Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (An hour ago)

The states have been warned to get on board with a new scheme to divert children with mild autism from the NDIS, with the treasurer reminding them that a five-year hospital funding deal is tied to their support for NDIS changes. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 hours ago)

While the NDIS has enabled better access to supports for some children, it is neither.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (7 hours ago)

Jim Chalmers has dropped hints on future tax changes without committing to specific measures.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (8 hours ago)

David Speers interviews Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Insiders. The pair discuss the outcomes of the three-day economic reform summit in Canberra this week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (8 hours ago)

Only three G20 nations have yet to secure a meeting with Trump: Brazil, Mexico - and Australia. It's getting embarrassing for Anthony Albanese.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (9 hours ago)

Mike Bowers talks the week in pictures with Fiona Katauskas

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (10 hours ago)

David Speers is joined by Phillip Coorey, Jane Norman, and Shane Wright to discuss the events of the week.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (11 hours ago)

Business and political leaders tackle Australia's biggest economic challenges at the economic roundtable, while a significant shake-up to the National Disability Insurance Scheme is announced by Health Minister Mark Butler.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (16 hours ago)

The changes are being announced just days after the government was urged to take action by the Economic Reform Roundtable.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

Just because the tradwife concept is anathema to feminists like me doesn't mean we shouldn't interrogate why women are drawn to its simplistic promises.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (23 hours ago)

The federal government will fast track the assessment of 26,000 homes held up by delays in the environmental approval process as it tries to meet its targets.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

As the government looks to rein in the NDIS and create new Medicare pathways for children, parents could face thousands in new costs.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Nationals are promising to introduce a nuclear power policy at the next election, despite it previously causing a rift in the Coalition.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

A community group is accusing the WA Government of "spinning" the results of public feedback on a controversial proposal for a community hub and racetrack in Perth.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Grattan Institute CEO Aruna Sathanapally joins David Speers for this week's Insiders: On Background.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Grattan Institute CEO Aruna Sathanapally was part of the roundtable meetings and joins David Speers for Insiders: On Background.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Former Trump adviser John Bolton returns home after FBI raided his house and office.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

If nothing else, this week's roundtable may have started the long overdue debate on difficult topics that was sorely absent during the election campaign. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Liberal MP Phil Thompson's political instinct tells him to support budget repair on the NDIS. But as a father of a five-year-old autistic child, his heart says otherwise.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Even though there's now an organising principle for this term of government, the PM is unlikely to embrace major reform until circumstances dictate that he should.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

A cautious treasurer has dipped his toe into the often toxic waters of tax reform. Whether he decides to go all the way in will define his legacy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers made pointed remarks about making the tax system fairer for younger Australians and less burdensome on companies.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Workers' mobile phones will be banned as part of a raft of new measures aimed at protecting infants and toddlers.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Education Minister Jason Clare says the new measures won't be a "silver bullet" but they will help improve the safety of children in childcare.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

When key people gather, something really significant may occur. It did not happen at the economic reform roundtable.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Jason Clare says state and territory ministers have agreed to establish a national register for childcare workers and to trial CCTV in childcare centres. Take a look back at the day's coverage here.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Education Minister Jason Clare says state and territory ministers have agreed to establish a national register for childcare workers and trial CCTV in childcare centres. Follow live.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Australia's top unionist and a tech billionaire are making moves to confront the challenge of artificial intelligence.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Thailand's suspended prime minster and her father, who previously held the top job, are preparing to hear the outcomes of their legal cases which could reshape the country's political landscape.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

New York Attorney-General Letitia James says she will appeal the decision, which upheld the ruling that Mr Trump inflated his net worth but quashed the financial penalty set by a judge.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The deal will affect what both economies say is the "most valuable economic relationship in the world", worth $2.8 trillion each year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

A national trial of CCTV cameras in hundreds of childcare centres is expected to get the green light at a meeting with federal, state and territory education ministers in Sydney today.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The government had no choice but to attempt to rein in the costs of the NDIS. This week's initiative, while not perfect, is a step in the right direction.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

