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Political leadership
‘I’ve evolved from factional operative’: Shorten says retirement is not retreat
Bill Shorten, for six years leader of the Labor Party before being denied the nation’s leadership, muses about life in politics and his future in academia.
- by Tony Wright
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Rudd operates as ‘foreign minister’ in DC: Top Biden adviser
US President Joe Biden’s top adviser on Asia has strongly backed Kevin Rudd, after the former PM made his first public comments since Donald Trump’s election victory.
- by Matthew Knott and Peter Hartcher
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Australia votes
Labor won’t make Kamala Harris’ mistakes against Trump, ALP boss says
In a closed door briefing for MPs, Labor’s national secretary outlined how the party would avoid the pitfalls of the Democrats’ celebrity-heavy campaign.
- by James Massola
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Local government
Roaming cats kill 47 million native Perth animals a year. These crusaders want that to end
The WA Feral Cat Working Group has urged the government to make an election promise to allow councils to introduce laws forcing Perth’s cat owners to keep them on their property.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Victorian council elections
‘A shadowy affair’: Push for probe to overhaul council elections
The proposed inquiry would look at six different issues threatening to undermine the integrity of local government elections.
- by Rachael Dexter
Rich city universities got off too lightly under Labor’s caps: Dutton
Peter Dutton promised deeper cuts to student numbers and said “plenty of international students in pretty schmick accommodation” were stopping Australians from accessing housing.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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City council
City Hall apologises to those ‘misled’ over Metro trial – but digs in
Amid mounting contradictions and accusations of lying, Brisbane City Council insists an early Metro rollout was always going to end.
- by Matt Dennien
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Fatima Payman to speak at event supporting scandal-plagued CFMEU
Former Labor senator Fatima Payman has joined forces with CFMEU rebels fighting the union being put into administration, prompting the government to demand she rule out taking money from embattled construction figures.
- by Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
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Political donations
Teals furious as Coalition to wave through tough laws cutting campaign donations
More than 10 crossbenchers united on Monday in parliament to condemn Labor’s handling of a major overhaul of Australia’s election system.
- by Paul Sakkal
Days before arrest, Jones partied with top silks and Liberal elites
On Monday, Alan Jones was arrested and charged with indecent assault offences. Two days earlier, he was MC at the 80th birthday of a top silk and former Liberal MP.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
The issue dividing Australians more than ever
Roughly half of Australians believe immigration is too high, although their attitudes appear to be driven by record levels of worry about housing and the economy rather than a surge in anti-migrant sentiment.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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