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Inflation data isn’t all sunshine and rainbows for Labor – as Biden and Democrats will attest

Over the last few months, unflattering stickers of President Biden have been popping up at gas stations across America. They’ve been spotted in places like Georgia, Ohio, Idaho, and along I-95 between Washington, D.C., and Florida. The stickers typically show Biden pointing at the price of gas, saying “I did that!” We saw one last […]

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Plibersek praised nature positive deal with Pocock and Greens as ‘critical’ before PM scrapped it, documents reveal

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has intervened to scupper a deal with the Greens over environmental reform that Labor promised at the last election, addressing business concerns but circumventing his Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. This masthead has been told the prime minister did not want a Labor-Greens environment deal that could be weaponised by the federal […]

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Warren Mundine backtracks on ‘disrespectful’ gender comments after losing preselection battle to woman

No campaigner Nyunggai Warren Mundine has been accused of “encouraging violence” against his political opponents, after publicly saying he would “like to see” former boxer Anthony Mundine fight Yes advocate Thomas Mayo. But Fair Australia, which Warren Mundine represents, has played down the “light-hearted” comment and insisted he is “campaigning to keep the country united”. […]

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BoM forecasts weekend heatwaves – as it happened

Here’s what we know so far about the caravan of explosives found in Dural: Police say a caravan was parked in a hazardous position on a Dural road from 7 December to the 19 January. Police say they were contacted on 19 January after an amount of explosives and some indication that those explosives might […]

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Labor v the Coalition: who is leading in the polls?

As the Australian federal election approaches, political polls are coming thick and fast. This page will be regularly updated so you can track who is polling up, how the independents are faring and how the parties stand with different demographics. The Coalition is leading in the polls as of 29 January 2025 Showing the estimated two-party preferred vote (◆) […]

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Dutton wants to slash thousands of government jobs in an Elon Musk-style crusade. But what’s actually on the chopping block?

Thousands of newly created jobs in national security, Aukus, government services and veterans affairs could be at risk from Peter Dutton’s new Elon Musk-style crusade for “government efficiency” and reducing the public service, the Labor government claims. Dutton and senior members of his shadow cabinet have called for many or all of the new public […]

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For my great-grandparents, for all Jews, for all humanity, I say never again | Mark Dreyfus

My father has a photograph of Albert Ransenberg taken in the yard of the railway station in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1942. It was secretly taken by a local policeman. The photograph shows Jews from Wiesbaden being deported to the “east”. Albert Ransenberg died in Theresienstadt, a ghetto and transit camp. His wife, Ida, was murdered […]

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Niles greenlights third annual Michiana PrideFest

NILES — A popular event will return to downtown Niles in June.  The Niles City Council moved 6-1 Monday to approve the third annual Michiana PrideFest to be held at Riverfront Park on June 21.  Hosted by OutCenter Southwest Michigan in celebration of Pride Month, the event will take place from 10 a.m. to 10 […]