Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (An hour ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 hours ago)

The leader has reframed the populism argument, appealing to a distinctly Australian idea of patriotism, grounded in inclusion.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 hours ago)

The federal Coalition is plotting to reveal economic reform and explain the pain that would be caused by Pauline Hanson's zero-immigration policy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

Anthony Albanese says the country must be "vigilant" against politicians seeking to return to an era of Australia that was less accepting of migrants, following the South Australian election where One Nation overtook the Liberal Party on a platform opposing multiculturalism.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

Labor won the South Australian election in a landslide, but nationally, more attention has been on the undercard fight, which has left the Liberal Party deeply wounded.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (11 hours ago)

As West Australians feel the effects of skyrocketing fuel amid the Middle East conflict, the government is treading the line between raising the alarm and sensible action, writes Courtney Withers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (11 hours ago)

Pauline Hanson is right that the electorate has had a "gutful,” but the arithmetic of the South Australian result proves that a fractured right is a gift for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (12 hours ago)

Energy Minister Chris Bowen says six fuel tankers that were scheduled to deliver oil to Australia next month were recently cancelled or deferred, out of about 81 ships expected from mid-April to mid-May — assuring however that supply gap has already been largely replaced.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (15 hours ago)

It appears that by sparking Iran's escalating strikes on Qatar, Israel may have crossed somewhat of a red line for Trump. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (16 hours ago)

Though few Australians recognise it, our economic institutions have an exceptional track record of making good decisions in a crisis, but the uncertainty of Trump's war is a new type of challenge.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (17 hours ago)

As costs soar, queues form and regional bowsers run dry, the government must ensure its talking points are not detached from the incentives people are actually responding to.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

The problem with riding to fame, popularity and wealth via internet-fuelled celebrity is that the internet always eats its own.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Labor has recorded a commanding election victory in South Australia in the face of a One Nation surge eating into the incumbent government's primary vote.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

A stark warning from the International Energy Agency has done little to push the government's messaging on fuel demand, as Labor says supply is their focus.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Voting has closed for South Australia's 2026 state election, where One Nation could threaten the Liberal Party's status as the official opposition and Labor is expected to win a landslide victory.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

With only 15 walkers a day and costing $150 per person, the new Ngaro Track sparks debate about commercial tourism in Queensland's national parks.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The Greens and One Nation are among those that want gas profits levied, with pressure mounting on Labor to respond to growing calls for reform. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Fuel price hikes and shortages have created a sense of emergency. But that's not the only reason Anthony Albanese should seize this moment to drive reform.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Australians started Googling the word "recession” after Michele Bullock used the term this week. People may have to find another word if the economy sours.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The global energy watchdog's recommendations for lowering oil use will give anyone who remembers the loo paper rolls war of the pandemic a nasty dose of PTSD.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

As the Albanese government avoids alarm, the International Energy Agency issued a global plea for countries to take some drastic actions on Friday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The Liberals' result at Saturday's state election could reshape conservative politics nationally and test the electoral ceiling of One Nation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

An event to mark the end of Ramadan was disrupted by a protest against the prime minister and home affairs minister, who were visiting the mosque in Western Sydney. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The federal government will continue subsidising Australia's only two remaining oil refineries amid the war in the Middle East.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Developer Chris Pinzone, who was central to former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale's corruption case, has been pursued in a number of civil cases. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

If the treasurer is serious about budget repair the government has to avoid the inevitable pressure for more cost-of-living relief which will only grow as many families' budgets become unmanageable.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The prime minister's department has requested options to impose a new tax on gas giants to help shield Australians from the economic shock of the Middle East war.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The treasurer is correct to prepare Australians for what could be a difficult couple of years. But these headwinds can't be the excuse for policy inertia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the GST system is irreparably broken – and it has to be fixed or the entire federation is at stake.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing a test of his government's capacity. Business figures say Australians need to know "how real this could get”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the pace at which the economy can grow without inflation pressures has dropped, with the coming budget to reveal a substantial slowdown.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Perhaps the prime minister was hoping US President Donald Trump was tuning in to Triple M when he claimed that the attack on Iran had now achieved its aims, and offered an off-ramp for the war to end.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the pace at which the economy can grow without inflation pressures has dropped, with the coming budget to reveal a substantial slowdown.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The WA government insists Griffin Coal's obligations have not changed, but changes to its mining agreement could allow the company to walk away from rehabilitating its Collie mine site.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has named Anthea Harris, a former chief of Australia's energy regulator, as the national coordinator of the taskforce.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Business chiefs are raising worries about a supply shock if the war drags on, leading a top economist to recommend work-from-home directives to reduce demand for oil.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Australia has made it clear it's not planning to send a warship to the Strait of Hormuz and naval experts warn our ships would be of minimal help if they were deployed.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The prime minister holds a national cabinet meeting of premiers and chief ministers today to discuss fuel shortages in some communities. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Even the best minds at Treasury can't know what will happen with global oil supplies, or how Donald Trump plans to end this war, with or without the help of allies.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Criminal gangs cashing in on Australia's illicit tobacco boom will face tougher penalties and expanded police surveillance powers in a fresh crackdown on the black market.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

