Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (11 minutes ago)

Fossil fuels are warming the planet. Liberal democracy is under attack. Does Australia's government understand what's happening? 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (58 minutes ago)

US Border Patrol officers fire tear gas in an attempt to disperse angry crowds outside an industrial park in the city of Paramount.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (58 minutes ago)

The WA government claims gas produced in WA is needed to help other nations steer clear of coal and decarbonise after the approval of a 40-year extension to the North West Shelf Karratha project. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (58 minutes ago)

This week David Speers interviews Shadow Finance Minister James Paterson.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 hours ago)

The US vice-president says a 'blood feud' between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is bad for the country.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

A wrap of this weeks political news; tension in the US-Australia alliance as Anthony Albanese prepares for his first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

This week Mike Bowers talks pictures with cartoonist Eleri Harris.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

US President Donald Trump warns Elon Musk could face "serious consequences" if his former ally and campaign benefactor tries to help Democrats in upcoming elections.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 hours ago)

Participation rates are highest among six-year-olds, of whom 15 per cent of boys and 7 per cent of girls are on the scheme.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

Derelict Queensland island resorts that were once playgrounds for the rich and famous are facing a state government takeover, amid frustrations they have been used for land banking.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (23 hours ago)

Commissioner Adrian Warner says technology that makes e-scooters safer could be rolled out, along with a new regulated category for more powerful devices.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (23 hours ago)

Ukraine's drone attack on far-flung Russian air bases captured the attention of defence experts. So what lesson can Australia learn from this operation? Retired Army Major General Mick Ryan joined David Speers to discuss what Australia needs to do to be drone and combat ready.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The federal government has promised to close the loophole that allowed employers to cancel paid parental leave after a stillbirth or early infant death.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

With political chaos in the US, and mounting belligerence in our region, Anthony Albanese must weigh opportunity against risk to keep Australia safe.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Hours before Dorinda Cox put herself forward to be deputy leader of the Greens, she was spotted having breakfast with unusual dining companions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

To the secretive sect, messages from its leader are treated as holy writ. This one put its members on the national stage.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The Solomon Islands government blocked a group of Taiwanese officials from entering the Pacific country earlier this year, stirring fresh concerns in Taipei that it might be locked out of a key regional meeting in Honiara later this year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Cairns Mayor Amy Eden is under fire for saying she had conducted online checks on retirement village residents opposed to a controversial change that will see huge council rate hikes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The Victorian government's newly minted drought response taskforce meets for the first time, in the midst of mounting desperation from farmers struggling in the big dry.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The toppling of Tasmania's premier has drawn strong reactions from across Australia. Some are calling it a "fiasco" while others say the turmoil has turned the state into the nation's "laughing stock".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The expectation of an interest rate cut next month has soared in recent days. With more predicted cuts to follow, that could mean lots of Christmas cheer for the nation's shoppers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The prime minister has declared he will never imperil Australia's prized strict biosecurity standards in his tariff negotiations with the president.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Royal Perth Hospital's head of trauma services says a huge number of preventable e-scooter injuries are leaving lifelong effects, as a friend of last weekend's fatal crash victim says his death was avoidable.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The Nationals leader and shadow trade minister say the Albanese government shouldn't trade away Australia's biosecurity to secure an exemption from US tariffs. Take a look back at the day's coverage on ABC's business and markets blog.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The UN says there is evidence the Australian engineer was tortured as he spent more than four years in an Iraqi jail. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Queensland senator Matt Canavan wants the coalition to dump its policy in support of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Households on the Gold Coast have been hit with a special levy in their rates to cover the $50 million cost of recovering from the natural disaster in the city's budget.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The opposition leader has declared numerology was not responsible for her decision to add an extra "s” to her first name – despite saying so more than a decade ago.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The Nationals leader and shadow trade minister say the Albanese government shouldn't trade away Australia's biosecurity to secure an exemption from US tariffs. Follow live. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

A government source says beef is being positioned as a bargaining chip to help reset trade ties after the US imposed harsh tariffs on Australian exports. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

If Jim Chalmers wants to be remembered as a reforming treasurer he needs to sometimes work with the Coalition. That should start now.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The government is aiming to secure a carve-out from steel and aluminum tariffs which Trump unexpectedly doubled last week at a rally in Pennsylvania.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The WA Combat Sports Commission declines an application for professional bare-knuckle boxing fights. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Coalition has formally agreed to oppose Labor's changes to superannuation taxation, with the deputy Liberal leader vowing to oppose the changes without compromise.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Israeli prime minister revealed the bodies of Judy Weinstein-Hagi and Gadi Hagi have been retrieved from Gaza by Israeli forces.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

