Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 minutes ago)

The legal battle launched by the US president against the head of America's central bank threatens a repeat of the darkest days of Richard Nixon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 minutes ago)

Echoing the concerns of Liberal MPs, top religious leaders argue the attempt to crack down on antisemitic Islamist hate preachers might also capture reasonable discourse.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (An hour ago)

Julie Inman Grant has twice been urged to testify before US congress, as a Republican lawmaker accuses her of stifling free speech.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says she presented Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters outside the White House after meeting with President Donald Trump. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

Parliament will return early next week to debate new hate speech laws. But what exactly does the legislation include?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (7 hours ago)

Jewish community leaders have pleaded with the Coalition and Labor to compromise and pass the laws.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (8 hours ago)

Labor's highly contentious hate speech bill has deep flaws that may dissatisfy many.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (9 hours ago)

Up to 500 workers are fighting to recoup pay, super and entitlements after the collapse of a large disability support provider operating in New South Wales. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (10 hours ago)

Such a move would allow the president to deploy troops to quell persistent protests in the city of Minneapolis, where two shootings connected to immigration crackdowns are fuelling public anger.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (14 hours ago)

The X AI is not creating sexually explicit images of women on its own, but the software "facilitates their abuse" acting on the requests of men "eager to violate women".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (15 hours ago)

More than 4.7 million Australian social media accounts have been deactivated since laws banning children aged under 16 took effect in December, according to data released by the government.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 hours ago)

Almost 5 million accounts have been deactivated since Australia's ban came into effect five weeks ago. So why are some parents still finding their kids on age-restricted platforms?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (17 hours ago)

The Greens have thrown up a roadblock for Labor by declaring it will not support the government's sweeping changes to hate and gun laws without amendments as the Coalition also backs away from the reforms. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (19 hours ago)

It would be remarkable to see the Coalition, which has argued antisemitism is a national crisis, vote against the laws while the Greens, in the end, allows them to pass.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

The Tasmanian Liberal Party has deleted a photograph it posted on social media that showed two female Labor MPs at the Taste of Summer festival.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (22 hours ago)

An audit of WA's health infrastructure finds the state's aging public hospitals are too reliant on reactive maintenance, with no dedicated funding to keep them up to scratch and little data to inform future decisions.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Western Australia's ban on demersal fishing has left fishers frustrated. Will the government be able to soften the blow for an angry industry?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

The lower Murray River has been designated critically endangered by the Albanese government as it blasted the environmental management of the former Coalition government.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says the legislation does not address the real issues that gave rise to the Bondi attack but Jewish groups say there's time to work it out.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Federal Liberals are discovering the price of having been so brazen in their politicisation of the Bondi terror attack and many appear to have buyers' remorse.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Liberals are backing away from a push to tackle antisemitism with stronger racial hatred laws, with some senior figures in the party also voicing freedom of speech concerns.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The reporter had previously reported on the Trump administration's efforts to fire hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The United States and Denmark continue to disagree over the future of Greenland after a meeting at the White House amid ongoing threats from President Donald Trump threatening to seize the semi-autonomous Danish territory for national security reasons.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Representatives of the Jewish community and Australian National Imams Council front a snap parliamentary hearing called to probe Labor's legislative response to the Bondi terror attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Experts argue the omnibus bill goes well beyond what is required to respond to the atrocities at Bondi.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

New laws in the UK that would outlaw the generation of sexual deepfakes are set to come into force this week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The best Herald artworks of the week from across the board.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley called in senior Liberals to say she didn't think the Coalition could back the bill.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The government's proposed changes to hate speech legislation may have unintended consequences, and fall foul of the Constitution.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Malcolm Turnbull backs Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty for the next ambassador to the US, while Joe Hockey thinks it should be Dutton.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

About 150 jobs will be created by a new "green cement" project at a power station site which has sat vacant for nearly a decade, the SA government says.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Labor's hate speech crackdown has experienced immediate pushback.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young's husband Ben Oquist works for a high-powered lobbying firm but taxpayers paid for his flights to work in Canberra.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The government has been "unapologetically” focused on antisemitism, but appears willing to broaden protections to other groups.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Rural leaders have not finalised their position on federal gun reforms, but that has not stopped them speaking out.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

A human rights agency and an Iranian official both say around 2,000 people have been killed in protests against the country's ruling Islamic regime.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

