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Sussan Ley announces (another) frontbench reshuffle

Sussan Ley announces (another) frontbench reshuffle

Sussan Ley has reshuffled her frontbench team again after Liberal Andrew Haste resigned as Shadow Minister of Home Affairs over immigration concerns .

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Jim Chalmers unveils major retreat on controversial superannuation changes

Jim Chalmers unveils major retreat on controversial superannuation changes

Jim Chalmers has watered down from Labor’s changes to superannuation, and fully dumped the plan to tax unrealised capital gains

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Senator David Pocock thrown out of Parliament Sports Club after criticising gambling link

Senator David Pocock thrown out of Parliament Sports Club after criticising gambling link

The ACT senator had his club membership cancelled after going public with concerns about its link with the gambling industry.

10.10.2025 10

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Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom to find information?

Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom to find information?
10.10.2025 10

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Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom to find information?

Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom to find information?
10.10.2025 10

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Grattan on Friday: Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom to find information?

Grattan on Friday: Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom to find information?

A little under a year ago, Michelle Rowland, who was then communications minister, had to make a humiliating retreat, she now might just have to make...

09.10.2025 4

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Jakubowicz on repairing our ‘fragile’ multicultural nation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Jakubowicz on repairing our ‘fragile’ multicultural nation

The multiculturalism expert says increased tensions since the October 7 attacks have raised ‘the tideline of hate speech’ in Australia.

08.10.2025 10

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View from The Hill: Two years of a distant war have brought much damage to Australian society

View from The Hill: Two years of a distant war have brought much damage to Australian society

The war in Gaza has raised questions and caused serious divisions about the future of multiculturalism, free speech and the right to protest.

07.10.2025 8

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View from The Hill: Can Sussan Ley avoid Brendan Nelson’s fate?

View from The Hill: Can Sussan Ley avoid Brendan Nelson’s fate?

The opposition leader has taken the helm at a dire time for her party - and the sharks are already circling.

06.10.2025 9

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Believe it or not ... the case for more federal MPs

Believe it or not ... the case for more federal MPs
04.10.2025 10

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Believe it or not, there would be a case for more federal politicians

Believe it or not, there would be a case for more federal politicians
03.10.2025 10

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Believe it or not, there would be a case for more federal politicians

Believe it or not, there would be a case for more federal politicians
03.10.2025 3

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Defence treaty with PNG ready for signing after its cabinet gives it the tick

Defence treaty with PNG ready for signing after its cabinet gives it the tick

After a slight delay, the Papua New Guinea government has agreed to sign off on a new defence treaty with Australia.

02.10.2025 3

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Grattan on Friday: believe it or not, there would be a case for more federal politicians

Grattan on Friday: believe it or not, there would be a case for more federal politicians

Very few voters trust (or even like) politicians, so it’s hard to imagine a world where the government would create more, but Don Farrell may well...

02.10.2025 3

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself

Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself

Opposition finance spokesman James Paterson canvasses the economy and the budget, says the Liberals need to sort out its stance on net zero sooner...

02.10.2025 4

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As PM faces UN, Hastie sounds decidedly Trumpian

As PM faces UN, Hastie sounds decidedly Trumpian
27.09.2025 10

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As the govt rejects Trump's stands, Andrew Hastie sounds decidedly Trumpian

26.09.2025 5

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As the govt rejects Trump's stands, Andrew Hastie sounds decidedly Trumpian

26.09.2025 6

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Grattan on Friday: As the government rejects Trump’s stands, Liberal leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie sounds decidedly Trumpian

Grattan on Friday: As the government rejects Trump’s stands, Liberal leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie sounds decidedly Trumpian

The prime minister avoided any major pitfalls during his week in the US. Back at home, the Liberal party’s infighting has shown no signs of stopping.

25.09.2025 2

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: former diplomat Ian Parmeter on an Israel-led ‘one-state solution’

Politics with Michelle Grattan: former diplomat Ian Parmeter on an Israel-led ‘one-state solution’

The former Australian ambassador turned scholar says despite more countries recognising Palestine as a state, a peaceful two-state solution is...

25.09.2025 3

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View from The Hill: Albanese’s Trump meeting is in the diary – now it’s a matter of managing it

View from The Hill: Albanese’s Trump meeting is in the diary – now it’s a matter of managing it

After all the speculation, the prime minister finally has his meeting with the mercurial American president. Not attention will turn to how to manage...

24.09.2025 5

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View from The Hill: Albanese left off Trump’s meeting list, as Ley oversteps the mark

View from The Hill: Albanese left off Trump’s meeting list, as Ley oversteps the mark

Foreign policy is proving a sticking point for both the prime minister and the opposition leader, with both presenting lacklustre performances.

