Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (An hour ago)

The ABS has scrapped plans to collect information about ethnicity in the 2026 census, and some experts say it is missing a huge opportunity. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (An hour ago)

There is a crisis in Australia and women don't feel safe. The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence commissioner wants that to change.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 hours ago)

An intense period of political horse-trading is underway in Solomon Islands after no political party won enough seats in last week's election to form government on its own.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

After two days climbing the muddy path through the mountains of PNG, Albanese and Marape marked the dawn service at the Isurava battlefield memorial.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 hours ago)

Prime Minister James Marape said the 1942 Kokoda campaign set a precedent for close military co-operation between the two nations.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

The prime minister tells the crowd at an Anzac Day dawn service in Papua New Guinea that Australia "will never forget" the help the country's people provided to Australian soldiers during World War II.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

While Anthony Albanese says we're in a "race for jobs" with other countries offering big government subsidies and can't afford to be "left behind", Productivity Commissioner Danielle Wood isn't sure it's a race we should even be in.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 hours ago)

Despite our expensive subsidies for property investors, commentators who have made their careers by calling for ever more reform hate Labor's signature policy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 hours ago)

From submarines to aged care, the government and opposition have grand plans. But neither know where the workers will be found for them.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

The Chair of Mental Health Australia has taken a swipe at the Albanese government's "inaction" on mental health, as he resigned from the top role of the peak non-government organisation representing the sector.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 hours ago)

Nationals leader David Littleproud has conceded turning to nuclear power would mean Australia misses its 2030 emissions reduction target.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (11 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (11 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (14 hours ago)

Anthony Albanese said the thing that had most struck him along the walk was the formidable conditions Australian and PNG soldiers encountered during World War II.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (14 hours ago)

For two years, the Reserve Bank has been talking about negotiating a narrow economic path. But inflation is buried deep in parts of the economy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (14 hours ago)

Two key Tasmanian independents have given formal guarantees of confidence and supply to the Liberal minority government, but have retained their right to vote as they wish in parliament.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (14 hours ago)

Premier Steven Miles has defended the use of two government jets after he and the police minister travelled to the same regional cities in separate planes this week.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (14 hours ago)

Anthony Albanese has trekked his way into history by becoming the first sitting prime minister to complete a section of the Kokoda track.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 hours ago)

Matt Berriman resigned from the peak body, citing frustration with the federal government. It will intensify scrutiny on Labor's dedication to mental health.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 hours ago)

In the lead-up to a Federal Court hearing on May 10, Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has provided X with an affidavit supporting the images remaining on the platform.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (16 hours ago)

ABF Commissioner Michael Outram has apologised to female staff in the marine unit, after a workplace review found sexual harassment and discrimination are so widespread, that "immediate intervention" is needed.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (16 hours ago)

Woodside is being forced to defend its climate transition plan, with the gas giant's shareholders rejecting it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (16 hours ago)

Economists say the lift in quarterly inflation means any interest rate cuts are now likely to start in November or later.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (17 hours ago)

David Speers speaks to the head of the Productivity Commission, Danielle Wood, about her concerns over the Future Made in Australia Act in the latest episode of Insiders: On Background.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (17 hours ago)

A tabloid newspaper executive has told the jury in Trump's criminal trial how he worked to kill stories that could damage the former president's 2016 election campaign.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (17 hours ago)

The eSafety commissioner and social media platform X are back in Federal Court to debate the status of posts featuring footage of the Wakeley church attack. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (18 hours ago)

A tabloid newspaper executive has told the jury in Trump's criminal trial how he worked to kill stories that could damage the former president's 2016 election campaign.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (18 hours ago)

The federal opposition urges the government to trial age verification schemes that would lock children out of social media platforms, as X's feud with Australia escalates.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (18 hours ago)

Woodside is being forced to defend its climate transition plan, with the gas giant's bosses saying it's unlikely to win the support of its own shareholders.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

Two years after a scathing report was handed down, a parliamentary committee touring the health system in Far West New South Wales says it must work "harder and a lot smarter" to attract and retain healthcare professionals.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

