Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (50 minutes ago)

Questions on both sexual orientation and gender will feature in Australia's next census, as the federal government seeks to repair the fallout from earlier efforts to abandon questions about LGBTIQ+ identity.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (50 minutes ago)

Mike Bowers talks the week in pictures with Mark Knight.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (50 minutes ago)

A wrap of the weeks economic and political news.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

West Wimmera Mayor Tim Meyer says the council struggles to find a range of skilled workers including engineers and planners. The problem isn't confined to regional areas.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

The next census will count transgender Australians for the first time, following weeks of LGBT community backlash and an internal Labor revolt.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

Most Australians are happy for the value of their homes to fall to make housing more affordable, a new Q+A/YouGov poll finds, with voters giving their verdict on policy solutions.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 hours ago)

King Charles has been dragged into a Senate drama over an obscure push to remove references to Queen Elizabeth from Australia's laws. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

Two new reports paint a picture of an overburdened and under-resourced mental health system, with about 75 per cent of Australians feeling elevated levels of distress compared to the same time last year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (8 hours ago)

Culture wars have many fronts but the Israel/Hamas conflict has supercharged unlikely battles over free speech, discrimination and the nature of protest.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (8 hours ago)

Greater uptake of electric appliances and vehicles is needed to ensure Australia hits its climate target, but households need financial support to do it.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (9 hours ago)

Showing how easy it is to make deepfakes of politicians using artificial intelligence, independent senator David Pocock creates AI videos of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (14 hours ago)

Australia is untouched by a virus that has devastated wildlife around the planet, but the spring migration from Antarctica is beginning, and with it comes an extinction-level threat for native birds and mammals.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

Beatrice Tucker was expelled from the prestigious Canberra university after saying the terror group should not be condemned for the October 7 attacks in Israel.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (17 hours ago)

Independent Senator David Pocock has demonstrate just how potent generative AI can be - making two 'deepfake' clips of the prime minister and opposition leader, to prove his point.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (20 hours ago)

Senate support for Labor's new Environment Protection Authority rests on Greens demands for greater powers to block fossil fuel projects and a crackdown on native forest logging.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

In response to an aging population and growing pressure on pensions, the Chinese Communist Party plans to raise the statutory retirement age – which currently stands as low as 50 years old for some workers. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

With the national accounts this week showing the economy barely registering a pulse, more oxygen was expended on accusing the treasurer of being mean to the Reserve Bank than on what is happening in the economy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Labor frustrations with Jim Chalmers's mild-mannered, hand-picked RBA governor spilled into the open this week.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Parliament is considering new laws to penalise bad behaviour inside the nation's seat of power. But how much has changed since Brittany Higgins's allegation of rape three years ago forced an upheaval?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

In an exclusive interview inside the White House, Jake Sullivan revealed details of a new scheme he ranks as a top priority for the Biden administration.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Domestic violence advocates have repeated calls for needs-based funding to address the Northern Territory's staggering rates of violence, after the announcement of a new $4.7 billion national plan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

"What I should have done was to say every cent raised would go to income tax cuts,” Shorten said.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

I got to know him during my time running the Herald's Parliament House bureau in Canberra and have stayed in touch since.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The 2026 census questions on gender and sexual orientation that have been at the centre of a political brawl for the past week have been revealed to the ABC.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Without government spending on Medicare bulk-billing, pharmaceuticals and the NDIS, the country would already be in a recession.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Pete Steedman was a one-off in all his many pursuits: student activist, journalist, MP, promoter of Australian music, Labor man of the Socialist Left. We will not see his like again.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Each state and territory will investigate whether they should shorten trading hours or limit online delivery options, bringing alcohol into the national conversation about gendered violence.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

This week's national accounts suggest the RBA's latest forecasts around households were wrong. But there are several key indicators it will watch before it moves on rates.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