One month after Kevin Rudd leaves his post as Australia's ambassador to Washington, Donald Trump will make his first presidential visit to China in almost 10 years.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Republicans in the US House say they could commence contempt of Congress proceedings against the former president and former Democratic presidential nominee.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

After weeks criticising the Albanese government over the Bondi attack and issues around antisemitism, the Coalition is split over whether proposed solutions are at odds with its interests in preserving freedom of speech.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Kevin Rudd steps down as ambassador to the US, but who will step up now?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Anthony Albanese told journalists to read the Old Testament to understand why Labor was making religious texts exempt. But his friend Peter Wertheim says this is a bad idea.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Frontrunners for the post include former ministers Joel Fitzgibbon and Stephen Conroy, who once called Trump "moronically stupid”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The US Democratic senator alleges the president and defense secretary are trying to intimidate him into silence for comments he made in a video calling on serving troops to defy illegal orders.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Choosing the former prime minister to be Australia's US ambassador always stood out for being ripe with potential but laden with risk. That's how it turned out.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

There will be a national day of mourning for the victims of the Bondi terror attack this month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says it was Kevin Rudd's own decision to resign from the role on March 31, a year earlier than planned. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Directly quoting from a religious text for the purpose of teaching or discussion may provide a defence under the federal government's hate speech laws proposed in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

NATO allies are now scrambling to discuss beefing up Arctic security in the hope it deflects Donald Trump away from his intensifying rhetoric towards the island territory.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Sheina Gutnick, whose father was killed at Bondi, said: "Lives have been shattered, but nothing concrete has been offered to the families at a federal level.”

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Resources Minister Madeleine King's comments come amid a growing furore over the decision that has led several board members to resign and dozens of writers to withdraw from the Adelaide literary event. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Anthony Albanese has recalled parliament early to deal with sweeping hate speech and gun laws in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Parliament is being recalled for a moment of unity. But the details of the hate speech bill have already triggered furious debate.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

New information about the government's gun reforms was announced at a press conference on Monday, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recalled parliament early.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Understanding how events unfold in Iran requires understanding how its society and economy have reconfigured in the 47 years since the Islamic revolution.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

A federal assistant minister and two Tasmanian state Labor MPs apologise after a complaint was made about their behaviour at the Taste of Summer festival in Hobart. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

More than half a million Australian children have been kicked off Facebook and Instagram by Meta to comply with Australia's social media ban for under-16s.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Now would be a great time for the federal government and the opposition to review their use of the platform they condemn.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The cost of weight loss drug Wegovy will soon be massively subsidised for Australians with severe obesity who have had a stroke or heart attack.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The US is enforcing a strict oil blockade on Venezuela, the communist country's main supplier of oil, as the Trump administration continues to push Latin American countries to align with it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Our political classes have shown Australians how not to respond to a crisis. Can we learn from it?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The shambolic state of the UK's submarine service could destroy Australia's plan to build a fleet of AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines, a retired rear admiral warns.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Peter Mandelson, who was fired as the UK's ambassador in Washington DC over his ties to the convicted sex offender, has apologised to victims of Jeffrey Epstein "for a system that refused to hear their voices".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The Albanese government has revealed the priorities for its strategic reserve as it tries to reduce China's dominance of the sector.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

We rely on them for roads and rubbish collection – and a new poll shows people think councils are our best level of government.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

There will be a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion. Not just because eminent Australians spoke out in favour, but because ordinary Australians wanted it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Cabinet briefings in 2005 warned of climate change, but did not anticipate the scale and severity of the impacts now playing out.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Lack of research and development funding has left Australia without its key weapon against exponential growth of one of the most devastating pests.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

As the wave of AI generated sexual material grows, international leaders are demanding action by tech companies to stop images generated without consent.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

For more than a week, X's AI bot Grok has been generating sexual images of women and children at the request of other users, even when they ask it not to.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

When announcing the royal commission, Anthony Albanese masterfully demolished his government's own arguments against holding one.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The prime minister's critics feel he failed to meet the moment in the immediate aftermath of the Bondi attack, but with the royal commission he has a chance to get it right.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

It was a signal the prime minister could not ignore. Pressure was no longer coming only from grieving families or the opposition. It was coming from Labor's own ranks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The announcement of a federal royal commission into the Bondi Beach shootings is our best chance to stop terror attacks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

World leaders including the UK's Keir Starmer are vowing to crack down on Elon Musk's platform over the surge in sexually explicit images generated by Grok.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

