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Arnold Vitocco and asbestos mulch.

Rich Lister charged in park asbestos contamination

Arnold Vitocco’s family company owns chocolate chain Max Brenner and is credited with building Liverpool in Sydney’s west. He is now charged with environmental crimes.

  • Rohan Sullivan
The Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks show is estimated to be worth many millions of dollars to the economy.

Pub baron welcomes deal to save Sydney’s New Year’s Eve

Pub baron Craig Laundy says commonsense has prevailed to end a rail strike threat to Sydney’s annual harbour fireworks worth $280 million to the economy.

  • Neve Brissenden and Luke Costin

‘Ready to burn’: Australians urged to avoid Boxing Day travel

Firefighters are battling blazes across the country and millions of people are being warned to stay alert as the risk of Christmas-week bushfires intensifies.

  • Holly Hales, Kaitlyn Offer and Will Ton

Toorak cricket club to Ukraine war zone: Russia takes Aussie prisoner

Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins may be the first Australian captured by Russia while fighting for Ukraine, and the government is urging Russia to respect international laws.

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  • James Hall and Michael Read

Political figures turn out for Kevin Andrews’ state funeral

Former prime minister Tony Abbott read the eulogy for the long-tim conservative Liberal MP at a service attended by politicians from both sides.

  • Holly Hales

Australian fighter pilot to be extradited over China training claim

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said he considered all evidence before him before deciding father of six Daniel Duggan should face court in the United States.

  • Luke Costin and Jacob Shteyman

Opinion & Analysis

Political class must heed lessons of Trump’s comeback

Will our leaders heed the warning that the best defence against populism is to take the hard decisions needed to restore the prosperity most Australians seek?

The AFR View

Editorial

The AFR View

Labor has left it too late for an early election this time

This year, the polls, the economy and the budget have all got worse for the government, and it has run out of room to go to voters before the end of its term.

Laura Tingle

Columnist

Laura Tingle

Churches sowed the seeds of antisemitism but have lost control of field in post-Christian age

The shift in Christian teaching can have a limited effect when the worst prejudices come from the radical, secular left.

Dutton not match fit after dodging the pack, or so Labor hopes

When the opposition leader has made a foray into policy detail, he’s found himself on the sticky paper.

Phillip Coorey

Political editor

Phillip Coorey
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John Pesutto and Moira Deeming, pictured during their defamation trial.

Victoria opposition leader ‘to face leadership spill’ this week

John Pesutto’s bid to head off a challenge by calling a special party room meeting to resolve the Moira Deeming crisis may have backfired.

  • Gus McCubbing
Grampians bushfire burns on Saturday.

Race to control giant bushfire after it triples in size

The blaze in Victoria’s Grampians National Park has razed 34,000 hectares and continues to grow.

  • Holly Hales and Aaron Bunch
Queensland Nationals MP Keith Pitt will retire at the next election.

Labor to have a swing at Hinkler after Pitt calls it quits

The unpopularity of federal Labor in Queensland makes it unlikely it will pick up Keith Pitt’s seat of Hinkler, around Bundaberg.

  • Phillip Coorey
Jillian Segal was appointed by Labor to clamp down on antisemitism.

Hate laws ‘patchwork’ needs urgent reform: antisemitism envoy

Jillian Segal, Australia’s first envoy to combat antisemitism, says better consistency is needed between federal, state and territory laws, pledging to push for changes in 2025. 

  • Tom McIlroy
Many thousands of people use Sydney trains to get to and from the city’s New Year’s Eve fireworks show.

Sydney’s New Year fireworks may be axed over train strike

NSW’s police commissioner says she fears for the safety of people who will gather on Sydney Harbour if they can’t use the rail network because of industrial action.

  • Luke Costin
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 The partnership between the political disruptor and tech disruptor has already caused chaos in Washington.

Political class must heed lessons of Trump’s comeback

Will our leaders heed the warning that the best defence against populism is to take the hard decisions needed to restore the prosperity most Australians seek?

  • The AFR View
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Labor has left it too late for an early election this time

This year, the polls, the economy and the budget have all got worse for the government, and it has run out of room to go to voters before the end of its term.

  • Laura Tingle

Anthony Albanese has a hat but does he have a rabbit?

For a government elected almost three years ago, the decline in Labor’s fortunes has been steep, and proportional to cost-of-living pressures that have driven out incumbents around the globe.

  • Phillip Coorey
A crowd gathers at Sydney Harbour.

Ageing Australia to lean on millions more migrants: Treasury

The population is forecast to hit 31 million in a decade, as younger migrants pay for the increasing number of older people in aged care and the health system.

  • John Kehoe
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele earlier this year.

Australia spends $190m on Solomons policing

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Solomon Islands counterpart Jeremiah Manele announced the agreement on Friday.

  • Tom McIlroy
Julian Assange’s return to Australia last Wednesday.

In Pictures: Best of 2024

The best photos of 2024 by staff and casual photographers at The Australian Financial Review, and memorable moments.

Tom Holland, left, and Dominic Sandbrook, hosts of The Rest is History podcast.

The podcast all of federal parliament is obsessed with

Australia’s political leaders have ambitious reading and streaming plans for the summer break, but one audio program is winning bipartisan support.

  • Tom McIlroy
Pesutto and Moira Deeming, pictured during their defamation trial.

‘Jacinta’s Christmas present’: Liberal anger as Vic chaos rolls on

The party remains in turmoil after a meeting to reinstate ousted MP Moira Deeming was split 14-all, ensuring the internal row continues into next year.

  • Gus McCubbing
A nativity scene in the Vatican featured the baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh.

Churches sowed the seeds of antisemitism but have lost control of field in post-Christian age

The shift in Christian teaching can have a limited effect when the worst prejudices come from the radical, secular left.

  • Benjamin Elton
Peter Dutton stumbled while promoting his nuclear energy plan.

Dutton not match fit after dodging the pack, or so Labor hopes

When the opposition leader has made a foray into policy detail, he’s found himself on the sticky paper.

  • Phillip Coorey
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The pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Sydney.

Racism and antisemitism ‘pervasive’ at universities: report

The Australian Human Rights Commission says Jewish students believe universities are incapable or unwilling to address their safety concerns.

  • Tom McIlroy
Revenue from so-called sin taxes as falling.

Booze and ciggies tax down $12.5b as bootlegging, illegal tobacco boom

Soaring taxes have driven a fall in consumption but also a shift towards contraband.

  • Phillip Coorey

Glen Le Lievre cartoons for 2024

See all of Glen Le Lievre cartoons for 2024.

  • Glen Le Lievre
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan (right) speaks to the media after Jaclyn Symes is sworn in as the state’s new treasurer.

‘I like fixing things’: New treasurer raises business hope in Victoria

Premier Jacinta Allan has made her first cabinet reshuffle, with business welcoming “proven performer” Jaclyn Symes as the successor to Tim Pallas.

  • Gus McCubbing
University of Sydney Vice Chancellor Mark Scott and Education Minister Jason Clare.

Backdoor overseas student caps will ‘damage Australia’s reputation’

Under Labor’s new plan, visa applications for overseas students would be put on a go-slow once their intended university hits 80 per cent of its proposed cap.

  • Ronald Mizen

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