Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (16 minutes ago)

A contentious post attacking independent candidate Michelle Milthorpe has been labelled par for the course by One Nation's representative.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

The federal government is launching a multi-million-dollar advertising campaign encouraging Australians to reduce car use as the global oil crisis persists.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (10 hours ago)

After weeks of criticism suggesting he had been slow to respond to the fuel shock, Anthony Albanese charged into Asia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

After sustained criticism, the museum has updated its gallery to reflect the criminal charges brought against the Victoria Cross recipient.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Once celebrated as Australia's most decorated living war hero, the looming prosecution of Ben Roberts-Smith is shaping up to be the next trial of the century.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

A carbon dating of Australia's political parties would locate all in either the past or the future. The demands of office require the government to also operate in the present.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Much of the fuel crisis is out of Anthony Albanese's control but he is making up ground after ministers were slow off the mark when the Iran war broke out.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Chief political correspondent reports from Singapore and the refinery hub of Jurong Island as the prime minister travels to shore up Australia's fuel supplies.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Motorists are bearing the brunt of the war in Iran. But those wanting a new home may face their own "war tax” as building costs rise – by how much depends on who you ask.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Australia and Singapore have agreed to make "maximum efforts" to meet each other's fuel and gas needs as the crisis in the Middle East continues, with the prime minister securing an encouraging but not legally binding deal. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The deal between the two nations did not include a guarantee that Australia would be at the front of the queue if Singapore's refineries kept reducing output.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The health minister has refused to rule out introducing means testing for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in a federal budget that will contain significant reforms to the system.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Fuel imports remain stable, and the government is not contemplating restrictions on motorists' fuel use at present.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Australia has been involved in talks about assisting the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz but any action can only take place if a ceasefire becomes permanent, Richard Marles says.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

If you want a basic measure of the difference between Liberal leader Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan, compare their reactions to US President Donald Trump's extraordinary threat this week that "a whole civilisation will die tonight".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

At its best, the NDIS transforms the lives of people who need it. As a government system, though, it is becoming increasingly expensive and prone to misuse.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The NDIS must be sustainable – and any rorts stopped. But we can't deny support for the truly needy. My three-year-old niece is among them.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The new Nationals leader said he copped a backlash from Pauline Hanson's supporters when he described as divisive the One Nation leader's brand of race politics.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Mark Rutte says European nations and other US allies are playing a vital role in supporting American military operations as he seeks to defend the alliance from Donald Trump's attacks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Australia's chief of defence says Australia could "absolutely" deploy a warship to the Strait of Hormuz if asked by the federal government.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Former SAS captain and Coalition MP Andrew Hastie has warned against prejudicing a Roberts-Smith murder trial, calling the arrest a "sobering day” but insisting no one is above the law.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Criticisms that the navy would not be able to defend vessels from Iranian attacks have been rebuffed by the nation's highest-ranking officer.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

With retro shades, big rhetoric and a rejection of net zero, Matt Canavan is hoping to reshape the Nationals. His first big test is just weeks away. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Fuel stocks are strong, the prime minister says, but a "fragile peace” in the Middle East has added urgency to his dash to secure supply from Asia's oil superpower.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Customs officers are seizing 6 million illegal cigarettes a day, but it admits that the illicit trade will continue unless smokers quit their cheap habit.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

From shrinking their hampers to closing waitlists, food charities in Western Australia are adapting their services to meet a surge in demand as more people struggle with rising costs.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says we need the ceasefire to stick and the Strait of Hormuz to be opened for the recovery to begin. Follow live. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Political staffers received an average $38,594 payout for leaving their jobs after the last election – but the average amount of time a staffer was without political work after taking a severance package was just 15 days.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

"How Do You Solve a Problem Like Pauline?” began as a novelty ditty, but has become a death metal banger for Labor and the Coalition. For too long they have let too many people down.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Historians say the Australian War Memorial's refusal to remove the accused murderer's uniform from its Hall of Valour must be reconsidered.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Neither side of politics in Australia rushed to enthusiastically celebrate the ceasefire deal that followed US President Donald Trump's threat.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Anthony Albanese is flying to Singapore as part of a hastily arranged regional mission to shore up crucial fuel supplies, amid warnings the global energy crisis could "sharply turn for the worse".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

There may be a ceasefire in Iran, but war – and the run-up in military spending – leaves a long-term cost to the sick and young, new research shows.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Defence Minister Richard Marles says discussions will continue about Australia's involvement in ensuring the Strait of Hormuz remains open. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

An intoxicated driver who killed a woman in a hit-and-run in Mandurah, and was allowed to drive two months later, is sentenced to more than four years in prison. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

