Labor star (and giant) candidate Matt Smith gets his first question of the presser … from the PM! The former NBL player…

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Is Dutton DOGE dodging?

Question: Your Treasurer accused Peter Dutton of being a DOGE sycophant, borrowing policy from elsewhere. Do you agree with your Treasurer that…

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