Pauline Hanson says reports contain ‘false allegations’ during a shambolic press conference in Victoria

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One Nation says reports that its Victorian state president

Anthony Albanese was in meeting of 49 countries to discuss key shipping route when news broke that Iran was reopening strait

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Australians can expect further falls

Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy discuss the opposition leader, Angus Taylor’s, new immigration policy and why Tony sees it as a strategy to come second. They also look at Donald Trump’s stoush with the pope, Anthony Alba

Taylor painted a grim picture of migration that fits more with his tenuous political position than the state of the country

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When copies of the Liberal party’s rev

Prime minister says Corio refinery fire will not push Australia into stage 3 restrictions, despite reduced production of petrol, diesel and aviation fuel

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Australia secures extra fertilizer and 100m extra litres of fuel, PM says

Albanese has also provided an update on A

Former MP Tom Hunt has been working for Pauline Hanson’s party in the seat of Farrer, where One Nation hopes for a game-changing breakthrough

One Nation has recruited a former UK Tory MP who is now a member of Nigel Farage’s populist right-wing p

What’s the line in the sand for Albanese to rethink the multibillion-dollar Aukus agreement? Why won’t the government implement sanctions on the US and Israel – similar to those imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine? And should the Senate expan

US president told reporters he was ‘not happy with Australia because they were not there when we asked them to be there’

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Discriminating against non-citizens in Australia was until recent days a fringe approach – but Angus Taylor has taken the idea and run with it

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The defence minister insists that increases in spending did not happen because of thinktanks, retired generals ‘or washed-up bureaucrats’

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Some petrol stations may see short-term outages and energy experts warn Victorian fuel prices could spike up to 20 cents a litre

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• Australia more dependent on imports after Geelong refinery fire as Chris Bowen warns ‘this is a setback’

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Petrol production hit and full extent of damage unknown after ‘unprecedented’ fire at Viva plant in Corio

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Electoral commission to count votes in electorate of Narungga after Chantelle Thomas won the seat at the March state election

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James Paterson had called decision by One Nation to rehire Sean Black ‘absolutely extraordinary’

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Appointment part of senior defence changes as navy chief Mark Hammond promoted to chief of defence force

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Experts say our preoccupation with net overseas migration figures has distracted from a more meaningful discussion on the ‘scale of temporariness’

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Australia’s foreign affairs minister says priority ‘must be to continue the ceasefire and return to negotiations’

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Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong

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• Penny Wong calls failed peace talks between US and Iran ‘disappointing’ and urges resumption

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Catherine King says while peace talks were ‘best chance’ at lowering fuel prices, further help may be included in budget

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Human rights lawyers say NDIS workers and their clients remain at risk despite newly bolstered whistleblower protections

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Zoe Wainer’s parents started the country’s first public abortion clinic. Now she is making history too, as the inaugural head of the Australian Centre for Disease Control

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Having received assurances from Singapore over refined fuels, diesel supply will surely be next on the prime minister’s agenda

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Anthony Albanese isn’t coming back

To the frustration of some in his own party, Anthony Albanese is cautious by nature, and often follows the lead of others when it comes to sensitive topics

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Criminal charges against the Victoria Cross recipient now on remand has deeply divided a nation whose identity is often entwined with the exploits of young men on foreign fields

The former Australian prime minister, John Howard, this week describ

Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy discuss the fragile ceasefire in Iran and the pressure building on Australian politicians to respond to Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric. The Barries also examine the prime minister’s trip to Singapore, Matt Canavan’s “e

‘Predatory industry’ adept at pivoting quickly to target new mediums and markets, says independent senator David Pocock

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Labor’s plan for a partial ban on gamblin

Millions of accounts have been deactivated since the ban came into effect in December, but Noah Jones found it was easily circumvented

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Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy discuss the fragile ceasefire in Iran and the pressure building on Australian politicians to respond to Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric.

The Barries also examine the prime ministe

Australia and Singapore will ‘make maximum efforts to meet each other’s energy security needs’ in refined fuels and LNG, according to new agreement

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Head of IMF says Iran war will permanently scar global economy even if peace is reached

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Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says he and Singapore's prime minister, Lawrence Wong, have signed a joint statement that will protect 'our mutual energy security, and support the flow of fuels and LNG between our two countries.

Journalist, author and farmer Gabrielle Chan speaks to Guardian Australia political editor Tom McIlroy about the experiences of rural and regional Australians whose work and everyday life have been upended by supply ch

Call comes on same day former prime minister Tony Abbott says Australia should send troops to fight alongside US forces in the Middle East

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Independent MP elected to the seat of Stafford in Brisbane’s northern suburbs in 2020 and disendorsed by Labor in 2025

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Released just hours before Australians began their Easter long weekend, the Albanese government’s long-awaited reforms to gambling advertisements have been described as ‘timid’.

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Analysts say uncertain stability of truce and major damage to infrastructure among many issues that will keep prices high for foreseeable future

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The Middle East conflict has shaken both nations: Australia is facing shortfalls of oil, while Singapore’s gas supply is under threat

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Information on drones and other threats being shared but defence chief confirms crew taking ‘active steps’ to only contribute to defensive actions

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The man successfully appealed the automatic revocation of his permanent resident visa after being sentenced to 14 months in prison

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• Australia eyes new fuel supply from US, Mexico and Asia as diesel prices spike to record high

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Liberal MP makes first public comments since Australia’s most decorated living soldier, whom he served alongside, was charged with war crimes

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Shipments of fuel into Australia secure until at least the middle of May, energy minister says

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The PM’s political antennae finally twitched this week when he felt safe to criticise the US president’s ‘extraordinary’ threat

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While the US and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire that could lead to the reopening of the strait of Hormuz, the consequences of Donald Trump’s war continue to ricochet around the world.

Speaking shortly after the truce was announced,

The rule of law matters, which is one of the honourable things setting us apart from many of those we wage war against

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Exclusive: Taskforce led by former Treasury official Anthea Long will advise on cost-cutting options for $52bn program

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The prime minister clearly believed the US president’s threat of mass bombings of bridges and power plants crossed a new line

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