Energy minister, Chris Bowen, says ‘we’re a long way’ from further action like fuel rationing despite shortages

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• Hundreds of petrol stations across Australia run out of fuel as Albanese inks supply deal with Singapore

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There is a structural realignment under way, with the Liberal party the early and obvious victim in Saturday’s state election

As the ballots are counted in South Australia, it’s now clear that while the Liberal party isn’t politically dead

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One term has already become the well-intentioned weasel word of 2026: “social cohesion”. A phrase tha

University polling and focus groups found sharpest increase in those worried about national security was cohort aged 18 to 24

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Leveraging Australian gas exports to ensure we get oil in return is among the offbeat ideas we could be hearing more about

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The International Energy Agency suggest

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Australia not ‘contemplating’ fuel rationing but state and federal governments have powers, Bowen says

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The political and economic fallout from the Iran war provides an opportunity for the Albanese government to finally get with the program

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Labor should urge Australians to rethink purpose of super, Tracey Burton says, so country’s $4tn in superannuation could help plug funding shortfalls

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Labor secures landslide win, but One Nation vote tops 20%, leaving Liberals devastated and eating into ALP territory in outer suburbs

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Excited One Nation backers hung on their leader’s words in Adelaide as they rejoiced in a primary vote of about 20% in the South Australian election

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Aoi Baxter was the party’s candidate for the state seat of Adelaide in Saturday’s election

Former South Australian One Nation candidate, Aoi Baxter, has been dumped by the rightwing party, after media reports claiming there is a warrant for his

Three weeks into the US-Israeli war of choice in Iran, Labor is warning of financial pain. But the economic cost isn’t the only risk here

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Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine the fuel crisis and whether the Australian public will blame the Albanese government for the growing economic fallout from Trump’s war on Iran.

They also discuss Liberal MP Andrew Hastie’s criticism of

In an odd campaign Peter Malinauskas mocks Pauline Hanson’s anti-immigration stance and she finger-wags back. But how will her rise in the polls translate to the ballot box?

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• Gas giants warn against windfall gains tax as Pocock says ‘wartime profits’ should go to struggling Australians

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Energy minister says he is not aware of any cuts to imports from Malaysia, but expert says warnings are ‘really significant’

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Government faces political fight as industry says mooted 25% levy on exports would hurt Australia’s economy and energy security

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Prime minister makes hasty exit after people heard yelling phrases including ‘disgrace’, ‘shame’ and ‘genocide supporters’

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Thousands of people come together at one of Australia’s biggest mosques to mark the end of Ramadan

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Over the past summer, it has been tempting to write off One Nation’s polling surge as a passing fad fed by the big fire in the Coalition party room. But it’s not passing. The surge is real. The party’s newfound popularity will be tested at the South Au

Liberal senator Sarah Henderson, backed by Sky News, demands the ABC ‘shut down’ John Lyons for his analysis. Plus: pity the Mail’s Jackie O reporter

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With the US and Israel’s war on Iran continuing to send waves of disruption around the world, Guardian Australia political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to two guests about the impact of the conflict on Australia.

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World-leading laws to be tested before South Australian election, complicated by Hanson and Bernardi’s political status

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• Tropical Cyclone Narelle tracker map: where and when will it hit the Queensland coast?

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John Howard’s principled stand against Pauline Hanson appears a distant memory for present-day Liberals, who have prioritised political expediency ahead of the South Australian election

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A failure to respond to soaring energy prices and act in the May budget could make voters turn their anger toward the federal government

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Treasurer likens impact of conflict to recent major shocks, including global financial crisis and Covid pandemic

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Labor’s preventative detention regime suffers blow as court finds tough laws for NZYQ group are unconstitutional

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Dozens of former immigration detainees who have a

Putting Pauline Hanson’s party above Labor on how-to-vote cards is a gamble for Ashton Hurn’s leadership, with the Liberals facing potential eclipse

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One Nation and Coalition adopting reactionary tactics to win over frustrated and fearful voters, frontbencher Andrew Giles says

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South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas is predicted to win this Saturday’s state election by a landslide – but that’s not why this poll is attracting so much interest.

Analysts and politicians alike are watching because this will be One Natio

Special interest groups such as GetUp and Turning Point Australia may be able to outspend opponents, with donations not needing to be disclosed until after state election

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Conservationists hope Murray Watt’s review of national marine parks will ‘right the wrongs’ of previous downgrade of protection

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Report reveals the Howard-era settings are helping fuel intergenerational inequality in Australia’s housing market

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• ‘If we have to change tack, we will’: RBA hikes rates but not aiming to put Australia into recession, Bullock says

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Exclusive: One Nation leader updates register after questions from the Guardian to include multiple flights courtesy of Rinehart’s company

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Energy minister says country’s fuel supply has yet to be affected by war after meeting with suppliers and retailers

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Saturday’s state election is the rightwing populist party’s first test since its surge in the polls. Will its vote match the aggrieved sentiment?

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Trump, Iran and Greenland weren’t mentioned, but they may as well have been. It was a reminder that for all the pomp and ceremony, royal visits often contain a kernel of real diplomacy

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• Japan and Australia say they have no plans to send ships to strait of Hormuz as Trump increases pressure

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David Pocock’s comments come as new photos show scale of damage and government official says its ‘quite possible’ bodies disturbed

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Barnaby Joyce says he disagrees with his leader, Pauline Hanson, over inflammatory comments about Musli

Economists predict RBA will raise interest rates this week and in May – days before treasurer unveils budget

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As Australia risks becoming entangled in Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on Iran, Guardian Australia columnist Paul Daley questions whether refusing to challenge the White House at all costs indulges a US-Australia relationsh

The Australian immigration system has long punished people who felt they had no option but to flee their homeland

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Former spy chief says recommendations regarding intelligence agencies shouldn’t wait for royal commission’s final report

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Sealed section names officials who drafted unlawful debt recovery scheme – and who were referred to corruption watchdog for further investigation

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While its weapons, materiel and personnel are on their way to the conflict, Australia finds itself part of a coalition of the reticent, insisting its role is purely defensive

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