News about John Howard
Peter van Onselen joins Daily Mail Australia as political editor
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April 17, 2024
In his new role, Peter van Onselen will break exclusives and provide expert commentary on the political issues affecting everyday Australians.
Before his departure, ABC Radio National's Philip Adams takes a shot at the broadcaster
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April 4, 2024
After announcing his resignation, a well-known ABC actor has taken aim at the national broadcaster.
Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather and NSW Labor minister Rose Jackson make extraordinary comments on ABC Q&A about Australia's housing crisis - and they will anger many Aussies
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March 26, 2024
Max Chandler-Mather (right) and NSW Labor Housing and Homelessness Minister Rose Jackson (left) all deny that high immigration is fueling the housing crisis. The pair's remarks were made during an appearance on ABC's Q&A program on Monday night, but their views differ against that of many respected economic commentators.
As the war of words heats, NSW Prime Minister Chris Minns takes a brutal shot at Victoria
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March 15, 2024
In reaction to Victoria's assertion that the nation's most populated state has been short-changed, an internal Labor squabble over the annual GST carve-up has escalated.
Capital Gains Tax Australia: Shock as Liberal senator Gerard Rennick calls for major property tax break loved by Aussie homeowners to be axed
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March 5, 2024
In a move likely to offend many of his Liberal and National colleagues, a maverick senator has requested that a significant property tax break be amended. Senator Gerard Rennick (left with his wife Lauren) said he would keep removing the 50% capital gains tax discount as long as negative gearing remains unchanged (right, a house for sale).
Michael Egan, Tragedy's senior political figure in NSW, has died at the age of 75
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January 31, 2024
Michael Egan, the Labor treasurer under former Prime Minister Bob Carr from April 1995 to January 2005, was the Labor treasurer under former Prime Minister Robert Carr from April 1995 to January 2005. He presided over nine Budget surpluses and fought a losing battle against power privatization.
Anthony Albanese, the cunning trick, has borrowed from one of Australia's most respected politicians to tell the nation that the country's Stage Three tax cuts are the right thing to do
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January 25, 2024
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is on a well-travelled route in breaking an election pledge he made repeatedly to the Australian public. Many executives before him have done the same. Julia Gillard with her carbon levy, Kevin Rudd of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Tony Abbott with cuts to health care, and John Howard with the GST. Of them all, only one of them survived the election that came after the broken promise was broken.
In his official portrait, King Charles carries a large number of awards: From the Order of the Garter actor to an Admiral of the Fleet's uniform: To the Royal Victorian Chain and his ten military medals
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January 16, 2024
The portrait, taken at Windsor Castle by photographer Hugo Burnand in 2023, depicts the monarch wearing naval uniform with full regalia. He is decked out in the uniform of an Admiral of the Fleet, No. 1. 1 Tailcoat. The Garter Star, Thistle Star, Bath Sovereign's badge, Order of Merit, and Royal Victorian Chain are among the picture's decorations. MailOnline has a complete rundown of the King's enthralling collection of ribbons and medals.
Alan Kohler, an ABC finance specialist, discusses the true reasons for Australia's housing crisis, who blames and how to solve it, and whose harsh truths will make your blood boil
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December 10, 2023
Alan Kohler, the ABC's finance specialist, has admitted who he believes he is to blame for Australia's housing affordability crisis and outlined a series of policies that he believes will solve the problem, ranging from pegging immigration to home approval criteria, to changing tax policies and zoning guidelines.
After the axed chairman was booted after the Wallabies' year of terror, Hamish McLennan broadcasts a wild Rugby Australia conspiracy theory
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November 21, 2023
Following a turbulent year for Australian rugby, McLennan launched a slashing attack on the 'two-faced' Queensland powerbrokers on Sunday. Following an extraordinary late-night board meeting, McLennan was fired after six member unions, including the Brumbies and Queensland Reds, who have yet to commit to the RA's centralization policy, demanded his resignation 48 hours earlier.
In Australia, John Howard repeats his tense claim that he had "always had reservations about multiculturalism."
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November 2, 2023
John Howard, the former prime minister, has voiced reservations about multiculturalism, saying he had always'had doubt' with the theory and believed it 'instituionalized difference.' Mr Howard, who spoke at a conservative political conference in London, said that multiculturalism could have dividing people into tribes based on racial or ethnic origins. Migrants had often told him that they admired the Australian culture and that this was the reason they had adopted the country, according to He.
Ex-Australian Prime Ministers sign letter slamming Hamas - but there is one very conspicuous absence
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October 30, 2023
On Monday, all living former prime ministers bar Keating joined together to pledge their support for Israel at the Zionist Federation of Australia's request. In a two-page letter, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, and Scott Morrison call for an end to the bullying of people on both directions of the conflict. According to them, the only true evil in the aftermath of the Israel-Palestine war is the Hamas terrorists, who live so long as groups continue attacking each other in the aftermath.
How Bob Carr's late wife Helena was his 'best friend' and 'biggest supporter' throughout his political life - and the endearing nickname her family gave him when they first met
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October 29, 2023
Throughout his decades in politics and, more importantly, in their personal lives, Bob Carr often referred to Helena, his wife and biggest advocate' during his time in politics. The two people did not have children but were each other's rocks from the day they met in 1971, marriage in 1973, and a racial insult perpetrated against her by a Liberal MP in 2005. Bob and Helena Carr are pictured left and right.
On ABC's Q+A show, a 'You are disgusting, bro': a fist feud erupted over The Voice to Parliament.'
