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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and WA Premier Roger Cook.

PM, Dutton both promise Kwinana Freeway expansion as WA election campaign kicks off

On Monday morning, Albanese announced he would ease congestion along the Kwinana Freeway if elected by widening the road.

  • Holly Thompson

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Anthony Albanese has far outpaced Peter Dutton with more than $1.2 billion in pledges for local projects.

In the race to be Australia’s ‘lord mayor’, Albanese has a $1.2 billion case to answer

Labor has far outpaced Peter Dutton on local projects this month amid a political row over spending cuts.

  • David Crowe
Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing in his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court on January 21 in Seoul.

South Korean prosecutors indict president on martial law charges

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will face trial on insurrection charges relating to his short-lived insurrection attempt.

  • Lisa Visentin
In the upcoming election campaign, Peter Dutton will find fertile ground in immigration and security issues.

Albanese says voting for him would give you something that Dutton can’t

The last time a prime minister was returned to office after serving a full term was 2004, when John Howard defeated then opposition leader Mark Latham.

  • David Crowe
In the upcoming election campaign, Peter Dutton will find fertile ground in immigration and security issues.

Playing hard or being ‘reckless’? Dutton ramps up attack

The opposition leader’s rhetoric has prompted opponents to accuse him of “grotesque”, trumped-up politics. But do the times suit him?

  • Paul Sakkal
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Trump is showing us the true cost of liberalism

Now that Donald Trump is dismantling so many government programs, we might find out their ultimate cost.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during an address to the National Press Club.

Three sharp jabs and one blunt question: Albanese fights to win you back

Albanese, who once said he loves fighting Tories, used his appearance at the National Press Club on Friday to hit back.

  • David Crowe
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.

What Trump’s first four days tell us about the next four years

Donald Trump always said he would put America first. His barnstorming return to executive power shows he intends to do so with an American fist.

  • Michael Koziol
Anthony Koutoufides is running for federal parliament in the seat of Melbourne.

‘Kouta’ came fourth in the race for Lord Mayor. Now he’s running for federal parliament

The former Souvlaki Hut owner said pro-Palestine protests in the CBD made people uncomfortable, urging Victoria to adopt a NSW-style permit system for protests.

  • Paul Sakkal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese makes an election pitch.

‘I’ll tell you what weakness is’: PM turns on Peter Dutton over guts and glory

The prime minister has shifted his attack on Peter Dutton from portraying the opposition leader as dangerous to describing him as gutless with no solutions.

  • David Crowe

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