The work of strengthening social cohesion begins with a commitment to responsible language and civility that goes beyond legislation

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Backlash grows against Israel president Isaac Herzog’s planned visit next week with calls to rescind invitation

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Satellite photographs show rows of gravestones removed and soil disturbed at the Gaza War Cemetery where more than 250 Australians are buried

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RSL, federal opposition and local MPs cast doubt on the plan, which Labor says will result in about $3bn for defence

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Exclusive: Leaked documents show how universities will be assessed under new system, which was fast-tracked after Bondi terror attack

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Opposition leader may announce promotion of six MPs to shadow cabinet early amid deadlock in talks to reunite with Nationals

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• ‘I don’t think this was a good decision’: Labor’s Ed Husic holds ‘deep concerns’ over Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit

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Richard Marles has decided to sell more than 60 properties, including Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

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MP also tells Guardian Australia’s Full Story podcast he backs peaceful protests against country’s actions in Gaza

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In this wide-ranging interview with Nour Haydar, federal Labor MP Ed Husic voices his opposition to an upcoming visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzog and cautions against attempts to clamp down on protests.

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New services will move children under nine with mild developmental delays and autism off the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Here’s what you need to know

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One Nation says it will ‘contest every seat’ in March state election, with newest recruit Cory Bernardi among the former Liberals in play

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Herzog has been invited by the government on the basis of healing wounds after the Bondi attack, but some fear his visit will simply provoke further division

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Australians for Prosperity received most of its funding last financial year from Coal Australia, according to disclosures made to the Australian Electoral Commission

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• RBA interest rates decision: Reserve Bank increases cash rate to 3.85% in blow to mortgage holders

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Labor struggled to contain their glee with the new-look opposition reduced to the similar size as the crossbench

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Shortest rate-cutting cycle in the RBA’s modern history ends after unexpected jump in inflation

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David Littleproud says party will ‘take our time’ to consider Sussan Ley’s offer

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The governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Michele Bullock, says she empathises with mortgage holders but defends Tuesday’s decision to lift the cash rate for the first time in more than two years. ‘Now, I know this is not the news that Austr

Former UK Labour minister wrote ‘pressure needs to be maintained’ against Australian Labor’s proposed tax in email sent two weeks before Rudd was replaced as PM

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Parliament returns today and the benches might look a little bare on the opposition’s side of the chamber, with the Liberals left with only 28 votes after last week’s split from the Nationals.

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Exclusive: One Nation leader has now updated register of interests to include the flight revealed by Guardian Australia

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Giving workers access to Medicare and making it easier for them to change jobs would help solve the scheme’s problems

The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme (Palm) is a crucial source of workers across regional Australia. About 32,000 peopl

Former opposition leader says Bannon’s purported claim, which Palmer has denied, would be a ‘badge of honour’ for him

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Labor can afford a few moments of glee now, but spending, emissions, AI and Aukus are just some of the challenges on the road to the next election

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Data shows Boele – who won seat by only 26 votes – received almost $700,000 in donations from Climate 200

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Bernardi served under Liberal leaders including Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott before leaving the party to launch Australian Conservatives

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Nationals leader met with Liberal counterpart less than two weeks after spectacularly blowing up the Coalition

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• Victorian opposition leader pulls out of event headlined by Barnaby Joyce after premier accuses her of ‘cosying up’ to One Nation

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Labor, Liberals and the Greens given tens of millions of dollars each from undisclosed sources, analysis shows

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No, of course not. We were always a nation of gullible xenophobes

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Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy was the single biggest political donor in 2024-25, giving $53.1m to Trumpet of Patriots, which failed to win a seat

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Bannon’s claim revealed in text messages in tranche of documents released by US authorities in connection with Jeffrey Epstein

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Social media platform says there are still ‘real technical limitations to accurate and dependable age verification’

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Documents released under FoI show Wells’ department worried about how gambling reforms would affect sporting codes and media companies

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Labor set to take advantage of shambles with blistering attacks in question time as Sussan Ley presides over barest opposition benches since 1943

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Emboldened by major successes in the US and UK, the conservative Christian organisation Turning Point has its sights set on Australia’s political ecosystem

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Nationals senator Matt Canavan says he is not harbouring any plans to run against the party leader, …

What’s happening on American streets makes clear that a charter of rights does not prevent state overreach. But human rights must be more than a debating point

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After years on the extreme fringes of politics, Pauline Hanson’s party is on the rise

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Australian treasurer ‘open’ to tax reform and says government wants to tackle intergenerational inequity

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Jim Chalmers says the May budget will help tackle inflati

Pauline Hanson cuts through on social media with politically incorrect satire, but it’s a warped online world her party inhabits

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Hastie’s allies are cautioning against assuming his supporters would automatically shift their allegiances to Angus Taylor

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• Four people, including two children, found dead in Perth in suspected murder-suicide

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Hastie concedes he does not have support needed to become leader, as source says it is a ‘question of when, not if’ Taylor will mount challenge

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Nationals given eight days to reconcile with party before opposition leader appoints permanent Liberal-only frontbench

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National cabinet agrees to top up payments for smaller states, bringing total hospital spending to $219bn over the next five years

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Albanese government awarded contracts to MTC despite allegations of ‘gross negligence’ in the US involvement with ICE

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The messy fallout of the Coalition’s breakup continues this week with Sussan Ley and David Littleproud attempting to weather criticisms of their leadership after the Bondi terror attack. LNP moderate Andrew Wallace speaks to political editor To