Albanese wide of the target? No, it’s just politics
The Prime Minister is opening the year by reviving his pre-2022 election pitch that he is a politician of conviction, as he puts a $873bn price tag on Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy.
David Tanner
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PM opens poll year in mining states tour
Anthony Albanese is set to pull the starter’s gun on his on-the-ground campaigning ahead of an election due by May, spending the week in regional Queensland and WA.
Smith falls just short of 10,000 club — and he’s not the first to do so
Getting to the batting milestone of 10,000 career runs isn’t always easy – as Steve Smith found out at the SCG on Sunday.
History on Aussies’ side in Test series decider at the SCG
Forty-two years have passed since the last time an Australian cricket team arrived at the Sydney Cricket Ground for a fifth Test match that would decide a series.
‘Time for talk has passed’: Hindu leaders urge PM to act
A top Hindu leader has warned the nation is ‘incubating religious intolerance’ with its failure to clamp down on anti-Semitism, claiming those who hate Jewish Australians ‘hate people of all faiths except their own’.
The greatest MCG Tests of all time
After this year’s Boxing Day Test went down to the wire, it was a timely reminder the MCG has dished up some stunning results over the decades.
Community mourns man of God killed while spearfishing
The 40-year-old suffered injuries to his neck while fishing with his family off the Central Queensland coast, becoming the first victim of a fatal shark attack in Australia in a year.
Premier’s reduction plea helps keep NSW blackouts at bay
NSW appears to have avoided statewide blackouts after residents were implored not to use major household appliances after above-average temperatures and coal-fired power station outages left a supply shortfall.
Call this a blackout-inducing heatwave? Hardly
In comparison with heatwaves of the past – that haven’t troubled the energy network – this isn’t what you would call a red-flag weather crisis.
Dutton plan to come up Trumps on election day
Peter Dutton will mirror the winning strategy of Donald Trump focused on inflation and working class voters, as the Coalition moves to tap Republican strategists to sharpen messaging and ads.
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