Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 minutes ago)

An emotional plea to the country, concerns about privacy and how Australia's social media ban will actually work. These are the key takeaways from the ABC's Your Say: The Digital Dilemma forum.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 minutes ago)

In a major address to his party, James Paterson says "marginal" voices agitating for the Liberal party to split must be kept on the sidelines, cautioning it would spell "disaster".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (24 minutes ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 hours ago)

"An ongoing mass public therapy session doesn't exactly scream 'ready for government',” James Paterson said in a speech. "The Liberal Party is not a think tank.”

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

Monday's backflip, revealed on Albanese's first day of a week-long holiday, involved dropping a proposal to tax paper profits for people with more than $3 million in their super.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

Jim Chalmers has revealed how frequently Paul Keating has talked to him about planned changes to superannuation tax. It's just part of being a treasurer.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 hours ago)

The numbers of high-profile politicians, including the NSW premier and opposition leader have been made available online.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirms he spoke with former prime minister Paul Keating last week ahead of the government's U-turn on superannuation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 hours ago)

Tensions between the federal government's two top salesmen are hard to discount.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (7 hours ago)

The sandstone university was the only institution to be knocked back in its bid to host a share of 17,500 extra foreign student places.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (13 hours ago)

The treasurer has never been afraid to venture beyond his prime minister with his tax reform ambitions, but on superannuation, he has been pulled into line. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (17 hours ago)

The changes follow two high-profile departures from shadow cabinet within a month.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

A fight between the two superpowers over rare earths could cripple the global economy. But when PM Albanese goes to Washington next week, he could leverage this to Australia's advantage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

New rules will target telehealth, but health professionals warn enforcement in cannabis prescribing is key to protect mentally ill patients from a system prioritising speed over safety.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (18 hours ago)

The email was sent days after Larissa Waters was censured for linking the stabbings of Jews on Yom Kippur in Manchester with Labor's stance on the conflict in Gaza.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (22 hours ago)

Australia needs tough new policies to reach its ambitious 2035 climate target, electric carmakers say.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Two in five critical security incidents affecting large companies, governments and universities now come from compromised accounts and credentials.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

The retreat on unrealised gains is a smack in the nose for Treasury, which knows that wealth – rather than income – will be ground zero in the fight over future budgets.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brien has welcomed the federal government's backdown on superannuation taxation changes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Former prime minister Tony Abbott says the Coalition to redirect its focus as Opposition Leader Sussan Ley named her third frontbench in five months.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Vague, unsubstantiated scuttlebutt suggests Mel Gibson could be appointed as the US ambassador to Australia. Sounds absurd – except this is the second Trump administration.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

The changes that have been made are sensible ones that almost all economists have been begging for. But the timing is a problem for the government.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Every prominent criticism of the tax has been addressed, with the result that it will apply to fewer people and raise less money.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

The Australian Federal Police are probing whether legislation was breached by the senator after she said she would "burn down Parliament House to make a point” on Palestinian and Indigenous rights.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Tasmanian Independent M-P Craig Garland outside court after being banned from driving for six months over a drug driving offence from November last year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The government has bowed to pressure on its superannuation tax policy, one of the few revenue-raising measures it had promised, two years on from when it was first announced.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The WA Liberals are told they need more women and a better candidate vetting process in a post-election review audit.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

A federal government plan to slash skilled migration into Western Australia by about 30 per cent would stunt economic growth and slow the construction of homes amid a housing shortage, the state's premier says.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced six changes to the government's controversial superannuation tax legislation – including a new $10 million threshold.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

No more silver lining as Opposition Leader Sussan Ley's approval ratings follow those of the Coalition into the depths.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Tough action will be needed to tackle coal power emissions and drive the switch to renewables, Grattan says, as the government rules out the move.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Just 33 per cent of voters rated the opposition leader's performance as either good or very good - a fall of 8 per cent in a single month.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

News that after two years of war in Gaza a hostage deal has been reached was met in Melbourne by a large pro-Palestine rally and a joyful pro-Israel gathering.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Gough Whitlam, as opposition leader, declared his intention to "destroy” a Liberal government by blocking supply, but Labor's myth-makers bury that inconvenient truth.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Diehard Richmond fan "Tiger Shaun" says he's watched on in horror as gambling advertising and sponsorships have come to dominate football — and become a constant reminder of the addiction he has struggled with.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Mike Bowers talks the week in photographs and political cartoons with Jack the Insider.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

