Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

A strong majority want tougher visa laws, and almost half say they would back a royal commission into antisemitism, exclusive polling has found.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

Australians need many answers concerning this atrocity – and they need them with much less background noise.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (10 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (18 hours ago)

Albanese said he was "concerned” if his comments caused offence, but he had "simply made the point” that federal commissions had not previously been called.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (19 hours ago)

There are great Christmas movies to enjoy this time of year. And then there are the offerings from Hallmark – an industry unto itself.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Leaders in Germany, France, Spain and the European Union slam the move as "intimidation and coercion".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

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

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The political landscape has shifted significantly since the Nationals gave crucial support to John Howard's post-Port Arthur gun reforms.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke over the phone on Tuesday, with the governor-general to prepare a formal invitation for the leader to visit Australia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The British national has been moved into immigration detention in Brisbane after being charged during an AFP crackdown on hate symbols.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Former federal Liberal MP Katie Allen has died aged 59, after developing a rare form of cancer, her family has announced.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Despite being largely apolitical, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley called for stronger leadership in the face of the cost-of-living crisis.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese again rejected calls for a federal inquiry on Tuesday, invoking the Port Arthur massacre and Lindt Cafe siege as examples of tragedies that did not lead to royal commissions.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Under the recommendations, family of parliamentarians would be restricted to economy class flights and an allowance for three annual "Australia-wide" return trips would be scrapped.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Western Australian research is showing a strong link between homelessness and poor health, with life expectancy more than 30 years lower for people without secure housing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Anthony Albanese said he advised family travel should also be limited to Canberra or an MP's electorate – aside from special circumstances – after an expenses scandal engulfed his government.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

It has helped keep the Liberals in power in Tasmania and lobbied on behalf of Airbnb, the salmon industry and the Catholic Church — but the PR firm, described as having "fingers in a lot of pies", is closing down.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Commonwealth's long-awaited social media ban for under-16s came into effect this month. But some experts note a rise in alternatives to popular platforms as teens find ways to stay active on social media.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is resisting calls to conduct a federal royal commission into the Bondi Beach killings.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

All governments are moving on gun reform following the Bondi massacre. They have voters across the political spectrum on their side.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The NSW premier has come together with state Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane over the Bondi tragedy. Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley could not seem further apart.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

A departmental review into the nation's intelligence agencies has been criticised for lacking scope and independence, but the PM said a royal commission would take far too long.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The prime minister is undoubtedly facing tough conversations behind closed doors, but until the public gets to witness the scrutiny he will never satisfy his critics.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Chris Bowen makes a long-anticipated announcement about reserving a portion of gas on the east coast for domestic use after a cabinet meeting.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Ley raised her voice and smacked the lectern during a press conference as she criticised Wong's absence from Sydney since the Bondi attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The Albanese government has taken on the resources sector in a bid to prevent major problems in the energy market.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

If successful, it would be the third oil tanker seized as Donald Trump continues his campaign on President Nicolas Maduro.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The ABC's political reporters, commentators and broadcasters reflect on what defined the year in politics.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Whistleblowers say Disaster Relief Australia has inflated its membership numbers, has opaque recruitment practices and prioritises marketing over missions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

New polling underscores the challenge for political leaders in uniting the country while delivering a strong response that speaks to community anxiety about the Bondi Beach attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Australians expect strong leadership, and they have not seen that anywhere in the federal political sphere.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson to run the review, as he staves off opposition calls for a royal commission into antisemitism and the Bondi attack.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Former top bureaucrat Dennis Richardson is appointed to lead the review, which will report in April of next year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

The former deputy prime minister spoke to a small crowd at the Australia First rally in Sydney.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Who croaked out a rendition of "It's Time” with all the gusto of a nursing home singalong? We reveal all.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Who croaked out a rendition of "It's Time” with all the gusto of a nursing home singalong? We reveal all.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

This crisis requires politicians to stop partisan politicking at the beach and go back to Canberra to work together.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Finding that right gift for a loved one is tough at the best of times. But inflation on gold and swans means it's getting even tougher.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The Coalition and MP Allegra Spender are calling for a federal investigation into the shooting as the government is scrutinised over antisemitism in Australia and apparent gaps in intelligence before the attack.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

With Australia's strict gun laws, how was Sajid Akram able to legally own the gun he was using to slaughter innocent people in Bondi on December 14? 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

