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Uranium prices are soaring, and Australia's hoary old nuclear debate is back in the headlines. Here's what it all means

Last week, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton sought to revive the hoary old debate of nuclear power in Australia, announcing an…

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Most Australians support an Indigenous voice – but they don’t know too much about it

Two-thirds of respondents back constitutional recognition, including 77% of Labor voters and 53% of Coalition voters

The Guardian - AU

Austrade to lead review of Export Market grant scheme

Austrade has been tasked with conducting an operational review into its troubled export market development grants scheme, with a report…

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A secret campaign to slow the progress of electric vehicles in Australia was put in place by the car industry,…

Coalition calls for Australia to build its own missiles

Australia must develop its own long-range missiles as part of its defence to meet rising challenges to regional security, the…

The Nadesalingam family's 'very happy life' in Biloela now that visas approved

Nades Murugappan has returned to work at the Biloela meatworks, where he worked before his family was taken away by…

Government locks in airport terminal promise but some spending in doubt

Will big-dollar Hunter hydrogen and road projects be put on the backburner as the government tries to repair the budget?

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No country for old men: the Liberal brand is a smoking ruin

Who’d be a Liberal? Irrelevant in Canberra, falling apart in Sydney, a disaster in Melbourne… the party is suffering serious…

Ties off, masks on: two weeks in, Parliament hits new ‘nice’ stride. But will it last?

Politics as usual or certifiably civil? A stocktake of the first two sitting weeks of Parliament, and whether this ‘new…

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Young Liberals blame election defeat on climate inaction and ‘coordinated attack’ on net zero target

Party’s youth wing also cites failure to recruit women and to deliver national integrity commission as factors in Coalition loss

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton said the cashless debit card has improved the lives of many users. Is he correct?

The Opposition Leader has been talking up the results of a survey on the cashless debit card, but the majority…

Australia’s climate change targets will become law. What happens now?

Here’s what we know the new bill means for climate action and what happens once we have legislated targets

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Grattan on Friday: Government win on climate legislation leaves opposition looking like a stranded asset

Perhaps not since the marriage equality vote has the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives carried such…

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Roy Green on the urgency of the industry task ahead

As a result of the massive fiscal stimulus applied during the Covid-19 crisis, together with close to net zero immigration,…

Albanese declares Coalition ‘stuck in time’ after Labor’s climate bill passes lower house

Legislation passes with amendments from independents and Greens, enshrining an emissions reduction target of 43% by 2030

The Guardian - AU

Denialism’s downside: is Dutton now losing even his fossil fuel donors?

Peter Dutton’s decision to mindlessly oppose Labor’s climate bill won’t make fossil fuel companies happy — an unusual position for…

Penny Wong warns against ‘miscalculation’ as China-Taiwan tensions escalate – as it happened

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Iranian asylum seeker on bridging visa wants permanency in Australia to care for her sick daughter

Elham Amareh is used to feelings of fear and uncertainty, having fled Iran with her husband, son and daughter and…

The Greens have backed Labor's 43% target - but don't think Australia's climate wars are over

After a decade of climate policy failure, Wednesday brought good news and slightly less good news for Australian action on…

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‘Nothing off the table’ in bid to deliver 450GL of water for Murray-Darling, Labor says

Tanya Plibersek accuses the Coalition of preventing the delivery of water for South Australia through ‘brown tape’ bureaucracy

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It's official: the Murray-Darling Basin Plan hasn't met its promise to our precious rivers. So where to now?

A long-awaited report released on Tuesday found the amount of water promised to river environments under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan…

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Government's 43 per cent emissions target set to become law, as Greens offer votes needed to pass climate bill

A bill to write the government's climate target into law is set to be passed, as the Greens decide to…

Liberal MP Bridget Archer to cross the floor on climate bill – as it happened

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Greens clear the air

The Greens are torn over whether to push Labor to a 75% reduction in emissions targets by 2030, and Dan…

NSW government slides further into trouble as Perrottet struggles for clear air

Clear air is essential ahead of an election. Space to make the case to voters. Room to build positive momentum.…

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