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Australia’s new government has urged China to lift trade sanctions if it wants to reset a bilateral relationship that plumbed new depths under the previous administration

Senior Labor ministers say Peter Dutton becoming opposition leader would show the Coalition has not listened to the message sent by voters at the election.

THE HERALD'S OPINION: The foreign ownership issue needs resolving sooner rather than later.

Former defence minister Peter Dutton will be elected Liberals leader unopposed as no one else has nominated, says former home affairs minister Karen Andrews.

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Good morning, early birds. The Quad summit in Tokyo has wrapped up with the four members releasing a statement on their commitments regarding security, climate change, and COVID-19, while back home there is renewed criticism of Australia’s on-water asylum seeker policies. It’s the news you need to know, with Amber…

'Reckless and dangerous': Anthony Albanese is preparing to ask the Fair Work Commission to grant a wage rise big enough to cover inflation.

The nightly television news coverage of the 2022 federal election was among the most juvenile and uninformative in 50 years.

I suspect Anthony Albanese will be a better PM than he was Opposition Leader – his talents more suited to making things work than tearing things down.

NSW senator’s proposed reform agenda also includes increasing climate targets and introducing state income tax, as party reels from election loss

The plan, hatched after the 2019 election rout, worked and now WA MPs want a larger presence in Anthony Albanese’s cabinet