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Battle for Victoria sends signals to federal players

Battle for Victoria sends signals to federal players

Victoria’s election on November 28 has taken on a drama and significance we wouldn’t have anticipated a year ago. A sudden late change of premier,...

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Michelle Grattan

Why UK’s ‘joke’ candidates should be taken seriously

Why UK’s ‘joke’ candidates should be taken seriously

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s decision to resign his Clacton seat and force a by-election, amid scrutiny over his personal finances, has produced...

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Richard Toye

Witness the new culture war as global trends collide

Witness the new culture war as global trends collide

There are a couple of global trends colliding with each other at the moment. On one hand, we have, as discussed in this column eons ago, the...

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Amy Remeikis

Media complacency lets Pauline Hanson re‑write the rules on accountability

Media complacency lets Pauline Hanson re‑write the rules on accountability

“Disappointing” was the best Guardian Australia could muster when Pauline Hanson’s One Nation banned it from a press conference, this time...

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Denis Muller

Ariana's body attracted scrutiny, not just concern

Ariana's body attracted scrutiny, not just concern

Every time a celebrity appears to lose weight, the same debate begins. Some people say we shouldn’t comment on another person’s body. Others argue...

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Vivienne Lewis

There are 12 stages of life. Which are you in now?

There are 12 stages of life. Which are you in now?

As a demographer, I spend my days counting babies, migrants and retirees.  But the real job is not counting people, it’s working out where they...

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Were the Games the way of the future?

Were the Games the way of the future?

The new-look Commonwealth Games wrapped up in Glasgow yesterday morning (Australian time) with plenty of questions about the stripped-back format and...

04.08.2026 10

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Vaughan Cruickshank And Tom Hartley

‘Change or die’: Resistance leaves Libs fighting for life

‘Change or die’: Resistance leaves Libs fighting for life

The Liberal Party of Australia has fallen on hard times as the party struggles to attract voters and weathers leadership uncertainty. In his first...

04.08.2026 20

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Marija Taflaga

Ask the Expert: How to help kids avoid tax on our super

Ask the Expert: How to help kids avoid tax on our super

I currently have an income account with QSuper from which I draw a monthly pension. As I am over 60, my pension is tax free. I have heard that if I...

03.08.2026 10

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Craig Sankey

Forget the ‘politics of joy’. Australians are rightfully getting angry

Forget the ‘politics of joy’. Australians are rightfully getting angry

When did we decide joy was a commodity we couldn’t afford? Much has been written on the ‘politics of joy’, the term coined to explain New York...

02.08.2026 20

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Amy Remeikis

A reluctant Albanese is under pressure over telehealth for VAD

A reluctant Albanese is under pressure over telehealth for VAD

At last week’s Labor conference, which was totally under the Prime Minister’s thumb, only one issue was contested on the floor – support for the...

01.08.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

One Nation’s visa plan would kill $55b industry

One Nation’s visa plan would kill $55b industry

One Nation has confirmed that it will not only include student visas in its annual 130,000 cap, but that it also wants to deport 100,000 students...

31.07.2026 20

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Abul Rizvi

After a decade leading the ACTU, what is the legacy of Sally McManus and Michele O’Neil?

After a decade leading the ACTU, what is the legacy of Sally McManus and Michele O’Neil?

Australia’s union movement, representing around 1.6 million workers, will have two new leaders by the end of this year, in a surprise move only...

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Mark Bray

Albanese will have to enter the Hanson fight eventually

Albanese will have to enter the Hanson fight eventually

At the conclusion of last week’s Labor national conference, Nine Newspapers’ Rob Harris made Anthony Albanese’s frustrations clear. Albanese...

30.07.2026 20

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Amy Remeikis

OECD report confirms workers have paid the price for inflation driven by corporate profits

OECD report confirms workers have paid the price for inflation driven by corporate profits

The OECD’s annual employment outlook confirms that not only did profits drive Australia’s inflation in 2022, but that growing profits are also...

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Greg Jericho

Carroll's long and urgent to-do list before election

Carroll's long and urgent to-do list before election

After a tumultuous 24 hours, the Labor Party in Victoria has decided it will have Ben Carroll as its new leader and therefore Premier of Victoria....

29.07.2026 20

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Zareh Ghazarian

The Stats Guy: The end of the uni pay premium?!

The Stats Guy: The end of the uni pay premium?!

There are two reasons to go to university.  Firstly, university can be great fun. You drink, socialise, date, make lifelong friends and spend...

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Is Pauline Hanson the ultimate pick-me girl?

There is something almost perfectly pick-me about Pauline Hanson. The term “pick-me girl” is usually cast around on TikTok and social media as an...

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Lisa Portolan

Retiring without super can be a worrying prospect

I’m going to be 66 this year. I rent a house, I work as a bookkeeper and I have very little super, almost $45,000 only. What are my options for the...

27.07.2026 10

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Craig Sankey

Fallout from Houthi attacks may be catastrophic

As oil supply chains are adapting to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabian ships in the Red Sea threaten this backup...

27.07.2026 20

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Sanjoy Paul

Albanese's 'disciplined' Labor risks a big mistake

Labor’s national conference has come and gone as expected – without bloodshed or public disagreement. Labor, under Anthony Albanese, has been a...

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Amy Remeikis

Does the Commonwealth really have a future?

After uncertainty and cost-cutting, the 2026 Commonwealth Games are finally under way in Glasgow. With the FIFA World Cup only just in the rearview...

25.07.2026 30

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Benjamin T Jones

Labor conference ignores fundamental problems

Bill Kelty has been a member of the Labor Party since 1964 but he is not among the hundreds of delegates at the party’s national conference in...