One of the letters to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calls on the government to apply "sustained diplomatic pressure to lift the blockade" on Gaza for medical supplies, food and water.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

This week in politics the parliament has achieved gender parity despite tone-deaf commentary, an independent triumphed after a recount and Dorinda Cox changed her tune. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Greens senator says her former colleague's decision to party hop is unfair on voters, and has accused the prime minister of hypocrisy for welcoming her.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

South Australian Treasurer Stephen Mullighan has unveiled the 2025-26 state budget. Here are the winners and losers. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Coalition has formally agreed to oppose Labor's changes to superannuation taxation, with the deputy Liberal leader vowing to oppose the changes without compromise. Follow live.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The problems in the system have been laid out and there's a growing chorus of voices demanding urgent action before more lives are lost.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

It's taken more than a month, but the final seat from the May 3 election has been decided… pending a potential court appeal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The comment is an escalation of the party's criticism of its former senator, Dorinda Cox, who it had previously wished well.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Alan Stockdale, who was brought in as an external administrator to run the troubled NSW division, said women in the party were "sufficiently assertive".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Australia's defence chief has issued a very deliberate warning about the dangerous outlook facing Australia.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The government expected to raise an additional $2.4 billion over four years thanks to changes to the tax on oil and gas profits. It is now predicting it will raise $4 billion less over that same time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Voters must wonder about wasting their votes as another senator has jumped ship.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The party is not in good health. Sussan Ley's main challenge is to ensure the party understands just how much trouble it is in.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Greens have ditched their internal investigation into West Australian senator Dorinda Cox, saying they have no jurisdiction over her and cannot apply any sanctions now she has left the party.

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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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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

A leaked document from Dorinda Cox's application to become a senator for the Greens shows she was highly critical of Labor, which she has now rejoined.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Premier Jeremy Rockliff will remain in Tasmania's top job for at least one more night, after a majority of MPs voted to continue debating a no-confidence motion in his leadership on Thursday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The delay will add to a growing backlog of reforms for Labor, which is also yet to ink a five-year hospital funding deal and new disability system with the states.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has ruled out cutting the tobacco excise despite calls from NSW Premier Chris Minns to review the levy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Since Labor's election win, criticism has grown of the government's attempt to raise the tax on superannuation balances above $3 million.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The national economy grew by a less-than-expected 0.2 per cent in the first three months of the year. At face value, the figure would seem to strengthen the case for a rate cut.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

With a focus on AUKUS and averting risk, Australia risks fighting the last war rather than the next one.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has made an empassioned plea to keep his job as Tasmanian MPs debate whether to support a no-confidence motion in his leadership.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The biggest reforms to aged care in three decades have been delayed until November.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Trade Minister Don Farrell met his US counterpart Jamieson Greer in Paris overnight as Anthony Albanese prepares to hold his first meeting with Donald Trump this month.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Americas editor John Lyons says the split between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is widening 'by the hour'.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

A recent US report on an abortion pill which experts have called "misinformation", "not scientific" and "scaremongering" has been cited in NSW Parliament by no less than 11 MPs across the spectrum.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Four years after fleeing Hong Kong, outspoken pro-democracy advocate Ted Hui continues to be the target of an intimidation campaign, which the SA Law Society has denounced.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

In the wake of a huge victory few saw coming, Labor's enormous majority comes with a downside for the prime minister.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Dorinda Cox's move to the government benches is a big risk for Anthony Albanese and Labor, and it could go very wrong.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Geert Wilders says his coalition partners are not willing to embrace his ideas of halting asylum migration, for which he had demanded immediate support last week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The leak from a party source comes as Greens leader Larissa Waters also wrote of Cox's "betrayal” in an email to members, in a sign of escalating tensions between the minor party and the government.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

A chorus of experts argues the nation is being hamstrung by a dysfunctional housing sector. Now the world is taking notice of just how bad it is.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

About 180,000 people will see their hourly rate increase from $24.10 to $24.95 from July 1, but millions more workers on higher pay will also benefit.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Anthony Albanese says Dorinda Cox, a senator who defected from the Greens to Labor yesterday, is "an adult" with a distinguished career.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

The Australian Medical Association warns record levels of ambulance ramping could lead to increased deaths among patients waiting for emergency care, as Western Australia faces its worst flu season in at least three years.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Political defections are in the news – Jacinta Price and Dorinda Cox the most recent examples – but the recent crop pale in comparison to the grand champions of political absconding.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

