Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (48 minutes ago)

Barnaby Joyce is expected to formally resign from the Nationals and flag his move to One Nation in a 90-second statement in the House of Representatives around 1.30pm.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (48 minutes ago)

A group run by a Libertarian NSW MP has put forward two teenagers to act as plaintiffs in a bid to stop the teen social media ban from beginning next month.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (54 minutes ago)

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce is poised to announce his defection from the Nationals after more than two decades as a member. Follow live.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (54 minutes ago)

The Environment Department projects Australia is expected to fall well short of its commitment to cut emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035 — though the minister notes that is before accounting for a number of recent commitments.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (54 minutes ago)

Major housing, renewables and mining projects often get bogged down for years by Australia's aging environment laws. Now a deal to rewrite them could change that.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (54 minutes ago)

A deal between the federal government and the minor party will see an extra $50 million go to the public broadcaster to facilitate passage of a bill to impose local content requirements on streaming platforms.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

The years-long stalemate over reforms to environmental laws is set to clear in the final week of the parliamentary year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

The Sunshine Coast Council has caved to public pressure and will resurrect its Mooloolaba midnight fireworks display, bringing the region into line with other Queensland towns.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

The abandonment of the Georgia case is the latest reflection of how the US president has emerged largely unscathed from a spate of prosecutions that once threatened to imperil his political career.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 hours ago)

The banking regulator is stepping in to cap new lending to highly geared borrowers, amid warnings of risks in the property market.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 hours ago)

Almost one-in-five Kiwis don't live in New Zealand, with most calling Australia home. And there's a good chance they won't head back.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 hours ago)

The Albanese government has secured a historic deal with the Greens to pass major reforms to national environment laws.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 hours ago)

The level of the prime minister's reform appetite has been discussed and debated since roughly 9pm on election night in May, when Labor's massive win became clear. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (8 hours ago)

The abandonment of the Georgia case is the latest reflection of how the US president has emerged largely unscathed from a spate of prosecutions that once threatened to imperil his political career.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (8 hours ago)

Coalition frontbencher Andrew Bragg has labelled Housing Australia, the embattled agency overseeing the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, a "dysfunctional hellhole”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 hours ago)

Record output from renewable energy means emissions from coal plants are down as Australia's greenhouse output has fallen for the first time in years.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 hours ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

Australia's social media age ban is being challenged in the High Court on the grounds that it restricts young teens' implied right to freedom of political communication.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

An apparent request across the public service to find and suspend low-priority spending would undermine security if applied to the AFP, according to its union.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

Some MPs turned to their phone torch lights after the lights briefly turned off during Question Time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (20 hours ago)

With the social media ban coming into effect on December 10, Anthony Albanese has been questioned by school students about its impact.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (20 hours ago)

Matt Canavan says the party must fill the void left by Barnaby Joyce, even as Michael McCormack made a last-ditch plea to his former leadership rival to not join One Nation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (21 hours ago)

In a major concern for the Reserve Bank, underlying inflation rose again to sit further above the RBA's 2-3 per cent inflation target.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (22 hours ago)

Question time went dark as the lights went out in the House of Representatives prompting jeers from the opposition.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (23 hours ago)

With the social media ban coming into effect in two weeks, Anthony Albanese has been questioned by school students about it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (23 hours ago)

Nauru's current president along with a former president and his wife were suspected of money laundering and corruption by Australian authorities in 2022.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (23 hours ago)

The United Nations body charged with fighting the spread of HIV says the Trump administration's cuts to the US foreign aid budget have sent the global aid response into "crisis mode".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (24 hours ago)

The results of Australia's most prominent election study show Peter Dutton was the least popular leader in four decades.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (24 hours ago)

For most, the absence of youth detention from the headlines after years of chaos would have been an indication things were working well — but Monday's troubling disturbance shows just how much still needs to be done.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Ambassador Amir Maimon is preparing to leave the country after a period that saw the biggest downturn in Israel-Australia relations.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

According to a long-running study, May's election was a record-breaking one for former opposition leader Peter Dutton – for all the wrong reasons.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

It comes after the six US politicians appeared in a social media video that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth described as "seditious".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brien will address the National Press Club on Wednesday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Russia has become the fifth-most powerful country in Asia, as its president weathers sanctions introduced since invading Ukraine. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The government is already behind on its target of 1.2 million new homes. A lack of roads and sewer pipes could mean it falls even further behind.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

New powers will give the NDIS commissioner discretion to block ads that falsely claim participants can use their funding to pay for luxuries such as cruises.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The Albanese government is arguing it has no responsibility for what happens to people it successfully deports to Nauru, even if they are subject to harm.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

