Zoe Wainer’s parents started the country’s first public abortion clinic. Now she is making history too, as the inaugural head of the Australian Centre for Disease Control

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Having received assurances from Singapore over refined fuels, diesel supply will surely be next on the prime minister’s agenda

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Anthony Albanese isn’t coming back

To the frustration of some in his own party, Anthony Albanese is cautious by nature, and often follows the lead of others when it comes to sensitive topics

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Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy discuss the fragile ceasefire in Iran and the pressure building on Australian politicians to respond to Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric. The Barries also examine the prime minister’s trip to Singapore, Matt Canavan’s “e

‘Predatory industry’ adept at pivoting quickly to target new mediums and markets, says independent senator David Pocock

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Labor’s plan for a partial ban on gamblin

Criminal charges against the Victoria Cross recipient now on remand has deeply divided a nation whose identity is often entwined with the exploits of young men on foreign fields

The former Australian prime minister, John Howard, this week describ

Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy discuss the fragile ceasefire in Iran and the pressure building on Australian politicians to respond to Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric.

The Barries also examine the prime ministe

Millions of accounts have been deactivated since the ban came into effect in December, but Noah Jones found it was easily circumvented

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Australia and Singapore will ‘make maximum efforts to meet each other’s energy security needs’ in refined fuels and LNG, according to new agreement

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Head of IMF says Iran war will permanently scar global economy even if peace is reached

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Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says he and Singapore's prime minister, Lawrence Wong, have signed a joint statement that will protect 'our mutual energy security, and support the flow of fuels and LNG between our two countries.

Journalist, author and farmer Gabrielle Chan speaks to Guardian Australia political editor Tom McIlroy about the experiences of rural and regional Australians whose work and everyday life have been upended by supply ch

Call comes on same day former prime minister Tony Abbott says Australia should send troops to fight alongside US forces in the Middle East

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Independent MP elected to the seat of Stafford in Brisbane’s northern suburbs in 2020 and disendorsed by Labor in 2025

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Released just hours before Australians began their Easter long weekend, the Albanese government’s long-awaited reforms to gambling advertisements have been described as ‘timid’.

Jo Tovey speaks to Patrick Keneally

Analysts say uncertain stability of truce and major damage to infrastructure among many issues that will keep prices high for foreseeable future

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The Middle East conflict has shaken both nations: Australia is facing shortfalls of oil, while Singapore’s gas supply is under threat

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Information on drones and other threats being shared but defence chief confirms crew taking ‘active steps’ to only contribute to defensive actions

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The man successfully appealed the automatic revocation of his permanent resident visa after being sentenced to 14 months in prison

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• Australia eyes new fuel supply from US, Mexico and Asia as diesel prices spike to record high

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Liberal MP makes first public comments since Australia’s most decorated living soldier, whom he served alongside, was charged with war crimes

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Shipments of fuel into Australia secure until at least the middle of May, energy minister says

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The PM’s political antennae finally twitched this week when he felt safe to criticise the US president’s ‘extraordinary’ threat

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When a madman calls out your name

While the US and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire that could lead to the reopening of the strait of Hormuz, the consequences of Donald Trump’s war continue to ricochet around the world.

Speaking shortly after the truce was announced,

The rule of law matters, which is one of the honourable things setting us apart from many of those we wage war against

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Exclusive: Taskforce led by former Treasury official Anthea Long will advise on cost-cutting options for $52bn program

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The prime minister clearly believed the US president’s threat of mass bombings of bridges and power plants crossed a new line

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Cyclone-hammered reefs can take many years to recover, study finds

Storm-ravaged coral reefs might never have the y

Nationals leader’s solution to the high cost of living is to force us to buy more expensive, locally made goods

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Australian PM also welcomes a conditional two-week ceasefire deal that will reopen the strait of Hormuz to global shipping

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The new head of the Greens Institute will organise thousands of volunteers for a major survey of economic and social life around Australia

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Report by the prime minister’s office says a total ban would have a ‘higher net benefit’ but would hit sporting codes very hard

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• Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over alleged war crimes

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The NSW government is rolling out a free nasal spray flu vaccine for chi

Queensland senator ‘steadfast’ in her support of former Australian soldier as police charge him with five counts of war crime – murder

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Energy minister Chris Bowen says 3.4% of Australia’s service stations had no diesel, as of Monday, after wholesale prices surged

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Watch American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson win her Stawell Gift heat

The Paris Olympic 100m silver medallist started from scratch but powered past the field with ease.

Former attorney general Gareth Evans outlines the factors that created an unparalleled reformist momentum – and the crucial role Paul Keating played

It is no doubt a little presumptuous for someone who was very much part of the a

What the Albanese government is proposing is not evidence-based, and it will not reverse the normalisation of gambling among young people

After more than 1,000 days without a response to the landmark Murphy report on the harms of online gambling

Previously unreleased report obtained via freedom of information battle says Pezzullo exceeded ‘boundaries of normal public service practice’

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As of Saturday morning, Australia had 39 days’ worth of petrol, 29 days’ worth of diesel and 30 days’ worth of jet fuel amid ongoing strong demand

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Reforming tax is becoming a credibility test for all – but the Liberal leader doesn’t seem keen while Labor sends mixed signals ahead of the budget

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The minister for energy and climate change, Chris Bowen, tells Guardian Australia’s political editor, Tom McIlroy, that despite shortages at petrol stations around Australia, there have so far been no

The global energy shock and Trump’s ‘flip-flopping’ objectives could accelerate the PM’s pursuit of the kind of longer-term changes he has shied away from in the past

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Health minister Mark Butler says federal government is ‘not negotiating’ when it comes to removing price protections on common medications

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Australia will not cave

Excise cuts, coal-to-liquid fuel and greater use of ethanol have been floated as options to combat price and supply pressures – but experts say cutting fossil fuel dependence is key

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At a time when the populist right is on the rise, progressives are shooting blanks while history rushes headlong into an automated future

Canberra rolled out the red carpet this week to one of the AI overlords whose technology is driving the worl

Department says it’s received 834 requests for a review of tool’s assessments since it launched in November

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There appears to be no legal barrier for a human to ov

Visa ban makes Iranian-Australian feel her adopted country is a ‘home that doesn’t support you’

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Hedieh Jamshidian feared the window to see her mother, living in T

Jo Tovey speaks with Patrick Keneally, Gabrielle Jackson and Patrick Commins about Anthony Albanese’s rare national address, cost-of-living relief and whether the prime minister has do

Federal opposition leader Angus Taylor criticises the prime minister’s national address made on Wednesday night and says it failed to provide clarity or detail on the fuel crisis caused by the war in Iran. Taylor accuses the government of fuelling conf