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Revealed: How much power bills could rise to pay for nuclear plants
Power bills would rise by hundreds of dollars a year to pay for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s signature policy, new modelling shows.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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Mass pager attacks ‘a terrifying violation of international law’
UN legal experts say international law prohibits the use of booby traps, a category that could include modified civilian pagers.
- by Matthew Knott
Dutton says he apologised for Lebanese Muslim remarks to unnamed ‘senior person’
The opposition leader’s claim follows reports that revealed community leaders and two Lebanese Muslim politicians in the Liberal Party could not recall him saying sorry.
- by Patrick Begley
Albanese under fire as migrant intake blows forecasts
The latest figures show migration is slowing, but not at the rate the government predicted.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Shane Wright
Analysis
Interest rates
Bullock might have to change her tune after America’s big-bang rate cut
The US Federal Reserve has gone big with its rate cut – exposing the problems facing the Reserve Bank of Australia in its inflation fight.
- by Shane Wright
‘We wanted to vote yes’: Australia expresses regret over UN Palestine vote
Australia’s UN ambassador has insisted that, despite Australia’s vote, it is only a matter of time until an independent Palestinian state is recognised.
- by Matthew Knott
Albanese, Karvelas clash over her ‘not terribly clever’ questions
The prime minister’s tetchiness on Thursday is the latest in a series of moments where Albanese has become curt when pressed on hard topics.
- by Olivia Ireland
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