A local councillor who tried to get reimbursed for a drink he bought at "the best strip club in Australia" during a work trip describes the incident as a "genuine mistake".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

At the end of this week, Barnaby Joyce will either confirm his exit from politics or join One Nation — at least, that is the binary choice the maverick former deputy prime minister has set for himself.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

A local councillor who tried to get reimbursed for a drink he bought at "the best strip club in Australia" during a work trip describes the incident as a "genuine mistake".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The One Nation leader will not be able to return to the Senate chamber for the final sitting days of the year after her burqa stunt.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been censured by the Senate and suspended for seven sitting days, a day after she wore a burka in the chamber to push for the garment's ban. Take a look back at the day's coverage here.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

For the first time, Australia's 2026 Census will ask participants to identify their sexual orientation and gender in a new topic in the population questionnaire.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

After it campaigned against a Coalition pledge to cut 41,000 public servants, Labor is ramping up its own efficiency drive in a move expected to cost jobs.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

WA's corrective services minister says three of the youths involved in last night's disturbance at Perth's juvenile detention centre have been moved to the notorious Unit 18, as he continued to take a hardline stance on youth detention. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

David Adeang said in an interview conducted in Nauruan that members of the NZYQ cohort could be returned to their home countries and suggested Australia should remain partially responsible for finding a longer-term solution for the group.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The WA government will be hoping its second crack at rebranding this project will capture the public's imagination, or it may be back to the drawing board. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns his country's borders "cannot be changed by force", highlighting a key sticking point in negotiations with the US over a potential peace deal with Russia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

However, one of Barnaby Joyce's closest allies in the Nationals urged the former deputy prime minister to reconsider any move to One Nation after Pauline Hanson wore a burqa in the Senate.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

One of the nation's biggest superannuation funds is investigating ties to the Russian oil trade as the war in Ukraine reaches a crucial moment.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The national weather agency must meet a critical new test, Environment Minister Murray Watt says, as the bureau explains the reason for its cost blowout.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Macarthur MP Mike Freelander believes the multi-partisan support for restricting gambling advertising means the reforms will "get there" eventually.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Bureau of the Meteorology's new chief executive has blamed a "miscommunication" for the furore that has erupted over a costly and controversial website redesign.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has not created a wave of public resentment so much as ridden one to record highs in the polls. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Climate change and the environment are at the centre of debate in Canberra in the final parliamentary week of the year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The rare break in proceedings came after One Nation's Pauline Hanson strode into the chamber wearing a burka and then refused to leave after being slapped with a sanction. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Trump cares little for alliances. So his presidency could well offer a priceless gift to Australia: a rare moment when national self-interest can eclipse sentiment.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Australian Senate has resumed after it was shutdown when One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wore a burka on the floor of the upper house.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Labor and Coalition senators united to condemn the One Nation leader's stunt and voted to have her removed.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Australians who share AI deepfakes of another person without consent could be sued or fined under a new bill.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The US and Ukraine say they have created an "updated and refined peace framework" to end the war with Russia, apparently modifying a Trump-backed plan Kyiv and its allies saw as too sympathetic to Moscow.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Environment Minister Murray Watt has launched an investigation into the website's redesign, following revelations about its cost blowout.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

There are a lot of misconceptions about voting, particularly among marginalised groups. But these "democracy ambassadors" are working hard to ensure everyone knows their rights.  

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

As politicians converge on Canberra for the last time this year, Labor is determined to pass its environment law reform and insists it will work with either the Coalition or the Greens to do so.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The optics of rolling the Liberal Party's only woman leader when NSW and Victoria have managed to elevate traditional "small-l liberal" candidates is playing on the minds of some members.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

One of the country's top business leaders says no Australian motorist should have to wonder whether their money is helping bankroll Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The department, established by Donald Trump and once headed up by Elon Musk, promised to slash billions from the US government but has quietly faded into the background in recent months.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Environment Minister Murray Watt says the Greens have already suffered for standing in the way of reform.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The Parliamentary Workplace Support Service's second annual review has altered its reporting methods. One senator says this deprioritises victims.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

When the prime minister and his entourage rolled into town on Monday, WA Premier Roger Cook couldn't be blamed for hoping for an early Christmas present, writes state political reporter Keane Bourke. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

For most of our federation's history, the two-party system has been an efficient organiser of the population. That has all changed. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The ABC has been told the federal government is willing to ensure native forestry complies with tougher new standards within three years if the Greens back the reforms. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The communications minister is at the front of the world-first social media ban for under-16s. This is why she believes in it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Government secrecy is the worst in a decade. Are we in the third term of the Morrison government?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

