Tony Burke
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‘Part-time parliament’ sitting for fewest days in 20 years
Analysis of parliamentary sitting calendars from 2004 to the draft 2025 calendar reveals MPs in the lower house will spend 40 days passing laws.
- Olivia Ireland and Paul Sakkal
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Who’s in and who’s out of the new-look Albanese ministry
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s one-time Left faction rival Tanya Plibersek stays in cabinet as the new minister for social services.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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- Australian film
Trump announces 100 per cent tariff for movies produced outside US
The US president has opened a new front in his trade wars, which could have strong repercussions for Australia.
- Karl Quinn
Hostile and deeply divided: In south-west Sydney, it’s an election campaign like never before
Harnessing anger over Gaza, independents are posing an unprecedented threat to Labor in heartland seats.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Kayla Olaya
Torched, defaced, smeared: have Australia’s corflute wars gone too far?
Candidates in marginal electorates have reported a high number of incidents with campaign posters being torn down, or worse.
- Daniel Lo Surdo, Penry Buckley and Cindy Yin
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There’s an obvious successor for Albanese. The Libs face a tougher choice
Election results trigger, or subsequently lead to, leadership resets. Even in the turmoil of a campaign, players will also have their eyes on the future.
- Michelle Grattan
In Sydney’s west, division over Gaza action drives election debate
An activist group’s attempt to ban politicians from attending Muslim events has drawn criticism from some community leaders, but others insist politicians haven’t got the message.
- Perry Duffin, Anthony Segaert and Matt Wade
‘Interrupt, disrupt, expose’: Plan to drive MPs from Sydney’s mosques
A campaign is under way to force government and opposition politicians away from the city’s Islamic community by heckling and filming them.
- Perry Duffin
Tony Burke forced to leave prayer event; unauthorised flyers label him ‘racist’
Activists are flooding the immigration minister’s western Sydney electorate with flyers and banners labelling him a “racist”.
- Jessica McSweeney
Furious Dutton says Burke is lying about caravan plot briefings
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke accused the opposition leader of playing into criminals’ hands, but the Coalition said its leaders were briefed on January 30.
- Olivia Ireland and James Massola
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