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Coalition promises Australian version of United States’ RICO act to target CFMEU

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has announced a Coalition government would introduce legislation, based on an American law used to pursue the Mafia, to enable police to target the “kingpins” of criminal organisations such as outlaw motorcycle gangs.

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New $5 banknote to honour First Nations connection to Country; Dutton calls for crackdown on CFMEU ‘corruption’ – as it happened

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Australia’s next government may well be in minority. Here’s how that can be a good outcome for the country

Two months out from an Australian federal election, the polling is pointing to a very tight race between the two major parties. This means, if the polls are correct, neither party will likely win enough seats to command a parliamentary working majority.

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Independent to confront major parties on crunch issues

Standing up to the major parties is a bigger part of the re-election campaign for former Wallabies captain turned independent senator David Pocock.

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An Indigenous-owned distillery born over a few drinks

A First Nations-owned business is one of Australia's most celebrated producers of organic spirits, after a "rollercoaster" journey on the road to success.

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NSW Labor divided over Chris Minns’ plan to extend controversial youth bail laws

Exclusive: MLC Stephen Lawrence tells party room government is putting state on ‘slippery slope’ to more punitive approach

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National emergency urged for deadly attacks on women

Rallies have been held across Australia calling for an end to the killing of women with a senator saying the violence should be treated as a national crisis.

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Hate speech laws based on race, say Muslim groups

The discovery of an explosives-laden caravan revealed to be a hoax has prompted hasty new laws that protect only some Australians, Muslim groups say.

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NSW rushed through laws in the wake of antisemitic attacks. What happens now police say the incidents were a ‘con job’?

Firestorm erupts over whether NSW premier Chris Minns knew about fake terror plot before hate speech and protest laws passed

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Who Is Heidi Bradshaw? 'Dirty Dancing' CEO Exposed For Company's Vulgar, Toxic And 'Sexualised' Work Culture

Heidi Bradshaw, CEO of the Narang Bir-rong Aboriginal Corporation (NBAC), faces serious allegations of fostering a 'toxic' and sexually charged workplace.

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High court native title ruling may affect compensation claims nationwide, experts say

The decision upholding native title as a property right is a win for the long-running Gumatj case but is also said to have ‘long-term ramifications’

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Morning Mail: Dutton’s policy problem, our dangerous big cars obsession, Putin pushes back at ceasefire plan

Coalition insider fear push for office working not ‘thought through’ to win teal seats; why Australia’s ute obsession is a dangerous one

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‘Bad’ hate crime laws quickly passed after terror ‘con job’ must be reversed, crossbenchers insist

Independents and legal experts say Labor and Coalition teaming up to ‘ram laws through parliament’ lacked transparency and was ‘bad politicking’

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Poll party on hold as triumphant premier waits on count

The final makeup of state parliament is still taking shape after Labor's barnstorming third-term victory, delaying the returning premier's official victory lap.

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Chris Minns and NSW police minister should face inquiry over ‘fake terrorism plot’ and antisemitic attacks, critics say

Questions raised over whether premier and Yasmin Catley misled parliament over Dural caravan plot as Labor rushed through hate speech and places of worship laws

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Former soldier's DNA linked to horrific unsolved murder

Detectives believe a dead ex-soldier could be behind the 1979 murder of a young woman in Perth, as they appeal for information to help solve the cold case.

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Yunupiŋu played the long game on native title – and has finally won

As his brother said after Australia’s high court declared game over, ‘he was the one who had the vision’

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The High Court made a landmark decision on native title law. Here’s what it means

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Aboriginal bands, experimental dance and a Hindu epic: the highlights of Perth Festival 2025

In the Perth Festival exhibitions brochure, artistic director Anna Reece noted that the city is “uniquely positioned in relation to Southeast Asia considering proximity and shared time zones”.

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Morning Mail: Canada’s tit-for-tat tariff tactic, Dutton’s footy flights, the politics of writers’ festivals

Ottawa to impose 25% tariff on American goods as spat widens to water rights

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Independent MPs are elected for a reason – hung parliaments may be precisely what voters want

Signing off his 26-year parliamentary career three years ago, the retiring Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon lamented a power imbalance that allowed the majority party routinely to railroad the national legislature.

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Rate of Indigenous people in jail has risen by 20% since 2019, Closing the Gap data shows

New data reveals child protection, incarceration and suicide rates getting worse

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Afternoon Update: PM says Trump’s tariffs ‘unjustified’; court rejects appeal in landmark Yunupingu case; and 100 days with an artificial heart

Anthony Albanese says the US decision to slap tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium is ‘not a friendly act’

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‘Shame on you, Jacinta Allan’: mother of Aboriginal woman who died in custody says Labor’s bail laws will cost lives

Aunty Donna Nelson accuses premier of insulting daughter’s memory as government moves to reverse reforms made in response to her death

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Take two in Bradfield: hundreds of teal volunteers head down a familiar road

Independent candidate Nicolette Boele has high hopes of being next in line to wrest a northern Sydney seat from the Liberals at the federal election

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