A popular and historic pub in WA's Goldfields faces closure over safety concerns, while the tenants say they are being unfairly forced out. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (21 hours ago)

Minister for Women Katy Gallagher says the much-delayed parliamentary standards commission could punish MPs, senators, staffers and others in the building for serious breaches such as sexual assault.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (22 hours ago)

As Anthony Albanese and James Marape continue an unprecedented joint trek up and down the mountains and valleys, they walk with a shared purpose: to acknowledge their history, to embody the friendship of two nations and to promote peace in the region. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (22 hours ago)

Childcare worker and mother Molly Ticehurst was found dead in a regional New South Wales home on Monday morning. The Forbes local was 28 years old. And, she was the 25th woman to die from gender-based violence in Australia this year. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (23 hours ago)

Reid's Guest House in Ballarat has provided crisis accommodation to thousands of people over the past 20 years. Now it is set to close and residents have to get out within months. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (23 hours ago)

The social media platform X is expected to return to the Federal Court today to argue why it should not have to hide footage of the Wakeley stabbing.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

As Australia works towards net zero by 2050, the latest data shows WA, a state reliant on the resources sector for its economic prosperity, continues to struggle mightily in its efforts to decarbonise.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Coby Koster found her way out of the rental market by purchasing a tiny home but says planning hiccups among local governments are holding other people back.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

The Albanese government's lukewarm support for Ukraine has been a source of embarrassment for months. The measly financial and military assistance is now moving into potentially dangerous territory.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

During the 1972 election campaign, Gough Whitlam promised to lift the lid on Pine Gap and share its secrets. Ultimately, as prime minister, he was left out of the loop. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Social media companies are slammed by Australia's top police officer for "pouring accelerant on the flames" of misinformation and extremism on their platforms, while the boss of ASIO raises concerns encrypted chat services are a "safe room for terrorists and spies". 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

A Senate committee has recommended a royal commission to examine Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the community, including of lockdown and quarantine measures.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Inflation is forecast to have fallen to its lowest level since 2021 as price pressures ease across the economy, but taxes are now weighing on Australians.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

An elite Fijian police unit working with Australia and New Zealand to fight surging drug trafficking in the Pacific may have been compromised by a powerful criminal syndicate.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

As Elon Musk provoked worldwide attention for his fight against the Australian take-down order, the Coalition revealed it was in favour of barring young children from digital platforms.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government would "rule out PEP11” in the 2022 election campaign but has not acted on the issue since coming to power.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

At its heart, this case is about Australian sovereignty over a company that has a deep aversion to government authority.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Months of conflict in the Middle East are being felt in Australia as many people say the country is suffering more racism and religious intolerance.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The Albanese government's fix for migration has come under fire from the opposition and former high commissioner to India Barry O'Farrell.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Ahead of Anzac Day the prime minister has begun a two-day trek of a section of the Kokoda Track alongside Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The prime minister received an energy boost along the way from his favourite sweet: a bag of liquorice Black Cats, which he shared with fellow walkers.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The Prime Minister has responded to Elon Musk's refusal to take down graphic content on platform X, calling him an "arrogant billionaire".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Elon Musk of choosing "ego and showing violence” over common sense as the X owner argues taking the videos down globally is censorship.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

A federal senator has shared the unedited violent footage of the Wakeley church stabbing attack as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Elon Musk feud over X's bid to be able to host it on its site.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Crown Resorts has kept its license to run its Sydney casino after an independent commission said it was a vastly different business after a probation period.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

A High Court challenge against the "self-regulating" aspect of Tasmania's public forestry company fails, clearing the way for native forest logging to continue at a coupe near Derby.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