WA's top child advocate watched in horror as the government referenced her "glowing" assessment of the youth detention centre where another teenage boy died in custody, and was devastated her observations were taken "out of context".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Over the past two weeks, 17 federal Labor MPs in the cabinet, outer ministry and backbench have spoken frankly about the government. Their comments show anxiety is growing.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The comments come after a week in which Treasurer Jim Chalmers and RBA governor Michele Bullock downplayed suggestions of a rift.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

National cabinet has agreed to a $4.7 billion plan to ramp up frontline legal support for people escaping family violence.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the $4.7 billion committed to gender-based violence is new funding.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

NDIS and Government Services Minister Bill Shorten says he 'has a few regrets' but maintains that there was 'a lot of disunity' within the Labor party at the time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

"I think unity is one of the most important things … you've got to sit down and talk with them to take them back,” former ACTU secretary Bill Kelty said.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Bill Shorten joins Kim Beazley among the ranks of good Labor leaders who would have made even better prime ministers.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Liberals have had to bring in the big guns to deal with the party's hot mess.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

She calls it a big job with a big responsibility, but Beck O'Connor says she is ready to help protect the rights of victims.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Nearly 300,000 Queenslanders fell victim to crime last year. Now they have someone to champion their rights. Jessica van Vonderen interviews Victims' Commissioner Beck O'Connor.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The candidate at the centre of the social media storm broke his silence to say: "As a doctor, as a Muslim, as a human, killing civilians is never right.” 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Petrol prices at the bowser are primed to fall in coming months as a slowdown in major economies reduces demand for oil.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Without top 100 rankings, we lose our reputation as a place of high-quality education. Without that, things quickly snowball for locals wanting an education.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The federal government calls on the states and territories to step up efforts to reduce domestic, sexual and family violence, ahead of more funds being delivered to address the issue.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Japanese troops could join US marines for regular rotations through the Top End as Tokyo, Washington and Canberra continue to deepen defence and strategic ties in the face of China's swelling military might.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

President Emmanuel Macron named the European Union's former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France's new prime minister on Thursday.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Japanese troops could join US marines for regular rotations through the Top End as Tokyo, Washington and Canberra continue to deepen defence and strategic ties in the face of China's swelling military might.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

A spate of killings earlier this year prompted the government to commission a rapid review. On Friday, the national cabinet meets to respond.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Comedian Shaun Micallef, who benefitted from the former Labor leader's one-liners more than anyone, said "I owe him a great debt.”

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Coalition scare campaign says the next election will deliver a Labor minority government — propped up by an unholy alliance of Greens and teal independents — and that it will be chaos. But does that stack up?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten will quit politics to take up the position of vice-chancellor at the University of Canberra. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

A union representing 100,000 workers has voted to split from the Australian Council of Trade Unions and set up a rival body, in an escalating response to the CFMEU being pushed into administration. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The former Labor leader called time on his parliamentary career on Thursday, earning plaudits from both political friends and foes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

ABC's National Political Lead David Speers discusses Bill Shorten's legacy as he retires from politics after 17-years in parliament.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Michele Bullock's alert comes amid signs the business sector is also struggling with high inflation and rates.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Though his communication skills were acquired rather than innate, Shorten's departure will leave Labor bereft of one of its sharpest advocates.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The former party leader leaves the federal government with an astute message about how Labor can win the next election.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Bill Shorten never achieved his ultimate aim to become prime minister. But reflecting on his career in politics, the former Labor leader still counts himself lucky, and says what matters is "whether we leave the place better than we found it".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Labor MP Meaghan Scanlon said there had been close to 2.6 million public transport trips taken in one month on the Gold Coast alone.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The NDIS minister and former Labor leader has announced his retirement from politics to become Vice Chancellor at the University of Canberra.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Pauline Hanson drops her party's sole West Australian MP from the One Nation ticket, just six months after he joined the party.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Department of Justice is looking for a permanent Corrective Services Commissioner, who will take on the role after two deaths in juvenile detention in less than a year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