"Hitting criminals where it hurts means using every tool: more rapidly taking their profits, cars, cash, houses, boats and toys away,” the Labor assistant minister said.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Ahead of what is shaping as the government's most important budget, Jim Chalmers will reveal it will contain three major reform packages.

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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)

The treasurer has released modelling showing the economy could shrink and inflation could scar the nation for years if the war in Iran does not end soon.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

WA Police have been overruled in their attempt to take firearms off the estranged relative of a bikie in a potential blow to the force's interpretation of new gun laws.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Former Coalition finance minister Mathias Cormann introduced the much-maligned WA GST deal. He still argues it is sound, while almost everyone else calls for it to be abandoned.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Most Australians want the country to stay out of the war in Iran, with fewer than one in three voters backing the Albanese government's support for US strikes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Ships carrying oil are continuing to come to Australia as expected and should do so for the next month, and the industry is urging that while the picture beyond that is uncertain and complicated, "the tankers have never stopped coming".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed that an Iranian projectile hit a road just outside the Al Minhad Air Base, but no Australians were injured. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the government's deportation deal with Nauru softened the blow. Six people have so far been sent to the Pacific island, with 27 more issued visas.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The prime minister will convene a virtual gathering of state and territory leaders tomorrow, with the talks to focus on strengthening state-federal cooperation in the face of demand-driven shortages on fuel. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

The United States president has declared America does "not need the help of anyone" in the war he launched against Iran, days after he called on allies to help reclaim a key shipping route.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie has labelled the US president's outburst at allies as "petulant" and says that the rules-based order is "dead".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

A Senate committee report into the capital gains tax was authored by the Greens but littered with clues about Labor's plans. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

From the Barossa to the outer suburbs, One Nation is no longer just a rural phenomenon. The party is using the South Australian election as a blueprint for a national takeover.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Of the many dark chapters in Australia's recent migration policy history, two rare good moments can serve as a guide for the future.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Australia's Israeli embassy has criticised comments Grace Tame made about reports of sexual violence perpetrated by terrorist group Hamas.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

The defence minister has confirmed intelligence gathered by an Australian surveillance aircraft deployed to support Gulf states can be accessed by the United States, potentially informing its strikes on Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

As the opposition warned of an Easter crunch for fuel supply, the Albanese government on Tuesday did not rule out the prospect of rationing fuel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Two government senators endorsed a Senate committee's finding that the tax concessions skewed the housing market towards investors rather than young people.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Donald Trump has upended the Middle East and oil prices. Now he's influencing interest rate settings in Australia.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Economist are urging the government make brave budget calls as Australian households prepare to sweat through another rate rise.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The Reserve Bank has lifted official interest rates a quarter percentage point in a decision that will add about $100 a month to the repayments on a $600,000 mortgage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The RBA has increased interest rates to 4.10 per cent. Use our calculator to see how much extra your mortgage repayments will be.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Fuel shortages linked to the Middle East war are forcing a WA gold miner to stand down workers, exposing how smaller operators are being squeezed while major miners maintain supply.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The Reserve Bank of Australia voted 5-4 to raise interest rates for the second time this year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The two remaining Iranian women's soccer players have begun training with the Brisbane Roar, as five of their teammates abandoned their asylum claims.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke's intervention was swift and decisive. But it was bittersweet for other refugees trapped in a system described as cruel and unfair.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The deal has been in sight several times previously and fallen over due to disputes about the quantity of meat Australians could sell into European markets.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Energy Minister Chris Bowen says panic buying is "very much" the cause of fuel shortages in Australia, particularly in regional communities.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Defence analysts say the early lessons of the Iran conflict are fairly clear: drone warfare is here to stay and Australia needs to rapidly improve its counter-drone capabilities.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

For much of the past century, the world has learned to interpret war through categories shaped by American power.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Donald Trump tells US allies to "get involved quickly" in unblocking the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel, while warning members of NATO the alliance faces a "very bad" future if they do not do their bit. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Labor's new measures will aim to improve integrity in the migration system as fresh polling shows most Australians still think numbers are too high.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The Reserve Bank is tipped to lift interest rates, but voters are likely to blame the Albanese government for the inflation that is forcing the bank's hand.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

