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No summer break from politics as majors ‘toss out’ rulebook ahead of election

The government has announced a national autism strategy, as both major parties ‘toss out’ the political rulebook. But the Liberals still have a gender problem, with six men and just one woman selected for seats held by retiring MPs.

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Cabinet meets for the first time in 2025 as Peter Dutton promises to ‘get Australia back on track’

Plus: Penny Wong will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.

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Deficits are all about power

Australia has a big gap between tax and spending. And the people whingeing about it are part of the problem, not the solution.

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We sure love paying the rotting heart of America’s opioid crisis for health advice

Why are governments continuing to hire McKinsey, the most rotten consulting firm on the planet?

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What’s your favourite journalist’s favourite piece of journalism?

From Paul Barry to Alan Kohler to Sally Neighbour, we asked 200 of the nation’s most influential media figures about the best pieces of journalism they’ve read lately.

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New plan seeks to force big tech to pay for Australian journalism

Anthony Albanese is making a new pitch to force social media companies to pay for Australian news, and has been criticised for supporting a ban on demonstrating outside places of worship.

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Australia experiences worst growth rate in decades

The September quarter saw Australia’s economy experience its weakest growth in decades (outside of the pandemic), and the government is considering taking more power bill discounts to the next election.

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Labor’s limp rebuke of CommBank’s cash-grab is the act of a one-term government

The Albanese government should have responded to the Commonwealth Bank’s new withdrawal charges with threats of immediate reprisal.

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Labor acts like a one-term government in failing to block CommBank’s cashgrab

The Albanese government should have responded to the Commonwealth Bank’s new withdrawal charges with threats of immediate reprisal.

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Albanese government gets an ‘F’ from voters on housing, wages

New polling shows voters are scathing of the government’s attempts to address the cost of housing and wage growth, and a new register will be set up requiring telcos to recognise and block scam texts.

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Lidia Thorpe suspended after racism row with Pauline Hanson

The independent senator threw pieces of paper at Hanson after the One Nation leader questioned Fatima Payman’s Senate eligibility, and there are still a least 37 bills the government wants to ram through on the last sitting day.

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Simon Holmes à Court on Climate 200, donation reforms and why Kerry Stokes wields more power than he does

Labor’s electoral reforms are framed around diluting the influence of Simon Holmes à Court. But the Climate 200 founder says this will only cut the legs out from under independent challengers.

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Albanese jets to APEC, G20 (but won’t meet with Trump just yet)

Anthony Albanese is off to South America and will not be going via Florida like the Coalition has suggested, and early election speculation has begun to swirl.

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The aftermath of Trump 2.0

People around the world are coming to terms with Donald Trump’s election victory, all asking the same question: What does it mean for me?

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The one simple trick to fix Albo’s Qantas problem: ban the Chairman’s Lounge

The government should turn its back en masse on the Chairman’s Lounge and start refusing upgrades. Taxpayers might be the winners.

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Albo’s Qantas headache continues

Try as he might, Anthony Albanese can’t get his alleged flight upgrades from Alan Joyce out of the news, and Joe Biden has given Kamala Harris the gift of the gaffe.

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Chalmers says spending will remain measured as cost of living bites

Jim Chalmers has refused to commit to ramping up populist cost of living measures in response to Queensland’s election loss, and it’s one week until Americans go to the polls.

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Cushy Qantas perks in Chairman’s Lounge book shine spotlight on travel habits of Albanese and others

Prime minister allegedly used personal relationship with former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce to request free upgrades on flights

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Australia will soon have second highest global inflation rate: IMF

The International Monetary Fund says Australia’s rate of inflation will soon exceed that of almost all advanced economies, and David Crisafulli finally gives a straight answer on abortion.

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Qantas sackings, dodgy banks, gouging companies. Any wonder we hate big business?

Business should stop complaining about being publicly attacked until they’ve cleaned up their act on price gouging, misleading customers, illegally sacking workers and mistreating staff.

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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar dead: Israel

Israel claims that it has killed Hamas’ leader Yahya Sinwar during a routine raid, and King Charles is about to arrive to Australian ‘ambivalence’.

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Card surcharges in Labor’s sights

The government says it wants to ban surcharges for using debit cards as a way of easing financial pressures, and King Charles has been ‘snubbed’ by state premiers.

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Voice to Parliament: One year on

It’s been a year since the failed vote to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament into the constitution, and Australia is preparing for the deadly H5N1 bird flu.

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Sky News’ Sharri Markson tells Benjamin Netanyahu Labor is ‘hostile’ to Israel in ‘confidential’ meeting

Markson says sit-down with Israel’s PM like meeting ‘Winston Churchill during his fight against the Nazis’. Plus: News Corp reprints cartoon found to be offensive

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Parliament feeds endless election speculation

The release of the parliamentary calendar for 2025 shows when we might expect the next federal election, and social media companies could escape a youth ban if they can provide a ‘low-risk’ platform.

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