As the one-time Labor leader announced his resignation from politics, we look back at his finest one-liners.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The Climate Change Authority says Australia has a decade to remove 75 per cent of its emissions if it wants to have any chance to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius — and with such a mammoth task, it is keeping its mind open to nuclear.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten will remain in government until February, when he will take up the position of vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

With looming elections in the US and Australia, the online battle for truth is increasingly becoming more difficult as artificial intelligence and deepfakes become more sophisticated. David Speers speaks with the former Executive Director of Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board and CEO of The American Sunlight Project Nina...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

A scathing final report into the Grenfell Tower fire has blamed successive governments, the construction industry, and the London fire brigade for the disaster which killed 72 people in 2017. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Propaganda researcher Emma Briant says Russia was allegedly attempted to influence American voters in the guise of 'journalism'.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Apart from the pandemic years, GDP hasn't been this weak since Jim Chalmers was at school and Oasis was getting together for the first time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

How lucky was the opposition leader that hours before the NSW Liberal Party publicly imploded, he had reignited debate on immigration.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Jewish community leaders said the Facebook post by the prominent GP showed he was "manifestly unfit to stand as a candidate for any office”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Energy Minister Chris Bowen was invited to speak at a conference, but opposition spokesman Ted O'Brien claims he was blocked from speaking. Here is what he wanted to say.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

As global regulators weigh laws to curb revolutionary applications of the new tech, the government has its eyes set on new AI laws.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The federal government lays out its plans to set "mandatory guardrails" for the highest-risk AI tools, as a survey of businesses reveals a third of those using AI are not disclosing it to customers or staff.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

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

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

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

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The federal government proposal is stranded in the Senate after the Coalition and the Greens both declared it would "do nothing" about housing affordability.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

In regional Australia, more than a third of residents are aged over 55. If only the government was doing something about this growing demographic crisis.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The GST deal has been described as "the worst public policy decision in Australia so far this century" but none of the major parties will touch it for fear of upsetting Western Australia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The economy grew just 0.2 in the three months to June, propped up by government spending, and is in the worst run of per person GDP drops since the early 1980s.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Australia's annual growth rate slumped to the lowest in 33 years. How will Labor explain that to the electorate?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The federal government has hosed down the calls from within its own ranks, as new data shows almost two-thirds of Australians delayed treatment due to cost.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The Brisbane Greens leader's newsletter contains a profile of a Palestinian refugee family and has been deemed "anti-Semitic" and a misuse of ratepayer money by the LNP. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Advocates and refugee legal services say there's currently only one option for Palestinians who arrived in Australia on visitor visas since October: to embark on the often years-long process of seeking permanent asylum.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Australians are responding to high inflation and interest rates by downgrading their biscuits, beer and footwear.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

After calls for Facebook to be blocked for children, top Meta executives will tell politicians the best place to restrict access is as people download an app.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Mike Burgess's comments on the vetting process for people fleeing Gaza sparked a political storm.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The Opposition leader said nobody told him about the federal executive's motion to install an administrative committee to oversee operations in NSW, in the wake of the council nominations fiasco.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has pushed back at claims from John Howard that the government is trying to blame the Reserve Bank for its economic troubles.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Federal Minister Murray Wattt says the government is 'proud' that an Australian embassy was promoting Australian values.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Former South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs has not held back in his assessment both of his successor's fledgling leadership and his party's chances at the next state election, saying there is a "level of shambolic-ness about what's going on".

