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About 390 new dwellings are under construction at Eden Street and Princes Highway in Arncliffe.

Coalition claims housing fund has built zero homes. Labor says they are delivering

Hundreds of homes have been completed with work under way on thousands more across the country.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is prepared for whatever Prime Minister Anthony Albanese decides.

Budget update ‘within days’ as PM prepares to call election

For months, the government has been promising a March 25 budget. But an “update” that would allow Anthony Albanese to call an April 12 election is now likely.

  • Shane Wright
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Political dirt units are meant to stay in the shadows. This week, they came out

Politicians are not supposed to disclose their dirt units, but one Labor MP said the quiet part out loud after days of critical attention on Peter Dutton.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and James Massola
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

As Wong and Dutton exchange fire, the Chinese flotilla laps Australia

The foreign minister accused the Coalition of seeking political advantage from ships’ exercises in the Tasman with inflammatory rhetoric on China.

  • Matthew Knott

Albanese could boldly go where no first-term government has gone before (for a century)

As prime minister, Albanese has been reluctant to change. For some reason, his colleagues don’t intervene. It’s like the charge of the Light Brigade.

  • Shaun Carney
Fish kills have caused a stink for the Tasmanian salmon industry.

Thousands of dead fish, a $37m federal promise and an animal close to extinction: Australia’s ‘salmon war’ gets ugly

A major fish kill in the waters of south-east Tasmania has raised tensions just as the prime minister has backed the industry.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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undreds of election signs from conservative leaning parties were found dumped off Great Eastern Highway in Greenmount this week.

Apple Airtags lead police to Perth Hills election sign thief

The Liberals Perth Hills campaign team decided to purchase eight of the Apple tracking devices after losing up to 10 signs a night, which one campaign insider said was the worst he’d ever seen. 

  • Hamish Hastie
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese brandishes a Medicare card at Sunday’s announcement in Launceston.

To make Medicare healthy again, our leaders must treat these worrying symptoms

Universal health care is expensive and getting more so, which is a problem when politicians like appearing to cut taxes and never increase them or introduce new ones.

  • Ross Gittins
RPM State politics

Train dispute and chauffeur scandals: NSW Labor takes a hit

NSW Labor has scored its lowest primary vote since Gladys Berejiklian was premier.

  • Alexandra Smith
Tu Le

The feud fuelling one of the tightest battles of the next election

Independent MP for Fowler Dai Le could hold the balance of power after the election. Her Labor opponent, Tu Le, is campaigning to win back the seat while heavily pregnant.

  • Matthew Knott

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