While the prime minister will forever struggle to shed the perception that he was too slow to recognise the threat to Australia's Jewish community, he is taking action. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The former treasurer's speech at Bondi Beach this week did not sound like anything produced by the Australian political system in a long time. That was its power.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Anthony Albanese says he will confirm a "national day of mourning" for the Bondi attack in the new year, and has declared Sunday, December 21 as a day of reflection to honour the victims. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

A weather anomaly thousands of kilometres from Australia is having an outsized impact on summer – and the previous times it happened, it was followed by some of the nation's worst bushfire seasons.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Labor MPs say the prime minister has acted in a clumsy, uninspired and slightly stubborn manner after the antisemitic killings at Bondi.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

In the wake of the Bondi terror attack and upcoming government firearms restrictions, some people are asking why anyone would need to own 100 guns.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Australia's chief spy agency needs to be better scrutinised.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The government has been told by its key economic adviser that to lift living standards it needs to cut company tax and red tape.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Anthony Albanese has announced a national gun buyback scheme, and will work with all states to impose strict limits on the number of guns a single person can own.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a national gun buyback scheme, days after a deadly terror attack on a Hanukkah celebration. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Legislating around hate speech has never been straightforward, but the Bondi attack has shifted the debate. Labor's new laws will put that public sentiment to the test.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has apologised after her husband was caught drink driving, saying the incident left her "disappointed and embarrassed".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The home affairs minister would not be drawn on whether phrases like "globalise the intifada” would fall under the legislation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

For most other governments, a $2.5 billion surplus would be news to shout from the rooftops — but in WA's case, it's a headache with little prospect of relief.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Strenthened federal hate speech laws that the government held up as evidence it acted on antisemitism have been used four times since February, with it now conceding they do not go far enough.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

As Australia's intelligence agencies look back over how the Bondi attackers were missed, a "grim reality" of their jobs confronts the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

These days will define his prime ministership, for better or worse.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley calls on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to recall parliament to address the issue of antisemitism in the community, in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Experts say the federal government must actually use new laws being finalised this summer to crack down on hate speech and so-called "hate preachers" in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The South Australian government has released plans for North Adelaide's public golf course redevelopment confirming that nearly 600 trees will be cut down, not the thousands previously claimed by the Liberals.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

This was a humbled prime minister. Showing contrition, some regret, and an acknowledgement more could have been done.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Albanese government is racing to write new hate speech laws over Christmas, and is preparing to recall parliament next month to vote on tougher action on antisemitism after Sunday's Bondi massacre.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister hopes to put regrets about not doing more to tackle antisemitism behind him as he announces new reforms.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The focus will turn from the threats outside the gate to those some critics say are embedded within education from a lack of Holocaust education to the harassment of Jewish students at universities. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Net overseas migration has fallen to its lowest level under the Albanese government but the country still added 420,000 residents over the past 12 months.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister faced days of criticism from Jewish leaders and the Coalition that he had not taken antisemitism seriously. He finally stepped up on Thursday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The former treasurer said he was deeply offended by a question on the ABC's 7.30 on Wednesday night asking if he had a political motivation behind his rebukes of the government over antisemitism.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Allan Labor government has appointed Tracy Beaton to head the Commission for Children and Young People, as Victoria continues to grapple with its childcare crisis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced sweeping reforms to crack down on antisemitism in the wake of the deadly terror attack on Sydney's Jewish community.     

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The long-time political operator is unusually candid during a series of interviews with magazine Vanity Fair.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Jim Chalmers has started his second term as treasurer just like the first one ended: trying to frame the budget on his terms, but with one eye on inflation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Slagging off the man entrusted with trying to steer the nation through this powerfully difficult moment will not help John Howard's side of politics.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Bondi shooter Naveed Akram has been charged with 59 offences over the mass shooting on Sunday. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Anthony Albanese's normal political tactics only go so far when something more profound is required.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

ASIO and NSW Police both interviewed Naveed Akram over his associations with Islamic extremists long before his father obtained a gun licence.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Coalition accused Albanese of failing Jewish Australians while former treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Albanese must take personal responsibility for the Bondi massacre.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Albanese's failure to return to the scene of the crime has turned a national tragedy into a political circus.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The mid-year budget update confirms the nation's finances are still a sea of red ink as the government relies on more taxes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers hands down the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook showing an $8.4 billion improvement to the budget bottom line.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has called for bans on radical "hate preachers," protests, stronger immigration laws and a royal commission into antisemitism in an emotional speech at the site of the Bondi terror attack.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher hand down their first budget update since the 2025 federal election.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The former treasurer gave an impassioned speech at Bondi Pavilion, calling for action against antisemitism. Here is what he said.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

