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Joe Kelly is The Australian’s Washington correspondent, covering news and politics from the US capital. He is an experienced political reporter, having previously been the masthead’s National Affairs Editor and Canberra bureau chief, having joined the parliamentary press gallery in 2010.

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‘Happy to comfort babies born alive after abortion’: midwife

A Queensland midwife has reflected on her experience of babies being left to die following an abortion, saying they should have the same right to care as any other human being.

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TOPSHOT - Indonesia's presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gestures after he cast his ballot to vote in the countryâs presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Bogor on February 14, 2024. Indonesians began voting for a new president on February 14 with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the frontrunner to lead Southeast Asia's biggest economy despite concerns over his human rights record. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

Prabowo to talk with PM, Marles

Indonesian Defence Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto will hold high-level talks in Canberra with Anthony Albanese and Richard Marles.

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EXCLUSIVEPolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 19, 2024: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Call for budget action as iron ore plunges

Business groups and economists are calling on Canberra to urgently address the structural budget deficit through spending restraint and tax reform.

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Jobs dataEconomics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 17, 2024: Commuters at Central station in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics, (ABS) releases it's latest job figures tomorrow. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

Unemployment rises as participation rate jumps

Unemployment lifted to 4.2 per cent in July despite an extra 58,200 people finding work, with economists saying it further dimmed the chances of an RBA cut being delivered this year.

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exclusivePolitics

TOPSHOT - US Senator from Ohio and 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (R) gives a thumbs up as he shakes hands with US former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. Days after he survived an assassination attempt Donald Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked right-wing loyalist J.D. Vance for running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of last weekend's failed assassination attempt. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

ACTU invokes ‘Trumpian dystopia’ in green agenda push

The ACTU says green industry policies are needed to stop coal communities from becoming hotbeds for an Australian version of the ‘politics of resentment’ being stoked by Donald Trump and JD Vance.

Joe Kelly and Jack Quail

ManufacturingPolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 12, 2024: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Labor Future tense amid bill impasse

Labor’s flagship Future Made in Australia bill faces a parliamentary impasse with the Coalition opposing the legislation and the Greens withholding their support.

Joe Kelly and Rosie Lewis

resignation callsPolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 13, 2024: Minister for Skills and Training of Australia, Andrew Giles during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Giles ‘breached ministerial code of conduct’: Coalition

The Coalition says Andrew Giles breached the ministerial code of conduct and should resign for misleading parliament after claiming all detainees released from detention were on bridging visas

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exclusivePolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 12, 2024: Minister for Skills and Training, Andrew Giles during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Immigration visa bungler Giles strikes again

Labor faces a new round of claims it subjected Australians to unnecessary safety risks and then misled the public about it after documents revealed more than 80 dangerous non-citizens were released into the community without visas.

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STRIKE ACTIONPolitics

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a signing ceremony with China's Premier Li Qiang (not pictured) at Parliament House in Canberra on June 17, 2024. (Photo by LUKAS COCH / POOL / AFP)

Police threaten Canberra walkout

AFP officers could leave their posts at Parliament House next week because of a ‘toxic’ pay deal presented by the Albanese government.

Rosie Lewis and Joe Kelly

ExclusivePolitics

CANBERRA, Australia, NewsWire Photos. May 22, 2024: Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Coalition warns of ‘anaemic growth’

Angus Taylor says growth for 2023-24 will fall well short of the government’s budget forecast of 1.75 per cent, arguing the RBA and Treasury now had different views on the economic outlook.

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