He flagged the high legal stakes of running the highest form of national inquiry alongside an active court case for the first time.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Community groups that lobbied for a national inquiry into antisemitism back the prime minister's announcement of a royal commission as the NSW premier pledges the NSW government's full cooperation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

US Vice-President JD Vance says the shooting was justified and that 37-year-old mother-of-three Renee Nicole Good was a "victim of left-wing ideology". 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

South Australian MP Nick McBride, who has been charged with aggravated assault, says home detention will make him "more focused" on his electorate ahead of the SA election in March.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The vote in the Republican-controlled chamber still needs to pass the US House, and has virtually no chance of becoming law due to Donald Trump's presidential veto.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The opposition leader's approach, so far, has been combative. She should take this win on the Bondi shooting royal commission graciously.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Former High Court judge Virginia Bell will lead the inquiry into antisemitism. But who is the new commissioner?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a royal commission into antisemitism after the Bondi Beach terrorist attack 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

It was an impressive performance, if you were watching for the first time since Christmas. If you'd been watching Albanese closely these past three weeks, it was confounding.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's announcement comes after weeks of pressure, and is a major backdown from his previous refusal to hold a Commonwealth inquiry.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A national royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion has been called by Anthony Albanese after weeks of pressure to establish an inquiry.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Former High Court judge Virginia Bell has been asked to deliver her final report before December 14 this year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Anthony Albanese has stared down resistance from former treasurer Josh Frydenberg and appointed Virginia Bell to lead a royal commission into antisemitism.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The former High Court judge has been a public defender, a Supreme Court judge, an ABC radio host and performed in comedy on TV.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Anthony Albanese has been in talks about calling a Commonwealth royal commission into last month's attack, signalling to colleagues he is preparing to renege on his opposition to the idea. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The families say they will travel to Canberra in the first sitting week to call for an inquiry with the power to examine "all contributing factors”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Another long-held entitlement for federal politicians looks increasingly out of step with public expectations.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Senator Michaelia Cash has claimed $123,978 over 40 months, or more than $3000 a month, to stay in a home she owns in the nation's capital.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The potential appointment of Virginia Bell, which has been flagged by senior Labor figures in recent days, drew swift private pushback from some Jewish leaders.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Anthony Albanese is facing internal calls to withdraw his invitation for Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia following the Bondi massacre.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Donald Trump's continued interest in Greenland is part of his "America First" agenda to dominate the Western Hemisphere and contain China's interests in the region. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The opposition leader says reforms to the country's vilification laws must be focused solely on Islamic extremism and antisemitism.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

As protesters strive to keep a woman from community housing eviction, the complexities of her situation collide with a housing provider's options.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The US president and his officials are continuing to push for an American takeover of the Danish territory, saying the island is needed for national security.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A draft statement outlines what Ukraine's allies could commit to if Russia attacks its neighbour again in the future.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Whether or not Anthony Albanese believes a federal royal commission is necessary, or even the best use of resources, is now politically irrelevant.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Independent MP Allegra Spender said new hate speech protections introduced after the Bondi massacre should also protect disabled and LGBTQI Australians.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The NSW police commissioner will extend temporary protest restrictions across Sydney for another two weeks.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese does not rule out calling a royal commission into the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, but says his immediate priority is the review of intelligence and security agencies. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The outgoing MP will vacate the deputy leadership role in February, clearing the way for a refreshed leadership team to carry the opposition to this year's election.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

As sources reported Albanese was shifting on a royal commission, the prime minister pledged to do "everything that is possible” to promote unity.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann wants the High Court to overturn a civil court finding that he raped Brittany Higgins, and send the matter back to the Federal Court.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Danish and Greenland Prime Minister react to Donald Trump's desire to control Greenland. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A group of former Labor MPs, senators and party officials have signed an open letter asking Anthony Albanese to call a national royal commission into the Bondi terror attack. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The warning by the UN chief comes during an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council, just blocks from where Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are facing a Manhattan judge. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Delcy Rodríguez takes the oath of office to become Venezuela's interim president.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann takes his appeal to the High Court against the findings that he, on the balance of probabilities, raped Brittany Higgins in 2019.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Donald Trump has long defied political gravity but whether his followers in Congress and the MAGA movement will follow him into a new colonialism is a big gamble. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Several Labor luminaries plan to warn Albanese privately he risks being viewed as "tin-eared” for resisting the growing public calls.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Since the December 14 Bondi shooting, hundreds of Australians across business, law and politics have demanded the government call a federal inquiry.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The leaders of Denmark and Greenland have urged US President Donald Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The government is planning to call MPs back to Canberra to debate the new legislation before the Australia Day public holiday.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Sam Groth, the deputy leader of the Victorian Liberal Party, has announced he will not contest the upcoming state election in November, saying he made his decision after realising that some recent negative public pressure had come from within his own party.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Community housing is seen as a way for the government to tackle the housing crisis, but between limited options and court orders, some people are falling through the cracks.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

