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Pro-life supporters outside the US Supreme Court in Washington last week. The issue will play a role in the US election.

Abortion is decriminalised Australia-wide. Why the hell are we debating it again?

It is a flare sent up in the political atmosphere to communicate a set of right-wing values with the control of female bodies at their centre.

  • Jacqueline Maley

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“Father of the House” Bob Katter has a keen interest in China.

Bob Katter faces his own China crisis

The maverick North Queensland MP admitted to a “bad mistake” on China when CBD came calling.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Rupert Murdoch, who has handed over the News Corp reins to son Lachlan, hasn’t been here in more than five years.

Sky’s exclusive Rupert Murdoch interview suffers a confusing fate

Was footage of the Murdoch family patriarch lost on the cutting-room floor?

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Independent MPs Dai Le, Andrew Gee and Bob Katter are supporting a private bill that would make it illegal for businesses not to accept cash.

Saving the lobster, prawn and pineapple: MPs fight to force shops to take cash

Independent MPs are demanding the federal government make businesses accept cash from shoppers – or face thousands in fines.

  • Shane Wright
Cash is no longer king

Banks are the only ones benefiting from end of cash economy

Bank branches and ATMs are vanishing as financial institutions make it harder for us to use cash.

Coles and Woolworths control 65 per cent of the Australian grocery market.

Australia’s vegetable industry in serious jeopardy, suppliers warn

The situation for growers is so dire that more than a third are considering walking away from their farming business, according to a submission to the Senate supermarket pricing inquiry.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey and Jessica Yun
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Queensland MP Bob Katter in parliament in 2022.

How I found myself agreeing with cash king Bob Katter

Too many businesses are going cashless and it’s costing consumers. The banks and other payment providers, meanwhile, make a fortune from fees on card payments.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Bob Katter is getting into the mining game.

Bob Katter to get down and dirty by entering mining game

The eccentric Queensland MP responded to Glencore shutting down its Mt Isa copper mine with a rallying cry for the region.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
The Cape - Michael Ware

War correspondent thought he’d seen it all. Then he went to Queensland

Michael Ware discovered a culture of secrecy not unlike the Taliban as he investigated the disappearance of a father and son in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

  • Bridget McManus
Re: John Shakespeare illo CBD Thursday Bob Katter

League of his own: Bob Katter’s surprise State of Origin cameo

The eccentric veteran MP is now more meme than politician, making him great #content for giant betting firm Labrokes.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell

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