Wednesday 21 August - The Australian Financial Review - Phillip Coorey Education department officials as well as national security and cybersecurity experts will meet university representatives on Wednesday to thrash out guidelines governing collaborative research, amid government concerns over growing Chinese encroachment. Senior sources said the government...
Saturday 17 August - Max Koslowski & Nick Bonyhady - The Sydney Morning Herald Four Liberal MPs have warned that the Chinese Communist Party holds too much influence over Australian universities, adding their voices to a growing chorus of federal politicians looking to reassess the government's...
Friday 9th August - The Age - Bevan Shields An intense diplomatic effort is under way to overturn "seriously disturbing" plans for a new Chinese military base after repeated public denials of the deal by Beijing and Cambodia failed to convince the Australian government. The secret agreement...
JOHN KEHOE - The Australian Financial Review - Tuesday 30 July 2019 The corporate regulator's deployment of a psychologist in company boardrooms will be scrutinised by a parliamentary committee. Senator James Paterson, the new chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, said he...
ADELE FERGUSON & ERYK BAGSHAW - The Age - Monday 29 July 2019 Former prime minister Paul Keating has lashed government MPs lobbying for a delay in the increase of the superannuation guarantee as "monkeys" and described the prospect as "grand theft". In criticisms echoed by the...
Tom Mcilroy - Australian Financial Review - Thursday 25 July 2019 Attorney-General Christian Porter is being pressured by conservative MPs and equality activists after he cited the Israel Folau case as the sort of dispute that would be covered by the Coalition's planned religious discrimination protections. As Mr Porter...
JOE KELLY - THE AUSTRALIAN - WEDNESDAY 24 JULY Attorney-General Christian Porter is examining ways for the commonwealth to support costs for sacked academic Peter Ridd in his legal fight against James Cook University, saying the case could change the landscape of academic freedom in Australia. The...
Paul Karp - The Guardian - Monday 22 July 2019 Mathias Cormann has apparently ruled out changing the timetable to lift superannuation to 12%, as renegade Liberal MPs call for increases to be delayed or scrapped. Despite the finance minister’s intervention, the prime minister, Scott Morrison, twice...
Eryk Bagshaw - The Sydney Morning Herald - Monday 22 July 2019 A group of up to a dozen Coalition MPs are now in open rebellion against the government's planned increases to compulsory superannuation, warning Treasurer Josh Frydenberg they are "frustrated" by his position to raise...
Adam Creighton -- The Australian - 22 July 2019 Josh Frydenberg is facing growing backbench calls to ditch the superannuation guarantee increase to 12 per cent as the government prepares to launch a far-reaching review into the effectiveness of the $2.8 trillion savings pool. Seven Liberal MPs...