Dominic Giannini

Canberra

Reporter at Australian Associated Press (AAP)

Reporter for @AAPNewswire - Parliament House || [email protected]; [email protected].

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Articles

Leaders split hares on facts before Easter reprieve

1 week ago | canberratimes.com.au | Dominic Giannini

Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers defended Labor's tax policy. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOSAn Easter long weekend will give Labor and the coalition a chance to reset their campaigns after a taxing few days as leaders traded increasingly heated barbs.
Leaders split hares on facts before Easter reprieve

1 week ago | thecourier.com.au | Dominic Giannini

Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers defended Labor's tax policy. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOSAn Easter long weekend will give Labor and the coalition a chance to reset their campaigns after a taxing few days as leaders traded increasingly heated barbs.
Labor MP Tanya Plibersek speaks out after awkward moment with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese caught on camera

1 week ago | 7news.com.au | Dominique Tassell |Dominic Giannini |Poppy Johnston

Labor‘s Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has blamed an “awkward moment” with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Sunday’s Labor election campaign launch on health concerns. As Albanese was leaving the launch, he passed by Plibersek and other politicians. He can be seen grabbing hands with other politicians before Plibersek holds out her arms and leans forward for a hug and kiss. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Plibersek’s awkward moment with the PM.
Backlash over silence on aid worker mass grave in Gaza

2 weeks ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Dominic Giannini

Ziad Basyouny, independent candidate for Sydney's Watson, has called out "selective moral outrage". Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOSThe failure of the prime minister and foreign minister to call out a mass grave of humanitarian workers in Gaza has sparked outrage as it's branded a double standard.
Backlash over silence on aid worker mass grave in Gaza

2 weeks ago | thewest.com.au | Dominic Giannini

Backlash over silence on aid worker mass grave in Gaza
Coalition energises race for votes with gas and petrol

3 weeks ago | canberratimes.com.au | Dominic Giannini |Tess Ikonomou

The coalition is promising to boost gas supply and slash fuel excise to bring down prices. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOSThe coalition is comfortable with market intervention under a gas reservation policy in a bid to tackle "insane" prices for Australians, as the opposition makes its economic pitch to voters. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
Leaders on charm offensive but punters aren't buying it

3 weeks ago | au.news.yahoo.com | Dominic Giannini

Australians are being offered two paths forward as both election contenders position themselves as best to address hip-pocket pain. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fired the starting gun for a five-week campaign, sending punters to the polls on May 3. He used his first campaign address to the nation to call for a political contest "about policy substance and about hope and optimism for our country".
Election 2025 date imminent; Budget tax cuts to be repealed by coalition; Peter Dutton spruiks fuel excise cut

4 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Alexander Darling |Josefine Ganko |Kat Wong |Dominic Giannini

By Alexander Darling and Josefine GankoUpdated March 27, 2025 — 1.32pmfirst published at 6.57am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.
Australia pivots foreign aid to Pacific to cover US cut

4 weeks ago | nit.com.au | Dominic Giannini |Dechlan Brennan

Pacific island nations will get a larger chunk of Australia's foreign aid as spending is refocused after the United States slashed its aid agency. Foreign Minister Penny Wong asked her department to compile a list of aid programs across the Pacific and Southeast Asia that would be impacted by the Trump administration's gutting of foreign aid.
A US tariff war could push Australian businesses over the edge

1 month ago | smartcompany.com.au | Kat Wong |Dominic Giannini |Joan Westenberg |Tess Ikonomou

US tariffs threaten Australia’s economic revival with fears a coming trade war could elevate the nation’s rate of business closures. Australia’s economy is expected to grow at 2.2% over 2025, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute find in their leading index of economic activity. That’s a solid improvement on the 1.3% growth recorded in 2024 and better than the 1.9% figure predicted for 2025 by the international economic institution OECD.