
Paul Sakkal
Political Correspondent at The Age
Political Correspondent at Sydney Morning Herald
Political correspondent @theage and @smh [email protected]
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theage.com.au | Paul Sakkal |Shane Wright
By Paul Sakkal and Shane WrightUpdated June 4, 2025 — 5.47pmfirst published at 1.40pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Coalition has shut the door on a deal with Labor to pass a watered-down tax on paper profits for wealthy superannuants, setting up an agreementwith the Greens as Treasurer Jim Chalmers attacked media and political opponents of the revenue-raising move.
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smh.com.au | Paul Sakkal
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has brushed away criticism of his proposal to tax paper profits for wealthy superannuant, claiming media reporting on the issue does not indicate Australians are genuinely concerned and accusing the Coalition of lying.
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smh.com.au | Paul Sakkal |Michael Koziol |Simon Johanson
By Paul Sakkal, Michael Koziol and Simon Johanson June 4, 2025 — 11.02am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia has been spared a letter from the Trump administration demanding countries cut trade barriers to US goods as the White House prepares to reinstate its “Liberation Day” tariffs, but has not secured a UK-style exemption to increased steel and aluminium import taxes.
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smh.com.au | Olivia Ireland |Paul Sakkal
By Olivia Ireland and Paul Sakkal June 3, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. MPs will sit in the House of Representatives for fewer days this year than any other in the last two decades, limiting time for scrutiny of the government’s agenda and debates on legislation.
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smh.com.au | Paul Sakkal |Shane Wright
By Paul Sakkal and Shane Wright June 2, 2025 — 7.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A powerful bloc of eastern states is demanding Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fix the broken GST system, as influential economists urge the government to use its thumping election mandate to wean Western Australia off a sweetheart deal on track to cost taxpayers $60 billion over 11 years.
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Tim Wilson is considering a shock tilt at leading the Liberal Party as the Coalition braces for a battle to lead the Nationals in a vote that will act as a proxy on Australia’s climate target and threatens to formally rip up the pact between the parties https://t.co/4dlWp8hU6q

RT @theage: Marles a ‘factional assassin’, Husic says in attack following factional coup. https://t.co/t8A3bZMfbq

Party officials are weighing up dropping Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from their Senate ticket for defecting to the Liberals to run as Angus Taylor's deputy in Tuesday's leadership ballot https://t.co/SL231pPVT8