David Speers

A defeated Peter Dutton was left scrambling for words as he tried to justify why the Liberal party’s popularity in Victoria has gone “backwards” in light of Labor’s win at the Aston by-election. In an interview with journalist David Speers,…

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has slammed the government’s “reckless” changes to the national superannuation policy after an old video appeared to show his previous support for the move.Appearing on ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday, Mr…

Chris Bowen has completely ruled out banning new coal mines, saying fossil fuels will play a part of Australia’s overall climate transition. The government’s proposed safeguards mechanism – which it says will be integral in reducing…

The ABC is shutting down three of its Twitter accounts in favour of Facebook pages.The accounts for Sunday political chat show Insiders, as well as ABC Politics, will be deactivated on Sunday, while the account for News Breakfast will be…

On September 19, Queensland mum Tahlia Brown received a call at work that would send her world crashing down.On the line was her distressed 12-year-old daughter, who begged her to come home as her younger sister Taidyn “Totty” Murphy had…