They look like pizza ovens parked on the side of the road and they're racking up millions of dollars in fines for drivers. Data shows where they're most likely to be parked in Tasmania, and how many motorists are falling foul of the machines.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Amid the rise of misinformation, disinformation and a reported increase in violent extremism online, can the government control what Australians see online?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Key independent senators have teamed up and say the government could be giving up as much as $60 billion in tax revenue if it doesn't make changes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Despite a patchy track record, including allegations of bribery, the Beijing-backed company is delivering a major project for the tiny Pacific nation, which is a major focus in the competition for influence in the region.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The eSafety commissioner has been granted a two-day legal injunction to compel social media platform X to hide posts that include graphic footage relating to the Wakeley stabbing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Wholesale electricity prices are down as the share of renewable energy in the grid continues to grow.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Jim Chalmers is on track to deliver successive budget surpluses, but a slowing economy may force the nation's finances back into the red.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Paul Sakkal reports that the Liberal and National parties are at odds over the selection of six sites for proposed nuclear facilities, delaying the release of the Coalition's policy blueprint.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Two days after China's top diplomat poured scorn on AUKUS during a Port Moresby visit, Albanese will be the first Australian PM to walk the Kokoda Track while in office.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The former home affairs secretary had a decorated career in the public service before a series of leaked messages cost him his job. He now admits he has no one to blame but himself. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

After Elon Musk compared the take-down order to something from a communist regime, politicians have lined up to slam the owner of X for acting like he is above the law.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Commissioner Gollschewski says he wants Queenslanders to "feel safer" and that supporting victims of crime is "one of the really incredible, important parts of that".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The old assumption about a Labor victory at the next election is well and truly out of date. The government is clearly losing the fight to hold wavering voters.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The former Coalition cabinet minister believes "constant criticism and negativity" directed at those in political roles put women off agreeing to run for preselection in her long-held Gold Coast seat.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Coalition says it's now open to the Government's proposed misinformation laws.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Doctors warn the government's $3.5 billion investment to make visiting GPs more affordable is being pocketed by states that changed their payroll tax rules, leaving little room to lift bulk billing rates. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

A Four Corners investigation has named a 38-year-old Sydney man suspected of being one of the major importers of methamphetamine into Australia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Concerns over political risk have slowed the opposition energy plan, casting doubt on the Coalition's previous aim of announcing six possible nuclear sites before the May budget.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

It took only a few seconds for the Taipan to pitch up then plunge into the sea, killing all four on board. The quest for the truth has taken months.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

MP Linda Reynolds has vowed to continue with a suit against Brittany Higgins if Higgins continues to claim there was a political cover-up over her rape.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

It feels like social media is deteriorating at rapid speed. But the horrific content we've seen this week is a symptom of a broader problem.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Australians have cut their support for the federal government as they feel the financial damage from rising prices and higher interest rates, according to the Resolve Political Monitor.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

At a time when Australia is experiencing a critical skills shortages, keeping tens of thousands of women out of the workforce seems beyond counter-intuitive.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Within two years, the environment minister has gone from long-awaited reformer to a deep disappointment for green groups.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

A Queensland Liberal senator is urging a rethink from all sides of politics, saying the proposed legislation would have "real-world consequences” for vulnerable people.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock plan to run as job-sharing MPs in federal parliament, working one week on and one week off and alternating trips to Canberra.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

In Samoa, churches spend millions building cathedrals to connect communities to God. But as debts and poverty skyrocket, many are questioning the price tag.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

David Speers interviews Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. News.com.au's Samantha Maiden, Phil Coorey of the AFR, and The Guardian's Lenore Taylor discuss the issues of the week. Mike Bowers talks the week in pictures with Cathy Wilcox.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

News.com.au's Samantha Maiden, Phil Coorey of the AFR, and The Guardian's Lenore Taylor discuss the issues of the week.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Elon Musk's attempts to fight orders to remove graphic footage of the Sydney stabbings from X provokes fury among federal politicians, who are renewing their focus on punishing social media platforms that host misinformation and harmful content. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Two lifelong friends join forces to campaign for a single seat in federal parliament. They want to show that politics can be done differently – but not everyone's convinced it can work. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

David Speers interviews Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Mike Bowers talks the week in pictures with Cathy Wilcox.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The week began with Sydney reeling from the knife attack at Bondi Junction. The offender – police say – was targeting women. Then came another terrifying knife attack – targeting an Assyrian bishop in the city's west - followed by a riot. A 16-year-old has now been charged with a terrorism offence. The two attacks have sparked debate...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Farmers raise concerns about consultation practices, radiation and the contamination of their crops at a hearing into VHM's proposed Goschen mineral sands and rare earths mine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

