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Peter Dutton declares Coalition government would be the mining sector’s ‘best friend’
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has anointed himself the resource sector’s best friend, pledging to slash the power and influence of environmental groups to challenge mining proposals if he wins...
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High court will expedite challenge from former CFMEU officials against administration
Former construction union officials challenging the government’s law putting the union into administration will get their day in...
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Former federal Labor leader Bill Shorten to quit politics and become vice-chancellor of Canberra University
Former federal Labor leader Bill Shorten is retiring from federal politics to take up the role of vice-chancellor...
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NSW Liberals deny party in ‘stuff-up spiral’ after Rob Stokes declines role cleaning up state branch
The New South Wales opposition leader, Mark Speakman, has insisted his party was not in the midst of...
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Asio chief says person who likes tweet supporting 7 October attacks on Israel could fail visa security test
A person who likes a tweet supporting the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel will not pass a...
Linda Reynolds failed to offer a ‘basic human response’ after Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations, court told
Linda Reynolds’ engaged in a “campaign of harassment” against her former staffer, Brittany Higgins, and had a “dogged focus” on the “wrong target”, a...
Muslim groups to campaign on gambling and domestic violence in lead-up to Australian election
A political advocacy group seeking to mobilise Muslim Australians before the next election says it will elevate the community’s voice on non-faith issues including...
‘Less money for health and education’: Albanese slams Coalition threat to cut GST unless states build housing
The Greens and the Coalition are opening up new fronts in the battle over housing policy, as the government continues to struggle to get...
Questions on gender and sex variations ‘too complex’ for census, social services minister Amanda Rishworth says
The social services minister has offered up the latest explanation for why proposed questions on gender and sex variations were dumped from the next...
Closing arguments expected to be heard on Monday in Reynolds v Higgins defamation trial
Closing arguments in a defamation case brought against Brittany Higgins by her former boss the Liberal senator Linda Reynolds are expected to be heard...
Albanese says ABS, not government, will determine scope of census question on sexuality
Anthony Albanese says the nature and scope of question on sexuality in the next census will be a matter for the Australian Bureau of...