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Mayor of Whittlesea Aidan McLindon has been barred from attending the chamber over his alleged behaviour.

Mayor barred from chamber and making phone calls, as council takes ‘extraordinary’ action

Aidan McLindon, the former Freedom Party candidate who became an outer-suburban mayor, is at war with his own council after he was barred from attending meetings over repeated allegations of poor behaviour.

  • Tom Cowie and Rachael Dexter

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Infrastructure Minister Catherine King and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Labor pumps cash into battleground states

Find out how much money your electorate got from the grants scheme – and where all the cash went.

  • James Massola
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
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
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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
The Cape - Michael Ware

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.

  • Bridget McManus
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

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