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New Coalition finance spokesman James Paterson says he is open to tax reform as long as taxes don’t go up.

The Coalition says it’s open to tax reform – but there’s a catch

The federal opposition went to the last election opposing the government’s tax cuts. Now it says it backs tax reform on one condition.

  • Shane Wright

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Senator James Paterson has been labelled the opposition’s “attack dog”.

He was the Coalition’s campaign attack dog for five weeks; now James Paterson can speak freely

The Coalition’s chief campaign spokesman says “lots of things” went wrong in the lead-up to polling day, ranging from poor advertising to policy mistakes.

  • Matthew Knott
Dutton after voting on Saturday.

Dutton lost his seat. His colleagues were talking about his leadership before a vote was counted

Senior Coalition figures are jockeying for the leadership after a crushing loss that has set the stage for a reckoning over the party’s identity.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Monique Ryan volunteers.

Election watchdog opens probe into Monique Ryan volunteer video

The video shows two people in Ryan campaign T-shirts handing out the teal MP’s how-to-vote cards and saying they were directed to vote for her by groups with links to the Chinese Communist Party.

  • Paul Sakkal
Neo-Nazis protesting outside Senator James Paterson’s office

Coalition senator dismisses neo-Nazis outside office as ‘cosplaying losers’

Masked neo-Nazis rallied outside the Melbourne office of Coalition senator James Paterson to chant racist slogans, saying politicians “will not go unpunished”.

  • Olivia Ireland and Roy Ward
Coalition campaign spokesman James Paterson said public servants could get payouts to leave.

Coalition to pay public servants to leave in redundancy scheme

The latest tweak to the opposition’s policy comes days after it said that natural attrition and a hiring freeze would reduce the public service by 41,000 jobs.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Assala Sayara at the launch of The Muslim Vote in November.

Sydney Muslim Vote backer attends Hamas anniversary rally

The prominent activist is seen participating in chants weeks after she spoke at the launch of The Muslim Vote, a movement targeting western Sydney Labor MPs.

  • Paul Sakkal
Sixteen members of the National Socialist Network were arrested in Adelaide when they marched on Australia Day.

Musk’s X enables Australia’s neo-Nazis, warn Coalition and online watchdog

White supremacists and leaders of Australia’s National Socialist Network (NSN) were previously banned or censored on X before returning in the past year or so. 

  • Paul Sakkal
Amid a spate of antisemitic attacks, law and order has edged higher among the issues of most concern to voters.

Police investigating ‘criminals for hire’ links to antisemitic attacks

As the Coalition demands more details about the possibility of foreign actors paying for attacks, the prime minister says the AFP investigation must not be compromised.

  • David Crowe, Paul Sakkal and Amber Schultz
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has likened the current economic environment to the Whitlam era.

Dutton has been quiet this summer. Here’s what the Liberals are focused on

The opposition leader will have to choose between the ambitions of four of his most senior MPs, who all want to be foreign affairs minister in a Liberal government.

  • Paul Sakkal

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