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

New figures published today are expected to again show the Australian economy growing weakly overall but shrinking in per person terms, highlighting the strain on households which economists say has been masked by migration.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said a recent stock price rise in the company behind the gold mine that she blocked on Indigenous heritage grounds shows some shareholders still see a pathway.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The prime minister told his ministers he had to step in to "clean it up” after he saw the complicated questions the census planned to ask.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The number of pet cats per household could be capped as Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek prepares a scheme to protect wildlife from domestic and feral felines.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

The former national president of the CFMEU launches a legal challenge to laws that force the construction union to accept an administrator, after allegations of criminal consorting, corruption and thuggery. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The treasurer is utterly at odds with those in the Reserve Bank who say the economy is running a bit too hot – and he does not mind if Australians watch the argument live.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Former National President Jade Ingham has filed a High Court challenge against federal laws that forced the CFMEU into administration. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Mike Burgess has clarified support for Hamas is a barrier to getting a visa, after his comments on the vetting process for people fleeing Gaza sparked a political storm. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

A snap road safety summit is held by the state government in Perth as parents like Daniel Campo and Carolyn Herring call for a new approach to reduce road deaths.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Government spending on everything from major infrastructure to aged care workers has probably stopped the economy from contracting over the past three months.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Former CFMEU national president Jade Ingham said the union had been stolen from its members under "un-Australian” laws he would fight to overturn.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Hundreds of Palestinian people apply for permanent protection as their tourist visas expire. Meanwhile the Coalition heaps pressure on the government after remarks made by ASIO boss Mike Burgess.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says "people have chosen to distort” comments he made about Palestinians fleeing Gaza last month.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

For a flatlining Northern Territory economy, population growth is critical.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Residents say they're in fear of youth crime in Melbourne's outer south-east, but lawyers and advocates worry the solutions may make it worse.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Under the new rules, which come with a $6,452 fine, it will be illegal to feed a crocodile by discarding food in a way that attracts them to a public place.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

A key internal pressure group has made its first call for gender quotas as the party's most senior woman urges female voters to give her party "another look-in”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

The federal government has signalled it is willing to make its proposed environmental protection agency more business-friendly, in a major concession designed to win Coalition support that environment groups have branded a "betrayal."

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The Greens have slammed the government's proposed reforms and are refusing to back a new Environment Protection Agency.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Polarising ex-Israeli spokesman Eylon Levy spells out what is staying Netanyahu's hand on ceasefire and has accused Australia of losing its initial "moral clarity”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has blamed successive interest rate rises for "smashing the economy", as the government braces for more weak economic figures due this week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

This is the second time Anthony Albanese's communications boss has changed in the government's first term of office.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has pushed back at claims he has undermined the Reserve Bank as they both battle to bring down inflation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Predatory lowball cash settlements from insurance companies to victims of flood damage are a serious issue, with the peak body for financial counsellors revealing underquoting is rife.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

The Labor Party, with its factional feuds and small-target strategies, is failing to excite young people. At least not in my clan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 days ago)

Customers are reaping rewards for riding the volatile wholesale market for electricity, but it comes with a bill shock warning.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The federal government claimed the proposed questions about sexuality and gender identity could stoke divisive debate.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Like the WA Liberals, the NT's conservative CLP party was reduced to just two seats after a devastating election. But now it's back in power and there could be lessons to be learnt for the beleaguered WA party.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

Two independent politicians, one from Arnhem Land in the remote NT and another from the Darwin suburbs, will join forces on the territory's new crossbench.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

The Greens will also push for permanent rent control if they hold the balance of power in the next parliament.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 days ago)

It is unclear whether the federal government will add expanded questions on gender identity and variations of sexual characteristics to the census, after it appeared to backflip on adding a question about sexuality.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Melbourne property values fell while Sydney's rose less than inflation, according to fresh data, as the Greens push for a new renters' advocate and the Liberals threaten to make housing a condition of federal funding.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

As good as the intentions of the complainant may have been, I don't need someone to take offence for me. And yet, this demand for censorship is creeping into our lives more and more.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Activists, politicians and community members gathered at Bondi Beach today in protest against the practice of shark nets.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited WA as his Labor government released an attack ad claiming Peter Dutton and the Coalition don't support the state's GST deal.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Canada's biggest province generates 51 per cent of its power from nuclear and while some love it, there are still downstream issues to be solved.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