After teal MPs assailed the government for failing to put a blanket ban on wagering advertising, Anika Wells dismissed the group of independents as irrelevant.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Hours before Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, the United States president threatened that "a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Anthony Albanese has described the two-week US-Iran ceasefire as positive news but says Donald Trump's rhetoric overnight wasn't appropriate. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

A domestic space industry, a baby boom, new dams and more factories are on Nationals leader Matt Canavan's to-do list to deliver what he describes as an Australian economic revolution. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

New fault lines have opened up in Australian politics since I've been away. And they are more of a worry than the cost of living.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Stricter registration rules would weed out low-quality NDIS providers while delivering better services and budget savings, major operators say.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The former Greens MP said the party must learn from strategies that have swept left-wing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to power and propelled the UK Greens.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Nationals leader Matt Canavan will use a major speech to call for permanent tariffs to protect domestic manufacturers, dismissing the suggestion that his protectionist stance put him at odds with Angus Taylor.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The nation confronts the prospect of dire economic consequences if the Iran war drags on. But we're not entirely helpless.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

As oil prices jumped again following a threat from Donald Trump to take out the "entire country” of Iran, Labor government ministers were in a full-court press to boost Australia's supply hopes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Independents, led by Monique Ryan, said curbing NDIS growth before other systems were set up would push costs onto other areas, such as health and aged care, and urged Labor to find cost savings elsewhere.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

EV sales jumped 50 per cent in March as pain at the petrol pump and speculation over the federal budget changed motoring habits.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Anthony Albanese confirms he will be heading to Singapore for a meeting with his counterpart Lawrence Wong later this week. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Backers of Farrer independent candidate Michelle Milthorpe are celebrating after securing the support of a prominent pro-climate farmer who is also the son-in-law of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Despite the government's confidence that the nation can avoid a crippling fuel shortage, attention has turned to what options Australia has in its own backyard. Do they stack up?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Their call for a system redesign comes as new data reveals people with lower support needs now make up more than 40 per cent of participants in the $50 billion scheme.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Fuel shipments to Australia have been secured "well into" May, the energy minister says, as the number of service stations with diesel and petrol shortages fell over the Easter weekend.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The scheme has become the federal government's second-fastest growing expense and ministers fear it will lose its social licence without a major rejig.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The prime minister is now talking openly about the need for system overhaul. He's raised voter expectation for ambitious reform but failure to deliver will hurt him.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Fuel will continue to flow from Japan into Australia under assurances given during recent talks between the two countries. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Some of our women MPs have had to endure horrendous threats of violence. Measures must be taken now so women aren't further discouraged from public life.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Months after floods killed more than a thousand people across Sumatra, residents are still digging their way out of the wreckage. While survivors are eager to rebuild, many just can't shake the fear that the next catastrophe is just around the corner.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

At 93, the Labor legend and former science minister is eyeing the "exit ramp”. But he isn't going quietly, taking aim at Anthony Albanese's lack of courage on reform and a political system that has lost its way.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers reveals what he calls the PM, what he likes about Tim Wilson and how he shed 17 kilograms.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Sydneysiders could be forgiven for feeling a bit subdued, and stretched budgets may make the Sunday morning egg hunt a little harder this year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Oh man, we're witnessing a degenerate masculinity.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Population decline is complicating Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's mission to prop up the nation's ailing critical industries.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Labor's strategists have laid the groundwork for this to be a most useful crisis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Labor's landslide re-election brought renewed hope of reform, but in the past 12 months many anti-gambling advocates only became further disillusioned.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Lebanese families have been told to flee homes that they might never be able to return to, and families are setting up tents for an uncertain and dangerous life on the streets of Beirut all because of a conflict not of their making, brought about by another state.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

While the globe's eyes have been fixed on the war in the Gulf, Hamas and Israel are cementing control of the strip and delaying the introduction of the next stage of a ceasefire.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

When Albanese finally hit the airwaves at 7pm on Wednesday, he wanted no surprises. But he did want to add something to his messaging.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Call it nonchalance, call it inertia, call it amnesia, but the complacency of governments Liberal and Labor has left us dangerously exposed to global crises.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The trade minister said he would meet US trade tsar Jamieson Greer and make the case to remove tariffs on pharmaceuticals, as well as on other exports.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

