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Pro-life supporters outside the US Supreme Court in Washington last week. The issue will play a role in the US election.

Abortion is decriminalised Australia-wide. Why the hell are we debating it again?

It is a flare sent up in the political atmosphere to communicate a set of right-wing values with the control of female bodies at their centre.

  • Jacqueline Maley

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Bob Katter in parliament earlier this year.

Good point! Bob Katter admits to a mini China crisis when CBD calls

The geopolitics of the Indo Pacific are tricky. But the veteran MP was quick to own up to his mistake.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
News Corp chairman emeritus Rupert Murdoch.

Cut for time? Rupert Murdoch’s slimmed down Sky News doco

The News Corp chairman emeritus was interviewed at length for a Sky News documentary, but ended up sharing airtime with others.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Independent MPs Dai Le, Andrew Gee and Bob Katter are supporting a private bill that would make it illegal for businesses not to accept cash.

Saving the lobster, prawn and pineapple: MPs fight to force shops to take cash

Independent MPs are demanding the federal government make businesses accept cash from shoppers – or face thousands in fines.

  • Shane Wright
Coles and Woolworths control 65 per cent of the Australian grocery market.

Australia’s vegetable industry in serious jeopardy, suppliers warn

The situation for growers is so dire that more than a third are considering walking away from their farming business, according to a submission to the Senate supermarket pricing inquiry.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey and Jessica Yun
Queensland MP Bob Katter in parliament in 2022.

How I found myself agreeing with cash king Bob Katter

Too many businesses are going cashless and it’s costing consumers. The banks and other payment providers, meanwhile, make a fortune from fees on card payments.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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War correspondent thought he’d seen it all. Then he went to Queensland

Michael Ware discovered a culture of secrecy not unlike the Taliban as he investigated the disappearance of a father and son in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

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Bob Katter

Crocodile Bob is in a league of his own

The nation’s longest-serving MP has teamed up with uber-bookies Ladbrokes for the State of Origin rugby league series.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Queensland pilot Josh Hoch allegedly knew he was flying politicians without an Air Operator’s Certificate.

Queensland pilot guilty of illegally flying MPs

A north Queensland pilot has been found guilty on charges relating to illegally operating a charter service used by state and federal members of parliament.

  • Fraser Barton
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Science friction: Thylacine ‘de-extinctors’ call on influencers for help

It seems strange that a project already struggling with scientific legitimacy turned to influencers to spruik for it on Instagram.

  • David Estcourt and Kishor Napier-Raman

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