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The Latest Breaking News from Anthony Albanese

Labor’s spectacular census own goal hands Dutton a double victory

Government’s bungling has generated the damaging debate it wanted to avoid and shown it can be divisive too

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Pacific Islands Forum communique taken down after Chinese envoy calls Taiwan reference ‘unacceptable’

‘Visibly angry’ Qian Bo demands correction of Taiwan’s ‘development partner’ label despite its use for more than three decades

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Afternoon Update: PM’s census backflip; Aboriginal teen dies in detention; and Kamala Harris’s radically normal interview

Also, Star Entertainment declared unsuitable to regain Sydney casino licence

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Tonga pulls off Pacific Islands Forum staging

There has been disagreements and plenty of tensions kept under the carpet but for the most part, the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga was a success.

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Albanese backs down over sexual orientation census question

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed down to agree to the 2026 census including a question asking about a person’s sexuality.

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Government Backflips On Decision To Omit LGBTQI+ Focused Questions In 2026 Census After Backlash

“We’ve been talking with the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and they’re going to test for a new question, one question about sexuality, sexual preference.”

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Albanese backflips on sexuality census question after more MPs come out in favour

Prime minister says there ‘will be a question in the census’ on sexuality after testing by the Australian Bureau of Statistics

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France clears PIF troika mission to New Caledonia

After blocking a fact-finding mission to crisis-hit New Caledonia, France has relented and will allow Pacific observers to Noumea next month.

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‘Immoral and unacceptable’: Tuvalu calls on Australia to set urgent deadline to end fossil fuels

A day after agreement was ratified at the Pacific Island Forum, the country’s climate minister says ‘root cause of climate change’ must be addressed

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‘Hot mic’ moment aside, the Albanese government’s Pacific policing deal is a masterstroke of diplomacy

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may be attempting to backpedal from a “hot mic” moment at the Pacific Islands Forum this week in which he joked the United States “go halvies” on a new regional policing agreement.

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No closer to Papua New Guinea NRL kick off: Albanese

A Papua New Guinea-based NRL team appears a matter of when, not if - though Anthony Albanese still cannot say 'when' will be.

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Australian PM caught on camera joking with senior US official over funding of Pacific policing plan

Anthony Albanese tells journalists to ‘chill out’ over comments filmed in the wings of Pacific Islands Forum

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'Take the lane': Albanese denies US Pacific police plan

A video of what Anthony Albanese calls a "private conversation" with US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell shows a chummy relationship on Pacific policing.

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PM wraps up Pacific Islands Forum talks – as it happened

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Pacific Islands leaders back Australia-funded joint policing plan

The region-wide plan involves the establishment of four training centres across the Pacific with a hub in Brisbane.

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Pacific backs Australia's regional police initiative

Anthony Albanese has wasted no time getting to work at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga, announcing support for his Pacific Policing Initiative.

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Greens MP criticised for addressing CFMEU rally featuring Albanese Nazi signs

Max Chandler-Mather says he does not agree with ‘offensive signs’ but says Labor had supported the biggest ‘anti-union attack in decades’

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Herald's opinion: Public timeline raises hope for high-speed rail

The government is due to make an investment decision next year.

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Victorians warned ‘winter gales’ set to continue – as it happened

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'Groundbreaking' Australia-Tuvalu pact signed at summit

A year after signing the Falepili Union, the leaders of Australia and Tuvalu have held a ceremony to mark the realisation of the groundbreaking pact.

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Government faces likely High Court challenge to its CFMEU legislation

The Albanese government faces a likely High Court challenge to its installation of an administrator into the construction division of the CFMEU.

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Queer Advocates Slam Decision To Omit LGBTIQ+ Focused Questions From 2026 Census: ‘A Betrayal’

The government has been criticised by the LGBTIQ+ community for not including questions about gender and sexuality in the next census.

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Peter Dutton dismisses Labor’s ‘divisive’ tag as a smokescreen to divert attention from economy

Treasurer’s speech criticised opposition leader for devoting past two weeks of parliamentary sittings to condemning the issuing of visas to people from Gaza

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PM lays down budget challenge on coalition cuts

After reports the coalition has identified up to $100 billion in budget savings, Anthony Albanese has urged Peter Dutton to explain where they would be made.

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Morning Mail: voters back Dutton’s Gaza visa attack, Australia’s hottest-ever winter day, Trump’s debate threat

Essential survey shows criticism of refugee policy is chiming with Australians; Kimberley spot sees temperature of 41.6C

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