After two years of war, there's hope of a lasting peace. The US President announced that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first phase of the US-led plan for peace in Gaza.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

David Speers interviews Shadow Communications Minister Melissa McIntosh

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

David Speers discusses the events of the week with Paul Sakkal, Melissa Clarke and Waleed Aly.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Australia is considering price floors for critical minerals and pumping money into new rare earth projects under a resources deal with the US.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

If there was some internal call within the Liberals to show some discipline after the last few weeks, it worked at a basic level. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Luke Coleman from the Australian Telecommunications Alliance joined David Speers for this week's Insiders On Background.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Patients may not see the benefits of higher bulk-billing for years, and average-out-of-pocket costs are expected to rise, the health department has conceded — despite $8.5 billion being tipped into the GP subsidy scheme from November.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Shadow Immigration Minister Paul Scarr has called for a "measured and considered" debate over migration levels after incendiary comments by members of the party's right flank.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The Sydney-born Liberal MP is in no hurry to challenge for the leadership, but he's already staking out a more conservative ground for the party.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

We're blessed with the critical minerals that will power the world, but can Australia rise to the many challenges?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Amid the discussion about whether we need more MPs, we should also explore how to get better ones. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Japan's Komeito party on Friday said it would quit its coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Its departure could trigger an unwinding of the so-called "Takaichi trade", which had been driven by investor optimism around fiscal stimulus.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The independent senator on Tuesday criticised the social club – of which the prime minister is president – for having a gambling lobby firm as a sponsor, and questioned Albanese's role. By Thursday night, Pocock was out.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The former star Wallabies player turned independent senator was kicked out of the social sports club after raising concerns about its links to the gambling industry.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The governor also said the country's house price problems are not the bank's responsibility.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

More than 170,000 customers have been overcharged a total of $40 million by WA's state-owned energy retailer Synergy since 2009, sparking an apology from its CEO.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

He criticised Hastie's decision to borrow a line from former UK Conservative MP Enoch Powell, who warned Britons they risked becoming "strangers in their own country”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The prime minister has congratulated the US president for helping clinch a peace deal with Israel and Hamas to bring the conflict in Gaza to an end.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Anthony Albanese says his request for Treasury to examine a controversial proposal to lift taxes on some superannuation balances is "nothing unusual", rejecting claims he is planning to rewrite it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The splits within the Liberal Party have been on show since the May election. But they run deeper than most may realise.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Three people are detained after an "improvised device" is found at the home of one of the suspects in an investigation into terrorist activities.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Crossbenchers are joining forces to condemn the government's FOI bill, calling for its withdrawal and an independent inquiry. Will the Coalition stand for transparency?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Paul Brereton and Labor politicians had previously stated he had stepped away from the body and resigned as assistant inspector-general of the ADF prior to taking on the top integrity job. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Andrew Hastie has said he wants to lead the Liberal Party one day. But the Perth MP personifies the division at the heart of conservative politics in 2025.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

An overhaul of the nation's 3 million-hectare defence property portfolio is set to raise billions of dollars as the Albanese government prepares to override military resistance.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

The European Commission president has faced criticism from the left and right after striking a tariff deal with the United States.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Independent MP Allegra Spender has been awarded the McKinnon Prize for Emerging Political Leadership.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Josh Burns' office was attacked. A Liberal MP reached out with kindness and understanding.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Wilson told this masthead's Inside Politics podcast that the Coalition could retain its contentious net zero climate pledge and still win the climate argument against Labor.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The Department of Defence has warned of more clashes between the Chinese and Australian militaries, as the People's Liberation Army expands.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Senior Treasury official Diane Brown told a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday that Anthony Albanese's office had talked to the department about the yet-to-be legislated changes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Ted O'Brien is ejected from Question Time as Jim Chalmers jokes his counterpart's question wasn't "based on reality".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

An aerial view of Sydney's new Fish Markets, with completion now expected by the end of 2025.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Former ACT attorney-general Gordon Ramsay has faced the ACT Magistrates Court, charged with grooming a teenage boy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

After a fiery senate probe into the department and the regulators, there appears to be more questions than answers.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

US President Donald Trump says Israel and the militant group Hamas have accepted the first phase of a peace plan.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broken" and outdated environment laws. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The government is determined to avoid wearing any blame for Optus' failure but also needs to be transparent about how it handled early advice from the telco.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The bailout of another metals facility — this time in Queensland — is unlikely to be the last, with pressures on the sector driven by China to keep up for years. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

