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  • Warning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died

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Prime minister Anthony Albanese says his government has accepted all the interim report’s recommendations

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The One Nation leader now has a higher job approval rating than Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor, and, for the first time in the Essential poll, the rightwing populist party is outperforming the Coalition.

After Anthony Albanese confirmed on Wed

The One Nation leader now has a higher job approval rating than Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor, and for the first time in the Essential poll – the right wing populist party is outperforming the Coalition.

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Interim report contains 14 recommendations, after inquiry examined agencies’ actions before the attack in which 15 people were killed

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The Liberal party would rather sow division than solve problems – but grievance yields a bitter harvest

At a time when his party has a real opportunity to throw out the playbook of the past, Angus Taylor seems woefully ill-equipped to lay out a v

Treasurer tells Commonwealth Bank podcast that he aims to ‘recognise the decisions that people have taken in the past’

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Despite popular support for a 25% levy on gas exports, Anthony Albanese opposes it and there is little discussion about how to reduce our usage

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Sprint sensation Gout Gout continues to thrill and break records, the country marks Anzac Day, and the spotlight remains firmly on one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers who is currently out on bail after being charged with five counts of the war c

The latest ABS consumer price index figures show just how pointless hiking interest rates would be at dealing with inflation. But raising rates is baked into the Reserve Bank’s DNA

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The fuel crisis is seeing more voters keen to shift to renewable energy rather than stick with fossil fuels

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Queensland health minister still has major concerns about Thriving Kids

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Albanese defends plan forcing Meta, Google and TikTok to make deals with Australian news publishers through a levy

The Trump administration has described Australia’s moves to make big tech companies pay for news online as “extortion” but Anthony

One Nation leader targets the Guardian in post, with video featuring novelty cheques and the unveiling of the new Cirrus G7 plane

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People who promote hatred of Muslims risk driving them to Islamic State. They are making Australia less safe

The Farrer byelection looks as though it will be a contest between the local independent, Michelle Milthorpe, and the One Nation candidat

Financial markets are betting the Reserve Bank will hike interest rates for a third straight meeting next Tuesday

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As the economy turns south, the treasurer will be faced with choices in how he responds. This calm before the shitstorm is an opportunity for reforms to energy, the NDIS and housing

While the treasurer puts the finishing touches to a budget that

Rejection letters for those applying to enter Australia while they wait for their partner visas read like ‘cut-and-paste’ refusals, migration agents say

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One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groups

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The White House has nominated David Brat, a former Republican member of the US House of Representatives, to be the next a

Replacing the Coalition’s news media bargaining code, the incentive is the latest move to force companies to make deals with publishers and help fund journalism

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Google also rejects need for reform after Albanese government reveals draft news bargaining incentive scheme

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Republican, who has Masters of Divinity, represented Virginia in Congress for two terms

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Australian opposition leader’s comments reveal he is unable to tell the difference between authoritarian regimes and the people forced to live under them

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Before a massive overhaul of the disability scheme, families say plans are already being slashed or rejected as they are told to wait for support programs that do not yet exist

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Former prime minister says policies will lose support without continued lower prices but sees some hope in US experience under Trump

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Images in Helen Polley’s post included a marching band, people laying wreaths and ex-serving members giving speeches set to a track by US rapper Chingy

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Booing by rightwing groups of Indigenous leaders giving welcome to country speeches marred ceremonies for a second year running

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Firefighters say two missing in Blue Mountains house fire are children

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The opposition leader joins others in denouncing the people who booed at Anzac Day dawn services but says he believes welcome to country acknowledgements are overused

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The health and NDIS minister, Mark Butler, says Queensland will be “answerable to their community” if they don’t sign on

Autism advocate and researcher Clem Bastow argues the inclusive world disability advocates fought so hard for is being torn apart

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Three main contenders are eyeing the Victorian state seat of Nepean, amid changing demographics and a homelessness problem

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Former Liberal party senator, who was elected to state upper house in March, says flights ‘worth every cent’

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One Nation’s South Australian leader has paid back Au

The Albanese government this week launched the most significant intervention in the disability support scheme’s history

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Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine health minister Mark Butler’s announcement this week that Labor will move thousands of people off the NDIS to save costs.

The Barries also discuss the economy, taxing gas gia

The major parties look like also-rans in the byelection on 9 May, with One Nation and an independent favoured to fight it out. Is this a minor curiosity, or a political earthquake?

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A poll shows most Australians think the country is either in a recession or will be soon. Economists have a different view

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Australian households were already on e

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Allegra Spender says 25% gas export tax would help fix ‘faulty’ system

Independent MP Allegra Spender

David Pocock says prime minister – who is trying to shore up fuel supplies – is parroting industry talking points

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Before his trip to Papua New Guinea for Anzac Day commemorations, the minister for veterans’ affairs and defence personnel, Matt Keogh, speaks with political editor Tom McIlroy.

Keogh discusses the government’s progress after the

Labor is well aware of the resentment from younger people who see themselves as paying for their elders while struggling to afford housing

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Who will be eligible, whether decisions can be challenged and how fraud will be weeded out are just some of the unsettled details

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NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review finds

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  • Australians ‘uneasy’ about NDIS cuts amid $53bn in new defence spending, Mark Butler concedes

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Minister tells Guardian Australia despite substantial changes to disability scheme, it will remain one of best support services ‘anywhere in the world’

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Nearly 15 years after Julia Gillard introduced the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS), the Albanese government announced the most significant reforms to the scheme on Wednesday. It’s expected the billions of budget savings will mean at least 1

Nearly 15 years after Julia Gillard introduced the national disability insurance scheme, the Albanese government announced the most significant reforms to the scheme on Wednesday. It’s expected that the billions of budget savings will mean at least 160

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The inclusive world disability advocates fought so hard for is being torn apart by ruthless, ableist bureaucracy

At times of extreme dysregulation, I turn to the safest of safe foods: a particular frozen cheeseburger that has changed its recipe o

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