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The Latest Breaking News from Anthony Albanese

Here’s what the Albanese government will be prioritising (and dodging) in 2024

Expect a potentially divisive debate over religious discrimination this year. But forget any notions of more ballots.

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PM puts supermarket giants on notice over mega profits

Big companies running supermarkets have a responsibility to customers to not price gouge, the prime minister says, as the sector faces a review.

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Wider Pacific unrest fears downplayed as riots rock PNG

Australia is monitoring unrest and violence in neighbouring Papua New Guinea with reports law and order are slowly being re-introduced in Port Moresby.

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Flood threat persists as weather forecast offers relief

The flood threat continues for some Victorian communities but there are no more major rain events forecast in coming days, as towns focus on recovery.

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Road repairs on skids as rain, possible cyclone loom

More rain may jeopardise work to clear landslides in flood-hit far north Queensland, sparking fears roads may collapse with a cyclone threat looming.

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NSW police say man they shot dead outside medical clinic was armed – as it happened

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Morning Mail: supermarkets under scrutiny, world’s hottest year record ‘smashed’, Trump immunity tested in court

Government eyes supermarket pricing in bid to ease cost of living; and Trump’s lawyers argue for immunity from prosecution

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Cyclone threat looms again for flood-ravaged region

Weeks after record flooding hit the region, another cyclone threat may loom for far north Queensland with a tropical low set to form in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

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Australia must back Palestine genocide case: advocate

As South Africa prepares to launch a genocide case against Israel at the Hague, an advocate has called on Australia to support the legal action.

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The stage-three tax cuts are politics over policy – and no way to save our struggling economy

If Anthony Albanese is determined to forge ahead with the Coalition’s fiscal booby trap, any political capital must be used on genuine redistributive tax reform

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PM flags consideration of dedicated force for natural disaster responses amid climate crisis

On recent floods in Victoria and Queensland, Albanese said Australian defence force was a vital asset but that future recovery mitigation may need a re-think

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Australia abandons plans to hold referendum on replacing King Charles and becoming a republic

Government admits it cannot afford to lose vote on constitutional reform after Voice to Parliament rejected

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'Courageous': PM remembers Labor MP on Jane McGrath Day

The prime minister has paid tribute to Labor MP Peta Murphy on Jane McGrath Day and praised the work of breast cancer nurses.

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Government quiet on dead Aussie's Hezbollah 'links'

Whether an Australian had illegally joined a designated terrorist group overseas could not be confirmed due to privacy reasons, the Australian government says.

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Attacks over Joyce meeting an 'absurdity': Albanese

Anthony Albanese has hit back at criticism over a meeting with former Qantas boss Alan Joyce at Parliament House.

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PM must answer for Qantas boss meeting: opposition

Opposition leader Peter Dutton says the prime minister must be transparent about his meeting with former Qantas chief Alan Joyce.

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Australians think $345,000 income needed to feel rich

The rising cost of housing, groceries and other goods may help explain the vast gap between normal earnings and how much it would take to feel wealthy.

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Labor could raise welfare payments for cost-of-living relief without stoking inflation, economists say

Albanese government would need to couple any increases in unemployment benefits and pensions with savings, experts say

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Stage set for Warner after day-one cameo at SCG

David Warner spent almost the whole of the first day of his final Test in the field as the Pakistani tail offered late resistance at the SCG.

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Albanese reiterates support for four-year terms amid questions of election timing

PM says existing three-year terms are ‘too short’ but doesn’t anticipate switch to longer parliamentary term will happen soon

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Australia launches inquiry into why Cabinet documents relating to Iraq war remain secret

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ordered an inquiry into why 20-year-old Cabinet documents relating to Australia joining the United States-led Iraq invasion remain secret, saying Australians have a right to know why their country went to war in 2003

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Albanese calls for MPs to stay in parliament longer

The prime minister wants four-year fixed terms for federal parliament, but admits the limits are unlikely to change soon.

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‘Australians do have a right to know’: Albanese says Iraq war documents should be released

Prime minister orders independent investigation into Scott Morrison’s government’s failure to transfer all documents

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Missing Iraq War documents prompt independent review

A failure by the former Morrison government to provide Iraq War documents to the National Archives will be investigated.

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Australians safe after deadly Japanese plane collision

Twelve Australians were on board a Japan Airlines flight that went up in flames following a collision on a runway.

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