A sweeping operation before the Easter surge has uncovered drivers living unlawfully in Australia for a decade and businesses exploiting migrant labour on the nation's busiest highways.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Sixteen years before Jason Virgo won the SA seat of MacKillop for One Nation in the state's south-east, he twice ran for parliament as an Australian Sex Party candidate.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, world oil markets rattled and no obvious off-ramp to the hostilities in sight, the major parties have dialled back their initial optimism.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The global oil price shock has flowed through to the nation's second-hand car lots as people chase specific makes to avoid skyrocketing petrol prices.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

In halving the fuel excise, the government was sending many signals; some that an economist's lens simply isn't designed to see.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Albanese's earnest, almost boring style may not inspire, but it's infinitely preferable to the bombast of the current occupant of the White House.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Since the war broke out, some had feared Albanese would back away from changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor responds to the prime minister's national address on the fuel crisis caused by the war in the Middle East.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Angus Taylor has issued a return serve to the prime minister's national address by urging people to "put Australia first" while accusing the government of providing a lack of clarity about the ongoing fuel crisis.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Angus Taylor has had his right of reply to Anthony Albanese's address to the nation. It felt a bit like a sequel for which nobody asked.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

This week in Canberra, the prime minister had a message for Australians, his treasurer laid the groundwork for the upcoming federal budget and Angus Taylor's car was stolen.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Thanks to fuel supply concerns your Easter trip may not look like normal. Here's what you need to know before hitting the road.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Gambling ads to be partially restricted on television and radio, with opt-out rules for online promotions and a ban in stadiums and on jerseys under reforms unveiled by Labor.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Premiers and chief ministers agree to use an estimated $400 million in extra GST revenue to fund a 5.7 per litre cut to the fuel excise, on top of the Commonwealth's 26.3 cent per litre relief.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister revealed that the government would cap the number of TV ads for betting agencies to a maximum of three per hour between 6am and 8.30pm.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Australia will join a virtual meeting of 35 countries to discuss plans to reopen and secure the Strait of Hormuz, and ease the oil shock rocking global markets.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

States and territories have finally agreed on a deal that will reduce petrol and diesel prices by almost 6¢ a litre.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister made a speech in Canberra today announcing a $1b industry support program, while laying the groundwork for an "ambitious” budget.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Speaking at the National Press Club, Anthony Albanese announces new reforms more than 1,000 days after the government received a report from an inquiry into the harm caused by online gambling and gambling advertising. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

It is the first time the government has taken a step towards using the powers it has to limit exports, and it comes at a time when the profits from those exports appear set to surge.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The French president has expressed scepticism about how the key waterway could be reopened as war in the Middle East continues. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

With no realistic end in sight and a whole lot of economic pain to come, the PM's decision to make a direct plea to the nation was not one taken lightly.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The government has claimed constant requests for documents are a 'fishing expedition'. Others say they are vital to the democratic process.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Andrew Hastie is the most persistent, most outspoken and most lethal critic of Trump in Australian politics. He fully expects Gina Rinehart to spare no effort or expense to destroy him.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Both sides are launching drone attacks as the war between Russia and Ukraine drags into its fifth year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister uses a speech at the National Press Club to make his pitch for "urgent" change amid significant international uncertainty caused by the Middle East war.

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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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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will on Thursday pledge $1 billion for interest-free loans for struggling businesses.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister risks criticism for using the rare measure of a national address to urge calm without announcing any new measures. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Anthony Albanese asks Australians to trade their cars for public transport if they can, while reassuring those who need to drive they can continue to do so amid the global oil crisis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers his address to the nation on economic shocks and the fuel crisis caused by the war in the Middle East.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

It's not COVID 2.0. It's not a national emergency. So what was the point of Anthony Albanese calling Australia to attention during prime-time?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken to the nation in televised address to talk about the conflict in the Middle East and Australia's response to the fuel crisis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Western Australian government will use emergency powers to force fuel companies to provide information about their supply chains in an effort to keep fuel flowing through the state.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The AI company's billionaire boss says he is not trying to convince Australia to change its mind on protecting the copyright of artists.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The states and territories were told to find a way to cut fuel prices further. One state, Queensland, is holding up the plan.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Perth motorists can no longer rely on "cheap Tuesday" fuel prices and are urged to shop around every day as the Middle East war disrupts global supply chains.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The move comes after the sector was rocked by allegations of that workers were sexually abusing children.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Petrol prices have begun falling as retailers went unexpectedly early, passing on the federal government's 26¢-a-litre excise cut.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Pandemics, wars, and landmark moments have been immortalised in addresses to the nation. Anthony Albanese has become one of the few prime ministers to employ the form.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The ABC asked how you were coping with fuel prices and here's what we heard back.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

