In the year since the federal election, Pauline Hanson with her brand of rightwing populism has successfully tapped into discontent, surging in the polls at the expense of the Coalition and Labor.

Meanwhile, support for the other antiestablishmen

Digital customs declaration to be phased in at all international airports and seaports after successful Qantas trial

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If given the opportunity people ‘can learn English, just like myself, and they can contribute back to the community’, the 28-year-old says

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Data shows the rightwing party faces an obstacle in the form of urban seats – and the effect of preference flows is harder to predict

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Higher education chiefs, academics and students to give evidence this week at royal commission

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Victorian Animal Justice party MP Georgie Purcell says abolishing the state’s group voting ticket system without any oth

Darcy Byrne is the Labor mayor of Sydney’s Inner West council and he’s helping lead a grassroots movement on curbing gambling harm in the community – including pushing for a reduction in the number of poker machines in licensed clubs in New South Wales

Anthony Albanese will deliver a landmark speech on AI this week as MPs are torn between attracting datacentre investment and protecting the rights of creatives

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Experts believe ‘Greens voters and One Nation voters have similar concerns’ and the party must capitalise on the emerging anti-establishment mood

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By tying housing costs to immigration, Pauline Hanson promises a simple solution to a multilayered problem

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Thanks to two hearings involving serious allegations of corrupt conduct in 2022 involving political operatives in Sydney’s Hills district, the party now faces an existential crisis

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Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine a long list of stumbles and missteps made by politicians this week.

They also discuss the prime minister’s Pacific push as China tested a long-range missile – and Nigel Farag

China may be the biggest loser in landmark week where the PM met leaders of India, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea

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Krissy Barrett was a y

In this episode of the Barries podcast, co-hosts Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine a long list of stumbles and missteps in what was a busy week in Australian politics. They also examine the prime minister's Pacific push as China tested a nuclea

The One Nation leader is set to be interviewed by Tommy Robinson as part of a media strategy that seems designed to seek scandal – and reach millions

Pauline Hanson’s highly publicised meetings with controversial far-right figures in the UK will

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Telstra aware of investigation into death in South Australia during triple zero issues

Telstra said it is aware Sou

Twice jailed for breaching suppression orders, Hinch was relentless in his pursuit of sex offenders and was elected to the Senate on a law-and-order platform

With a timeline that featured imprisonment, politics, a rags-to-riches twist, multiple m

Article was taken down by AJN but later republished on personal site of contributor Nomi Kaltmann. Plus: ABC ombudsman’s intriguing investigation

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Darcy Byrne is the Labor mayor of Sydney’s Inner West Council and he’s helping lead a grassroots movement on curbing gambling harm in the community – including pushing for a reduction in the number of poker machines in licensed clubs in New South Wales

Anthony Albanese offered an unequivocal apology this week after making an off-colour comment about Kylie Minogue while playing a ‘shag, marry, date’ game on a podcast.

Josephine Tovey speaks with Patrick Keneally

Albanese said Australia’s relationship with India ‘has never more consequential than it is today’

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The ABC issued a statement last night in which it rejected claim

South Australian police investigating death of elderly person Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle claimed was a result of the outage

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Jillian Segal tells royal commission the public broadcasters’ coverage of the Middle East lacks balance and paints Israel in a negative light

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Opposition leaders calls Hanson’s party a ‘column of smoke’ that won’t fix Australia’s problems and ‘would only make things worse’

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Angus Taylor has dismissed One

Angus Taylor should be heaping pressure on the government over the second major telco breakdown in 12 months, but he can’t stop scoring own goals

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The antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, has told the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion that she wants a new 'oversight' committee to vet the public broadcaster's coverage of Israel. 'I would like the ABC to be as good

They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech bros?

The two great existential threats of our time – the climate crisis and AI – come hurtling together in the explosion of data

Those with high levels of vocational training, including tradespeople, are least exposed to AI displacement, according to government review

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Artificial intelligenc

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• Telstra outage: Telco apologises for major time-keeping issue that hit mobiles, trains and triple-zero calls

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Kristy McBain criticises shadow communications minister Sarah Henderson for ‘testing’ Triple-zero system during major network blackout

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National Anti-Corruption Commission inspector, Gail Furness, says systemic issues behind two complaints have been addressed

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De-escalation of war in the Middle East has lowered oil prices and eased fears of economic downturn but households are still feeling the pinch

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Amnesty International says Albanese has opportunity to ‘reaffirm mutual commitment’ to rule of law as thousands in diaspora expected at stadium event

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Richard Marles said he doubted China tested the long-range weapon yesterday in response to Anthony Albanese

Updated document also commits party to cracking down on inducements for online gambling, putting pressure on Albanese government to toughen reforms

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Launch comes just hours after Australia and Fiji sign defence agreement as expert says timing not a coincidence

China has conducted a long-range missile test in the South Pacific just hours after Australia signed a defence agreement with Fiji, sp

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• China tests long-range missile in South Pacific in move Australia condemns as ‘destabilising to region’

My colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today’s controversy surroundi

Everything in Canberra is content now, from performative questions to calculated outbursts and comments about Kylie Minogue

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The Ocean of Peace Alliance says the nations will ‘act to meet the common danger’ in the event either country is attacked

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Prime minister picked pop singer in game of ‘shag, marry, date’ on comedy podcast

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Anthony Al

With voters embracing leaders who brazenly monetise public office, experts say an ethical code is breaking down

Donald Trump came to office in 2017 after decades of bankruptcies and business failures. Yes, he was rich, but his latest financial di

Anthony Albanese mocks ructions on conservative side of politics and says three rightwing parties are caught up in ‘race to the bottom’

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Liberal frontbencher Dan T

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The Australian Space Agency has confirmed that “suspected space debris” thought to contain hazardous chemicals has been located north of

A quarter of the world’s democracies are now led by authoritarian regimes and almost none have media systems that are able to hold power to account

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The 2026 political year has already been surprising. Labor passed changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, which they had previously ruled out. The Liberals changed leaders again, and One Nation has seen a surge of support in mul

An Australian parliamentary workplace watchdog was created to clean up bad behaviour in the seat of government – but some are questioning its efficacy

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Anti-abortion policies may have appeal, but with one in three Australian churchgoers born overseas, talk of a monoculture may put them off

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A NSW mayor’s push against pokies should serve as inspiration for federal Labor to make stronger moves against the harms of gambling addiction

When the New South Wales Labor faithful gather for their annual state conference this weekend, more tha

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A teenager has been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was discovered with fatal stab wounds outside a community medical centre.

David Pocock says the huge revenue boost for gas companies underscores that Australians are ‘missing out on a fair return’

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Australia’s giant LNG exporters are set