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Anthony Albanese
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...
Australia news
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...
Anthony Albanese
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...
Adam Bandt
Labor says sexuality questions dumped from census to avoid ‘divisive’ debates
The acting prime minister, Richard Marles, says the government decided not to add questions on sexuality to the 2026 census to avoid “divisive” community...
Australia news
Elite universities remain ‘implacably opposed’ to international student enrolment caps
Elite universities have warned they remain “implacably opposed” to international student caps, as the federal government announced it plans to limit new enrolments next...
Australia news
More than 10,000 CFMEU workers walk off sites to protest across Australia
More than 10,000 workers have downed tools across Australia to march through capital cities in protest over the federal takeover of the CFMEU.
About 5,000...
Andrew Leigh
‘Invisible and demeaned’: proposed census question for LGBTQ+ Australians dumped by Albanese government
An LGBTQ+ lobby group says the prime minister should not march in Mardi Gras after the Albanese government quietly dumped a proposal to include...
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Fake Heiress Sports Sparkly Ankle Tag On Dancing With The Stars
Convicted con artist Anna "Delvey" Sorokin has made her debut on Dancing With The Stars - sporting a sparkly...
Why is the Bank being cautious in delaying rate cuts?
After the Federal Reserve’s monster 0.5 percentage point cut in US borrowing costs on Wednesday, it seemed strange that...
Axel Springer’s media assets to be split off in €13.5bn KKR deal
Axel Springer has struck a €13.5bn (£11.3bn) deal that will see its media assets, which include Politico, Business Insider...
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