Photograph, first published by anti-abortion campaigner Joanna Howe, purportedly taken at Townsville hospital

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National Anti-Corruption Commission investigation under way over Paul Brereton’s assistance to ADF watchdog

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Leadership challenge by conservative MP is a matter of when, not if, they say

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The Coalition is back together again after the Liberals and Nationals struck a deal over the weekend to end their second break-up in less than a year.

But with a leadership battle looking more likely for Sussan Ley, are the Coalition’s deep-seate

Award-winning Tasmanian artist’s work was published by the Australian, the Saturday Paper and the Hobart Mercury

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Will banning protests keep us safe?

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Many small changes since 2024 have ‘added up to one big cut’, advocates say, and the two biggest changes are due to roll out this year

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One MP who now considers a spill inevitable says accepting shorter suspensions for rogue Nationals senators was a significant backdown

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With the Coalition rift ostensibly patched up, a strong week grilling the government could buy Sussan Ley more time. But Angus Taylor has yet to declare his hand

With the Coalition finally reunited, the opposition now needs to get on with the wor

Research suggests surging costs under Morrison government’s job-ready graduate scheme and axing of dozens of subjects largely to blame

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Both leaders made concessions to reunite the two warring parties, but the internal repercussions will be far more serious for one than the other

There’s a joke from The Naked Gun which has become a popular internet meme – a man in a suit, calling

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• Coalition reunites after Sussan Ley brokers deal with David Littleproud to end second split

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Deal sees all former Nationals frontbenchers suspended from shadow ministry until March

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Palestine Action Group march planned from Sydney Town Hall to NSW parliament in breach of public assembly declaration

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The Israeli president’s visit, announced after the antisemitic attack in Bondi, has appalled those grieving loved ones killed in Gaza

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Brave reform remains in the too hard basket for both major parties and I suspect that won’t be enough for struggling Australians. In that, One Nation’s rise is a threat to us all

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Progressive organisation will focus on combating far-right groups and pushing for policy wins in the lead-up to the 2028 election

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Labor lost two elections with a policy to rethink capital gains tax. But now may be the perfect time to strike

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When Richard Marles fronted reporters at Parliament

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Rideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passenger

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After the Reserve Bank’s first rate hike in more than two years, Guardian Australia’s political editor, Tom McIlroy, speaks to the economics editor, Patrick Commins, and Lea Jurkovic, the economics cor

Allowing fair and peaceful criticism of a foreign head of state, even amid a deeply fraught Middle Eastern crisis, is not antisemitism

Not all protests have a violent intent or target a group as illegitimate. But there are many Jewish people in A

There is a profound inequity when it comes to tax breaks for investors. Reform could boost the budget bottom line and help renters trying to buy property

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Errors led to boys aged as young as 13 going to adult maximum-security jails in WA. Now the attorney general has intervened in two cases

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The donations were disclosed through the Australian Electoral Commission on 2 February – but not through the state-level disclosure system

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Mining, resources and big fossil fuels donated more than $10m, or $62m if Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy donation to his Trumpet of Patriots party is included

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Malcolm Turnbull says government is ‘engaged in an exercise of denial’, as defence minister insists $368bn deal is ‘full steam ahead’

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• Terrorism charge laid over alleged attempted bombing at Invasion Day rally in Perth

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Parliamentary Budget Office figures show top 1% of taxpayers will receive nearly 60% of the benefit this financial year

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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.

Political editor Tom McIllroy speaks