At the heart of this case is a woman who has been most shamefully immolated in service of other people's vanities.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The economy in 2023 survived a surge in people moving from fixed to variable rate mortgages. But there are doubts whether it can do it again in 2024.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Brittany Higgins has made her first public comments about the defamation case over her rape in Parliament House in 2019.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

After a series of meetings with world economic leaders, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been forced to change tack on next month's budget.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The prime minister expected the week would be dominated by the unveiling of the government's new defence strategy. Instead, Australia's internal security was on the agenda.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Social media giant X has rejected demands from Australia's eSafety commissioner to take down distressing images of this week's Sydney knife attacks.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Cabinet reshuffles can be akin to a game of Snakes and Ladders as all moves were on display in this week's rejig of the South Australian cabinet, writes Rory McClaren.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

'The Mooch' got up close and personal with Donald Trump during his brief time as White House communications director. Now he's one of his biggest critics.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Bruce Lerhmann's defamation case has exposed a continuing hostility to women in the broader Australian community which has seen women too eagerly cast as liars, whatever the nature of the issue that has brought them to public attention.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Political pressure on tech giants has grown throughout the week and leaders are fuming as misinformation and violent content continues to spread like "wildfire”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The first threat, the treasurer will say, is rising global tensions, as he looks to repair the nation's finances and reform the economy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Ongoing police patrols at shopping centres and tougher penalties for people caught carrying knives are among the suggestions being put forward by politicians following the Sydney stabbing attacks. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Following a sustained campaign to return Molly to a family and their dogs, Queensland Premier Steven Miles threw his support behind reuniting them. But he denies bowing to social media pressure to intervene in the case.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The response of politicians to the growing repugnance to social media's malign influence following the Sydney stabbings is big on rhetoric, but a large gap yawns between their words and actions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

"There have been systemic barriers put on multicultural communities,” says Senate hopeful Wesa Chau. "And when we talk about discrimination, this is what it looks like.”

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Early results are starting to flow in Solomon Islands in the wake of Wednesday's elections, with prominent China critic, ousted Malaita premier Daniel Suidani, regaining his provincial seat. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The nation's chief lawmaker has asked men to step up to stop women dying every week in a "crisis of male violence". 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Haiti has taken a step towards restoring stability to a nation that's been rocked by gang violence in recent months.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Murrell was re-arrested and questioned after he and Sturgeon were arrested last year in relation to the same investigation. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The United States vetoes a widely backed UN resolution that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus demands men "step up” and educate themselves, as the number of women killed in violent incidents across the nation this year reached 24.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

It is normally lush and green, but King Island is drought-stricken and its farmers are calling for help to ship their cattle and sheep north to the mainland.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Seven months ago the Queensland government was warned that without an additional youth justice lawyer in Cairns, the number of youth detainees in the Cairns watch house would worsen. Advocates say that's exactly what happened. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

General Francis Omondi Ogolla and other officials die while travelling in the North Rift region, where armed bandits and cattle rustlers are rampant.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers's third budget will be his first not wholly dominated by inflation, which will share the stage with trouble in China and sluggish economic growth. What story will the government seek to tell?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The court decision has made essential findings about what took place, but it is already being used to justify yet another hunt for targets.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Furious Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones will force social media companies to answer to government after the spread of misinformation had turned a "horrific week into something diabolical”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is in Washington DC this week meeting with his international G20 counterparts, where Inflation remains one of the major global economic concerns.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The jobs market remains tight despite continued cost-of-living pressures and lacklustre consumer spending - which may be bad news for interest rate cuts any time soon.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Inquiry chairman calls for authorities to involve the public and work with farmers and pest control companies to stop the spread of the imported pest.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Anthony Albanese is fast discovering why his prime ministerial predecessor Scott Morrison took the unorthodox approach of being secretly sworn into a raft of ministries, having been reminded that a PM's power only extends so far when it comes to immigration visas. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Death defying stunts to celebrate Eid, Sumo throwing each other about by their loincloths, Thailand's famous and fun water festival — here's a snapshot at the happenings across our region.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

