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Anthony Albanese says Pope Francis will be mourned by Catholics and non-Catholics alike, as the world offers tributes to the late Holy Father.
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Coalition in $750m tough-on-crime promise
Federal police will take over a national crackdown on illicit drugs and pedophiles will be forced on to a national register if the Coalition wins the election.
Muslim Vote candidate to push for dismantling of Israel
Ziad Basyouny, the first independent from the Muslim community to run against a Labor incumbent, is calling for one ‘democratic’ state of Palestinians and Israelis.
Coalition calls for urgent clarification from Labor on Russia
Cabinet minister Murray Watts’ declaration that there is ‘no proposal’ from Russia to establish a base in Indonesia is at odds with comments from his Labor colleagues, says opposition foreign affairs spokesman David Coleman.
Negative gearing ‘war’: Treasurer sought ‘advice not modelling’
Jim Chalmers sought ‘a view’ from Treasury about overhauling negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, as Peter Dutton claimed the government was ‘at war’ over the issue.
UQ: law lecturer comments were ‘not appropriate’
The University of Queensland has admitted that some comments senior law lecturer Dani Linder made in a lecture ‘were not appropriate, after it emerged she berated first year students for leaving class during the topic to Indigenous legal history.
Macquarie Uni dumps acknowledgement of country assessment
Sydney’s Macquarie University has bowed to pressure and will no longer mark law students on their delivery of an acknowledgement of country.
Indonesia ‘welcomes’ foreign militaries on ‘peaceful missions’
Indonesia’s foreign ministry speaks for the first time on Russia’s request to use a base in Papua, saying it will always ‘receive and permit’ foreign militaries on ‘peaceful missions’.
Labor accused of failing ‘transparency test’ on Indonesia
The Coalition has accused Labor of failing ‘its own transparency test’, saying the government had failed to brief the Coalition on whether Russia had made a request to Indonesia to station military aircraft 1300km from Darwin.
‘Appropriate action’ looms after uni lecturer’s walkout ‘threat’
University of Queensland will take ‘appropriate action’ after an academic suggested students who allegedly walked out of her law lectures over Indigenous issues would struggle to get jobs.
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