At least there was no one with a guitar leading the room in Kumbaya. The success of the economic roundtable will be grounded in results.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The Israeli leader has given an interview on Australian television branding Prime Minister Anthony Albanese "forever tarnished”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The defenestration of Kevin Rudd and the longevity of John Howard shape how the PM measures political risk and policy ambition.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed plans to slap EV drivers with road-user charges within months – and dozens of other reforms that might come from the roundtable.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The government's three-day productivity summit comes to an end, after a final day of discussions on the prickliest issues of tax and spending. Look back over the day's coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The federal government could redirect up to $100 billion over the next decade, if NDIS growth slows. But states must first step on board.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Family-centred care leads to better outcomes for children. We are the ones who know our children best.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Many of the people at the treasurer's economic roundtable are earning six or seven figures, but there's one whose single-day appearance is worth more than $60,000.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The NDIS has evolved in ways that governments did not see coming. So Labor is making changes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Most states and territories were blindsided by the unveiling of a new program to move children with mild to moderate developmental delays and autism off the National Disability Insurance Scheme, despite the federal health minister's expectation they will match his $2 billion funding pledge.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The Israeli leader has given an interview on Australian television branding Prime Minister Anthony Albanese "forever tarnished”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

There are concerns WA's transition to renewable energy could be even further delayed, with $3 billion in funding sitting idle in a federal government green bank.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The treasurer's priority in this term has shifted from tackling cost of living to productivity and the unions are yet to score a victory.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Meta, Citigroup, and local school districts are among the companies and government entities which the US president has bought bonds from in the past seven months, disclosure logs show.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

At 12 years old, the scheme is on the cusp of becoming a teenager and needs a "judicious dose of supervision and management”, says the health and disability minister.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Australians have a tax and welfare system that's one of the envies of the world. But it's also transferring masses of wealth to our older generations.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the second day of his productivity roundtable brought a "real prospect" of finding agreement on changes that could boost Australia's housing supply, including making investment more attractive for super funds.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have both been chastised over their "war of words" by one of Australia's central Jewish community groups, following the announcement Australia would recognise Palestine next month. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Relations between Australia and Israel have been deteriorating for more than a year. The past 24 hours have shown the true strain.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The 29 childcare centres were the first issued with compliance actions over ongoing failures to meet quality standards, following laws passed by parliament last month.  

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The cancellation of an Israeli MP's visa to Australia has sparked a tit-for-tat diplomatic stoush. Why is Simcha Rothman so controversial?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

NDIS Minister Mark Butler said a system called Thriving Kids would be in place to support children with autism and developmental delay from July 2027.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Australia's peak Jewish body has written to Netanyahu to condemn his inflammatory attack of Albanese – who also received a letter about his heated language last week.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The federal government says it has moved on from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criticisms about the PM. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

 Business bosses, unions and ministers have agreed Australia must strip away red and green tape to speed up home construction, as momentum builds to overhaul Australia's complex building code. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

A patient caught up in the immense pressure being placed on WA hospitals says her planned surgery being cancelled has put her under significant stress and eroded her trust in the health system.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke hit back at the Israeli prime minister's attack on Anthony Albanese, as he defended the decision to cancel the visa of a member of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Tasmanian Labor fails to unseat Liberal premier Jeremy Rockliff with not a single crossbencher voting for their no-confidence motion.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Housing will dominate discussion at the Economic Reform Roundtable this morning, with ministers, business leaders and conservationists all under pressure to solve the wicked problem of building more homes without trashing the environment.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Meetings in federal parliament are normally like a buffet of sweet and savoury. But the catering staff are clearly taking to heart the issues central to Anthony Albanese's economic roundtable.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

The Saudi-born suspect faces charges of murder and attempted murder after allegedly driving his SUV into a crowded market in the city of Magdeburg.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Australians polled for Resolve Political Monitor also like proposals for a four-day work week too.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Australia has pressed Nauru for more detail about a claimed billion-dollar investment agreement that it has signed with a mysterious Chinese company, as federal government officials scramble to ensure the Pacific nation is not breaching a landmark treaty it signed with Australia just nine months ago.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Mobile phones will be banned in WA childcare centres and more money provided for safety checks after a snap one-month review into the sector.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

After a five-year period of "artificially low” assumed earning rates, the government is preparing to return pension deeming rates to pre-pandemic levels.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

As the federal government's roundtable kicked off with broad agreement to tackle skills and tariffs, a former RBA governor launched an attack on Labor's economic management.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Analysis of government data reveals that 56,000 of the 78,600 participants who entered the scheme between June 2024 and June 2025 shared diagnosis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

The economic reform roundtable discusses the prospect of streamlining skills recognition for qualified migrants.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

In a social media post, the Australian Jewish Association says Simcha Rothman will address an event organised by the group via Zoom after he was blocked from entering the country.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Day one of the economic reform roundtable has kicked off. How did the Labor party get there?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

One of the party's two new senators, Warwick Stacey, has quit because of unspecified health issues, creating a vacancy in NSW.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says no "unacceptable decisions" were made during today's White House talks between Donald Trump and European leaders about how to end war in Ukraine. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Three days, 900 submissions and a few dozen attendees. Here's what we can expect from the economic reform roundtable this week.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