A senior whistleblower says a slew of top executives at the agency in charge of Labor's housing agenda quit amid claims of bad behaviour.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Immigration, an issue that should be problematic for a centre-left Albanese government, is instead bedevilling his conservative opponents.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

A Federal Court judge found the ABC breached the Fair Work Act when it removed the journalist and broadcaster from the air during a five-day radio presenting contract.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Ed Husic calls for stronger action to prevent foreign countries that buy Australian gas from onselling it to other countries.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Since 2020, the number of people seeking support from Vinnies has increased by 39 per cent.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Australia's parliament is likely to get larger as the government canvasses possibilities for expanding the number of MPs and introducing fixed or four-year terms.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The government is set to announce its third major industry rescue package this year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The documentary filmmaker and mother-of-two is one of seven Australian activists who were deported to Jordan after alleging "human rights violations” while in captivity.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Home Affairs has confirmed it processed "citizenship by descent" applications for two children who fled Syria last month after being stranded overseas for years.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley called a meeting in Canberra on Monday after a report earlier that day that Peter Dutton had been highly critical of Andrew Hastie's work ethic.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Optus sent two emails seven minutes apart to a defunct email address despite updating its records of the correct email address just a week earlier.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The telco operator sent two emails about its outage, which understated its extent, to a departmental email address that had been changed a week earlier.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The US government shutdown is entering its second week and the impacts are starting to play out, with thousands of flights disrupted across the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Our analysis shows that while both major parties have influenced policy, long-term growth in migration – especially temporary migration – has been driven more by Coalition governments.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Democrats and the Republicans have clashed in a fiery Senate hearing.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A year after a controversial NDIS change, advocates are growing increasingly concerned that "counterintuitive" and "nonsensical" funding decisions are reducing participant independence.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A Victorian housing charity awarded more than $200 million in taxpayer funds for a proposed 17-storey tower is controlled by a for-profit investment firm, the ABC can reveal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Officials from Anthony Albanese's department have declined to confirm basic details about the return of wives and children of Islamic State fighters from Syria.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The adequacy of Australia's emergency call network will be stress tested with a surprise drill ahead of bushfire season, as the opposition ramps up its assault over the communication minister's handling of last month's fatal triple-0 outage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Australia will need at least half a million additional aged care workers by 2050. Current efforts to find them are just not working. We need to try something else.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Iris Stalzer, a Social Democrat who was elected mayor of Herdecke in the Ruhr region a week ago, is reportedly suffered life-threatening injuries. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Emmanuel Macron's first prime minister urges the cornered French head of state to resign in a shock call that compounded an escalating political crisis.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The first woman to lead the AFP said Hamas attacks – and Israel's response labelled a genocide by the United Nations – triggered a rise in cases driven by ideological hatred.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Seven Australian activists arrested while trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have been deported to Jordan, the ABC understands. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The communications minister has been targeted during Question Time over her handling of the government's response to the Optus triple-0 outage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Reserve Bank's job is to hold inflation steady and keep as many people in work as possible. The jobs market is showing signs of trouble.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A radicalisation expert warns a crackdown on gun-owning "sovereign citizens" in Western Australia risks further entrenching extremist views in an already disenfranchised group.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

First-term MP Mary Aldred boldly said she and other colleagues would lose their seats at the next election if the party did not unite.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The president's move comes following Sébastien Lecornu's resignation just 14 hours after his appointment, plunging France into another political crisis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The ABC has obtained details of redacted summaries prepared by Australian diplomatic staff, including allegations that one Australian citizen has been slapped and had his passport "destroyed".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

New Australian research shows, globally, major bushfire events are becoming more frequent, fatal and economically damaging. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley raises the case of a trans child abuser as she seeks to pressure the Albanese government to create mandatory minimum jail terms for child exploitation offences. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Officials say the agency has distorted the disability workforce, prices and wait times. But recipients say they're more fearful about a replacement system.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

In an exclusive extract, Niki Savva reveals details of the shadow cabinet meeting that irreparably damaged Peter Dutton and Andrew Hastie's relationship, and how Dutton panned his frontbenchers' policy work.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The federal government is well behind and recent approvals data suggests it will fall up to 200,000 properties short.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape spoke with 730's Sarah Ferguson about Australia's mutual defence treaty.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

State and federal leaders condemned plans in Melbourne and Sydney to mark October 7 with pro-Palestinian protests.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

