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Clean energy incentives must not 'support injustices'

A centrepiece Labor policy will be put to the test months before an election as mining companies, clean energy groups and unions comb through its implications.

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Athlete villages for 2032 Games stuck on starting block

Claims of a $3 billion black hole in construction costs for villages to house athletes competing at the 2032 Olympics have been rejected by a former government.

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Tax changes ruled out as treasurer launches food fight

Cost of living remains a major focus of the upcoming federal election, with each party spruiking policies to address pressure on household budgets.

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Koala 'biggest loser' of federal land-clearing consents

The iconic koala lost more habitat to federally approved land-clearing than any other threatened species in 2024, the Australian Conservation Foundation says.

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Australia exposed to modern slave labour imports and many businesses ‘ignoring the facts’, commissioner warns

The scale of Australia’s trade with blacklisted companies, revealed in Guardian investigation, prompts anger across the Uyghur community

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Forget cricket! Australia’s national sport is guessing when the next election will be

Media outlets have spent at least half of Anthony Albanese’s prime ministership guessing when the next election will be. Why not play along at home?

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Motorists able to lock in low petrol prices for 24 hours under Victoria’s new ‘fair fuel’ plan

State government will force 1,500 petrol stations to report fuel prices a day in advance under ‘cost-of-living shake-up’

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Women return to coalition as Labor hits gender parity

Despite female voters deserting the coalition at the last election, polling suggests more women back the opposition than the Labor government.

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Coalition still ahead in latest polls, but some promising news for Labor

A national Freshwater poll for The Financial Review, conducted January 17–19 from a sample of 1,063, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead, unchanged since December. Primary votes were 40% Coalition (steady), 32% Labor (up two), 13% Greens (down one) and 15% for all Others (down one).

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Reporter leaves Nine after reaching confidential settlement – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Cabinet gender parity as election fight intensifies

The prime minister has lauded the fact the cabinet has gender parity for the first time as political leaders tussle with an election on the horizon.

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Libs pick woman over anti-Voice face for teal fight

Prominent anti-Voice campaigner Nyunggai Warren Mundine has missed preselection for a must-win Liberal seat as a tech executive prepares for a teal battle.

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Dutton might once have been ‘unelectable’, but that may change if he draws Labor into a race to the right

At the state level, Labor has legitimised the idea of a ‘tough’ approach by claiming to offer it – then have been thrashed by oppositions promising to be even tougher

The Guardian - AU

Can Australia’s political centre hold off the populist embers being set ablaze by Trump?

Donald Trump is unlike any politician Australia has ever seen. But could a demagogue in his image emerge?

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Calls for political unity after anti-Semitic attack

An independent MP has urged Anthony Albanese to call a national cabinet meeting after the former home of a prominent Jewish community leader was attacked.

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Greens housing crusade fails to sway most tenant voters

Renters are more likely to support Labor or Liberal than the Greens despite the minor party running hard on issues faced by tenants, fresh polling shows.

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The power of incumbency? Not so much… the Sliding Doors of election dates

Australian political history is replete with examples of prime ministers who failed to use the power of dictating election timing for their own advantage.

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Dutton has changed his tune on China. Will voters care?

Will Chinese-Australian voters return to the Coalition after abandoning them in 2022?

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Hard times turn voters off Labor in election lead-up

Labor is trailing the opposition just months before Australians head to the polls, but the prime minister says his government can give voters what they want.

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Minority report tips a return to 'ruthless' opposition

History could be repeated as the possibility of a minority government looms but veteran politicians say this could resurrect a ruthless opposition force.

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ABC cuts comments, the election billboards begin, and we follow the Australia Day money

Plus: what a prosthetic wang reveals about Italy’s history of fascism. Really.

Crikey

‘Safe’ Labor seat Calwell the ultimate test case for the Muslim vote this election

A Muslim independent is challenging Labor in Melbourne’s multicultural outer north. Will the government running a Palestinian candidate be enough to appease the community?

The Guardian - AU

Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair

I’ve been writing about climate change for years. I know my graphs won’t change minds, but facts matter

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Gaza ceasefire deal could be hours away

Numerous officials and news organisations are reporting Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire. And here at home, Bill Shorten is leaving politics more than a week earlier than expected.

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Backlash grows over Swinburne’s move to evict kindergarten from land donated by state

Families and politicians from all sides unite in push to protect Windsor community children’s centre as university seeks to sell site

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