A week ago, a beaming Tony Burke stood alongside five members of the Iranian women's soccer team. It is now the picture of a cautionary tale.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Farmers welcome a rule change that allows road trains to deliver more fuel to regional areas, but say it does little to address the overall supply problem.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

A downward spiral led Sully into homelessness — now he's part of a coalition dedicated to getting young people off the streets and into accommodation. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The navy has a shrinking fleet of warships, set to include just nine surface combatants by the end of the year, down from 11 two years ago. As one expert put it: "we simply don't have enough ships”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

A Great Southern farmer joins growing calls for stronger powers and greater accountability to address wandering livestock on rural properties and roads. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson said voters need more from their politicians than Joyce "flat out on a pavement”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Five members of the Iranian delegation have now abandoned their asylum claims, leaving just two remaining in Australia.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Australia will not be sending a navy ship to the Strait of Hormuz to protect oil-carrying vessels from Iranian attacks, the transport minister says.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Under the proposed changes, there would be a five-fold reduction in the exposure limit for benzene, chlorine exposure would be reduced ten-fold, and silica exposure would be halved.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Crunched by high inflation and spiralling petrol prices, the electorate is in a bad mood and it's starting to take it out on the government, not just the opposition.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Extracts of the new book were published in a newspaper at the weekend, claiming that Queen Camilla once told a friend Meghan had "brainwashed" her husband.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Committee chairman Jerome Laxale wants the former opposition leader to explain the nature of the relationship between the party and the church group.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Like Nigel Farage's Reform UK, Pauline Hanson's party is winning support at the right and left fringes as voters feel forgotten by the major parties.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The US president has not asked Canberra to send a warship to the critical choke point as he seeks to form a coalition to protect global oil trade.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The new Nationals leader is a policy wonk who spends his Canberra evenings at home reading economic reports.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The parents of a disabled teenager have lifted the lid on the toll lobbying the NDIS for adequate support has taken on their lives, saying they feel exhausted and let down.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce says he regrets not doing more when he was in government to secure fuel reserves, as Australia grapples with supply shortages triggered by war in the Middle East.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The news will come as a blow to the Iranian diaspora in Australia, which fears more reversals could follow.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

If the instability in the Middle East keeps energy markets volatile, the economic and political consequences will extend far beyond the petrol pump.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The new Nationals leader wants tax changes that will penalise single parents and could hamper female workforce participation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

David Farley said denizens of Woollahra and Toorak were among those funding his fight for Sussan Ley's old seat of Farrer in south-western NSW.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Question Time in WA is often loud, occasionally funny, and rarely productive. If this is how the people elected to look out for the best interests of West Australians behave at work, don't we deserve better? 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

An image appearing to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the sacked UK ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been uncovered in the latest document dump released by the US DOJ.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Dennis Richardson calls for a second interim report from the royal commission into antisemitism, warning it would be "unacceptable" to leave findings about any intelligence failures that contributed to the Bondi terrorist attack until the end of the year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Australia - the complacent country - is receiving a wake-up call on race, resilience and energy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The war against Iran threatens to have a destabilising impact on this year's federal budget.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

If there ever was a strategy behind Donald Trump's decision to blow up the Middle East, it is lying in tatters as the second week of the Iran war draws to a close.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Australia is being urged to consider joining plan to impose a sweeping travel ban on former Russian soldiers who participated in the war against Ukraine. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Disaster Relief Australia was feted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and led by two of Australia's most decorated military commanders.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can't stop Australians filling up jerrycans with petrol and selling it on Facebook Marketplace at a premium. He can deliver a consistent message.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Changes in Western Australia's anti-consorting laws have had the unintended consequence of making it easier for convicted child sex offenders to associate with each other. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The country's stockpile of fuel is about to be opened but experts are warning it won't solve the problem of soaring prices or shortage fears.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Cuba's government has said it would release 51 people from the island's prisons in an unexpected move.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

WA will get an extra $6.6 billion from taxpayers in the coming financial year under its special GST deal, despite being the only state with a budget surplus. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The government will draw down hundreds of millions of litres of petrol and diesel from Australia's strategic stockpile.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Victoria's GST allocation will be about $1.7 billion more than NSW's, despite having a smaller population.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Australia will make available about six days' worth of petrol from its emergency stockpile and five days of diesel, the first use of its fuel reserves since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Iran's second most senior diplomat in Australia defected from the hardline regime and received asylum in Australia three years ago, a fact that has stayed secret until now.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The federal government announces the release of petrol and diesel from "rainy day" reserves, as the Middle East war chokes global supply.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The communities closest to Western Sydney International (WSI) say having no direct public transport route proves they are living in the new airport's shadow. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas says there is "no shirking the fact" his government has failed to deliver on its key election promise to fix the ramping crisis — a failure for which he has apologised.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

