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The Guardian view on Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague: a warning to rogue leaders

The Guardian view on Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague: a warning to rogue leaders

After his arrest on an international criminal court (ICC) warrant on Tuesday, the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, demonstrated...

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The Guardian view on the planning bill: new towns must be for people who need them

The Guardian view on the planning bill: new towns must be for people who need them

The planning and infrastructure bill published on Tuesday is both a declaration of intent and a show of strength by the government. Rightly...

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Housing reveals a bigger failure

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Starstruck Chalmers in search of his own narrative

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Hung parliament is unaffordable

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Turnbull’s timing is ill and the implications are real

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Trump must stop Iran’s nukes

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The Guardian view on Ursula von der Leyen’s first 100 days: the steepest of learning curves

The Guardian view on Ursula von der Leyen’s first 100 days: the steepest of learning curves

In a press conference on Sunday to mark 100 days since the beginning of her second term as European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen erred...

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The Guardian view on Nigel Farage: not even Donald Trump is as damaging to Reform as its own leader

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage: not even Donald Trump is as damaging to Reform as its own leader

One constant of British political life is that Nigel Farage never stays out of the spotlight for long. Having built a political career on railing...

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Commonsense communication

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Campaign must focus on rebuilding living standards

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China poses as source of stability

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The Guardian view on the Edinburgh fringe: it’s no joke – festivals need investment

The Guardian view on the Edinburgh fringe: it’s no joke – festivals need investment

At a press conference for the Sarajevo film festival in the early 1990s, its founder, the Bosnian director Haris Pašović, was asked why he set up...

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The Guardian view on Modi redrawing India’s electoral map: deepening a dangerous north-south divide

The Guardian view on Modi redrawing India’s electoral map: deepening a dangerous north-south divide

When Narendra Modi’s alliance won a narrow majority in last year’s Indian election, it signalled his waning popularity after a decade in power. A...

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The Guardian view on fixing England’s local democracy: reforming structures is the means, not the end

The Guardian view on fixing England’s local democracy: reforming structures is the means, not the end

No one designing a system for delivering public services in a modern democracy would come up with something that looks like English local government....

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The Guardian view on Trump and media: attention is power. Can Democrats grab it?

The Guardian view on Trump and media: attention is power. Can Democrats grab it?

Donald Trump won the White House not with money, though he spent plenty of it, but by dominating the conversation. He hasn’t stopped campaigning. He...

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Trump’s tariffs up-end world economic order

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VC backs ideal of a university

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The Guardian view on why Canada matters: a nation in the global frontline

The Guardian view on why Canada matters: a nation in the global frontline

It is two months since Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Liberal party leader and Canada’s prime minister. After a decade in power, Mr...

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The Guardian view on undercover policing: the struggle for accountability continues

The Guardian view on undercover policing: the struggle for accountability continues

Information in the public domain about the undercover policing of protest groups from the late 1960s onwards would not be there were it not for the...

07.03.2025 10

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State Labor to keep grip on west

07.03.2025 10

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Defence spend a long-term turning point for budget

07.03.2025 10

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Plenty of boasting, yet Trump short on substance

06.03.2025 8

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Time to reform heritage laws

06.03.2025 8

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Small uptick in growth welcome

06.03.2025 8

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The Guardian view on the US suspension of military aid: Ukraine and Europe’s race against time

The Guardian view on the US suspension of military aid: Ukraine and Europe’s race against time

How long do Ukraine and Europe have to respond to US betrayal? When Russia launched its full-scale invasion three years ago, each day that Kyiv held...

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Building on Eddie Mabo’s legacy

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Post-war order reaches a low ebb

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Green hydrogen pipedream more hot air than energy

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The Guardian view on 1980s counterculture: back to the future

The Guardian view on 1980s counterculture: back to the future
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The Guardian view on Labour and the NHS: there is no miracle cure for a struggling health system

The Guardian view on Labour and the NHS: there is no miracle cure for a struggling health system

Speaking to MPs last week, Dr Penny Dash quoted the Guardian’s description of her as a reforming zealot. Dr Dash is less zealous than she used to...

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The Guardian view on the London defence summit: standing up for Ukraine

The Guardian view on the London defence summit: standing up for Ukraine

After last Friday’s disgraceful roughhouse treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, delivered a...

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Policy to boost living standards

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Post-World War II order no longer applies under Trump

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Most of the free world unites behind Ukraine

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Beijing envoy’s security overstretch

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AHRC discouraging harmony

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The Guardian view on Labour eyeing green cuts: they would undermine growth and climate goals

The Guardian view on Labour eyeing green cuts: they would undermine growth and climate goals

In October, the prime minister, chancellor and energy secretary pledged billions to kickstart the UK’s first carbon capture projects – one of the...

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The Guardian view on a tax war: the world must unite against American obstruction

The Guardian view on a tax war: the world must unite against American obstruction

Donald Trump’s Oval Office tirade on Friday laid bare his instinct to harangue and bully those – even supposed allies such as Ukraine, fighting...

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Macquarie must lift its standards

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Better business model vital to boost living standards

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Lab-raised meat a beef for farmers

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A vote for stagnation and chaos

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Senator Wong’s one-sided diplomacy at UN exposed

28.02.2025 20

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The Guardian view on Turkey and the PKK: an elusive peace is in view once more

The Guardian view on Turkey and the PKK: an elusive peace is in view once more

After four decades of violence that have claimed at least 40,000 lives, this was a momentous declaration. On Thursday, the leader of the Kurdish...

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The Guardian view on pornography: the Obscene Publications Act needs an update

The Guardian view on pornography: the Obscene Publications Act needs an update

It is news to nobody that the internet has enabled an unprecedented explosion of pornographic material. There is widespread awareness, too, that much...

28.02.2025 10

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Voters deserve a better debate

27.02.2025 10

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Competing views on universities

27.02.2025 10

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Defence must be a priority in changing world order

27.02.2025 10

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The Guardian view on Spain: a progressive beacon in dark times

The Guardian view on Spain: a progressive beacon in dark times

Coverage of this week’s seismic election result in Germany focused on the disturbing rise of the far right, and chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich...

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