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Ruston pushes for overhaul to controversial aged care tool

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Party colleagues concerned opposition leader was missing an opportunity to differentiate Coalition from One Nation

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The victory may have dinged Labor’s chances of easily passing its significant cost-cutting reforms to the NDIS through the Senate in August

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Treasurer says Coalition playing ‘footsie with the monoculture language’ after Liberal leader sidesteps questions at press conference

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Sarah Hanson Young’s warning comes as David Pocock urges government to prevent firms using Australian content to train AI models

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The independent senator David Poc

Hastie tells colleagues home affairs minister did not disclose the threats made against him, but he has been targeted online for his views on Ben Roberts-Smith

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Ben Roberts-Smith invitation to war memorial event ‘appropriate’, says Marles

Richard Marles says

During a fiery question time in the House of Representative on Tuesday, Labor went on the attack against the leader of the opposition, Angus Taylor, over his refusal to define or embrace Australia’s multicultural society. Taylor was asked to respond to

One Nation leader says she isn’t suggesting Australia get rid of taxpayer-funded parental leave entitlements

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Minor party says it has also negotiated an extension to the inquiry into controversial changes to the NDIS

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More than Albo might want to admit

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Belonging didn’t start that day. The event recognised what had already been lived, the years of steadily building lives

A few days before Australia’s population ticked over 28 million, a neighbour and regular cricket mate invited me along to his

Share of people who say cultural diversity has been good for the nation plunges from 90% in 2024 to 73% in 2026, Lowy Institute survey finds

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• Western Australian poultry farms locked down as second wild bird dies from H5N1 bird flu

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Hume has no problem with m

Allegra Spender, Sophie Scamps and Nicolette Boele are understood to be open to the idea but other crossbenchers are firmly against

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Preliminary data show 47.7% of homes sold at auction in the week ending 21 June, the lowest rate has been since April 2020

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Hanson is taking off here partly because of the global economic mess induced by Trump’s Iran war – a crisis so big that the Albanese government is struggling to end the misery

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One Nation pressure and poor performance in the polls mean Anthony Albanese is searching for a win

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Albanese government under pressure to wind back fuel tax credit scheme for multinational miners as analysis shows cost to budget

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Coal companies could receive an e

After Pauline Hanson’s controversial speech at the National Press Club, Guardian Australia headed to Pakenham, one of the electorates One Nation is targeting in the Victorian state election, to see how the message landed

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Ted O’Brien distanced himself from Pauline Hanson’s suggestion that Australia shouldn’t give aid to Pac

Pauline Hanson criticised by PM as opposition leader Angus Taylor urges members not to defect, arguing One Nation wants to ‘blow this country up’

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Fuel suppliers outside the Middle East have proved to be much more flexible than analysts expected – and China surprised everyone

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The One Nation leader’s anger at reporters reflects an intolerance towards anyone who challenges her preferred, self-crafted reality

Pauline Hanson’s intolerance towards reporters who challenge her preferred, self-crafted reality was on full dis

Dane Waites lives with profound autism, a severe intellectual disability and bipolar disorder. His support plan was cut and he can no long afford key services

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One Nation leader appears to suggest women should not be paid by employers while on maternity leave and calls for family income splitting

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In International Refugee Week, two speeches paint starkly different visions of the country

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They came in the chill of winter to hear their speaker, a man known to

On the national stage, Hanson attacked multiculturalism and spoke of a ‘transgender insurgency’. It could be a reality check for voters

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There might not be a bette

The 22-year-old, who has Down syndrome, relies on social and community programs – half of which are set to be axed from the disability insurance scheme

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There were two small earthquakes in New South Wales this morning, according to Geoscience Australia.

A 3.4 magnitude quake hit near Orange around 5.

For the first time in her 30-year political career, Pauline Hanson fronted the National Press Club this week. It was a blistering address, and a combative question-and-answer round with journalists – with Hanson attacking multiculturalism, the climate

As One Nation leader is hailed as ‘a politician ready to rule’, Greg Jericho is booted from the press gallery. Plus: a ‘WTF moment’ across the Tasman

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Pauline Hanson’s ascendancy in Australian politics was underscored this week by her first address to the National Press Club. In a lengthy speech, the leader of the rightwing party railed against multiculturalism and Islam in particular, pledged to sla

David Farley was told One Nation’s policy was to fly only the Australian flag, party leader tells conference

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Do the concessions undermine the original objective of helping young Australians buy their own home? No

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Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show migration growth is above pre-pandemic levels but tracking steadily down

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• Media union blasts Pauline Hanson’s ‘bitter, unprofessional’ attack on Guardian journalist

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Coalition says it’s good

Union calls for journalists to stand with colleagues when they are targeted by politicians as Anthony Albanese says media organisations play ‘vital roles in our democracy’

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Startups and testamentary trusts to receive carve outs after criticism of Labor’s CGT changes

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They’re hearing it loud and clear

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MPs who sponsor lobbyists’ entry to halls of power will also be listed online under new transparency rules

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Her latest remarks drew on Ed Husain’s memoir The Islamist. Reading more may help reframe the debate on Islam, writes Australia’s special envoy to combat Islamophobia

I must admit that Senator Pauline Hanson surprised me this week. But not for th

Senator tells Brisbane Christian conference the party needs to ‘reconsider some things’ on abortion, contradicting Pauline Hanson’s position

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All the One Nation leader had to do to ‘win’ in the eyes of her movement’s base was turn up as the flaming beacon of their discontent

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Labor minister says Australians would lose their jobs and wages would go down if One Nation’s policies became law

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Activist group GetUp claims responsibility for incident, saying ‘we thought the occasion deserved some honesty’

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The Australian federal police is investigating a p

The One Nation leader offered a series of inflammatory statements at the National Press Club that may play well with her supporters but will alarm many others

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Kyle Sandilands has settled his legal dispute with ARN Media with a $12m cash payment over three years,

One Nation leader uses platform to rail against multiculturalism, the media and the climate change ‘hoax’

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One Nation leader denounces high immigration levels, Islam, transgender rights, the ABC and the Guardian in inflammatory address

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