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Barnaby Joyce will hand his party's net zero document to Scott Morrison following this evening's partyroom meeting.
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US ‘on track’ to sell Virginia-class subs to Australia
US Congressman and leading AUKUS supporter Joe Courtney, has played down the prospect of the US backtracking from its commitment to sell Australia nuclear-powered submarines.
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‘Speak as many, not as one’: Indigenous leaders distance themselves from Thorpe’s tirade
Indigenous community leaders say Senator Lidia Thorpe’s outburst in Parliament House was done 'her way' but that Aboriginals had a 'right to be negotiated with', as they discussed meeting King Charles.
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