In an address to the nation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned that the economic shocks of war in the Middle East will be felt for months to come.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Petrol prices have begun falling as retailers went unexpectedly early, passing on the federal government's 26¢-a-litre excise cut.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Pacific nations are not yet suffering large-scale petrol shortages but are already starting to grapple with the economic impacts of the war, with fuel price hikes threatening to drive up inflation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Anthony Albanese will deliver an "address to the nation” this evening at 7pm, AEDT, in which he will encourage Australians to save fuel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister has been under pressure from the opposition, independents and others to act on an influential report by late Labor MP Peta Murphy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister's office says Anthony Albanese will address the nation on TV tonight, urging Australians to save fuel for areas and industries that "most need it".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Australia's peak Jewish groups have made a rare break with Israel to condemn a law approving the hanging of Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

A federal court has ordered the Trump administration to suspend work on a $400 million ballroom on the site of the demolished East Wing of the White House, barring construction from proceeding without congressional approval.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The federal government's March deadline for national gun reform has come and gone, with more than half the states and territories still opposed to parts of the plan. Only four have committed to a gun buyback scheme. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver an address to the nation tonight as the local impact stemming from the Iran war continues to intensify.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The federal government is not expected to publicly nominate a clear trigger point for fuel rationing, despite internal modelling outlining potential thresholds. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The government is urging people to carry on as normal, despite fuel shortages, because it knows that panic will make matters worse. But it may need to consider more drastic economic intervention.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

At least 10 people have been charged with serious offences since September after making violent threats to politicians.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Cotality says a recent run-up in prices had made homes unaffordable for a growing number of potential buyers, coinciding with falling auction clearance rates.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Two years ago Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom was killed by an IDF strike in Gaza. Her family is still waiting for answers and accountability.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

If you want an insight into the farcical nature of decision-making in Canberra, witness Tuesday's debate over the push to add about 40 MPs to the parliament.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Hillel Newman uses an address to the National Press Club to defend Israel's war with Iran and its military action in southern Lebanon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The locally made combat aircraft, which operates without personnel on board, is packed with sensors and is expected to have a range of more than 3700 kilometres.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The top Israeli diplomat also defended a new death penalty law for Palestinians in the West Bank that has been criticised by Australia and other nations.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Don't expect to see your petrol fall 26¢ a litre on Wednesday. In fact, it may never drop that far given the war in Iran.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Australians should save about 26c a litre at the pump after the federal government announces a cut to the fuel excise.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Anthony Albanese faces a grilling from MPs as energy minister provides fuel availability update.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Israel's ambassador to Australia, Hillel Newman, is taking questions from journalists after giving a speech titled "Reshaping the Middle East”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor slammed a government plan to add at least 40 MPs to the size of the parliament on Tuesday morning. The PM ruled it out hours later.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Israeli ambassador Hillel Newman gives an address at the National Press Club.  Follow live. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The law, long-sought by Israel's far-right politicians, makes death by hanging the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Israel is planning to occupy Lebanon's south and repeat what it did in Gaza, according to Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz. Follow live. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

There are concerns future governments could abuse broad powers that are designed to support companies to buy more fuel but could be used on any good facing supply-chain disruption.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

As thousands more US troops arrive in the Middle East, Donald Trump threatens to wipe out Iran's energy plants and oil wells if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

China is now the world's largest crude oil importer, and Iran — though a discounted and often opaque supplier — remains a consistent part of that supply mix.  

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube are being investigated for potential noncompliance with the ban, almost four months after the laws came into force.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister's cutting of the fuel excise will save around $20 on a 65-litre tank. It could also add to inflation – a risk Albanese is willing to take.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Australia is not alone in weathering rising fuel costs and issues with domestic supply and distribution amid the war in the Middle East. G7 nations are also working out ways to ease the crisis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Drivers will pay about 26.3 cents less on every litre of fuel they buy for three months, but some economists warn it could ultimately leave Australians worse off.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

A former greyhound racing insider tells how he reached "breaking point" with the industry, as a parliamentary inquiry into the sport in WA begins.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Fuel could be rationed and funnelled towards critical sectors such as emergency services under worst-case-scenario planning for shortages caused by the Iran war.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Andrew Hastie called for a step change in the Coalition's economic posture on Sunday, breaking with Taylor's firm line opposing Labor tax hikes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

It might sound great, but cutting fuel excise will just add to inflationary pressures that may force the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates even higher.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Victorian Liberals will re-run a preselection battle involving controversial MP Moira Deeming after the party blocked the candidate who won top spot.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The federal government is working to ensure continued supply as uncertainty around the shaky ceasefire in the Middle East persists.

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