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Royal family
Stuntwoman Lidia Thorpe gets the headlines, but won’t get outcomes
Thorpe was not in the room for a polite exchange of views. But she timed her moment perfectly.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
General insurance
After 18 months of battling, I’ve lost any faith I once had in our insurance industry
The government’s report slaps our insurance industry over the wrists without enforcing change. For flood-prone areas, that means waiting for 2022 to repeat itself.
- by Kirsty Evans
Breaking
Energy
Coalition’s ‘coal-to-nuclear’ plan puts fossil fuel in use for decades
Peter Dutton’s opposition has declared its plan will reach net zero by 2050 as it slams the Albanese government’s renewable energy goals.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
‘I’m not looking to be re-elected’: Thorpe vows to keep up activism
Maverick Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe does not care if her stunts end her parliamentary career as she doubled down on her decision to interrupt the royal visit.
- by Olivia Ireland
Australia buys $7b worth of US missiles for ‘greatest arms race’ since World War II
The deal will equip Australia’s navy with hundreds of advanced US-made long-range weapons.
- by Michelle Griffin
Opinion
Foreign relations
‘Airbus Albo’ has forgotten he has his own plane
The immediate decision before Albanese was how to deal with two important heads of state asking for attention at almost the same time. Why couldn’t he satisfy both?
- by Peter Hartcher
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Analysis
Political leadership
Does Dutton have a glass jaw?
It’s been six years since Peter Dutton said some reporters at the ABC didn’t “realise how completely dead they are to me”. Not much seems to have changed, but it could be risky territory for a wannabe PM.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
MPs back tax on tech giants
But Coalition members of a parliamentary inquiry labelled Labor “weak” for failing to force Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to renew deals with media businesses.
- by Paul Sakkal
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