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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.

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

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’...

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

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.

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

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.

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

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”

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

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.

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

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

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

Sussan Ley hasn't solved her Jacinta Price problem - it may just become bigger
12.09.2025 10

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

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 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.

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

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

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?

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

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.

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

Andrews’ red-carpet walk in China puts PM on spot
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Dan Andrews' red carpet walk in Beijing puts Albanese on the spot

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

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

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

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 4

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Albanese government to bring forward home care packages in major backdown

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

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’.

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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...

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Report on social media age assurance trial says there is not a one-size -fits-all solution

Report on social media age assurance trial says there is not a one-size -fits-all solution

The government’s trial has found age-assurance for its under-16 social media ban can be done, however admitting it can’t be one-size-fits-all.

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View from The Hill: Albanese government resorts to whatever-it -takes to rid Australia of former detainees

View from The Hill: Albanese government resorts to whatever-it -takes to rid Australia of former detainees

the Nauru parliament announced a deal between the Home Affairs Minister and Nauru for that country to accept up to 280 former immigration detainees...

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Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face

Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face
30.08.2025 10

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View from The Hill: Albanese edging closer to landing Trump September meeting

View from The Hill: Albanese edging closer to landing Trump September meeting

Albanese appears to be edging closer to landing the long-sought meeting with President Donald Trump when the prime minister is in the United States in...

29.08.2025 5

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Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face

29.08.2025 6

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Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler on kids on the NDIS and aged care funding

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler on kids on the NDIS and aged care funding

The health minister also says fewer kids are now vaping because of the government’s ban, which ‘exploded’ as a health problem during the COVID years.

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Grattan on Friday: Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face

If the intelligence community had its Logies, ASIO chief Mike Burgess would be chasing gold this week.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler on kids on the NDIS to aged care funding

The health minister also says fewer kids are now vaping because of the government’s ban, which ‘exploded’ as a health problem during the COVID years.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler on everything from Thriving Kids to aged care funding

The health minister also says fewer kids are now vaping because of the government’s ban, which ‘exploded’ as a health problem during the COVID years.

28.08.2025 7

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler on kids on the NDIS through to aged care funding

The health minister also says fewer kids are now vaping because of the government’s ban, which ‘exploded’ as a health problem during the COVID years.

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View from The Hill: Growing push for early decision on climate policy wedges Ley

Sussan Ley is resisting growing internal pressure for the Coalition to quickly discuss and determine the future of its policy on net zero.

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Australia says Iran was behind two antisemitic attacks; Iranian ambassador expelled

The government will also legislate to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.

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Albanese government to bring forward start of its home deposit guarantee changes

The Albanese government is bringing forward by three months to October 1 implementation of its 5% deposit guarantee for all first home buyers.

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Laundry basket of reform means plenty of washing

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A laundry basket of reform leaves a lot of washing to be done

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A laundry basket of reform leaves a lot of washing to be done

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Chalmers wins tail wind on tax reform from roundtable

Jim Chalmers ends his roundtable more optimistic then he started, leaving in its wake broad support to work on three major areas of tax reform.

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Grattan on Friday: a laundry basket of reform leaves a lot of washing to be done

While Mark Butler went bold on NDIS reform, Treasurer Jim Chalmers used his roundtable to present a masterclass in inclusive incrementalism.

21.08.2025 4

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Australian Jewish representatives deliver stinging rebukes to Netanyahu and Albanese

The Executive Council of Australia Jewry has called both leaders to tone down the rhetoric as Australia and Israel continue a war of words.

20.08.2025 4

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View from The Hill: Everyone wants a slice of the productivity action

While the summit’s program is well-defined, it’s much harder to know what’s going on behind closed doors.

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Israeli PM Netanyahu denounces ‘weak’ Albanese in social media outburst

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a stunning attack on prime minister Albanese, calling him ‘weak’ and saying he ‘abandoned...

19.08.2025 6

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Israel bans Australian diplomats from occupied territories, as bilateral relations dive further

After the Home Affairs Department cancelled the visas of prominent Israeli politicians, the Netanyahu government quickly retaliated.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brien and industry chief Andrew McKellar’s tax and red tape wishlists

Both men say the government has a ‘spending problem’ and are urging the federal government to think beyond raising taxes – especially for business.

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View from The Hill: Roundtable to grapple with political footballs and regulatory hairballs

After a long lead-up, the economic roundtable attendees are descending on the capital. But what can we expect from it? The treasurer has laid out his...

18.08.2025 6

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PM naive on Hamas reaction to Palestine shift

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Can Jim Chalmers reap a healthy crop with the help of his big worm farm?

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