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

Colin Boyce, who is challenging David Littleproud’s leadership, has previously said people should ‘celebrate’ global heating

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As images of a secret meeting were splashed all over the media, it became clear the internal plot to oust the leader has descended into political melodrama

The images of a cabal of rightwing Liberal men gathering for clandestine talks to overthro

As economic grievance grows in the electorate, an interest rate hike is the last thing our fraught politics needs

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Cost of living has been bubbling along as the nu

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• Albanese defends Isaac Herzog’s Australia visit as federal MP joins calls to rescind invitation

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Anne Aly says it is

Independent MP Sophie Scamps joins Labor’s Friends of Palestine group and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi in objecting to Israeli president’s visit

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In the first Guardian Essential poll after the Bondi terror attack, both Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley have fallen in their approval ratings. Meanwhile, One Nation’s support continues to rise and now disrupts the traditional two-horse race in Austral

In the first Guardian Essential poll after the Bondi terror attack, both Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley have fallen in their approval ratings. Meanwhile, One Nation’s support continues to rise and now disrupts the traditional two-horse race in Austral

He doesn’t hold a hose but he does hold some strong opinions

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Exclusive: The $2bn Thriving Kids scheme, due to start on 1 July, would instead start in October, after states said they were not ready yet

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Superpower Institute report fleshes out 2024 call from Labor heavyweight Ross Garnaut to re-embrace carbon pricing 12 years after Tony Abbott axed it

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Nationals leader says meeting will be scheduled once party’s spill motion is determined

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Sussan Ley has said David Littleproud turned down her offer for last-minu

Former PM called for national register and accreditation for imams, sparking backlash from Muslim leaders

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• Sussan Ley says David Littleproud rejected offer of talks this week after Coalition break-up

• Analysis: Sussan Ley has two factors working in her favour as rumours of a Liberal leadership mutiny swirl

Colin Boyce to challenge for the leadership next week, saying party was at risk of going off ‘political cliff’

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Xiao Qian hits out at Labor’s policy to force the Chinese-owned company Landbridge to sell its 99-year lease on the port

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With a huge electoral buffer and a broken opposition, the PM has a rare opportunity to move beyond tedious binary politics to something more inclusive

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After a bru

If the conservative parties want to stop bleeding votes to One Nation and teals, their focus needs to be on economic management and housing, especially in urban seats

The Liberal party are now a movement in search of a purpose.

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As Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor emerge as likely challengers, two things could buy Ley some time

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Pauline Hanson’s party polls a primary vote of 22%, while Labor’s response to the Bondi terror attack wins widespread support

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The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now

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On Tuesday, Austral

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• Heat records tumble in Victoria as authorities warn against complacency amid significant blazes

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Victoria to open na

Exclusive: Former PM says Labor must stop ‘pretending nothing has changed’ and should outline how Australia will deal with the United States going forward

Anthony Albanese must acknowledge the world order has fun

One senior MP says party’s credibility would be ‘in tatters’ if it removed first female leader at Nationals’ behest

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Seems like 2026 is already testing her resolve

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Crafted in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, Labor’s hate speech laws are designed to give the government a raft of new powers to combat racial hatred, but have faced strong criticism from across the political spectrum. The NSW Council for Civil Lib

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• Invasion Day: police clear Perth protest site amid reports of ‘threat’ as huge marches held across Australia

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Several beache

What would it actually take for Australia to ditch Aukus, dispense with the little America cloak and rethink the alliance?

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Once again on this divisive day of nati

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Just rounding out the rest of the prime minister’s jam-packed Insiders interview, Anthony Albanese reiterated that Aust

Career public servant and former chief of staff to Malcolm Turnbull to represent Australia’s interests with Trump administration from April, including progression of Aukus agreement

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We need sustained, honest discussions about why we are no closer to closing the gap and addressing our nation’s unfinished business. Instead we get delay dressed up as action

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Australians deserve principled political leaders who reflect the community’s strength and goodness at such difficult times

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If the Australian response to the attac

What started as a torrid summer for Anthony Albanese ended in the Liberal and National parties’ second breakup in eight months. Some insiders hope this time it’s permanent

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Colleagues encourage former soldier to run as Sussan Ley declares she will remain opposition leader after Coalition split

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Andrew Hastie is emerging as a candidate

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• Andrew Hastie firms as a candidate to challenge for Liberal leadership amid push for Ley to stand down

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Coalition’s Tony Abbott-style political playbook, policy backflips and lack of message discipline helped Labor secure landslide election win

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In an eventful start to parliament for 2026, MPs came together with condolences for the victims of the Bondi terror attack and passed hurried reforms on guns and hate speech. And then, on the national day of mourning on Thursday, the Coalition split fo

In an eventful start to parliament for 2026, MPs came together with condolences for the victims of the Bondi terror attack and passed hurried reforms on guns and hate speech. And then, on the national day of mourning on Thursday, the Coalition split fo

We can tackle antisemitism without imperilling Australia’s long history of respect for non-violent public protest

It was hardly an ideal environment in which to make major changes to the criminal law. Good reform rarely emerges from high emotion,

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• Children cook meals for needy and mourners lay wreaths for Bondi attack victims on national day of mourning

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A leadership challenge could be likely if Ley’s conservative rivals, Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie, agree on who should be the candidate

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It was the bill that the prime minister hoped would bring people together, but instead, Labor’s hate speech legislation and the Liberal party’s decision to endorse it, has torn the Coalition apart.

The entire Nationals front bench has quit Sussan

Senior Coalition sources also believe David Littleproud’s leadership of the Nationals could end after division over hate speech laws

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Albanese government says laws, crafted in wake of Bondi terror attack, are ‘strongest’ Australia has seen in combating racial hatred

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Treasurer joins former PM Malcom Turnbull in praising Mark Carney’s comments at the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos

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David Littleproud says Sussan Ley was ‘aware of the consequences’ of divide over hate speech laws

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Survey by organisation, which is led by former Liberal senator Mathias Cormann, says economy is ‘now normalising’, after post-pandemic struggle

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Good morning. Division over Labor’s hate speech laws is threatening the future of the Coalition, after the e

To tie ourselves to the worst excesses of the Trump regime would be an act of national sabotage

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