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Post-Dunkley, an early federal election must look tempting to Labor

What Peter Dutton and the right were looking for in Dunkley — an inversion of support — simply didn’t happen.

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Police deny racial profiling over identity bungle

Racial profiling did not contribute to the arrest of a former immigration detainee wrongly charged with sexual assault, Victoria Police say.

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Detainee tweet 'shooting from the hip': PM

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are both in Melbourne campaigning ahead of a by-election, as the issue of immigration detainees dominates the debate.

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Peter Dutton doubles down on immigration attacks despite Victoria police clearing detainee of assault charges

Deputy leader Sussan Ley refuses to delete tweet claiming ‘Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals’

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Gender pay gap: Katy Gallagher calls on Dutton to reject Matt Canavan’s comments calling report ‘useless data’

Finance minister’s calls come after Sussan Ley says she rejects backbencher’s comments that Workplace Gender Equality Agency report is ‘annual Andrew Tate recruitment drive’

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Apprentice review throws spanner in the works, say Libs

A review on apprentice incentives is only kicking the can down the road on boosting trainee numbers, the federal opposition says.

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Anthony Albanese rules out further changes to Labor’s stage-three tax cuts overhaul

The prime minister says he is ‘very confident’ Labor’s new tax plan will pass parliament

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Afternoon Update: Queensland residents prepare for Kirrily; PM begins selling stage-three tax cuts; and Captain Cook statue toppled

Townsville residents issued a ‘shelter in place’ order as Kirrily is updated to category 3 and expected to make landfall on Thursday evening

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Coalition stumbles out of the blocks on Albanese’s sneaky tax change

Labor has broken a major election promise on tax cuts — but it’s the opposition facing questions over whether it would lift taxes on low- and middle-income earners.

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Sussan Ley retreats from comments suggesting Coalition would repeal Labor’s stage-three tax cut changes

Deputy opposition leader denies promising to roll back Albanese government’s changes and says Labor ‘lied’ about the tax cuts

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Queensland residents brace for cyclone – as it happened

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Albanese promises to double tax relief for average-income Australians in stage-three overhaul

Prime minister to use National Press Club address to defend new plan as the ‘right thing to do’

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Stage-three tax cuts: cabinet approves new cost-of-living relief for workers on less than $150,000

Taxpayers earning under $150,000 would be better off under a plan to retain the 37% tax bracket, unwinding the Morrison government’s stage-three tax cuts due to come into effect this year

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Insolvency on the rise, as opposition attacks govt fund

The coalition have criticised the government for the number of manufacturing businesses going under as insolvency levels rise above pre-COVID levels.

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Conservative politicians stoking Australia Day debate online with paid ads, analysis finds

Several Liberal MPs share advertisements on Facebook lobbying against changing the date after Woolworths’ decision to pull national merchandise

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Biggest spending politicians revealed in expenses data

The release of parliamentary expenses data shows the amount Anthony Albanese charged taxpayers for travel, in addition to the biggest spenders.

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Stop being so polite - confront dangerous drivers

Grieving parents of children killed in road accidents are urging passengers to stop being polite and speak up if their driver is drunk, distracted or tired.

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Fifth former detainee arrested as extradition looms

Police have arrested another person who allegedly committed fresh offences after being released from immigration detention.

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Labor’s frozen ham, Lehrmann lawyer’s weird tweets, and the AFR spits in our faces again

From the bunker this week: Murray Watt endorses ham caps, the sporadic and strange tweets of Steve Whybrow, and Sussan Ley’s grand delusion.

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Vote now for Crikey’s Person of the Year

Who most lifted your spirits in these dispiriting times? Vote now in Crikey’s 2023 Person of the Year award.

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Hope springs eternal for Sussan Ley

Sussan Ley says Australians have moved on from the Scott Morrison era and the Libs plan to win back every teal seat they lost, and undercover police officers were left out in the cold by the AFP, putting their lives at risk.

AAP

Domestic violence victims remembered as MPs urge action

The names of all women known to be killed in domestic violence incident were read out in parliament, as MPs called the issue a national crisis.

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‘I have been there’: Albanese references own experience of family violence as he defends Labor’s record

PM faces crossbench questions in parliament about whether government is doing enough to address violence against women

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Sharma picked for ex-foreign minister's Senate seat

Liberal Party members in NSW have selected Dave Sharma to replace former foreign minister Marise Payne in the Senate, pipping favourite Andrew Constance.

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Sharma 'privileged' to take Marise Payne's Senate seat

NSW Liberal Party members have selected moderate Dave Sharma to take Marise Payne's Senate seat, pipping favourite Andrew Constance.

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