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Exclusive: Government forces issued threat because Australian government failed to coordinate with them, official says

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Commonwealth and state governments both have hate speech laws – but they may not apply to the One Nation leader’s remarks

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Exclusive: Assessors unable to override algorithm-based tool, leaving people at risk of being pushed into aged care homes before they are ready

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Transport minister Catherine King will pledge $230m for planning work for the first phase of a bullet train on Australia’s east coast

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The Labor heavyweight and union legend says young Australians increasingly feel economic policy is rigged against them. But will Jim Chalmers step up?

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Premier Chris Minns says state has been working with federal government as group of 11 women and 23 children attempt to leave refugee camp

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• NSW prepares for possible return of Islamic State-linked women and children from Syria

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Keith Wolahan says Liberal party is failing to ‘meet the needs of today’s Australia’ and must change to appeal to younger voters

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It may not just be immigration and economic anxiety at play but also a sense of cultural anger and loss. Vigilance is needed

A rightwing populist party, led by a familiar anti-establishment figure, gathering momentum. A Labour government enjoying

Andrew Hauser says inflationary pressures not driven by one single sector, but he understands frustration at ‘particular corporate strategies’

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Serco-run operation regularly fails because staff are not properly trained and pushed to meet call volume targets, a senior NDIA employee says

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Police investigating the mistaken kidnapping of grandfather Chris Baghsarian are appealing for information about suspicio

The trade minister, Don Farrell, says Australia has ‘consistently advocated’ against the ‘unjustified tariffs’, after the US president announced new levies

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One woman is subject to temporary exclusion order over security concerns, but home affairs minister says group is ‘not consistent’ in their beliefs

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Australia’s strength has never come from purity tests or cultural fear. It has come from beautiful human overlap

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It appears the Liberals are living in an echo chamber. The young voters they need to find are not

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Labor under Peter Malinauskas seems set for a massive win in the 21 March poll, but all eyes are on how the rightwing vote will shake out

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Labor is cutting immigration, and the Coalition is talking about ‘good and bad’ migrants, as One Nation’s rise influences the debate

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A little more than two years

To supporters, the shadow treasurer is proof the Liberals can win back urban heartlands. But is a clash of ideologies looming?

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A week or so after the Coalition’s

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• Federal police ‘received reports of a crime’ in relation to Pauline Hanson’s comments about Muslims

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Government says

Exclusive: AFP comment comes as Bilal El-Hayek, mayor of Canterbury Bankstown, says One Nation leader’s comments ‘will incite someone’

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In his first comments after the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Anthony Albanese says that the ex-prince has had an extraordinary fall from grace. And while the prime minister is a firm republican, this disgrace will not prompt a

In his first comments after the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Anthony Albanese says that the ex-prince has had an extraordinary fall from grace. And while the prime minister is a firm republican, this disgrace will not prompt another referendum

In his first comments after the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Anthony Albanese says that the ex-prince has had an extraordinary fall from grace. And while the prime minister is a firm republican, this disgrace will not prompt another referendum

Exclusive: Anthony Albanese says arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after life of ‘absolute privilege’ will be watched closely in Australia

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Liberal MP claims the Reserve Bank has been soft on inflation. Labor says questioning the RBA’s dual mandate amounts to a ‘plan for higher unemployment’

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• Tim Wilson walks back suggestion Liberals would rethink RBA full employment mandate

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New shadow treasurer accused of ‘extreme ideology’ that would result in higher interest rates and unemployment after saying RBA’s ‘core purpose’ should be to lower inflation

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Anthony Albanese links Pauline Hanson’s comments on Muslims to heightened risk of violence as the holy month of Ramadan begins

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A program to put additional staff in childcare centres to support children with complex needs is plagued by funding gaps and delays

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Tabcorp and Sportsbet provided tickets to at least six Liberal and Labor politicians, register of interests shows

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• Woman in Syrian detention camp banned from returning to Australia for up to two years

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Pauline Hanson says people ‘w

One Nation leader’s statements about Muslims also labelled ‘bigoted and wrong’ by NSW minister for multiculturalism

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Rotting from the Top report author Geoffrey Watson says ‘personal attacks’ from Labor government ministers have ‘crossed a line’

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For years the radical right has been pushing the limits of acceptable language. Now, as the One Nation leader proves, hateful, demonstrably wrong things can be said without qualification

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The path back for Angus Taylor and the Coalition is to build a narrative that offers hope rather than grievance – not one that shadows One Nation

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Since its histor

Thinking ‘supply is the answer’ lets politicians dodge a much more difficult conversation about tax – for investors and owners

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The former PM is open to resurrecting his parliamentary career, if Angus Taylor does what Peter Dutton wouldn’t and actively drafts him in

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Opposition leader picks Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer while rewarding his supporters and elevating some strong performers

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• Angus Taylor unveils Coalition frontbench with Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer and Nationals returned

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Liberal leader also promotes Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Andrew Hastie to shadow cabinet

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Angus Taylor has given moderate MP Tim Wilson the treasury portfolio and

Another senior member of Sussan Ley’s team has expressed serious reservations about aspects of the plan

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You would think politicians promoting ‘Australian values’ would try to exhibit some themselves, including a ‘fair go’ for all

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Tony Abbott and Angus Taylor have ar

Paul Scarr, the shadow immigration minister under Sussan Ley, and South Australian senator Andrew McLachlan expressed concern

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Angus Taylor says the hardline policy document designed under Sussan Ley has ‘no validity’ but hints he will toughen policy

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Andrew Hastie and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price among those expected to return to frontbench as new leader pursues rightwing agenda

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• Angus Taylor moves to promote conservatives and sideline Sussan Ley allies as Liberal party veers right

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The party HQ is busy brainstorming policy ideas

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Our food environment has been built to put profit over health – even after a regulatory victory, lobbies still have too much power

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