25.07.2026 30

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Michelle Grattan

Hanson's half-empty hall: How gen X broke politics

Last weekend, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson delivered a speech to the right-wing CPAC London titled “the Australian fight back”. Around 120...

25.07.2026 30

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Kos Samaras

The OpenAI attack exposes a terrifying prospect

In a striking incident that highlights the growing risks of unchecked advanced artificial intelligence development, ChatGPT maker OpenAI admitted on...

24.07.2026 20

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Brett Wilkins

Hanson's UK migration fear campaign misses mark

Pauline Hanson’s recent visit to Tower Hamlets in East London with British right-wing figure Tommy Robinson was intended as a warning. Surveying one...

24.07.2026 10

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Tanveer Ahmed

MAGA’s response to fire smoke? Blame Canada!

Hundreds of fires are burning in Canada, with smoke enveloping a swathe of the US in recent days, prompting warnings to residents to stay indoors....

23.07.2026 20

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Bill McKibben

Hanson has spent decades telling us who she is

It may seem counter-intuitive, but Pauline Hanson and others in her far-right ilk may be among Australia’s most open politicians – at least when...

23.07.2026 30

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Amy Remeikis

Demographic lotto: Self-storage and foster care

Demography is the study of people – for businesses and industries. It helps answer two questions: “Who will buy my stuff, and who will do the...

22.07.2026 30

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Simon Kuestenmacher

The myth politicians sell and the values they betray

It is the politicians most loudly claiming to defend “Western values” who are among the most dedicated to undermining them. Pauline Hanson stands...

22.07.2026 30

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Robin Brown And Nick Bogiatzis

‘Masculinism’ is uniting the US right – what is it?

A new movement, “masculinism”, is uniting the right behind extreme anti-feminist views, chiefly in the United States. It promotes the dominant...

22.07.2026 30

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Simon Copland

Trump’s grift and US's drift – new game, new rules

Every US presidency runs an implicit profit and loss account. The Trump presidency is no different. But the profit and loss account is: Donald...

21.07.2026 30

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Allan Behm

Trump’s aim in rehashing 'stolen election' claims

US President Donald Trump used a rare nationwide prime-time address to again claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen, US voting machines...

20.07.2026 20

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Jean-Nicolas Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau

The dangerous game that unites our politicians

So much of our politics is a distraction. And deliberately so. Fake fights over nuclear – no one in mainstream politics actually believes nuclear...

19.07.2026 30

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Amy Remeikis

Zeitgeist doesn’t suit Taylor but he's also at fault

As he surveys the degraded and demoralised Liberal Party he presides over, Angus Taylor has two major problems – and that’s leaving aside One...

18.07.2026 30

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Michelle Grattan

What Australia can learn from UK about heatwaves

In late June, during London Climate Action week, I experienced the extreme heatwave that closed schools, shut down public transport and led to...

18.07.2026 20

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Emma Bacon

Robodebt, the NDIS and the danger of forgetting

Ten years ago I was a new lawyer working in welfare rights at a community legal centre when Robodebt arrived. Most know the story. An automated debt...

17.07.2026 20

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Zoe O’neill

An Australian AI plan is better than none at all

By referring in his AI speech to such nation-changing reforms as Medicare and compulsory superannuation, both Labor initiatives, Prime Minister...

17.07.2026 20

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Craig Emerson And Ben Emerson

The KPMG scandal: We have seen this show before

The scandal that has swamped KPMG in the past month has many moving parts, but it can all be summarised in one earthy Australian expression –...

16.07.2026 30

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Josh Bornstein

PM's plan for 'AI with a boxing kangaroo sticker'

It says a lot about who holds control in today’s world by how we talk about AI. The “inevitability” that surrounds the AI conversation – as...

16.07.2026 20

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Amy Remeikis

The US and Iran are back at war, with one sticking point

Control over the Strait of Hormuz has become the main bone of contention between the US and Iran in their prolonged conflict. In the face of...

15.07.2026 30

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Amin Saikal

Australia is getting angrier – that's a worse Australia

I have published enough columns (this is my 257th for The New Daily) and posted enough on social media (on X I published almost 50,000 data posts in...

15.07.2026 30

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Polls so surge turn around. Has One Nation peaked?

In the months since the Bondi terror attack in December 2025, One Nation’s popularity has surged. Opinion poll after opinion poll has support for...

14.07.2026 30

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Josh Sunman

Why gen Z is really bad news for political parties

Every generation of Australians before this one was socialised by place. You grew up in a suburb and that suburb came with an inheritance, a history...

13.07.2026 30

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Kos Samaras

False choice at heart of Australia's housing debate

Every Australian knows what it feels like to search for a home. Whether it’s a young person trying to enter the market, a family looking for more...

13.07.2026 20

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Emma Riley

Labor’s guilt in the triple-zero failures

Another major telco outage has raised the question: What happens when you call triple zero and can’t get through? This week, Telstra blamed a...

12.07.2026 20

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7Am Podcast

AI front and centre of Albanese govt's agenda

If you are feeling financially depleted personally, and pessimistic about the economic outlook generally, figures released this week won’t cheer...

11.07.2026 40

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Michelle Grattan

Why Prince Harry lost his Daily Mail hacking case

Britain’s High Court has ruled in favour of Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers in the lawsuit brought by Prince Harry and other public...

10.07.2026 30

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John Jewell

Taylor Swift's wedding: Why did we care so much?

Few cultural moments reveal our contradictions quite like a wedding. We live in an era where marriage is no longer considered the inevitable...

10.07.2026 40

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Lisa Portolan

Telstra outage causes train chaos – here's why

Australians woke Wednesday morning to a major outage affecting Telstra, the country’s largest telecommunications network. But mobile phones...

09.07.2026 20

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Faraz Hasan