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Speaking up is no cause for sack

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PM must prioritise US alliance

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The Australian

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Hydrogen dream dies as AI reality demands gas-powered grid

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The Australian

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No substance to Chinese whisper

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The Australian

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Labour productivity, wages and taxes must be tackled

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Iran’s leaders risk further attacks

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Olympic rivalry a national sport

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The Australian

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Lift defence spending to serve the national interest

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The Australian

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The Guardian view on Labour’s disability benefits rethink: concessions suggest strategy not a change of heart

The Guardian view on Labour’s disability benefits rethink: concessions suggest strategy not a change of heart

The humbling of a prime minister by his own side is rarely an edifying spectacle, but it does at least suggest a pulse in the parliamentary system....

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The Guardian view on annihilation in Gaza: the deaths mount, but the pressure has ebbed

The Guardian view on annihilation in Gaza: the deaths mount, but the pressure has ebbed

“We cannot be asking civilians to go into a combat zone so that then they can be killed with the justification that they are in a combat zone.” It...

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The Guardian view on Labour’s industrial turn: leaving finance untouched will come at a cost for the country

The Guardian view on Labour’s industrial turn: leaving finance untouched will come at a cost for the country

The government’s industrial strategy is a small step forward for the country, but a much bigger one for Labour. Following the 2008 financial crisis,...

27.06.2025 3

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The Guardian view on Labour’s welfare revolt: ministers should take MPs more seriously

The Guardian view on Labour’s welfare revolt: ministers should take MPs more seriously

MPs and the parliamentary process rarely get a good press. Most citizens do not trust either of them much. As a result, the decline of parliament’s...

27.06.2025 9

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Getting real picture on rock art

26.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Firm hand still to play with Iran

26.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Tax reform agenda can’t ignore changing the GST

26.06.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on China, Africa and disappearing donkeys: an unexpected crisis offers a clue to perils ahead

The Guardian view on China, Africa and disappearing donkeys: an unexpected crisis offers a clue to perils ahead

What can help to protect women’s health, boost the incomes of impoverished families and thus allow girls to avoid early marriage? What – when it...

26.06.2025 20

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The Guardian view on the Nato summit: Europe must take the path of strategic self-reliance

The Guardian view on the Nato summit: Europe must take the path of strategic self-reliance

There is more to Nato than article 5 of its founding charter, but the alliance depends on that commitment to mutual assistance. Enemies are deterred...

26.06.2025 30

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Soaring debt will leave cupboard bare in a crisis

26.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Gout Gout sets positive example

26.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Albanese out of step with NATO

26.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Treasurer’s safe-as-houses budget

25.06.2025 10

The Australian

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State’s long road back to black

25.06.2025 8

The Australian

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Trump gives world a lesson in peace through strength

25.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Iran shows its hand as real menace to Western world

24.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Red tape is a brake on growth

24.06.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on extreme weather: build national readiness – or let everyday life keep breaking down

The Guardian view on extreme weather: build national readiness – or let everyday life keep breaking down

Britain’s four-day heatwave – made 100 times more likely by the climate crisis – is expected to claim about 600 lives. Researchers say high...

23.06.2025 30

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The Guardian view on Trump bombing Iran: an illegal and reckless act

The Guardian view on Trump bombing Iran: an illegal and reckless act

Donald Trump was predictably quick to claim victory following the illegal US strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities: “Completely and totally...

23.06.2025 100

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Trump’s conquest can be harbinger of stability, peace

22.06.2025 9

The Australian

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The Guardian view on Our Story With David Attenborough and The Herds: a new theatre of the Anthropocene

The Guardian view on Our Story With David Attenborough and The Herds: a new theatre of the Anthropocene

As parts of the UK swelter, this week brought yet more alarming reports of increasing temperatures, extreme weather events and dwindling chances of...

21.06.2025 30

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The Guardian view on restoring trust in politics: Labour must not soft-pedal on standards reform

The Guardian view on restoring trust in politics: Labour must not soft-pedal on standards reform

John Major did not beat about the bush. In a speech this week to an Institute for Government conference marking the 30th anniversary of the...

21.06.2025 20

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Last chance to stop Iran’s nuclear push must be taken

21.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Two little letters are key to our productivity problem

21.06.2025 20

The Australian

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The Guardian view on assisted dying: a momentous bill that needs further attention

The central issue before MPs, as they decide how to vote on the latest version of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill, is how to value individual...

20.06.2025 20

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on Trump and Iran: Netanyahu’s war has no visible exit

The maxim that wars are easy to start and hard to end does not appear to be troubling Benjamin Netanyahu. For the Israeli prime minister, conflict is...

20.06.2025 60

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Universities face Asian challenge

20.06.2025 20

The Australian

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Windfall well invested in West

20.06.2025 10

The Australian

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CFMEU rage as High Court backs Labor taking control

20.06.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on HS2 delays: a chance to break the cycle of costly failure

One day there will be a high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham. Maybe. Not soon. When HS2 was first proposed, an opening date for the...

19.06.2025 20

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The Guardian view on Israel, the US and Iran: you can’t bomb your way out of nuclear proliferation

Eighty years after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and 40 years after the US and Soviet Union pledged to reduce their arsenals,...

19.06.2025 60

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Chalmers’ ambitious drive to boost living standards

19.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Merz steps up, crunch point near

19.06.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on Egypt and Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Starmer and Lammy vowed to do all they can. So do it

Last month, Sir Keir Starmer promised to do “everything I possibly can” to free Egypt’s highest profile political prisoner, Alaa Abd el-Fattah....

18.06.2025 10

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The Guardian view on Gaza’s engineered famine: stop arming the slaughter – or lose the rule of law

Gaza’s cries have been drowned out by Israel’s strikes on Iran, and the diplomatic pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu over the suffering has ebbed....

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US dilemma as Israel tries to hit underground nukes

18.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Work from home needs a flexible IR system

18.06.2025 10

The Australian

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PM should learn from Starmer

18.06.2025 20

The Australian

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The Guardian view on violence against women and girls: the grooming gangs inquiry should be part of a wider strategy

The government’s renewed focus on child sexual exploitation (CSE) gangs is overdue, and the new national inquiry recommended by Louise Casey must...

17.06.2025 20

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The Guardian view on Netanyahu’s Iran war: long planned, recklessly pursued – and perilous for all

In late 2020, Gen Mark Milley – then chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff – urged Donald Trump not to attack Iran and to ignore pressure from...

17.06.2025 60

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UN fakes settler violence claims

17.06.2025 10

The Australian

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Marks takes ABC back to basics

17.06.2025 10

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