As South Australian farmers continue to battle keeping businesses afloat during the ongoing drought, many are calling for interest rate relief for loans so they can feed animals and cover essentials.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Anthony Albanese says Dorinda Cox, a senator who defected from Greens to Labor yesterday, is "an adult" with a distinguished career. Follow live.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Anthony Albanese has swivelled his attention back to his highly anticipated wedding, but Labor's election victory will chew into his post-marriage plans.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The cost blowout stemming from Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison's special GST deal for WA is now the federal budget's biggest and comparable only with the NDIS.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Senator Dorinda Cox's values were "perfectly consistent with the… Labor Party”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

The proposal to tax earnings for super balances over $3 million, including on unrealised gains, is the subject of renewed controversy following the federal election.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Analysis of parliamentary sitting calendars from 2004 to the draft 2025 calendar reveals MPs in the lower house will spend 40 days passing laws.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Dorinda Cox, who was the Greens' only Indigenous representative in the federal parliament, has left the party.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Top-heavy universities and an embattled council have been singled out as the government promises to improve Australians' quality of life.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Western Australia senator Dorinda Cox has joined Labor in a shock defection from the Greens.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The prime minister has told colleagues that if they asked for money in the way the US has on defence, they'd be laughed out of the room.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The United States wants Australia to lift spending on defence to about $100 billion a year, with its Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warning of a "real and potentially imminent" threat from China. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has brushed off a US request for Australia to significantly increase defence spending.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has brushed off a US request for Australia to significantly increase defence spending. Follow live.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed US requests for Australia to increase its defence spending significantly.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Work on a 17-kilometre stretch of road in Western Australia's South West is still going, five years after it began. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

At least 30 Palestinians are killed during gunfire at a southern Gaza aid distribution site, with Israel and Hamas blaming each other for the chaos.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Donald Trump gives a warm goodbye to Elon Musk on the billionaire's last day with the Department of Government Efficiency.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

At least 30 Palestinians are killed during gunfire at a southern Gaza aid distribution site, with Israel and Hamas blaming each other for the chaos.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

New laws that could regulate the use of AI loom as a critical workplace battleground for Anthony Albanese – and set up another potential flashpoint with the White House.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

China has accused the US of making "groundless accusations" about developing threats by Beijing, particularly in its aggressive stance toward Taiwan. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The energy minister says the re-approved North West Shelf gas plant would not jeopardise Australia's emissions goals because the site is required to hit net zero. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The opposition urged the prime minister to be "respectful but assertive” during his expected meeting with Donald Trump this month.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

David Speers interviews Energy Minister Chris Bowen. The Saturday Paper's Jason Koutsoukis, ABC's Laura Tingle and Clare Armstong from News Corp discuss the week in politics.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

South Korea analyst Kayla Orta says the Liberal candidate has remained an' active and strong' opposition voice.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Liberals and Nationals are officially back together, announcing their new shadow ministry. Meanwhile, the Albanese government is facing blowback for approving the extension of Australia's largest gas project.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Mike Bowers and comedian Anthony Lehmann dissect how our best political cartoonists and photographers documented the week in politics.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

David Speers discusses the week in Australian politics with The Saturday Paper's Jason Koutsoukis, ABC's Laura Tingle and Clare Armstong from News Corp.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

David Speers interviews Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Given the backlash, Labor was politically canny to postpone its Woodside decision until after the election. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Tim Wilson's winning campaign in Goldstein contains two important lessons for future campaigners.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The recount by the Australian Electoral Commission reduced Tim Wilson's lead, but it wasn't by enough for the Liberal to be overtaken by independent Zoe Daniel.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Speaking to press after he gave a speech at the Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle, Delaware he said everyone was optimistic about his recovery.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The new season of And Just Like That feels more awkward than ever in the era of Trump 2.0, when every other TV show is about the emptiness of wealth.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Gas might be a balancing act for the federal and state governments, but one thing is certain — concerns about the climate are mounting and the pressure won't be letting up any time soon.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The state government has knocked back a call for it to take over cat management from local councils to help protect the environment.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Elon Musk has addressed criticism of his effectiveness in reducing government spending on his final day in the Trump administration.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Labor promised to slash student debts if it won the federal election. We've answered your questions on what you need to do to have your outstanding debt reduced.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Putting aside the Coalition, let's focus on the new government: the one that has won an exceptionally large number of seats and which is probably already doing stuff that's affecting us voters.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Prices for the illegal, fruity-flavoured puffers sold at tobacco and corner stores have risen from about $25 to between $50 and $60 since a world-first ban came into effect.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The climate wars are over. And the Coalition lost. But it will have great difficulty in accepting this fact and that's a particular problem for the Liberal Party.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Pauline Hanson's party has doubled its representation as the upper house will be set for a shake-up when the new term of parliament begins in July.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Lots of discussion and debate about net zero commitments and obligations this week. But for this week's Insiders On Background, let's explore what the Australian economy looks like under a net-zero scenario. How will it differ from today's resources-heavy economy? Is the answer artificial intelligence and quantum computing? Former chief...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Labor governments around the country have dropped their resistance to the fossil fuel and will ensure gas is essential to the grid for decades to come.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The budget remains in deficit, but documents released on Friday showed an improvement as Australians paid more tax.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Emissions climbed by 0.05 per cent in 2024 compared to 2023, hindered by growth in both electricity generation and the transport sector.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Western Australia's local government minister says she's commencing groundwork to install a commissioner at the Town of Port Hedland after another councillor resigned.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Israel's government has approved 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank despite some Western countries threatening targeted sanctions.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

