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Lachlan LeemingState political reporter

Lachlan Leeming is a state political reporter for The Daily Telegraph, working out of the Macquarie Street press gallery. Over his career he has covered politics, local government, natural disasters, crime and court, both in the UK and throughout regional Australia.

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China reveals big move on Aussie lobster ban

A major trade hurdle between China and Australia has been overcome following a meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese Premier Li Qiang.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - October 8, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Ute tax’ fears reignited over new car pollution cap

The Coalition has raised concerns new car pollution caps could drive up the cost of family and tradie-friendly SUVs and utes ahead of the Prime Minister’s crunch meetings with Asian leaders.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - SEPTEMBER 23 2024; Opposition Leader Peter Dutton addresses a CEDA lunch on nuclear policy: A Nuclear Powered Australia - could it work? in Sydney today. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

The man who could deliver Western Sydney to Dutton

The Opposition leader has doubled his visits to Western Sydney in the last year, in a bid to snatch seats from Labor’s traditional stronghold.

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Peter Dutton’s brazen bid to win over Western Sydney

The Opposition Leader has doubled his visits to Western Sydney in the past year, in a bid to snatch seats from Labor’s traditional stronghold — and he has a secret weapon in the region.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. JUNE 9, 2022.ÃPLEASE CONTACT WEEKEND PIC EDITOR ROHAN KELLY BEFORE PUBLISHING.Pictured at his Grain Farm in Mullaley today is Xavier Martin, who is also the NSW Farmers Association Vice President and is calling for an ACCC Inquiry into Supply Chain issues in the Grain Market. Picture: Tim Hunter.

‘Trying to ruin farmers’: New land clearing law lashed

Farming peak bodies say the map could see landholders hit with land clearing penalties, due to inaccurate map.

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Tu Le, left, will be Labor's candidate to take on Independent Dai La for Fowler. Pictures: Supplied/News Corp

Albanese reveals candidate to take on Dai Le in western Sydney

She was controversially overlooked in 2022 for Kristina Keneally, but Labor is now set to install a Vietnamese-Australian lawyer in a bid to take back Fowler from Dai Le.

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Albanese accused of trying to ‘wish away’ Hezbollah

Coalition home affairs spokesman James Paterson has pointed the finger at the Prime Minister for not being strong enough in his support for Israel, amid Mr Albanese’s calls for a ‘de-escalation’ in the region.

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A Santos Ltd. pilot well operates on a farm property in Narrabri, Australia, on Thursday, May 25, 2017. A decade after the shale revolution transformed the U.S. energy landscape, Australia — poised to overtake Qatar as the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas — is experiencing its own quandary over natural gas. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg

Why we have to turn on a gas pipeline

As a looming gas shortage hovers over Australia’s east coast, new figures show how far behind NSW has fallen.

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This handout photo released by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on September 24, 2024, shows Australia's foreign Minister Penny Wong speaking to media in New York about a proposed UN declaration on the protection of humanitarian workers. Wong is in the US to lead Australia's delegation to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly from September 23-27. (Photo by ANDREW KELLY / AUSTRALIA'S DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE / AFP) / XGTY / ---EDITORS NOTE ----RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE/ ANDREW KELLY â NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Wong’s call for Palestinian state timeline slammed from all sides

Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s speech in New York has attracted criticism from multiple facets, including that it would have little bearing on the conflict in the Middle East.

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Wong’s call for Palestinian state timeline slammed from all sides

The foreign minister’s speech in New York has attracted criticism from multiple facets, including that it would have little bearing on the conflict in the middle east.

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