What happened at Bondi Junction isn't any less horrific if we conclude it isn't terrorism. The victims are no less dead, and their deaths are no less tragic. The problem of violence against women isn't any less serious.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister says he will announce soon a response to a recommended overhaul of HECS as calls come from the crossbench to look at wiping student debt.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

David Speers speaks to Australia's Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin about whether the Bondi Junction attack is likely to bring about any policy change on women's safety.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The bank's job is to hold inflation between 2 and 3 per cent. Since mid-2014, it has hit that mark on just four occasions.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Two horrific attacks in Sydney have sparked debate over what defines an ideologically motivated attack, and whether deliberately targeting women should count as an act of terror.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Plans to purchase additional Joint Strike Fighter aircraft are being halted under sweeping defence changes unveiled by the Albanese government that would see Australia's overall military budget almost double within a decade.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The International Monetary Fund says countries heavily dependent on China – such as Australia – have to get their budgets in order sooner rather than later.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

In an extraordinary move, a parliamentary committee examining youth justice issues has been dissolved after it failed to agree on an interim report. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Labor and LNP officials discuss the issue of youth crime in Queensland at Parliament House.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Albanese government this week released the latest tranche of its reforms to federal environment laws, long overdue for an overhaul.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Since the Bondi and western Sydney church stabbings, attention of politicians and analysts has turned to the role of social media in spreading false claims.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Three federal Labor MPs and two Labor senators join calls for large chunks of their own government's migration bill to be scrapped. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

LiveBetter, the largest NDIS provider in regional NSW, was sued after a vulnerable client, 28-year-old Kyah Lucas, died from burns while taking a bath in its care.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The High Court is hearing a legal bid for freedom from an Iranian immigration detainee who is refusing to co-operate with government attempts to deport him.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Defence spending is set to rise to $100 billion a year by 2034, in large part due to the risk of conflict in the Indo-Pacific as China rapidly builds up its military.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The government says it will deliver $74 billion in savings from NDIS spending across a decade. But it's not yet apparent how this will be done.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Albanese government is under pressure to cut emissions more quickly after all three regions of the reef suffered extreme bleaching for the first time.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch says the effort to stem the flow of officers leaving the force is well short of its promised target.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Australia's projected defence spending will increase by another $50 billion over the next decade, the defence minister has revealed in releasing Labor's long-awaited National Defence Strategy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers indicates tax incentives targeted at certain industries will feature in the May budget, plus an imminent overhaul of foreign investment laws, while flagging the iron ore price could negatively influence a possible surplus. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Lawyers for an Iranian man demanding to be released from detention have told the High Court their client would be prepared to be sent to anywhere other than Iran, even war-ravaged Gaza.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Liberal senator Linda Reynolds has responded to the Federal Court's judgement in the defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson, saying she is beyond pleased the court "has set the record straight" about her treatment of Brittany Higgins.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The good news is there's likely to be some change to Australia's HELP scheme, and we're likely to hear about it soon, in the lead-up to the May budget. The bad news for borrowers is it won't be debt relief of the kind Biden is offering.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Older Australians fear their voices are being drowned out in favour of powerful industry groups who have greater influence over government.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The AFP Victim Identification Team are often parents themselves, tasked with solving some of the most grim and shocking crimes humans commit. For them, disconnecting from work is a necessity. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A live toad, holy water from the Ganges and an aphrodisiac made from donkeys are among the more unusual items detected at Australian airports and mail centres.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

On Tasmania's wild west coast, towns have risen and fallen at the whim of industry. Some of their oldest living inhabitants remember their former homes, and how their communities came undone.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

There is little doubt that lawyers do well in defamation cases. But you rarely find a plaintiff who, at the end of the trial, believes they made the right move in suing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

As the nation remains in shock over the weekend's Bondi murders, Peter Dutton on Tuesday wrote to Anthony Albanese offering rare bipartisan co-operation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Lawyers for an Iranian man refusing to cooperate with efforts to deport him will make their arguments before the High Court today, demanding his release to the community.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Critical minerals projects in Queensland and South Australia will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal government loans as part of the government's plan for a "future made in Australia".

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