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The week in parliament: Albanese’s attempts to appease Dutton land Labor in a political quagmire of its own making

Curtailing of parliamentary debate frustrates crossbench, terse words over bureaucrat’s tears, and unlikely bedfellows on excessive-deaths motion

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Australians don't want religious culture war, PM warns

Debates on religious freedoms and LGBTQI rights have re-ignited but the prime minister has urged Australians to practice respect to prevent another culture war.

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Rats learn faster than men in the Liberal Party

The Liberals continue to grapple with their ‘woman problem’, two years after an election where lack of female party members was a key issue.

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Collapse at regional mine – as it happened

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The Liberal party does not have a ‘women problem’. Men are the problem

The party’s women continue to wring their hands in their support group chats, apoplectic with rage off the record, while soothing on it

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Coalition flags expanding super for housing policy amid increase in house prices

Michael Sukkar says policy may need to be revised amid increase in housing prices but the ‘broad strokes’ would remain the same

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What does it all mean? An array of Dunkley takes

Is Dunkley a great result for the Liberals or a terrible one? Did race-baiting backfire or play no part? Or does the whole thing mean nothing at all?

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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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