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Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump.

Australia pushes for Trump tariff ‘offer he can’t refuse’

Jostling over Labor’s handling of the export strike sits alongside a partisan divide on whether we should send peacekeepers to Ukraine.

  • Paul Sakkal

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US President Donald Trump.

‘I doubt it’: Top Trump adviser talks down chance of tariff exemption

The Coalition will accuse the government of a major foreign policy failure if it cannot secure an exemption to the steel and aluminium tariffs this week.

  • Michael Koziol and Matthew Knott
Teal MPs Zoe Daniel and Kate Chaney are furious with how Labor minister Don Farrell (bottom left) pushed the donations overhaul through parliament.

‘They knifed us’: The spat that could come back to haunt Albanese

Minister Don Farrell’s office has accused the teals of berating government staff over donation reform. Teal MP Kate Chaney says the accusation smacks of sexism.

  • Paul Sakkal
Donald Trump has threatened sweeping tariffs to allies and enemies of the US.

‘We will respond strongly’: Allies workshop how to talk back to Trump on tariffs

Canada’s visiting trade minister said Australia and Canada should forcefully argue the case for free trade as Donald Trump upends the global trading system.

  • Matthew Knott
Special Minister of State Don Farrell is leading the government’s sweeping reforms to electoral laws.

Trump turns MPs into Yes Minister caricatures

Trade Minister Don Farrell is certain Australia is obeying the president’s trade diktats. Exactly how he couldn’t say.

  • Nick Bonyhady
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Watch: Teal MP, Labor minister in furious standoff over donation law to reduce campaign spending

A heated confrontation in the corridors of Parliament House has ramped up the dispute between the Albanese government and the teal independents.

  • Olivia Ireland
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with independent MPs Monique Ryan, Allegra Spender, Kate Chaney and Zoe Daniel in discussion after a division in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra last year.

As teals attended drinks with Albanese, Dutton and Labor struck election overhaul

Big money in politics will become an election issue after furious independent MPs argued the proposed changes to cap donations will entrench the major parties’ dominance.

  • Paul Sakkal
No safe seats.

Labor and the Coalition are poised to launch a major attack on our democracy

This new donations bill will starve small parties and independents of the cash they need to compete while fattening up the coffers of the big players.

  • Jenna Price
Senator Jacqui Lambie and Senator David Pocock said the proposed laws heavily favour the major parties.

Getting elected to parliament for less than $800,000? ‘Rubbish’, Lambie says

Independent senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock are crucial votes on Labor’s electoral donations bill. They’re not happy with it at the moment.

  • Olivia Ireland
Jacqui Lambie in the Senate in November.

The best – and worst – of 2024: My list isn’t objective, but that’s the fun of it

Here are my top 10, for better or worse.

  • George Brandis

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