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Political donations
Can the teals resist this $90m party invitation?
The new election-spending limit for a political party is $90 million, but it’s just $800,000 for a single MP. Might stand-alone teals toe the party line?
- by David Crowe
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Government grants
Labor pumps cash into battleground states
Find out how much money your electorate got from the grants scheme – and where all the cash went.
- by James Massola
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China accuses Australia of ‘intruding’ in its airspace after jet flare incident
Australia complained to Beijing after a dangerous encounter with a Chinese fighter jet and sent a frigate to the Torres Strait to shadow three Chinese warships.
- by Matthew Knott and Lisa Visentin
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Australia votes
Dutton to launch assault on Labor’s red wall. Can it win him the next election?
The moves come after the prime minister sparked a new round of speculation about the election date by making an offhand remark in parliament.
- by Paul Sakkal and David Crowe
Political sketch
Trump diplomacy
Trump turns MPs into Yes Minister caricatures
Trade Minister Don Farrell is certain Australia is obeying the president’s trade diktats. Exactly how he couldn’t say.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Watch: Teal MP, Labor minister in furious standoff over donation law to reduce campaign spending
A heated confrontation in the corridors of Parliament House has ramped up the dispute between the Albanese government and the teal independents.
- by Olivia Ireland
Analysis
Trade wars
We’ll know Trump’s tariff war is serious when he hits Big Macs
Despite the worries about Trump’s tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium, the real concern is if he widens his trade war to burgers.
- by Shane Wright
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