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Split in Albanese’s caucus as government moves to kill AI laws

The sprawling technology has become a subject of intense debate within Labor’s inner sanctum.

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Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie.

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2023 NSW STATE ELECTIONS  March 25, 2023 Photo Dean Sewell Liberal MP for Penrith Stuart Ayres has arrived at the party’s official after party in that seat, where Herald reporter Harriet Alexander is stationed. Ayres arrived with his wife and federal Liberal senator Marise Payne, or as he described her, “the tall redhead that’s standing beside me”. Ayres will not concede tonight. He said the NSW Electoral Commission had told him that two big pre-polling stations would not be counted tonight and therefore there will not be a result. “I don’t want to sugarcoat this,” Ayres said. “It’s a narrow path, but we need the Electoral Commission to do its work over the coming days. We’ve seen across the state that it’s a pretty ugly night but here in Penrith we are still fighting.”

Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres go their separate ways

The bedrock political couple are calling time after more than 15 years.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres, pictured in 2015, shared a love of horses.

Political split: Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres go their separate ways

Bedrock political couple call time after more than 15 years.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Liberal MP Stuart Ayres holds Penrith on a 0.6 per cent margin.

Stuart Ayres’ troubled adventures in Lobby Land

The former Liberal deputy leader is having a tricky time running a property developer lobby group.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook

A political wrecking ball could destroy urgent housing before it’s even built

The Liberals have devised a bill to undo NSW Labor’s push to build more apartments around 37 train stations, but a mix of NIMBY and YIMBY MPs makes things awkward.

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Hancock Prospecting chairwoman Gina Rinehart.

Gina Rinehart enters her fashion era

Australia’s richest person is giving the Brisbane Fashion Festival a dose of her famous generosity.

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Commissioner Karen Webb speaks to the media outside Sydney Police Centre, Surry Hills following the Wakeley stabbing.

NSW Police seek a new spin doctor after months of chaos

After their last appointment drew controversy, the police are after a new media head to give Karen Webb some tabloid sparkle.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell

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