Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Barnaby Joyce

Michael Pascoe: Albo does a ‘Joshy’ on infrastructure – and everybody falls for it

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday trotted out the good ol’ “billions of dollars for infrastructure” fairy floss.

The New Daily

Former Inland Rail project director claims $14b freight line plans 'done in a rush'

A damning Senate report, ongoing community tension, and a looming government review hang over the Inland Rail, but is this vital infrastructure project really running off track?

ABC News

'I say sorry': government apologises for failing Australian veterans

The government has agreed to all but two of the recommendations from the Royal Commission's first report, but won't lift parliamentary privilege.

The Canberra Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Farmers fear Inland Rail embankment will make life worse as they endure six floods in six months

The company building the 1,700km Inland Rail track says the project will help move freight during big rain events, but some farmers say weather-proofing the line could devastate livelihoods.

ABC News

Morning mail: leaders condemn Putin’s nuclear threat, basin plan in peril, mass whale stranding

Thursday: Joe Biden and allied leaders have reacted angrily to Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons. Plus: Brad Pitt’s side career as a sculptor

The Guardian - AU

Joyce and McCormack unsure which meetings were of Scott Morrison’s secretive cabinet committee

Michael McCormack ‘can’t recall’ if people outside of executive attended while Barnaby Joyce ‘never knew it was called the policy committee’

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Nationals defend $2bn bush fund, King Charles staff given notice, cannabis political party row

Wednesday: Former Nationals ministers are pushing back against reported plans to cut major regional infrastructure projects. Plus: can Ukraine actually win?

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Barnaby Joyce says Labor has changed the law on fuel emissions standards. Is that correct?

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce says the government has changed the law on fuel emissions standards. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News

More than 30 people died due to triple-zero delays in Victoria; Qantas boss warns against IR reforms – as it happened

Alan Joyce says multi-employer bargaining could create problems; western NSW braces for flooding. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Morrison inquiry political football: Nats

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says the government is using an inquiry into the former prime minister as a political distraction.

AAP

Call to end secret minister appointments

The Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General says it supports a process to ensure ministerial appointments are made public.

AAP

‘I’ll fix the problem, mate’: The chilling insight into how power worked in the Morrison cabinet

Experts said it was possible Mr Morrison had acted within the confines of the law while violating the principles and practices of cabinet government.

The New Daily

Barnaby Joyce says he feared retribution if he crossed Morrison over resources power grab

Anthony Albanese flagged at the weekend he was open to calling an inquiry into the ramifications of Scott Morrison’s power grab, as Barnaby Joyce revealed he feared retribution if he crossed Morrison for overruling a Nationals minister.

The Conversation

Barnaby Joyce: the most perplexing contradictions in his account of the Morrison ministry scandal

Repeated questioning of Nationals leader over when he knew about Morrison taking on resources portfolio provided confusing results

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Barnaby Joyce says he didn't know 'most of' Scott Morrison's secret portfolio arrangements

Former deputy PM Barnaby Joyce says he didn't know "most of" the arrangements surrounding Scott Morrison's secret assumption of several ministerial portfolios during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Guardian - AU

Barnaby Joyce says Scott Morrison never explicitly said he was also resources minister despite using special powers

Former Nationals leader says he did not want to ‘go into bat’ on the increased powers out of concern Nationals may lose previously negotiated gains

ABC News

Barnaby Joyce rejects criticism of Tamworth's billion-dollar Dungowan Dam

Barnaby Joyce continues to back the proposal for a new dam near Tamworth, despite a damning review from Infrastructure Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Dungowan Dam likely dead in the water after Infrastructure Australia deems proposal low priority

Costs of dam project championed by Barnaby Joyce to secure water for Tamworth ‘far outweigh the benefits’, assessment says

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Morrison doubles down on move to secretly acquire ministry powers after MPs call for him to resign

Scott Morrison resists calls to resign from his own party over secretly appointing himself additional powers, saying he did everything necessary to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABC News

Federal politicians react to Scott Morrison's secret ministerial appointments, Barnaby Joyce and David Littleproud defend former PM — as it happened

Scott Morrison says it was "necessary" for him to have additional powers while he was prime minister during the COVID-19 pandemic. Look back on how Wednesday unfolded.

The Independent UK

Scott Morrison: Former Australian PM held secret cabinet roles and ruled ‘in the shadows’

Morrison’s successor Anthony Albanese has sought legal advice over the ‘weird’ revelations

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Morrison's passion for control trashed conventions and accountability

The only credible explanation for Scott Morrison personally installing himself, as an undisclosed ministerial partner, in several portfolios is the former prime minister’s passion for control.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese seeks legal advice over reports Scott Morrison secretly swore himself into ministry roles

Former prime minister’s senior cabinet colleagues say they were unaware he allegedly swore himself into three ministry positions

Newcastle Herald

Government locks in airport terminal promise but some spending in doubt

Will big-dollar Hunter hydrogen and road projects be put on the backburner as the government tries to repair the budget?

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong warns against ‘miscalculation’ as China-Taiwan tensions escalate – as it happened

This blog is now closed

1 … 9 10 11 12

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.