One Nation has inched out Labor to secure a surprise NSW senate win, taking the party's ranks in the upper house to four.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The prospect of a gas reservation scheme could be revived by Labor, with ministers signalling the sector's supply of gas to Australia is under review and noting that states with schemes already in place have been able to operate successfully.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Liberal senator Jane Hume has rebuked Opposition Leader Sussan Ley for demoting her to the backbench.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Coalition leaders have made clear the pledge to lower emissions to net zero by 2050 is on the table, as the Liberal Party reviews its policies after its disastrous election defeat.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Andrew Bragg also promises a focus on small businesses and private sector investment in his newly created productivity and deregulation shadow portfolios.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister is heading to the G7 meeting in Canada, where he's expected to hold his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

When the world began stepping back from hydrocarbons and petrochemicals as governments embraced zero emissions pledges, Woodside stepped forward.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Efficiency and Productivity Unit (EPU) will help government agencies find areas for "improvement" either through programs, staff cuts and digitalisation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The ruling is the latest twist in the US president's pressure campaign against Harvard, which has included him ordering the withdrawal of billions of US dollars in federal funding.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The break-up and reunification of the Coalition isn't a moment or a reaction to the past election. Instead, it represents decades of contradictory forces.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

As the new leader prepares to decide on the future of the party's biggest state division, Abbott threw down the gauntlet in an early test of Sussan Ley's authority.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Anthony Albanese is already a Labor legend for winning an increased majority, but to become a great Australian prime minister, he must be more ambitious.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Both sides of the federal Coalition are debating their ongoing commitment to net zero emissions, and the outcome will shape the political landscape.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The sixth WA Senate seat to be decided at the 2025 federal election has gone to One Nation's Tyron Whitten, inching in front of Labor's Deep Singh, according to the AEC.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Albanese does not need to grovel or kowtow to Trump when they meet next month.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The billionaire and former head of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency says he has concerns about how the bill will expand the federal deficit.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Marco Rubio has ordered US embassies to stop scheduling appointments for student visas as the state department prepares to undertake social media vetting.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister says gas is needed in the transition to net zero by 2050 — but the government's critics say granting approval to Woodside's North West Shelf to operate until 2070 threatens that 2050 commitment.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute's argument that the government risked creating a "paper” military has angered the prime minister.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister has lashed out at one of the country's leading security think tanks and demanded it "have a look at themselves" after it warned Australia could be left with a "brittle and hollowed defence force" if military funding was not increased.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Jared Mondschein from the US Studies Centre examines the impact Elon Musk had during his time within the Trump administration leading DOGE.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Those with super balances over $3 million are starting to rethink their strategies. Some are already pulling money out to help their kids.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Working from home was widespread during the pandemic - and the Productivity Commission found it is not to blame for Australia's stagnating economic growth.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Former shadow ministers Sarah Henderson and Jane Hume were both left out of Sussan Ley's cabinet this week. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The opposition now has two months to settle down internal tensions before parliament resumes. When it does, the prime minister won't be giving them an inch.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

There's been a variety of reasons offered for why the number of informal votes among ageing Australians has almost tripled, but each one fails as an explanation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Sussan Ley revealed a Coalition frontbench on Wednesday afternoon – just over a week after the Liberals and Nationals split. The shadow ministry selection reveals further fractures.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has announced her frontbench line-up, with Jane Hume and Sarah Henderson among those dumped.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Sussan Ley has promoted allies but retained key conservatives in a big refreshment of the Coalition's shadow frontbench.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Liberal and National parties have reached a Coalition agreement about a week after they parted ways.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Greens, the Australian Conservation Federation and traditional owners are among those expressing their opposition to Woodside's North West Shelf expansion approval.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has unveiled her line-up of senior Liberals and Nationals after the Coalition officially re-formed on Wednesday morning.

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