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The Latest Breaking News from Paul Keating

The former prime minister says the defence pact will turn Australia into the ’51st state of the United States’, and Labor’s proposed childcare pay rise has summoned the inflation hawks.

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Morning Mail: household transport costs soar, Harris and Trump fix debate date, more medals in Paris

Travel to work eats up 17% of family budgets as fuel and insurance costs rise, survey shows

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Linda Reynolds defends actions following Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape - as it happened

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Aukus pact will turn Australia into ‘51st state’ of the US, Paul Keating says

Former prime minister argues Australia has made itself a target by aligning with American ‘aggression’ towards China

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Threats and challenges to Australia’s democracy are well outlined in government report. Now for some action

The Strengthening Australian Democracy report released by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil this week provides a sophisticated diagnosis of the challenges facing democratic governance around the world. The report also offers a broad prescription of how Australia might meet those challenges.

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Climate activists have received months-long sentences. Are tougher laws eroding Australians’ right to protest?

NSW enacts highest number of new laws among states, with climate protesters disproportionately affected, report finds

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Albo announces fresh candidates

Anthony Albanese is ramping up Labor’s election preparation with the announcement of new candidates, and Australia announces $250m in military support for Ukraine.

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Nuclear 'fantasy' comes under scrutiny in parliament

An opposition proposal to build nuclear reactors has dominated parliamentary debate as politicians return to Canberra, with the plan labelled a "fantasy".

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View from The Hill: Paul Keating labels Dutton a ‘charlatan’ as nuclear debate gets down and dirty

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has entered the nuclear debate, with a vitriolic attack describing Peter Dutton as “a charlatan”, “wicked and cynical” and “an inveterate climate change denialist”.

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Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton is seated aloft the nuclear tiger, hoping not to get eaten

No one doubts Peter Dutton has a huge task to sell his radical nuclear plan, with many experts throwing buckets of cold water over it. But on Thursday the opposition leader received some welcome backing.

The Conversation

For Australia’s most vulnerable, the budget didn’t do nearly enough

The Albanese government has had three budgets now to show some bravery in addressing unwaged poverty. Its offerings are paltry.

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Two cheers for a ‘made in Australia’ policy: let’s make more actual stuff here

We should make more of the things of our life, and know that we are doing so. We are a physical, social, cooperative species, not the airy avatars of economic models, point particles of labour and desire.

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How will Sam Mostyn’s career-long advocacy shape her role as governor general?

Gender equality, social justice and giving a voice to those who go unheard have been the hallmarks of a long career spanning law, business and advocacy

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'Pleasant' Australian visit for China's top diplomat

China's most senior diplomat has met with a former prime minister, the NSW premier and business leaders in Sydney as he rounds out a visit to Australia.

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Central bank not ruling out further hikes – as it happened

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Paul Keating says The Australian should be ‘contemptuously ignored’ ahead of Wang Yi meeting

Former Labor prime minister hit back at criticism of his plans to meet with China’s visiting foreign minister

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Afternoon Update: Keating defends Wang Yi meeting; NT police mock certificates revealed; and teaching kids a life lesson

Former prime minister stands by plans to meet with China’s foreign minister

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On China, are Australian journalists working for the public or ASIO?

In Australian media there persists a curious display of ‘watch dog’ and ‘guard dog’ models of journalism.

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When it comes to China, is the Australian media a public watch dog, or a guard dog for ASIO?

Why are some of our best journalists checking their instincts at the door when it comes to security and intelligence?

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Guardian Essential poll: 38% of Australians agree with Paul Keating’s view on country’s position in Asia

Exclusive: Twice as many share former PM’s opinion that Australia should be a middle power in Asia than those who back US alliance

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New Zealand’s PM backs Penny Wong in Keating stoush

Keating’s critique of Wong on China provokes ire from across the ditch, Jim Chalmers is scrapping ‘nuisance’ tariffs, and Indigenous former-AFL players are bringing a racism class action against the AFL.

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Morrison wants to ‘be like Gillard’

The former PM wants to be as respected as Gillard for post-politics conduct, NSW Police have been asked not to march at Mardi Gras, and Barnaby Joyce has a dangerous sleep disorder.

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It’s time we stopped treating Paul Keating like a messiah

Keating is still pushing the same barrows he was in the 1990s, including brazenly unequal tax policy. He is not a prophet; he is a fossil.

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Former governors and treasurers advise against removing government’s power to overrule RBA

Critics of treasurer Jim Chalmers’ proposed reforms say the Reserve Bank is independent enough

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Keating redux: Competition is having a moment with politicians, but powerful enemies are gathering

While politicians might now be talking about competition, there’s a powerful constituency that prefers things just as they are, thanks.

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