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August temperatures soar as red centre weather pattern drives air eastwards; government widens working rights and Medicare access

If the 1999 republic referendum got crushed by an “unholy alliance” between monarchists and direct electionists, the Voice referendum was repudiated by an unprincipled union between the separatist Indigenous left and the reactionary right – though the right’s opposition was more electorally impactful.

The Northern Territory is going to the polls this weekend. The incumbent Labor government is under serious challenge from a rejuvenated Country Liberal Party (CLP) opposition, led by Lia Finocchiaro. This is an election mainly about crime and the state of the economy, and neither issue is good for Labor.

The plan will need more than 350 bus drivers recruited before 2028.

The childhood roots of Bob Hawke’s adult bad behaviour are carefully examined in this biography of the often lionised figure

Australia has a much better-functioning governmental system than the United States, but for political tragics it’s the American scene that’s the riveting must-watch this year.

Time is running out to enact sweeping changes to aged care, and nursing home residents are anxious about any deals done in federal parliament, advocates warn.

'It's an attempt to grab for votes.'

Labor MP Graham Perrett is retiring from politics but the firebrand Queenslander has not finished stirring the pot in parliament.

Scare tactics or the cost of doing business? An NT Treasury report shows the CLP policies could cost frontline workers.

Reducing the rate of growth of the NDIS isn’t just about the cost to the budget — the workforce for disability care can’t keep up.