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In today’s newsletter: Indonesia is counting the cost of a magnitude-5.6 earthquake, Simon Holmes à Court signals support for independents in New South Wales election

Malta’s government has introduced legislation to ease the European Union’s strictest anti-abortion law and allow the procedure in cases where the mother’s life or health is at risk

An election campaign can sometimes feel like Groundhog Day, but this Victorian election is genuinely different. While the major parties are still making plenty of transport promises, they’ve dialled them way down from the dizzy heights of 2018.

Housing secretary says landlords have been ‘defensive’ over dangerous conditions, after death of Awaab Ishak

The Albanese government hasn’t wasted a moment since assuming office in May, much like the reforming Whitlam government of 50 years ago.

Editorial: Controversial briefings to the press by senior government figures reflect a change in the zeitgeist

Some commentators are comparing the federal government’s use of emergency legislation to deal with the prolonged “freedom convoy” protests in Ottawa and the Ontario government’s decision, since abandoned, to invoke the notwithstanding clause to impose back-to-work legislation on education workers.

The sitting MP was narrowly reselected to be Labour's candidate after a controversial process

He said an election in the midst of talks between the UK and EU would be 'polarising'

Chancellor halves tax-free allowance and will do so again next year, leaving financial advisers fielding calls from anxious clients worried about their investments

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