Peak multicultural body defends anti-Israel member
The nation’s top multicultural body has defended anti-Israel board member Aimen Jafri, who branded the country as a terrorist state, angering colleagues and Jewish leaders.
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Towns brace for flooding despite easing rains
Several towns in central Queensland are ‘inland islands’ as other parts of the state prepare for the worst flooding in 50 years despite a heavy-rain reprieve.
No need for Trump to hit Australia: US trade expert
The chief US negotiator of America’s free-trade agreement with Australia says there is no compelling reason for Canberra to be targeted in Donald Trump’s planned tariffs.
Night parrot naturalist in jail after going bush
One of Australia’s best-known naturalists, John Young, hid in dense rainforest in north Queensland for more than a year, avoiding a concerted police hunt for him over undisclosed charges.
Streamers press pause on local content
TV producers are concerned that investment in Australian content is drying up. The streaming platforms deny this, but industry data backs producers’ claims.
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Who do you distrust the least – Albanese or Dutton?
This is a contest between a flawed government and a still unconvincing opposition. The risk for Albanese and Dutton is that neither captures the Australian imagination and that both major parties struggle, with their primary vote support suggesting the May 3 election may become a pointer to a more fractured nation and another big crossbench.
Albanese’s abject failure on defence likely to cause a Trump reaction
It’s only a matter of time before Labor’s gravely irresponsible approach causes Donald Trump to accuse us, justly, of being a free-rider ally and perhaps even decide ANZUS is no more to be cherished than NATO.
Echoes of Howard as Dutton makes the case for a ‘sliding-doors’ moment
It is no coincidence that Peter Dutton – the last surviving Howard government minister – has adopted the same strategy on petrol excise that John Howard used in 2001.
Just give it to us straight, ministers – why should Labor get back into office?
Across the next five weeks voters will be looking for answers but they are unlikely to get them without the right questions. So, I thought it might be worth listing some crucial queries for the government.
Labor’s first strike in west a cash cure for marginal seat hospital
Anthony Albanese is hitting WA for the first time in the election campaign as he attempts to hold the four seats that Labor won from the Liberals in 2022.
Climate, gender focus of PNG studies shift
An Australian taxpayer-backed scholarship for students from PNG is pushing applications to focus on ‘gender, climate and disability-related studies’ instead of agriculture, education, and health.
PM walks away from 2030 energy bill cut
Anthony Albanese’s energy transition has been rocked after he junked ALP-commissioned modelling underpinning Labor’s power bill reduction and emissions reduction targets.
Referendums ruled out: Dutton
Peter Dutton says referendums recognising Indigenous Australians in the Constitution and creating fixed four-year terms will not proceed under a Coalition government without bipartisan support.
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Housing: Don’t bank on a rate cut
Mortgage holders and hopeful home buyers have been warned against banking on an interest rate cut.
I don’t need Scott Morrison to take on Trump: Dutton
Anthony Albanese has denied tying Peter Dutton to US President Donald Trump as Labor tries to get an exemption from the White House tariffs.
Leaders pledge to crack down on ‘rip-offs’
Anthony Albanese has struggled to define price gouging and claimed it is when supermarkets ‘take the piss’, as supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths decried Labor’s election attacks.
‘I’ll call Dutton first’: independent MP puts cards on table
In a boost to the Coalition’s hopes of forming government in a hung parliament, Rebekha Sharkie says she will meet with Peter Dutton first if he can form a stable administration.
‘Visit Alice without cops’, leaders urged
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are being urged to visit crime-ridden Alice Springs during the election campaign, and see it without police being sent to clear the streets beforehand.
Aussie’s Congo lithium hopes hinge on US envoy talks
A US special envoy is scheduled to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo for talks crucial to Australian minerals company AVZ’s hope of regaining control of a lithium project.
Battling businesses demand a break from both parties
Small business owners have launched an election blitz of marginal seats, pressuring Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton to slash company taxes for mum-and-dad operators.
Newspoll: Labor takes early lead but voters mark down budget
Labor has begun the election campaign with a rise in support, despite voters ranking Jim Chalmers’ budget as the worst for the economy in a decade.
Match $500m pledge to build trainee pipeline, Labor told
The construction industry has welcomed the Coalition pledge to support the wages of about 40,000 new eligible apprentices and trainees every year for construction and housing.
Activists plan election disruptions, with Greens support
Melbourne’s pro-Palestinian activists have vowed to disrupt election campaigns with the Greens having their back, as a key protester brands Peter Dutton a ‘racist Temu-Trump’ and another is investigated for threatening to kill.
Albanese donor linked to foreign influence body
Thousands of dollars was accepted from a long-term office holder of a controversial Chinese group red-flagged by the Attorney-General as an agent of foreign influence.
Motherhood, and Sarah Snook’s many other shades of Gray
The award-winning Succession star reveals how she juggled the West End and Broadway one-woman productions of The Picture of Dorian Gray with becoming a mother.
Honed Albanese’s real test is vision for small business, families
Anthony Albanese looks sharp and laser-focused, but he’ll need to move beyond a fear campaign against Peter Dutton and saving Medicare to win another majority government.
Pilot injured in Avalon Airshow crash identified
Champion aviator Glenn Collins’s plane nosedived during an aerobatic routine, leaving him fighting for life with critical upper and lower body injuries.
Geoff Wilson: market animal loyal to neither side of politics
At least Donald Trump ‘has a plan’, says veteran investor Geoff Wilson as he takes aim at Labor and the Coalition lacking grand visions for the economy or solving issues like home ownership.
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