PNG and Australia formally sign a landmark new defence treaty, elevating the bilateral relationship between the two countries to an alliance and agreeing to "act to meet the common danger" if the other is attacked.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Australia has signed its first formal alliance in more than 70 years – with its nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Liberals across the factions called on colleagues to stop leaking damaging details of the party review after Dutton's scathing assessment of Hastie came to light.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Anthony Albanese and PNG Prime Minister James Marape have signed a landmark defence treaty in Canberra. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is calling for the political temperature to be "turned down" after a Queensland man was charged for allegedly threatening to kill him.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Nationals are mounting a fight against renewable energy, warning it will destroy agricultural land, as farmers push back on the claims.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Department of Defence emails show that a website dedicated to Australia's role in the global F-35 supply chain used by Israel to maintain its fighter jets was removed at the start of the war in Gaza. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The WA government is facing fresh questions over its bailout of Griffin Coal — a mine critical to the state's energy system — amid revelations taxpayer money is leaking offshore.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Three crucial referendums – the Voice, the republic and four-year parliamentary terms – have all been defeated, stymying the government's appetite for reform.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

A record 44,400 people are in the nation's jails. A plan has emerged that would allow at least one state to make money as a result of overcrowding elsewhere.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

New research suggests Peter Costello's baby bonus encouraged families to have extra children – but, like all babies, they weren't cheap.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Growing concern over the Optus Triple Zero outage has prompted the government to haul in the heads of the nation's largest telcos ahead of the bushfire season.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

In 2020, the US Congress passed a law that allows the Treasury Secretary to mint $1 coins in 2026 "with designs emblematic of the US semi-quincentennial".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Asked about her views on the danger of antisemitism following the stabbings, Waters quickly pivoted to the Albanese government's stance on the war in Gaza.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Larissa Waters says she will be looking closely at the Robbins Island wind farm, which the Greens's two Tasmanian senators say will threaten several endangered species.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

David Speers unpacks wht week in news with Jacob Greber, Tom McIlroy and Samantha Maiden.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Israel and Hamas prepare to negotiate on Donald Trump's plan to free hostages and end the fighting after nearly two years of war.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Greens leader Larrisa Waters avoids questions about the Robbins Island wind farm project in Tasmania.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

David Speers interviews Greens leader Larissa Waters.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Mike Bowers talks the week in political cartoons with Zoe Norton Lodge.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

It takes a long time to build anything at all in Australia's dysfunctional housing market, even for the federal government, but Labor's social housing fund is inching towards an impact.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The federal government has announced when the ATO will begin processing legislated cuts to student debt.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The maverick MP insists his shock exit from shadow cabinet was not about tearing down Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Hastie says he decided to quit because a letter she sent him earlier in the week made clear he wouldn't be formulating the Coalition's immigration policies.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Dr Omar Awadallah from the Palestinian Authority joined David Speers.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The decision comes after the Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation last month.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

National Political lead David Speers explains the catalyst that led to Andrew Hastie's resignation from front bench.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Liberal minister Andrew Hastie says his decision to resign from the frontbench is not an attempt to replace Sussan Ley as opposition leader.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The former home affairs spokesman resigned from the Coalition frontbench on Friday night.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister's visit to the US and Britain cemented his international profile and reinforced his powerful political brand.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Roger Cook may be planning victory laps around his controversial election-promised Burswood Park racetrack, but his government is being coy about one crucial element that could sink the whole thing.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The man tasked with reviewing WA's "old and depleted" hospitals says building a brand new one will not fix a snowballing health crisis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The government's expanded first home buyers' scheme was supposed to ensure they "get the keys quicker", but buyers, brokers and agents are warning of fierce competition.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Dr Omar Awadallah from the Palestinian Authority joins David Speers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Donald Trump says he would chair a new Gaza peace board, but former British prime minister Tony Blair would be responsible for the grunt work.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Shadow Home Affairs Minister and Liberal leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie has quit Sussan Ley's shadow ministry, citing a disagreement over the party's immigration policy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

A small group of Australian women who travelled or were taken to Syria as partners of Islamic State members, as well as their children, have managed to smuggle themselves out of the country and have now returned home, after years of being stranded overseas.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The former SAS captain has always been a lone wolf, but his colleagues are confused about whether he is laying the groundwork for a challenge or acting erratically without an end game.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The West Australian had staked out his own nationalist policy agenda on everything from migration to manufacturing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Relatives of Islamic State fighters have managed to quietly re-enter the country.

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