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Health Minister Mark Butler said the government would always look at ways to strengthen Medicare.

Coalition haunted by its anti-Medicare history

Liberal spokesperson Anne Ruston claims that “the Coalition always has, and always will, invest in Medicare”. Well, except when under Malcolm Fraser they demolished Medibank and opposed any changes to the ramshackle health scheme we had.

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John Howard on one of his election campaign morning walks in 2004. The victory was perhaps the high point in his entire term.

He crushed Latham in 2004, but unlocked cabinet papers reveal the problems Howard could not fix

John Howard’s victory at the 2004 election remains one of federal politics’ most remarkable achievements. But cabinet papers from that year show it was the start of the end.

  • Shane Wright
An Iraqi security officer follows the prayer session led by Pope Francis for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, Mosul, Iraq, in 2021.

Assassination plot: Pope reveals British intelligence saved his life

Francis turned 88 on Tuesday and marked the occasion with revelations of a twin suicide bomb plot against him.

Illustration by Simon Letch

Voters laboring under gutless government

Ross Gittins may well bemoan the “era of gutless government”, but perhaps he should direct his criticism to the people responsible, the electors of Australia.

Syrian opposition fighters ride along the streets in the aftermath of the opposition’s takeover of Hama, Syria, on Friday.

Countries close borders after rebels’ stunning advance against Assad

A collection of rebel groups aiming to depose the Assad regime are advancing towards the capital, Damascus, making Iran and others nervous.

  • Raja Abdulrahim, Farnaz Fassihi and Thomas Fuller
Kazem Hamad.

He’s one of Australia’s most wanted criminals. This is why he’s untouchable

Police suspect Kazem Hamad is directing the Melbourne tobacco war firebombings, shootings and drug trafficking from Iraq. We reveal why they can’t bring him back to face justice.

  • Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Princess Fazile, 16-year-old fiancée of King Faisal of Iraq, reading a book sent by her future husband in her apartment in Paris, 1957.

Bride-to-be went from ‘modern Cinderella’ to forgotten princess

The Iraqi ambassador broke the news to the distraught princess, who asked the headmistress for the engagement ring she left in the school safe.

Smoke rises from Israeli shelling on villages in the Nabatiyeh district, seen from the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon.

Israel unleashes deadly wave of strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Israel has unleashed its most widespread wave of airstrikes against hundreds of Hezbollah targets, killing at least 180 people, according to Lebanese officials.

  • Melanie Lidman and Bassem Mroue

Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas: Who they are and what they want

As Israeli troops raid Lebanon, conflict is spreading again in the Middle East. Who are the key players, and what is the Axis of Resistance?

  • Jackson Graham, Angus Holland and Cindy Yin
Desree Pether and her husband, Robert Pether, before he was jailed in Iraq, and their daughter.

Australian woman’s fury at DFAT over husband’s 1000 days in Iraqi jail

Desree Pether says “the living hell” of the three years since her husband was arrested is made worse by DFAT’s “quiet diplomacy” policies.

  • Olivia Ireland

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