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

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry discuss what led to the first drop in One Nation’s poll numbers in more than a year, and why the voters turning away from Pauline Hanson are not turning back towards the Liberal party. The

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry discuss what led to the first drop in One Nation’s poll numbers in more than a year, and why the voters turning away from Pauline Hanson are not turning back towards the Liberal party. The

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‘Eight weeks to shred documents’: Wells on social media law delay

The main reason for Anika Wells’

Greens senator says appointment of Michael Ebeid ‘risks entrenching the very culture and leadership that need to change’

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Tool used to determine level of home support funding has frequently under-assessed people and left them without adequate care

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It’s the first Guardian Essential poll following Pauline Hanson’s provocative speech at the National Press Club – where she attacked multiculturalism, climate action, the United Nations, and the ABC and SBS. Her polling numbers have since stalled, and

Exclusive: Patrick is using freedom of information rules to seek where nuclear waste from Aukus submarines will be kept

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Albanese says charges against EY employees who accessed PM’s bank acco

Politicians from across parliament, including prime minister Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Angus Taylor, as well as heads of corporate Australia have attended the annual Midwinter Ball hosted by the federal parliamentary press gallery. Here’s

Proposal has been put to cabinet to allow AI companies to mine content, in exchange for investment and $350m fund to compensate artists, sources say

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We don’t want debate to be silenced. But the dehumanisation and diminishing of our experiences has to end

Which master is he loyal to and whom is he in service to?

This is just one of hundreds of antisemitic comments which formed part of my

Survey shows two-point fall in vote amid concern about Pauline Hanson’s links to Gina Rinehart and ability to run country

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Parliamentary inquiry recommends new laws to police behaviour at polling booths

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New laws are

Here’s my radical plan. Rather than shutting her down, let’s keep asking her politely to please explain. It is here where she is most exposed

Australians have had a gutful. Across this wide brown land the waves of anger generate their own source

Coalition, Greens and crossbenchers all say the planned reforms are too weak and the proposals are ‘half-arsed’

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Labor’s reforms to gambling advertising have been

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Chalmers defends house price forecasts

The government has been facing some heat over the cooling house market aroun

What do they actually stand for?

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Federal and NSW police say more than 100 letters sent to MPs and community leaders since 2015

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Royal commission hearings resume today

The next round of hearings for the antisemitism royal commission begins tod

Melissa McIntosh’s comment comes after Angus Taylor’s claim Morrison government ‘breached trust’

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Now we have to look at her policies instead of merely shuddering and looking away

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Greens and David Pocock accuse industry of using programs and sponsorships to ‘build social licence’, push for parliamentary inquiry

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The Australian Electoral Commission is examining if party breached laws in its $6m public funding claim after the last election, documents show

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As Labor pushes on with reforms, the Coalition must decide whether to join in the parliamentary deal-making

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Crocodile Dundee was held up by the One Nation leader as an exemplar of ‘Australian monoculture’. Hoges had other ideas

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In one swift rhetorical blow, Crocodile Du

Doubled penalties will have little effect if platforms not held to account for the content they carry, observers say

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The government needs to switch into “enforcem

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Big tech not cooperating ‘as much as we’d like them to’: Watt

Federal cabinet minister Murray Watt

Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests several groups with thousands of members run by what expert calls ‘engagement farm’ operations in south-east Asia

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While Anthony Albanese calls ousted British PM Keir Starmer his mate, the pair share very different political fortunes

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Anthony Albanese channelled Paul Keating as

The opposition leader’s response on multiculturalism prompts concern over how he is managing the party’s biggest challenge

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In a closed-door meeting of Liberal MPs

Minns government waited on federal approval of carbon credit scheme before proceeding with long-awaited great koala national park

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Albanese says Stefanovic saga ‘unfortunate’, but ‘words do matter’

The prime minister was asked by the ABC about …

The Socceroos became a political football this week as the Liberal leader delivered a word salad on multiculturalism

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Australian Labor party president says authoritarian trends must not be ‘normalised’ in Australia

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This week, Labor secured a deal with the Greens to pass its reforms to the capital gains tax discount and negative gearing. The Greens were unable to negotiate a more ambitious proposal to remove grandfathering or cap the number of negatively geared pr

Translating the authenticity of community independence into a party structure is a risk, but in the Australian spirit of having a go, I say give it a chance

Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender, now political partners, are quite different people.…

This week, Anthony Albanese’s UK counterpart, Keir Starmer, succumbed to mounting pressure and resigned as prime minister. A number of comparisons have been made between the pair, including resounding election wins followed by a decline in the polls wh

Self-managed super funds will be barred from borrowing to invest in residential property, in a move welcomed by some economists

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Independent MPs say Community Strong Australia offers an alternative to political extremes, but spending and donation caps may factor in

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Mike Burgess says he’s really concerned about the level some nation-states, like Iran, could go to cause harm against Aus

Nine Entertainment is expected to sever ties with the Today show host but is yet to make details of the separation public

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Home affairs minister Tony Burke says return permit ‘has to be issued’ following advice from agencies and lawyers

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When it comes to Karl Stefanovic, she’s open to ideas

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New party dubbed Community Strong Australia follows secret talks about future of community independents

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Fund manager Geoff Wilson says he did not watch full video and deleted it after ‘inappropriate associations were identified’

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Multiculturalism has always been here. Like it or not, it is part of the way we are

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Weekend house auction results and the official taxation data reveal the arguments from outraged conservatives are hollow

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Opponents seize on Farrer MP David Farley’s decision to vote alongside teals and Greens to wind back fuel tax credits for miners, farmers and others

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Tony Abbott says he has lost a good friend as NSW opposition leader pays tribute to ‘force of nature’

The former Liberal heavyweight Teena McQueen is being remembered for her contribution to the party despite her defection to One Nation.

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