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Climate crisis
‘Twiggy’ Forrest-led business campaign demands Albanese go greener
Demonstrating the political gulf over climate action, Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce declared he would use the new term to campaign for the scrapping of the Paris Agreement.
- by Paul Sakkal and Nick O'Malley
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Climate policy
Nationals leader says net zero ‘impossible’ as party moves toward ditching goal
- by Paul Sakkal and Brittany Busch
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Political leadership
‘His courage was with me’: How Ali France’s late son’s words propelled her to parliament
- by Brittany Busch and Tony Wright
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Parliament House
Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt opening of parliament
- by Nick Newling and Brittany Busch
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Penny Wong: Israel condemnation channels Australians’ ‘distress’ over Gaza
- by Matthew Knott, Nick Newling and Angus Thompson
Opinion & Perspectives
Question time returns, but you wouldn’t want to look here for answers
The inevitable dull roar from opposition benches signalled question time was back. Emphasis on dull. And roar? An exaggeration.
Tony Wright
Associate editor and special writer
The Albanese government wants the Gaza war to end now. So do most Israelis
In Israel, the idea the war has gone on for too long is utterly mainstream, as is the idea Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is at least partly to blame.
Matthew Knott
National correspondent
Defining antisemitism is no threat to free speech. Without a definition, we are adrift
The IHRA working definition of antisemitism is a lighthouse, not a bludgeon. Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal has called for punitive action when patterned institutional antisemitism is not dealt with.
Adam Slonim
Podcaster and commentator
Federal
Political sketch
Political leadership
Question time returns, but you wouldn’t want to look here for answers
The inevitable dull roar from opposition benches signalled question time was back. Emphasis on dull. And roar? An exaggeration.
- by Tony Wright
Victoria
Dozens of schools to open up sports facilities after hours for western communities
- by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
Six key dates at centre of childcare rape allegations against Joshua Brown
- by Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch
New South Wales
Queensland
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Queensland government
Can Queensland workers count on the LNP’s respect? This year they’ll find out
- by Matt Dennien
Youth crime debate flares after teens face court over Sunshine Coast death
- by Matt Dennien and Catherine Strohfeldt
Western Australia
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Roads
The traffic barriers that are taking as long to build as Boorloo Bridge
- by Hamish Hastie
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