State Liberal MP Simon Ehrenfeld says he has felt a greater sense of risk when attending events recently, fearing an increase in antisemitism and the possibility of a terror attack on Australia's Jewish community.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Social services want the WA government to use its significant budget surplus to invest in breaking people out of the cycle of homelessness, after it failed to achieve its goal of ending rough sleeping.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A combination of savings and higher tax takes have delivered an $8.4 billion improvement to the federal budget's bottom line, the mid-year update is expected to show when it is released on Wednesday. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Bondi Beach will remain a crime scene, with security around Sydney's eastern suburbs bolstered.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will unveil a better-than-expected budget bottom line in his mid-year update on Wednesday. But the deficit will still be huge.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

In the 48 hours since the Bondi massacre, Australia's social cohesion has been tested as never before. A former prime minister's words made a bipartisan response much harder.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Coalition leaders are sceptical about the proposed reforms, calling for further detail before offering their support.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The powers allow WA Premier Roger Cook and a bureaucrat to sign off on projects with "strategic or economic significance", sparking concerns about the wide-ranging powers and potential environmental impact.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Criticism of Albanese has mounted since Monday, as devastated mourners at Bondi Beach said the federal government had not protected Jewish Australians despite their repeated warnings.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

As Australia looks to strengthen its firearms laws in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, recent changes to Western Australia's gun rules could provide a blueprint for the nation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Former prime minister John Howard, whose gun reforms fundamentally reshaped Australia, says he would support further tightening, but it cannot be made into a distraction or an "excuse" not to tackle antisemitism. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Israeli politicians have blamed Anthony Albanese for the devastating massacre in Bondi.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Marathon talks between the US and Ukraine could see NATO-like security guarantees extended to Kyiv under a peace deal.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A report that has sat on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's desk for months is being raised by critics as key evidence that the federal government has done too little, too late to respond to the rising tide of antisemitism since the October 7 terror attack in Israel.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to 7.30's Sarah Ferguson following the Bondi terror attacks. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The trio have said they were attending parliamentary business when they travelled to Sydney in August.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal delivered her report on combatting antisemitism six months ago, and the opposition is seizing on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's delay in following her advice.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Two years into her job as Reserve Bank governor, Michele Bullock is worried that the next five years will be a slow-moving disaster for the world.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Law enforcement agencies face questions about whether they could have done more to prevent the worst terror attack on Australian soil.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

An urgent meeting of national cabinet agrees to strengthen Australia's gun laws in the wake of the Bondi Beach shooting.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

WA Premier Roger Cook condemns the "cowardly and heinous" attack in Bondi, after meeting with Jewish leaders in Perth as police increase patrols.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Anthony Albanese's first responsibility after the horrific Bondi terror attack is to lead a grieving nation. His next will be to explain how this happened.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Port Arthur massacre defined John Howard's leadership. The massacre at Bondi Beach is Anthony Albanese's Port Arthur moment, but his task is much more difficult than Howard's.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

We told ourselves John Howard's gun control reforms would prevent this kind of horror from happening. The awful events of Sunday night show we can no longer rest on those laurels.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has allowed antisemitism to "fester" and failed to keep Jewish Australians safe in the wake of yesterday's "evil" terror attack on the shores of Bondi.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Former independent politicians Zoe Daniel and Rex Patrick are spearheading a challenge to Albanese government donation reforms, which they say entrench the dominance of major parties.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

There doesn't seem to be much political mileage for the government to do anything at all — whether that is cracking down and forcing cannabis users back onto the black market or fully legalising the substance.  