As Australia and Israel trade visa cancellations, the far-right Israeli politician at the centre of the storm says Australia needs to choose between Israel and Hamas. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

WA's chief justice says everyone should be worried about the rise of 'sovereign citizens' who do not believe in the law, warning of the risks to "the safety and stability" of society.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

US President Donald Trump is meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House for talks about ending Russia's war. Later in the day, a group of European leaders will join the discussion. Follow live. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers opens the much-anticipated productivity round table with an appeal for participants to seek consensus. Meanwhile, the NDIS has emerged as a key "structural issue" in the budget being eyed by the federal government for further reforms.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Democrat-controlled California is moving ahead with its own redistricting plans aimed at neutralising the redrawing of US House seats in Republican-controlled Texas.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The prime minister vows not to spring new tax reform ideas on voters, but Jim Chalmers insists there are opportunities for quick fixes – and many Australians don't want to wait.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says Australia's "active support for Hamas and terrorists", and the cancellation of Simcha Rothman's visa, is a "historical stain" and "shame".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Aaron David Miller has advised six US secretaries of state, and said Australia was going about its approach to the Middle East in the wrong way.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The federal government has cancelled the visa of Israeli politician Simcha Rothman, a member of Israel's far right Mafdal-Religious Zionism party, just days before he was due to arrive in Australia for a speaking event.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The Cook government has announced a new $50 million health infrastructure maintenance fund, amid mounting pressures on the West Australian public hospital system.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

It comes as dozens of Facebook and Instagram users have contacted the ABC about what they say are wrongful account suspensions that have impacted their livelihoods and personal lives. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Ever tighter government rules cover everything from balustrade heights to windows and parking, sparking warnings that well-intentioned rules are strangling housing supply.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Government regulation has emerged as one of the key issues to be tackled at the government's economic reform round table this week, as business leaders and the Productivity Commission call for it to be curtailed. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Former West Australian politician Graeme Campbell is being remembered as a "colourful character" whose style left a big legacy in Kalgoorlie politics.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

If the Labor government is focused on convincing us this week's roundtable has been a success, that will be a pretty good sign that it's fallen short.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

A quarter of voters support Australia recognising a Palestinian state regardless of who holds power in Gaza. A third saying recognition should wait until key conditions are met.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

It comes more than four years after he left Hong Kong, where he faces criminal charges over his involvement in the 2019 pro-democracy protests.  

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

For the next three days, leaders will look at ways to lift living standards. The Productivity Commission says they should start with one area of reform.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister's honeymoon with voters is showing no signs of ending as support for Labor climbs to its highest level in two years, exclusive polling figures show.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Tim Wilson has chided the government for failing to consult with the opposition before breaking with a long-held bipartisan position to recognise Palestinian statehood next month, suggesting aligning with the US.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ted Hui voiced gratitude for being granted asylum in Australia.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

David Speers is joined by Jacob Greber, Clare Armstrong and James Massola to discuss the events of the week.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

WA Labor are accusing the state opposition leader of mixed messaging over WA's revamped firearms legislation, following fallout from a failed disallowance motion this week.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Western Australia's ailing health system has once again been in the spotlight this week, but the remedy to its problems remains elusive.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

David Speers talks to Shadow Employment Minister Tim Wilson.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Japan, China and Vietnam are fast becoming the top travel destinations, while visits to the US remain below pre-pandemic levels.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Mike Bowers talks the week in pictures with Zoe Norton Lodge.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Australia will move to recognise a state of Palestine at the next United Nations meeting in September, in unison with the United Kingdom, France and Canada.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

US Senator Chris Coons says Australia's level of defence spending is actually much closer to 3% of GDP.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

US Senator Democrat Chris Coons sits down with David Speers

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Are the participants focused on process or outcomes? We probably know the answer to that.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Amid severe shortages and pressure from Donald Trump's "reciprocal tariffs", Japan is under unprecedented pressure to eat more foreign rice. Here's why that's controversial.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Head of ACCI Andrew McKellar joins David Speers ahead of this week's economic reform roundtable.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Renewable energy advocates are urging the West Australian government to throw more of its weight behind rooftop solar and batteries, saying the state is running out of time to replace coal with large-scale green power projects.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A deadly border clash between Thailand and Cambodia has devolved into a fierce online propaganda war with fake news flying on both sides.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