In his first interview, new Bureau of Meteorology chief Stuart Minchin has revealed the eye-watering true cost of its lambasted new website.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Australia is issuing a record number of working holiday visas, with UK backpackers taking advantage of Morrison-era rule changes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani have put aside differences and held a "productive" meeting at the White House. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Americas Editor John Lyons analyses Donald Trump's "extraordinary” meeting with New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Four and a half years after a landmark review into sexual harassment, South Australia's Parliament has been accused of moving at a "glacial pace" on workplace reforms, with a new report revealing staff concerns about power imbalances and a "deeply ingrained culture of favouritism".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Labor is trying to keep a low profile while the opposition fends off One Nation and Sussan Ley fights for her job.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

TIhe Liberal leader has prioritised keeping the Coalition together. But what does she – and her party – actually stand for?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Liberals want to test would-be immigrants for their "Australian values”. Our politicians might avoid their own backyards as a guide, lest they confound aspiring Aussies.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Income tax is the government's single largest source of revenue. It's only going to grow, new analysis shows, hitting workers for an extra $300 billion.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The WA government pledges a further $147 million to fund the construction of a new youth detention centre in Perth to replace the notorious Unit 18.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Penny Wong has applauded the world's biggest oil refinery for vowing to stop using Russian crude for Australian products, but advocates say it's just a start.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Another neo-Nazi has been charged with allegedly threatening an MP after the arrest of a neo-Nazi leader on Thursday.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Driving instructors say they need national consistency on CCTV in their vehicles as transport ministers meet to discuss how to keep learner drivers safe from sexual harassment and assault.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Shopfronts were plastered with yellow closure orders this week by the Chief Health Officer, alerting the public to breaches of new laws.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The opposition leader has accused Chris Bowen of being a "part-time energy minister" after he stuck a deal to take up a negotiator role for COP31. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Less than three weeks out from when the ban is due to come into force, the eSafety Commissioner revealed the platform would join the list of age-restricted social media sites.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Türkiye is the big winner in the diplomatic stand-off over COP31, but nabbing the most powerful seat at the table while someone else picks up the lunch tab is not a bad result.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Medicare figures quietly published online show bulk-billing has not improved from a year ago, despite billions being tipped into the scheme. As out-of-pocket costs rise, GPs are delivering 10,000 fewer services every day compared to last year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

It will aggravate the prime minister, but this critique is coming from five angles this week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

British politics seems like a strange echo of our 2010s: that era when our major parties kept axing sitting prime ministers, and asylum seekers were never far from the centre of political debate.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Although Australia has banned Russian oil imports, it's been easy to get around. But for us, it's personal.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The opposition has identified seven key areas where change would be required for the Coalition to support Labor's proposed reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

European allies of Kyiv say "peace cannot be capitulation" as details of a new plan to end the Ukraine war emerge.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A breakthrough in long-stalled negotiations over a free trade deal between Australia and the European Union could come as soon as this weekend, sources have told the ABC.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Australia ditched its bid to host the United Nations COP global climate conference in the final days of a three-year effort, but the Albanese government is still claiming a win.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A breakthrough in long-stalled negotiations over a free trade deal between Australia and the European Union could come as soon as this weekend, sources have told the ABC.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The path is cleared for a controversial racetrack to be built in Perth after Western Australia's environmental watchdog decides against launching a formal project assessment.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

After delays and budget blowouts, Perth commuters will be able to use credit cards, phones and smart watches to swipe onto public transport and pay for their fares from December 8.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The International Monetary Fund has urged the federal government to go bold on tax reform to help lift the nation's economy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has not given up hope for Adelaide to potentially host the UN climate summit in the future, after Australia ceded the hosting rights for next year's event to Türkiye.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman says no-one has approached him to mount a leadership challenge.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Australia has ceded the COP31 climate summit to Türkiye, but Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will be the president of the summit pending Ankara's approval. Take a look back at the day's coverage here.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Australia has a long history of being defeated by determined Turks. And now, in the age of climate change, it's happened again.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Adelaide will not host next year's COP summit, but Australia's energy minister, Chris Bowen, will lead the negotiations, and a pre-event will be hosted by a Pacific Island nation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Trump's absence could neuter the forum's ability to move the dial on the summit's priorities, including helping nations adapt to weather disasters, the transition to clean energy, cutting excessive debt costs and working together in the global rush for critical minerals.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister, when in opposition, accused the Coalition of "hollowing out" the CSIRO. Now, following the announcement 350 research positions at the organisation will be cut, he is being accused of being "worse than Abbott".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The head of one of Australia's most powerful unions has suffered a vote of no confidence amid claims he was aware of allegedly improper use of members' resources to raise money from bosses for an election slush fund.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Despite being tagged as a moderate in recent times, Sussan Ley has always been a political shapeshifter, never appearing to come from an identifiable philosophical base. As the leader, she is now but a placeholder.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Albanese government must act to stop super funds and oil companies helping prop up the evil Russian war effort.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

