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David Tanner is the night editor of The Australian and a data journalist, writing across elections, the economy, weather and other data-related topics. David has worked at The Australian for more than 30 years.

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Steve Smith has joined Allan Border, left, Steve Waugh, centre, and Ricky Ponting, right, to the coveted 10,000-run milestone.

How Smith’s fellow Aussies got to 10,000

One did it with a push to mid-on, one with a cut shot to the boundary and the third a drive through covers. Here’s the tale of the first three Aussies to reach 10,000 runs.

David Tanner

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Artwork for Newspoll analysis: Frank Ling

Albanese’s Newspoll fall is slow and steady

While Anthony Albanese has avoided something that befell all his predecessors in the past three decades, he has suffered a seemingly inexorable decline in support.

Dennis Shanahan and David Tanner

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 06, 2025: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is on Noosa road beside the Bruse Hwy. The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese kicks off 2025 in near Gympie. The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, is in Gympie today with Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Minister Catherine King and Minister Murray Watt. Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

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.

Greg Brown and David Tanner

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Premier Steven Miles and the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Rockhampton. Pic Annette Dew

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‘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’.

Alexi Demetriadi, Joanna Panagopoulos and David Tanner

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The MCG has produced thrilling Tests over the years.

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.

David Tanner

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Spearfisherman Luke Walford was bitten on the neck and killed by a shark Saturday afternoon on the Central Queensland Coast near Keppel Islands. Picture - Instagram

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.

David Murray and David Tanner

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 27, 2024: NSW Premier Chris Minns with Minister for Energy Penny Sharpe during a press conference on Wednesday to discuss steps being taken to manage the energy system. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

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.

Alexi Demetriadi and David Tanner

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