Amy Remeikis – Page 526 – The Point Live

February 4, 2025

Parliament day gets underway

We are still some way off from the sitting (the parliament sitting begins at midday today) but the church service where everyone…

Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, who was one of the masterminds behind the 2019 franking credits/super scare, has turned his attentions to first…

Someone has just asked us ‘why won’t Peter Dutton release the Coalition’s policy details ahead of the election’ (thank you for writing…

Now, Peter Dutton doesn’t think it will cost as much as Jim Chalmers has laid out and is pointing to the Parliamentary…

Jim Chalmers is then asked about Peter Dutton’s plan for a long lunch business tax write-off ($20,000 a year, no alcohol, a…

Asked about Donald Trump’s trade war, and whether or not he’ll end up turning the Eye of Sauron Australia’s way (obviously that…

Federal treasurer and Queenslander, Jim Chalmers is also asked about the north Queensland flooding. There is a habit among interviewers and politicians…

Queensland is experiencing some extreme flooding in its north, with more rain predicted for today, raising fears that those around the Herbert…

What’s on the parliament agenda?

Election speculation is going to dominate the parliamentary sitting and will until a date is set. The date isn’t that important –…

As it is the first sitting of parliament, there is a bit of ceremonial hoohah to get through before the work of…