Australian Politics

Why aren’t wages growing in Australia? For Guardian Australia’s series The pay paradox Gareth Hutchens and Greg Jericho examine the long-term and short-term reasons for the trend, including high unemployment and weaker employee bargaining power, with experts John Buchanan, from Sydney University, and Saul Eslake, former chief economist at ANZ. ‘Employers have changed the whole nature of work,’ says Buchanan • Whatever happened to wage rises in Australia?

Why aren’t wages growing in Australia? For Guardian Australia’s series The pay paradox Gareth Hutchens and Greg Jericho examine the long-term and short-term reasons for the trend, including high unemployment and weaker employee bargaining power, with experts John Buchanan, from Sydney University, and Saul Eslake, former chief economist at ANZ. ‘Employers have changed the whole nature of work,’ says Buchanan • Whatever happened to wage rises in Australia?

Katharine Murphy and Paul Karp talk to two key marriage equality campaigners about how they campaigned for a successful outcome to the postal survey: Sydney MP and co-chair of Australian Marriage Equality Alex Greenwich and Anna Brown, Director of Legal Advocacy at the Human Rights Law Centre.

Katharine Murphy and Paul Karp talk to two key marriage equality campaigners about how they campaigned for a successful outcome to the postal survey: Sydney MP and co-chair of Australian Marriage Equality Alex Greenwich and Anna Brown, Director of Legal Advocacy at the Human Rights Law Centre.

Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to Senator Scott Ryan, the newly elected Senate president, about succeeding Stephen Parry and the importance of both his role and institution of the Senate in Australia’s current political climate. Ryan is asked about concerns the Senate is more about political point-scoring than reaching consensus and explains why he has never seen the upper house as the defender of state’s rights • Scott Ryan on trust, partisanship and why he wasn’t deserting Turnbull’s sinking ship

Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to Senator Scott Ryan, the newly elected Senate president, about succeeding Stephen Parry and the importance of both his role and institution of the Senate in Australia’s current political climate. Ryan is asked about concerns the Senate is more about political point-scoring than reaching consensus and explains why he has never seen the upper house as the defender of state’s rights • Scott Ryan on trust, partisanship and why he wasn’t deserting Turnbull’s sinking ship

Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, discusses the profound result of the postal survey with Labor senator Penny Wong and Liberal senators Dean Smith and James Paterson – three parliamentary players set to shape the law that will bring about marriage equality

Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, discusses the profound result of the postal survey with Labor senator Penny Wong and Liberal senators Dean Smith and James Paterson – three parliamentary players set to shape the law that will bring about marriage equality

Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to the energy minister about the new national energy guarantee. Will it meet Australia’s commitments to the Paris agreement? How can it do that and reduce power prices? And how did he get something that looks a lot like a carbon price past the former prime minister? • Frydenberg says government will further reduce emissions to meet Paris target

Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to the energy minister about the new national energy guarantee. Will it meet Australia’s commitments to the Paris agreement? How can it do that and reduce power prices? And how did he get something that looks a lot like a carbon price past the former prime minister? • Frydenberg says government will further reduce emissions to meet Paris target