As the roundtable nears, the list of ideas has grown longer, more ambitious and often contradictory.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Australian leaders and their US counterparts met in Adelaide this week. But was it a wedding or a funeral?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The US ambassador to Israel says there is "disappointment and disgust” at Australia's decision. But for Israelis and Palestinians, it is the US the world is watching.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The US state's Attorney General Brian Schwalb has argued in a new lawsuit that Mr Trump is going far beyond his power under the law.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Critics are circling the government's economic roundtable, but Jim Chalmers says good ideas are already surfacing, with more to come.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

I've lived away from South Australia for almost three years now, and coming home to see the algal bloom hit home.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The University of Wollongong Liberal Club revokes the membership of its former president and first life member after Ward was found guilty of sexually abusing two young men.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The centres have been hit with notices from the federal government alleging they have failed to meet national standards for seven years or more.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Australia's Department of Education has initiated compliance actions against 30 early childcare centres under new powers introduced by the federal government.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland promises governments will "pull out all stops" to close loopholes being used by child abusers by the end of this year, just hours after saying it could take up to 12 months.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

For three days, two dozen people will debate ways to lift the nation's living standards as productivity growth remains sluggish. Failure cannot be an option.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said there was disgust and disappointment in the Trump administration over the prime minister's move on Palestine.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Legal Practice Board of WA, the independent regulator for the state's legal profession, is facing a parliamentary inquiry amid a "detailed list" of complaints about its governance and processes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

After Gareth Ward resigned over a sexual assault conviction, it is expected to be a tight race for the NSW seat, which was decided by less than 700 votes in the last election.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

One observer describes next week's economic roundtable this way: "Chalmers has opened a can of worms — and everybody has got a worm."

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

New Zealand's defence minister says the United States has carried the burden on defence for countries like Australia and her own, as the White House pressures the Albanese government to lift defence spending. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The US Ambassador to Israel says the Australian government's decision to recognise Palestine was met with disgust by senior members of the Trump administration.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Bezalel Smotrich, who is sanctioned by Australia and the UK, says a controversial new development "definitively buries the idea of a Palestinian state". 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Australian children are still flocking to the NDIS, even as the government begins designing a way to help families outside the $46 billion program.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Cleaning up even a small amount of a $110 billion "red tape burden" could deliver billions in savings, the Business Council of Australia says, ahead of next week's economic reform round table.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Hundreds of people have had income support payments unlawfully terminated by an automated system – described as eerily similar to the robo-debt scandal by one lawyer.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Remuneration Tribunal published a statement on Thursday removing access to business-class travel for certain office holders. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Tasmanian Labor leader says his conversations with crossbench MPs have been "mostly really positive", including at a meeting on Tuesday that he claimed the Greens chose not to attend.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Members of a visiting delegation of US Congress members from both sides of politics have stressed the importance of a face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said the Albanese government had "got it wrong” when it announced a plan to recognise a Palestinian state on Monday.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has questioned whether upcoming productivity talks are a "stitch-up" and a waste of time after documents leaked to the ABC outlined the round table's recommended outcomes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Queensland Premier says the state is poorer for the passing of Mark McArdle, who has died at the age of 68.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Frustrated WA gun owners have gathered in droves at Parliament House to support a crossbencher's motion to scrap Labor's controversial firearms regulations, but opposition from the Greens means it will not succeed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Independent MP Allegra Spender, who represents the nation's wealthiest electorate, has a seat at next week's economic roundtable, and property tax benefits are firmly in her sights.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt confirming the continuation of salmon farming in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The treasurer has downplayed a leaked document from his department that included possible outcomes of the government's upcoming productivity round table, saying it shouldn't come as a "big surprise" that briefings have been prepared.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has questioned whether upcoming productivity talks are a "stitch-up" and a waste of time after documents leaked to the ABC outlined the round table's recommended outcomes. Follow live.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Labor leader Dean Winter responds to claims it was a mutual decision for the Greens to not attend crossbench negotiations

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

It's not just about getting rich, it's about quality of life – but what is productivity? And why does it matter?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The leaked advice reveals what the government expects to achieve at next week's productivity round table, recommending a freeze of the National Construction Code, and an AI plan to cut environmental red tape.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The partisan divide in Australia over how closely to align with the US has been steadily building since Donald Trump's return to the White House.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister goes out of his way not to make a big deal of it and never wants to look like he's undermining Donald Trump, but the signs of the shift are mounting.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

As new data reveals homeownership becoming a more distant dream, slashing housing red tape is firming as an area in which new policies will follow Labor's economic roundtable.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

More than 2 million people work in the care economy. But poor systems mean "unsafe workers slip through the cracks”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Coalition says Anthony Albanese has been "shamed" for his decision to recognise a Palestinian state after the move received praise by terror group Hamas, whose October 7 attack on Israel triggered the conflict in Gaza.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.

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