Morrison pledges $2 billion for "climate solutions" fund

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is adamant Australia will meet its emissions reduction targets with the help of a new $2 billion fund, which pays businesses to slash pollution.

Labor finds new SA seats for favoured sons

After losing its heartland seat of Port Adelaide in the federal electoral redistribution, Labor has settled on a factional deal to find new seats for incumbent MPs Mark Butler and Steve Georganas.

Will Steve Georganas remain in the House of Representatives? Photo: Mick Tsikas / AAP

New rules in play as Left standoff rocks SA Labor

The ALP national executive may have to intervene in an increasingly messy standoff within SA Labor’s Left faction to avert a looming preselection battle between two senior figures.

Labor seeks parachute for powerbroker as seat abolished

UPDATED | Labor powerbroker Mark Butler appears set to parachute into his left-faction colleague Steve Georganas’s federal seat of Hindmarsh after the Australian Electoral Commission today confirmed plans to abolish his safe seat of Port Adelaide, in a move that will spark an intense game of musical chairs within the ALP.

South Australian Butler loses Labor presidency

Wayne Swan has claimed victory in the race for the Labor party’s national presidency.

SA Labor heavyweight: "We're not representative"

UPDATED | Outgoing ALP president Mark Butler has launched an extraordinary attack on his party’s internal structures, saying its membership is not representative of the broader community and that Labor’s processes are subject to “backroom buffoonery”.

On colourful speech, media accuracy and missing the point

The PhD student who reported on Premier Jay Weatherill’s widely publicised “F-bomb” explains the context of the comments and reflects on the media’s response.

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