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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull appearing via videolink at the ‘Pumped Storage: Powering Australia’s Energy Future’ conference at the GHD offices in Brisbane yesterday afternoon.

Turnbull pushes pumped hydro, even if Australia goes nuclear

The former PM, now president of the International Hydropower Association, says the energy sector remains “sceptical” about Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear power.

  • Cameron Atfield and Sean Parnell

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Some mishaps on the election trail: Kevin Rudd busts in on a choir; Tony Abbott inexplicably eats an onion; Scott Morrison’s rugby tackle trouble; and, Paul Keating’s cake plan falls flat.

‘You ignorant bastards!’ Perils of the election campaign trail

Very rarely, everything goes smoothly on the election campaign trail. Often, things go very, very wrong.

  • Tony Wright

‘Aluminium Albo’ has blueprint to test Trump’s mettle

Australian prime ministers have traditionally had poor name recognition in the US. But Anthony Albanese can change that.

  • Nick Bryant

We’re on Trumpian time now. Albanese’s win could last five minutes or five years

Anthony Albanese just survived round one in a political boxing match against Donald Trump – a bout that has him at constant risk of a knockout blow before the election.

  • David Crowe
President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods.

‘We have to stand up to him’: Trump tariffs could hit Australia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been warned Australia may be unable to again escape crushing tariffs on Australian exports.

  • Matthew Knott, Simon Johanson and David Swan
Howard surrounded by liberal Liberals

Where have all the liberal Libs gone? This is Dutton’s cue to learn from Howard

The Liberal Party, said John Howard, was a “broad church”, at its best when it embraced both its conservative and liberal traditions.

  • George Brandis
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Liberal MP Ann-Marie Hermans addresses the protest in Berwick.

Liberal MPs get advice to deal with gatecrashing neo-Nazis

Security experts have been called in to coach opposition MPs on how to deal with the spectre of right-wing extremists hijacking Liberal Party events.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
WestConnex staff watch one of the two roadheaders smashing through sandstone.

State must come clean on tunnel workers’ health

Tunnelling has and is causing great damage to the workers through compromised air quality. Would it not be reasonable, and sensible, to get this out in the open now?

The wife of Bali Nine prisoner Matthew Norman, known only as Anita, delivers food to him at Kerobokan prison on Monday.

‘Bring them home’: Schapelle’s mum begs mercy for ‘lovely boys’ of Bali Nine

The call came as the wife of one of the men called for the Indonesian president to “have mercy”, while it was revealed at least two former prime ministers sought their release.

  • Marissa Calligeros, James Massola, David Crowe and Michael Bachelard
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McClymont deserves all plaudits over Jones probe

Congratulations to Kate McClymont for the seminal role her thorough, principled investigations played in the apprehending of Alan Jones.

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