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Good morning, early birds. The same financial controller who didn’t declare a $100,000 donation to Zali Steggall reportedly didn’t declare a $25,000 donation to a separate campaign, and analysis suggests most of the tax breaks in 2024-25 will benefit men on high incomes. It’s the news you need to know,…

The Prime Minister hurls an insult across the aisle, implying a Labor politician was the puppet of an enemy power — only to take it back moments later, as the opposition accuses Scott Morrison of playing desperate politics.

China is seeking to exploit social division, a Senate committee has been told, amid a tit-for-tat between the coalition and Labor over national security.

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Experts say the government's attacks on Labor and China threaten to malign the party's own credibility on international relations, as well as Australia's.

Labor's promise to create 465,000 free TAFE places is exciting news to a regional provider but its chief executive warns the scheme can't be a "one-size-fits-all".

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A Salvation Army worker identified as allegedly leading a fatal attack on Iranian asylum seeker Reza Berati on Manus Island in February is expected to be charged in Papua New Guinea. The PNG national has been named in an official report into the riots which took place at the Manus…