Welcome to the third edition of PremierNational’s ‘Whatever It Takes’ monthly newsletter, where Director Ilana Waldman sits down with Labor legend and powerbroker Graham Richardson to get his views on the day’s topical issues in politics.
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With an election expected to be called tomorrow, Opposition leader Peter Dutton used his Budget Address in Reply to informally launch the Coalition’s election campaign.
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There continues to be substantial movement in the planning space in NSW – both in a legislative and a policy work context.
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With an election just around the corner, the Albanese Government’s 2025 Federal Budget is more than just a set of financial forecasts—it’s a final pitch to voters before Australians head to the polls.
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How are we at the end of summer already?
Here are five things the PremierNational team think are worth knowing about from government and politics in Queensland this February!
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The first couple of months have seen some unexpected and timely policy announcements from the NSW Government. Industry has welcomed both the Industrial Lands Action Plan and the finalisation of the long-awaited Low and Mid-Rise Housing Policy. In addition, the Housing Delivery Authority has released its first set of assessments and has agreed that eleven projects should be diverted into a State Significant assessment pathway.
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Welcome to the second edition of PremierNational's 'Whatever It Takes' monthly newsletter, where Director Ilana Waldman sits down with Labor legend and powerbroker Graham Richardson to get his views on the day's topical issues in politics.
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Welcome to PremierNational’s new regular monthly newsletter where Director, Ilana Waldman sits down with Labor legend, powerbroker and PremierNational Special Counsel, Graham Richardson, to get his views on the topical issues in politics. For this first introductory edition, we are exploring the man behind the political legend and focusing on Richo himself.
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We have had a busy start to the year in Queensland with Premier David Crisafulli and his government needing to fulfil its 100 Day Plan commitments over the summer break.
Here are five things the PremierNational team think you need to know about government and politics in the Sunshine State this January!
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With the immediate ambition of turning PremierNational into Australia’s largest ‘best in class and bipartisan’ privately owned government relations firm, Chairman Michael Photios announced a major expansion plan with immediate effect.
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Welcome to 2025 and a new year for planning and property development in NSW. One thing remains the same – housing continues to dominate the political landscape, with concerns about housing affordability outranking even the cost of living as a topic for conversation at a federal political level.
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The Minns Government has completed its first full year of Government after ending over a decade of Coalition control of NSW in March of 2023. This year saw the Minns Government implement reforms across a number of policy areas. Read PremierNational’s detailed description of these reforms below.
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Elections have dominated issues in Queensland throughout 2024 with local government elections at the beginning of the year, October’s state election seeing a change of government and summer seeing the LNP, Labor and the Greens gear up for an early 2025 federal election.
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The Albanese Government has had almost two years and seven months in power, and as their first term of Government after a decade in the political wilderness for Labor comes to an end, cost of living is the number one issue for many Australians.
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With a federal election due by mid 2025 but more likely to be late next year, PremierNational has taken the time to look back at the political landscape of the past 12 months and forecast some of the key flashpoints Australians can expect to watch in 2024.
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Please see below December's edition of the PremierNational Property, Planning and Infrastructure ‘Reform & Precinct Tracker’. Included in this blog, you will also find some high-level PremierNational insights into the Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Regional New South Wales and Minister for Western New South Wales, Tara Moriarty.
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This week saw the final full sitting weeks of Federal and NSW Parliament. Federally, there were cuts to infrastructure spending, legislation surrounding the Murry Darling Basin and the election of a new Senator for NSW. On a state level, the final sitting fortnight saw the government withdrawing legislation that would extend the term of the Racing NSW Chairman, legislation passing that enshrines the state’s net-zero targets, IR reform and ground-breaking housing policies announced.
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Please see below November's edition of the PremierNational Property, Planning and Infrastructure ‘Reform & Precinct Tracker’. Included in this blog, you will also find some high-level PremierNational insights into the Premier, Chris Minns.
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The New South Wales Parliament has just concluded its latest sitting period. This fortnight has been an eventful one, somewhat overshadowed by a resounding defeat of the Referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament and the tragic events occurring in the Israel-Hamas war. There were also significant reforms introduced to the Night-Time Economy and Energy & Environment sectors, which were widely expected since the Minns Government came to power in March.
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Please see below October's edition of the PremierNational Property, Planning and Infrastructure ‘Reform & Precinct Tracker’. Included in this blog, you will also find some high-level PremierNational insights into the Minister for Lands and Property, Stephen Kamper.
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