We need to be humble about what we don't know and policy needs to be evidence-based, Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy says.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The shadow assistant minister for home ownership says the Coalition would consider withdrawing GST payments to "hit the states hard where it hurts" and encourage housing supply.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

David Speers discusses the week in politics with panel Laura Tingle, Paul Sakkal and Mark Kenny.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

David Speers disscusses internation student caps, the CFMEU and census questions with panel Laura Tingle, Paul Sakkal, Mark Kenny.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

When Anthony Albanese popped the question, commentators speculated that a wedding date this year would give the prime minister goodwill ahead of the upcoming election.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A wrap of the week in news; the CFMEU, international student caps and potential changes to the census.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Mike Bowers talks the week in pictures with Lewis Hobba.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

This week on Insiders, David Speers interviewed Andrew Bragg, Shadow Assistant Minister for Home Ownership.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Philippines and China exchange accusations of intentionally ramming coast guard vessels in disputed waters of the South China Sea, the latest in an escalating series of clashes in the vital waterway.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

There could be a shortage of 13,000 nurses in the aged care sector by 2030. The national nursing federation says the industry has to do more to attract and retain nurses.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Commonwealth Rent Assistance will increase by 10 per cent on September 20, as federal Labor announced more cost of living policies.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Community and Public Sector Union national secretary Melissa Donnelly said the new right-to-disconnect laws align with the push for federal parliament to be a more inclusive.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese remains under pressure for not including questions in the census on trans and intersex Australians.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Nationals WA have promised to get rid of stamp duty for first home buyers and spend hundreds of millions of dollars on "shelved" country health projects if elected into state government next year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Hereditary politics is associated with monarchies or authoritarian states, but new research shows it's alarmingly common in democratic systems too.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

Brisbane City Council has destroyed homemade bike jumps at Bulimba's Johnston Park which it said could get it sued if a child injured themselves. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Greens and the Coalition seemingly have the government stuck in a game of piggy in the middle, desperately trying to catch the ball as it is thrown between its two major political opponents.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The tragedy of WA's first recorded death in juvenile detention last year sparked a damning coronial inquest that showed how broken the system that locked up teenagers was. Yet 10 months later, here we are again.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Labor is ramping up its attack on the opposition leader as too divisive to lead Australia, but the signs are that voters aren't buying the government's message.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The Hong Kong billionaires who saved Donald Trump from bankruptcy have finally achieved what he could not: a piece of the Australian casino business.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The government's pair of about-faces on the census has left residual frustration in its ranks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

An early Sunday morning message to Labor MPs about a gender and sexuality question in the 2026 census opened up a disastrous political week for the government.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A single question about sexuality doesn't encompass the LGBTQI+ community's complexity and diverse needs, experts and advocates say.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Australia is at the forefront of the green transition, but the weather gods are testing the government's plans to cut greenhouse gases.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

While the census will now have a question about sexual preference, Albanese maintained the decision to exclude questions about gender.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

A 17-year-old boy takes his own life inside WA's controversial Banksia Hill, becoming the second child to die in youth detention in the state in less than a year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

An Indigenous teenager who died after self-harming at Banksia Hill had only been in the facility for two days, according to authorities. Here's what else we know about the latest tragedy in WA youth detention.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

Familiar to consumers of chocolate bars, shrinkflation is now being used by Australians to deal with high-priced houses.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A week ago)

One in 10 submariners serving on the US Navy's prized nuclear submarines in the western Pacific will soon be Australian, a visiting admiral has revealed.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A week ago)

The government has hit the brakes on international student enrolments announcing new caps this week. It follows a post-pandemic jump in migration numbers which has caused Labor a political headache. But is limiting the foreign student intake - for a sector that's been one of Australia's biggest export earners - the answer? Professor Michael...

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