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The PM says the social media ban is one of his biggest achievements. But another issue looms large in 2026.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Discussions were held about a return to political life for the former prime minister ahead of the 2025 federal election.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

A fortnight into the furore over politicians' travel, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will repay some of a $22,000 trip to Perth.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher will reveal $20 billion in new spending cuts and changes in the mid-year budget update as they try to bring the deficit under control.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's backers view his corruption trial as a witch hunt — but his detractors argue it is the system finally catching up to a ruthless political operative who is prepared to do anything to hold on to power.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

We all want children to have a digital-free childhood. But the ban won't solve all their problems.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The former prime minister said Australia should prepare itself for a conflagration in the Indo-Pacific by gearing up with retiring Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Coles and Woolworths will face penalties of up to $10 million under the new rules, which will begin in July 2026.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Households have been getting help for electricity bills for two years, and are unhappy the government has axed the $75 a quarter rebate.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The opposition on Saturday claimed Albanese was choosing not to change the rules after it was revealed one of his ministers had already done so this year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The lawsuit brought by preservationists is the most tangible effort so far to stop US President Donald Trump's ballroom construction plans. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

A popular rebate scheme will be restructured in a move the government says will be fairer for people who buy smaller home batteries.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Key players including Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton, Peter Malinauskas and Julie Inman-Grant tell the inside story of how an unprecedented ban came to be.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

This is where we parents should remind ourselves of the power of the loving boundary: not to bind and constrain, but to properly demonstrate that we hold our kids and their safety in our mind.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

A spotlight on sports minister Anika Wells prompts fresh scrutiny of the rules about the expenses politicians can claim, including to attend big-ticket sporting events and concerts.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

When the White House quietly released its national security strategy late one night last week, it instead seemed to get lost in other news. Except, perhaps, in Europe.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The reforms have unleashed a wave of confusion and despair amongst hundreds of thousands of elderly Australians, from those wanting care to those who already have it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The expenses saga that dominated headlines this month started at a glittering event in New York, but Anika Wells' trips and tickets had been tracked for some time.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Sports and Communications Minister Anika Wells referred her claims to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority for review after a stream of questions over her spending earlier this week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The nation's first federal anti-corruption commissioner is facing growing calls to resign after he became embroiled in another potential conflict of interest controversy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Ministers met in Brisbane after releasing a report card that counted more than 3000 elderly and disabled Australians stuck in public hospitals.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

States and territories have rejected a public hospital funding offer from the federal government.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Elder abuse often occurs within families, with a parliamentary inquiry describing the issue as part of a wider systemic problem.  

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Jim Chalmers said there will be "strict conditions" on the South Korean defence conglomerate's stake in the strategic shipbuilder, in a nod to the diplomatic and security sensitivities surrounding the bid.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Opposition leader Sussan Ley has written to the prime minister calling for Anika Wells to be investigated for breaching ministerial standard over the expenses scandal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Sussan Ley moved quickly to release a migration policy as she faced pressure over the issue from her right flank and One Nation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

WA's planning authorities approve the construction of two new ferry terminals at Applecross and Matilda Bay as part of the state government's expansion of Swan River ferry services.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Bathurst mother and lawyer Emma Mason's advocacy for Australia's social media ban has always been in honour of her late daughter, Tilly. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Imagine the booing of cricket fans if she dares to turn up at the Boxing Day Test.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The National Anti-Corruption Commission's chief personally drafted lines in a media release saying his recusal from defence cases was "unnecessary". His deputies have publicly disagreed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Private schools chasing fees have driven 128 bankruptcy actions since 2021, of which 45 were last financial year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Just two days it appeared clear the Reserve Bank would lift interest rates next year. But new job figures suggest the economy may struggle.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The nation's illicit tobacco commissioner has revealed the illegal trade is costing taxpayers up to $11.8 billion a year as it fuels organised crime.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister wrote to states and territories this week, upping the Commonwealth's offer for public hospital funding.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister's sudden insistence the expenses saga has nothing to do with him has left even some of his own colleagues blinking.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese passes the buck on MP expenses.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister has ducked responsibility for the widening MPs' expenses saga by claiming he was not in charge of the rules in a tense press conference in Canberra.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The head of the national anti-corruption body said he believed he was being targeted by people seeking to stymie investigations into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

China's record breaking one trillion-dollar trade surplus shows Trump's tariffs have done little to tame Beijing's export juggernaut. In fact, they might have turbocharged it instead.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Plans to host seven-time European champions AC Milan in Perth for an Italian league game are in trouble, with growing concerns soccer's global governing body will not sign off on the event.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Olympic athletes need sponsorships to pursue their sport. Some Australian families pay bills because their kids create content. Australia's world-leading social media ban may jeopardise that.

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