23.09.2025 6

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Australia formally recognises Palestine, as Albanese begins US visit

The Albanese government on Sunday formally recognised Palestine as an independent state.

21.09.2025 9

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Bill Shorten ‘re-imagines universities’, with specialist institutions and bespoke degrees

University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Bill Shorten has called for a “fundamental re-imagining” of Australia’s universities

19.09.2025 10

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Albanese government's 2035 target range is aimed at multiple audiences

19.09.2025 3

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Albanese government's 2035 target range is aimed at multiple audiences

19.09.2025 4

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese government’s 2035 target range is aimed at multiple audiences

The Albanese government will hope its new 2035 target will be well received internationally as it seeks to balance its global relationships.

18.09.2025 3

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Government announces 2035 target of 62–70% emissions reduction

The Albanese government has announced Australia will commit to cutting emissions by between 62% and 70% on 2005 levels by 2035.

18.09.2025 6

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Wood on ‘politics trumping climate policy’ and the hard road ahead

The energy expert says Australia’s only on track to cut its emissions by around 50% by 2035 – ‘so we’re going to have to step up the pace’...

17.09.2025 4

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Albanese leaves PNG with major defence treaty still a work in progress

Albanese put the best face on the situation after his plan to sign a major defence treaty with Papua New Guinea while in Port Moresby fell through.

17.09.2025 5

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Trump accuses ABC journalist of ‘hurting Australia’ and says he’ll report him to Albanese

The stoush comes as the prime minister prepares for his long-sought meeting with the president.

17.09.2025 10

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Opposition leader Sussan Ley commits to more targeted welfare, saying it shouldn’t go to high income households

Sussan Ley will give her first major economic speech as leader to call for Australians to move “off welfare and into self-reliance”

16.09.2025 3

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View from The Hill: Hastie refuses to accept that politics, like military service, requires some discipline

Only a few months into her leadership, Sussan Ley is facing an extraordinary insurgency from Liberal frontbenchers.

16.09.2025 2

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Ley hasn’t solved Price issue – it may be bigger

13.09.2025 20

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Sussan Ley hasn't solved her Jacinta Price problem - it may just become bigger

12.09.2025 10

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Sussan Ley hasn't solved her Jacinta Price problem - it may just become bigger

12.09.2025 10

Canberra Times

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Grattan on Friday: Sussan Ley hasn’t solved her Jacinta Price problem – it may just become bigger

After mishandling the initial incident, Ley now has to content with a freelancing backbencher in a deeply divided opposition.

11.09.2025 10

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Sussan Ley sacks Jacinta Price after she refuses to declare leadership loyalty

Sussan Ley has sacked frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price after she failed to back her leadership of the Liberal Party.

11.09.2025 9

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Sussan Ley sacks Jacinta Price after she refuses to declare leadership loyality

Sussan Ley has sacked frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price after she failed to back her leadership of the Liberal Party.

10.09.2025 9

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Doug Cameron says Labor’s left ‘defanged’ and co-opted into supporting US aggression

The former NSW Senator has said Australia is an active, eager participant in the US-led order" and urged the Albanese government to abandon AUKUS.

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View from The Hill: Should Sussan Ley extend the apology to Indian community that Jacinta Price refuses to give?

The ructions within the Liberal Party deepen over Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent comments on Indian immigration.

09.09.2025 4

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View from The Hill: Damage done by Jacinta Price’s Indian immigration comment likely to long haunt Liberals

The Senator made life difficult for the Liberal Party with her comments about Indian immigration. When they blew up, she made it worse.

08.09.2025 10

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Andrews’ red-carpet walk in China puts PM on spot

08.09.2025 20

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Dan Andrews' red carpet walk in Beijing puts Albanese on the spot

05.09.2025 10

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Dan Andrews' red carpet walk in Beijing puts Albanese on the spot

05.09.2025 4

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Grattan on Friday: Dan Andrews’ red carpet walk in Beijing puts Albanese on the spot

Despite he and his government being in an overwhelmingly dominant position politically, Anthony Albanese sounded quite tetchy at times this week.

04.09.2025 3

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Government settles Robodebt class action appeal for $475 million in compensation

The settlement is still to be approved by the federal court, would be the largest class action settlement in Australian history.

04.09.2025 5

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Albanese government to bring forward home care packages in major backdown

Some 20,000 home care packages will be brought forward to be delivered before the end of October.

03.09.2025 4

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Abul Rizvi on how silence and stalling stoke anti-migrant  fears

A former deputy secretary of the immigration department under the Howard government says ‘it’s time politicians on both sides pulled up their socks’.

03.09.2025 20

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Albanese government sets unchanged 185,000 intake under permanent migration program

Immigration Minister Tony Burke announced the figure amid a fresh divisive debate about immigration, intensified by the weekend marches calling for...

02.09.2025 10

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