What are you watching in 2026 when it comes to the economy or markets? That's the question we put to the ABC's experts.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

A slew of independent MPs have called for a royal commission into antisemitism, as Labor remains opposed to the growing push for a federal inquiry.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

At least 16 people have been killed in a week of demonstrations fuelled by the rising cost of living.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Venezuelan migrants across Latin America and other parts of the world cheered in the streets, supporting the US mission to capture Venezuela's deposed president, Nicolás Maduro. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

It is entirely fitting that the US is so splintered on its semiquincentennial. Division, for the lion's share of its history, has been its default.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Nine in 10 Australian researchers had their "ideas grant” applications rejected last year, even as Australia's medical investment fund sits on $5 billion more than it was designed to hold.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The statement signed by more than 60 sports stars, including Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Lleyton Hewitt, Scott Pendlebury and Isaac Heeney, said: "This is not the Australia we represented.”

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The new role of Western Australia local government inspector Tony Brown includes the ability to send in monitors — as well as legal and financial experts — to stamp out any early signs of trouble.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The US has no intention of abandoning Taiwan. But it also has no intention of binding itself to an automatic war commitment on a timeline it does not control. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

From currency changes to cleaner toilets, here's what is changing around the world in the new year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister's reputation as a canny strategist is under fire as he resists calling a royal commission.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

What are you watching in Australian politics in 2026? That's the question we put to the ABC's political journalists and columnists.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The two politicians are preparing to step up their push for tougher policy settings.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has joined the growing numbers calling for a federal inquiry into antisemitism, but stopped short of advocating for a royal commission.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

In a slip of the tongue, the opposition leader said Ukraine was illegally occupied by "the USSR”, which was formally dissolved over 34 years ago.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Former Reserve Bank governors and CEOs are among more than 130 business leaders and prominent Australians calling for a Commonwealth royal commission in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Business Council of Australia has backed prominent captains of industry who petitioned Albanese to reverse his stance on a national inquiry following the Bondi terror attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

We started 2025 with interest rate cuts and ended it talking about increases. Gold soared, but it wasn't the most precious of precious metals.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Zohran Mamdani has vowed to protect the people of NYC during a swearing-in ceremony.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Finally, the combination of high house prices and the prospect of an interest rate hike may be taking some steam out of the nation's property market.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Former Reserve Bank governors and CEOs are among 125 business leaders now calling for a Commonwealth royal commission in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

It comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is bringing the conflict "into the new year" with a barrage of drone strikes on the country's energy infrastructure.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Australia's current Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay is the first government-appointed official to publicly back demands from the Jewish community and more than 200 former judges and barristers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Australia's trade and agriculture ministers have condemned China's decision to impose new tariffs that could cost the beef industry $1 billion a year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

From expectations of a trade union backlash against controversial industrial relations reform, to concerns about "homegrown" extremism in Australia, here are what previously unseen cabinet documents tell us about Australian politics in 2005. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Chinese president gave a New Year's Eve speech calling for reunification after a week of expansive live fire drills.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

It was the year TLC's Waterfalls topped the charts and Windows 95 launched in stores, but in 1995 the Northern Territory made history by becoming the first place in the world to legalise voluntary assisted dying.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Disruptions to the world trade system courtesy of Donald Trump and a reshaping of historic alliances as multiple wars drag on have set the stage for a precarious year in global affairs. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Jean Lee and her two co-accused were executed for murder in 1950. Handwritten letters from the trio are among items publicly available for the first time since their trial captured the nation's attention.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Previously secret cabinet documents from the Labor governments of John Cain Jr and Joan Kirner have been released to the public for the first time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese cannot continue to obfuscate on a royal commission.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

It's now clear two decisions by Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg in 2018-19 have created huge fiscal headaches for all taxpayers.

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