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The fog of inflation is lifting.

Dutton plan: Free lunches, cuts to services

Stand by for the whole gamut of Trump’s MAGA suite of anti-government moves, which would make our lives more difficult.

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Randwick council cleaners remove antisemitic graffiti from a car on Sunday after a spate of attacks on houses and vehicles in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Antisemitism stoush to dominate parliament as government blacklists white supremacist channel

The government has slapped first-of-their-kind counter-terrorism sanctions on the Terrorgram online network as part of a crackdown on antisemitism.

  • Matthew Knott and Sally Rawsthorne

No worries? How a fractured Australia lost its laid-back spirit

Even our lamb ads portray a fraying of national cohesion. From antisemitic terror to political polarisation, we’re not as relaxed as we like to imagine.

  • Nick Bryant
The Coalition’s has proposed to stop foreign investment in real estate.

Coalition ban on foreign property buyers is not a policy, just an election ploy

Purchases of property by overseas buyers account for only 1 per cent of all such transactions in Australia.

David Coleman and Donald Trump.

‘That’s not our policy’: Coalition splits with Trump on Gaza ‘clean-out’

New opposition foreign affairs spokesman David Coleman says a Coalition government would argue for a two-state solution for the Palestinian and Israeli people, not the plan put forward by Donald Trump.

  • David Crowe
“That is an absurd question”: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus during the press conference.

‘Get politics out of this’: At Auschwitz, Dreyfus tries to put focus back on Holocaust

The attorney-general says attempts to politicise antisemitism are grotesque; opposition frontbencher Jane Hume says if the left had cracked down sooner, it would not be such an issue.

  • Rob Harris
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Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun was handed a suspended death sentence last year.

Australian forced to choose between food and clothes in Beijing jail

In a freezing winter, Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun told Australian officials he could not afford a jumper and had to beg other prisoners for soup.

  • Matthew Knott
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in 2017.

Trump signals tougher approach with Putin on Ukraine

“We can do it the easy way, or the hard way,” said Trump, who previously claimed he would end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in as president.

  • Rob Harris
Penny Wong joined foreign ministers from the Quad to represent Australia at President Trump’s inauguration.

Penny Wong’s golden ticket to the Trump show signals Australia’s strength

Penny Wong and Donald Trump hardly sound like a match made in political heaven, but there was Australia’s foreign minister in prime position.

  • Matthew Knott
President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump on stage during a candlelight dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington.

A night at the ball: Forget inauguration formalities and head for the glittery halls

The inauguration balls in Washington showcase political hobnobbing on a scale Australians can scarcely imagine.

  • Michael Koziol

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