As the war in Ukraine approaches its fifth year, smashing the Russian oil sector's business model has emerged as a major priority for Western governments.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Russian vessel had directed lasers at pilots of surveillance aircraft monitoring its activities.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Artificial intelligence could be trained using the sensitive health data of European citizens under proposed changes to the EU's rules on the sector.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The opposition leader will pledge to spend 3 per cent of GDP on defence during a speech at the Menzies Institute in Melbourne on Thursday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

New underage users on Facebook and Instagram will be banned, and children attempting to alter their age before December 10 will have to verify their age.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The federal government has begun to contact Pacific leaders to canvass a COP31 "Plan B" which would see Adelaide abandon its bid for the global United Nations climate summit so long as Pacific nations are guaranteed a role in next year's conference.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Ley's keynote speech on national security will be delivered against the backdrop of weeks of feuding over energy policy and speculation of a leadership challenge.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

State and territory leaders hold an emergency meeting over public hospital funding, declaring they cannot sacrifice hospital care to bolster the Commonwealth's finances.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The commissioner has repeatedly clashed with Elon Musk's X over take-down orders, while the summons says she "directly threatens American speech”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Coalition frontbenchers want to focus on values – not race or religion – as they seek to strike a balanced tone while the party bleeds voters to One Nation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

State and territory leaders express concern about how the federal government is approaching its public hospital funding negotiations. Take a look back at the day's coverage here.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Amid an intense political debate over energy prices and net zero, one of the nation's top bankers says the current state of play is sad.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

In an address to the National Press Club, Hugh Marks says he inherited a "fearfulness" within the public broadcaster but that it is improving in its response to mistakes and external scrutiny.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

A secretive memorandum of understanding has been kept under wraps since the deal was inked in August.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Mixed messages from Australia are not making Bowen's job any easier. But walking away from this fight will weaken the government and harm our links with the Pacific.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Asked in several media interviews about the attacks on several rivals, the opposition leader described former senator Hollie Hughes as "a dear friend”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The company says age verification checks will start in early December, around the same time Australia's social media ban for under-16s is set to come into effect.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits the future West Australian gallium processing plant site, central to the United States critical minerals deal, heralding it as a "game changing" project.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Liberals in two big Australian states are realigning themselves — shifting to what Sussan Ley once described as the sensible centre.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Polish authorities say "everything indicates" Russian involvement in a blast along a railway line used to transport goods to Ukraine, as they identify two people believed to be responsible.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

One of Australia's top foreign policy experts argues Australia needs to strive for a more influential role on the world stage, beginning with Donald Trump.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared Australia would not veto Turkey's bid under UN rules that require unanimity, dealing a hammer blow to South Australia's hopes of hosting the event.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

After the man who threatened her life via email was sentenced in court earlier this week, Senator Fatima Payman is being targeted by online abuse.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Immigration is one of the most contested political debates in the world. Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn ventured into the lion's den.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Hollie Hughes resigned her membership of the party she spent six years with in the Senate on Tuesday with a furious spray at her former colleagues.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

As the Coalition spoils for a fight over the issue, the boss of the Commonwealth Bank told parliament that the government should set a target to provide certainty for infrastructure planning.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Penny Wong has demanded "full accountability" and "transparency" from Laos over the methanol deaths of two Australian women last year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A Tennessee judge has blocked the use of the National Guard in Memphis, but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The One Nation leader is planning to court the out-of-favour Nationals MP in the final sitting week of parliament, as her party's popularity soars.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley may be under siege, but says she has no doubts she will remain party leader until the next federal election.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A decade and a half after an energy company CEO outlined his greatest fears for Australia's economic future — no carbon price — the nation again appears set for a renewed battle over climate policy and power generation. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Farmers thwart VicGrid in its first attempt to use compulsory access powers to enter their properties.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The next few days are viewed as critical to landing a deal on the proposed reforms to update the EPBC Act, amid hopes the Liberals will be more motivated to bolster their environmental credentials after ditching net zero.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Sussan Ley's rivals for the Coalition leadership don't want to challenge her next week, but things can move fast if there's a trigger.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

It's falling apart at the seams, but there are ways to save the federation – and improve the living standards of all Australians.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The US president says he could sue the British national broadcaster for as much as $US5 billion.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Independent Senator Fatima Payman said she accepted the court's sentence, but believed there needed to be more deterrents for racism and hate speech, which her office continued to receive daily.

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