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Here’s how the US election would pan out if Australians voted instead
Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. Our exclusive poll reveals how they might fare if Australians were voting for them.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Nuclear energy
Pity nuclear energy is powering politics rather than our homes
The greatest regret with energy is that we didn’t start yesterday. We were too busy burning our personal energy on turning a technical discussion into a divisive debate.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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Tobacco
Budget bottom line goes up in smoke as black market reaps reward
Despite ever-increasing excise, tobacco taxes are falling short of forecasts and leaving a hole in the budget. Experts say a cut in tobacco tax may be needed.
- by Shane Wright
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Middle East at war
Australians in mass no-show for evacuation flight from Lebanon
The federal government estimates there are about 15,000 Australians in Lebanon. Some people have continued travelling there against DFAT advice.
- by Matthew Knott and Kate Geraghty
Trout fishing on the hook for threatened species’ survival
The popular pastime could be curtailed to save at-risk native species from extinction.
- by Mike Foley
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Investigations
Liberal Party insiders line up pay day from Morrison government policy
A proposal for a $500 million data centre next to an ADF base has sparked fresh concerns about the behaviour of politicians after they leave parliament.
- by Nick McKenzie
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Immigration
Student visa desperation: Appeals blow out, asylum claims climb
Former immigration department official Abdul Rivsi said it was probably the highest proportion of students claiming asylum since the Tiananmen Square massacre.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Marles should quit if ‘bullying’ response breached code: Coalition
Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said Jo Tarnawsky’s allegations of being shunted aside as the defence minister’s chief of staff were “extremely serious”.
- by Olivia Ireland
The latest illustrations from artist Alan Moir
The Sydney Morning Herald’s political cartoonist, sketches the political unreality.
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Discrimination
Albo’s T-------- blunder says more about our times than our PM
Insults, and our ever-changing tolerance for them, speak volumes for the incoherence of our politics.
- by Malcolm Knox
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