New analysis shows five of the six electorates with the largest capital gains tax discount benefits are held by independents.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Former ASIO chief Dennis Richardson's resignation has sorely injured the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The newly installed Coalition leaders can go on opposing every Labor move, but they should recall what John Howard did in opposition.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The Albanese government is mulling property tax changes. Two new reports show the scale of property tax breaks and who gets them.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Economists are predicting two more rate rises in the next eight weeks. But with oil prices climbing, it could also mean an Australian recession.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson said his resignation was "an embarrassment all around” but denied any suggestion the move hurt the credibility of the inquiry.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

This week in Canberra the Nationals chose a new leader, the energy minister chose his words carefully and the government chose to avoid one word altogether. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Dennis Richardson could have carried on for a few more weeks and done his best. If he felt overpaid, he could have taken a pay cut. But there's plenty of blame to go around.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Australia will bring in 100 million more litres of petrol by allowing a higher level of sulfur content in its fuel for the next 60 days, Energy Minister Chris Bowen says, as the country reckons with petrol flows choked by the Middle East war.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

SA Liberal Leader Ashton Hurn says one of her candidates for the upcoming state election is no longer running for the party after comments he made on Islam, feminism, same-sex marriage and "the trans agenda"  came to light from an American podcast.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

The House of Representatives is sitting as the war in the Middle East continues to wreak havoc on the global oil market.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Treasury has advised the government that if the oil price averages $US100 per barrel for three months, there would be a temporary 0.5 percentage point spike to headline inflation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Australia's sulphur limits for fuel will be lowered in an emergency move as forecasts warn of unprecedented price increases.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

At 76 and stuck on the waitlist for public housing, Bill Turner is on the brink of homelessness, unable to afford his own rental in a housing market at breaking point — a situation that's left him feeling "deserted".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson says he resigned from the royal commission into antisemitism because he felt he was overpaid and "surplus to requirements".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has told Question Time that the Middle East conflict is presenting a fuel supply "crisis". 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The National Party should be placed in its proper context. Out of the nation's 226 federal parliamentarians, only 18 identify as National Party MPs. That's enough to require nothing bigger than a minibus to take them around.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Nationals turn to a new leader after years of turmoil on the Coalition side of politics.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Matt Canavan's rise to the Nationals leadership gives the Coalition a fighter capable of taking on Pauline Hanson, but beating back One Nation is only part of the opposition's electoral dilemma.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Canavan embodies contradictions: economist and populist; a right-winger who was at one time a self-proclaimed communist; suburban boy turned bush advocate. Will rebel backbencher turned leader work too?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Dennis Richardson was originally tapped by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the weeks after the Bondi terror attack to lead a review into the federal government's intelligence and security agencies. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson said his resignation was "an embarrassment all around” but denied claims the move shattered the credibility of the commission.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

In a major intervention on the future of tertiary education, Bill Shorten says the broken higher education system forces universities to act as migration levers rather than centres of research.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Australia is spending billions on new roads, rail lines and airports. But without water, cities will run short of new homes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The WA government has moved to allay concerns around fuel price and supply, after a roundtable meeting in Perth on Wednesday afternoon.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

A Northern Territory government backbencher accused of bullying has faced a bid for a parliamentary inquiry into his alleged conduct, as well as an extraordinary berating from the NT Speaker.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

More views by Liberal Party candidate and evangelical Christian Carston Woodhouse emerge with the Adelaide man saying Islam is "poisonous and wrong" and the "trans agenda is insanity". Warning: This story contains content some readers might find distressing. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Matt Canavan once claimed to be an atypical Nationals member. Now the pro-mining Queenslander is leading the party from the Senate. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Matt Canavan is the high-risk, high-reward choice as the new Nationals leader. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The royal commission into robo-debt referred six people for investigation in a secret sealed chapter. Their names have finally been revealed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The House of Representatives is sitting for question time amid the ongoing war in the Middle East and a shakeup of Coalition leadership.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

With a populist economic message, the new Nationals leader said local manufacturing and higher birth rates were key as he rejected the labels of "left" and "right" politics.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The first plan for a broad-based overhaul of the tax system in 16 years has been put forward by teal independent, Allegra Spender.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The other six women were whisked away to a different secure location after the young player called the Iranian embassy to come and collect her in Brisbane.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says one of the seven members of the Iranian women's football delegation granted asylum in Australia has changed their mind and wants to return to Iran. Iranian embassy officials have collected the woman from the hotel where she was under police protection. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The families of two West Australians killed in e-scooter accidents say they are disappointed the state government is not acting sooner to better regulate e-rideable devices.

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