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October 9, 2023
On ABC's current affairs panel, tensions between Indigenous Voices and Parliament have boiled over a Liberal MP's "disgusting" for opposing colonization. When asked what he thinks of No campaign spokeswoman Jacinta Price's remarks that First Nations people were better off as a result of the British settlement, he was first guarded on Monday night. But when host Patricia Karvelas asked for a direct answer, Mr Stevens said he thinks European colonisation is a 'overwhelmingly positive thing for the democratic society in which we live.'
End of the century: After casting his No vote, see the day ex-PM Tony Abbott is obstructively mocked by a Yes campaigner
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October 7, 2023
After a Yes activist told people waiting outside a Penrith, Sydney polling station that he had voted No (left), Mr Abbott was told he was on the wrong side of history. 'Always on the wrong side of history,' the heckler said. The former politician has vehemently opposed to the Voice, arguing that it would enshrine a sense of victimhood in Australia (right).
Anthony Albanese makes shocking mistake during backyard cricket match at his house as some of Australia's biggest sports stars laugh at him
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October 4, 2023
Although not many people would compare Anthony Albanese with John Howard, perhaps this requires rethinking after the prime minister echoed one of his predecessor's most memorable moments during a cricket match on Wednesday. With a comedic piece of play, the Prime Minister was playing in a charity match at Kirribilli House in Sydney when he left onlookers in stitches.
And if there was no longer an Aboriginal disadvantage, Q+A host Patricia Karvelas and Yes campaigner Noel Pearson argue that being Indigenous ISN'T a race and a Voice would still be needed
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October 3, 2023
Noel Pearson, a leading advocate for a Yes vote in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, has said that being Indigenous is not a race. On Monday night, conservative and No vote activist Wesley Aird (pictured right) and Mr Pearson (pictured left) had a fierce debate about ABC's Q&A program on the subject. Recognition isn't limited to disadvantage; it's about our languages, our culture, our past, and the appreciation of our art, among many of the many positive contributions we can make to the world,' Mr Pearson said.
On Q+A, a major debate erupted over the Voice of Parliament: 'Corrupt'
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September 25, 2023
Two representatives of Voice in Parliament have squabbled over the forthcoming referendum and its comparisons to a now defunct Indigenous advisory body.
When Lidia Thorpe explains why she wants everyone to vote No. 1, she claims that the Voice referendum has made Australia's'more racial.'
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September 21, 2023
Lidia Thorpe has said that the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum has made Australia more 'racist,' and has called on the people to vote 'No'. On Thursday night, Aboriginal Independent Senator David O'No' supporter and deemed to be a member of the 'protestive' No camp made the remark on Network 10's The Project. Host Waleed Aly asked her if she opposed the'reconciliation scheme' and whether voting no on the Voice would make the process quicker.
Even though house prices are increasing, NSW Labor Premier Chris Minns explains why he wants an immigration boost into Sydney
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September 21, 2023
Premier Chris Minns (left), the Labor leader of Australia's most populated state, has declared his support for high immigration so that more foreigners are available to build high-rise apartment towers (Parramatta complex, inset). 'We're in favor of the commonwealth government's decision to lift immigration into New South Wales, despite the fact that we will welcome not the majority but the largest number of inbound immigrants,' he told the ABC's 7.30 program on Tuesday. Labour coming into the state could be sent to building apartments, according to the right (right are Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Electric Union members who work on building sites).
Jacinta Price has risen in protest against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's' "tricky" move on Voice postal votes
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September 8, 2023
In a move that some believe favors the Yes vote, the government is holding it until the next potential deadline before allowing the postal vote process (right) to begin. It comes after the outrage over the assertion that vote counters would accept ticks on ballot papers but not crosses. Senator Jacinta Price (left) has slammed Anthony Albanese's (inset) government for being "tricky" in the new procedural tactic, according to her, it would affect those likely to vote No in the referendum.
As another top executive stepman resigns, a revolving door at billionaire Andrew Forrest's mining empire is revolving
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August 29, 2023
Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's mining empire has shattered Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's mining empire just days after the billionaire businessman held an extravagant outback bash to commemorate his company's 20th anniversary. On Tuesday, Harvest Road CEO Paul Slaughter resigned as the head of Mr Forrest's private investment group, Tattarang's agribusiness group. He is the second executive to step away from Fortescue Metals' empire within two days after Fortescue Metals chief Fiona Hick resigned on Monday.
The surprising immigration category that's shrinking as overseas arrivals surge during a cost of living crisis
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August 14, 2023
Despite a rise in overseas arrivals, family reunions (Sydney airport, left) were the only immigration category to decline during the last financial year. For the first time in 25 years in the 2021-22 financial year, there had been more family members than skilled visas. The Department of Home Affairs has released additional information about overseas immigrants with visa status, which is expected to reach a record peak in the year to June 2023 (right) in Sydney's Wynyard train station.
Why aggressive interest rate rises could lead to an immigration cut - here's what you can expect in 2024
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August 2, 2023
Shane Oliver, the AMP chief economist, said that it would take a long time for Australia to reduce its immigration level (left: Sydney's Wynyard train station). After a rise in interest rates that resulted in an economic recession, this could be a repeat of the early 1990s. Since the late 1990s, net international migration has hit the six figures every year, with the exception of 2020 and 2021, which was closed, (Sydney's George Street, right). The Reserve Bank's (outgoing Governor Philip Lowe, inset) 12 rate hikes since May 2022 have been the most aggressive since 1989.