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Voter views on animal welfare are changing – and taking the live sheep export trade with them

Labor says it will phase out the practice by 2028 – 10 years after it first announced the policy. But farm advocates say the timeline is ‘radical’

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Guardian Essential poll: $300 energy rebate shouldn’t go to high-income households, voters say

Poll finds lukewarm response to Labor’s 2024 budget, with only 27% of people thinking it will make a ‘meaningful difference’ to the cost of living

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Peter Dutton’s migration cuts would cost budget $34bn over coming decades, thinktank calculates

Grattan Institute estimate backs Jim Chalmers’ claim move would cost ‘billions’ – but opposition leader labels treasurer’s statement ‘voodoo economics’

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Labor and Albanese gain in post-budget Newspoll, but other polls don’t look as rosy

A national Newspoll, conducted after the May 14 budget from a sample of over 1,200 people, gave Labor a 52–48% lead over the Coalition, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll four weeks ago.

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Going nuclear on power and wages may not be the election winner Peter Dutton thinks it is

Opposition leader has laid fertile ground for progressive attack ads to grow in policy-lite budget reply

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Dutton’s plan to cut immigration would cost Australia’s economy ‘billions’, treasurer says

Jim Chalmers says a proposal to reduce permanent migration to ease the housing crisis would damage the country’s skills base

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Peter Dutton talks a big game on migration – but do his promises stack up?

In its potential impact on housing, the opposition leader’s vowed crackdown on migration and foreign property buyers may be less than it seems

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Nuclear subs are coming to Australia. Now the Coalition wants reactors, too. We’re not ready for it

For decades, Australia has exported uranium – but not used it, other than in the Lucas Heights research reactor. But change is coming.

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Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton’s alternative – lower migration, more homes, and a populist swipe at billionaires

When he was opposition leader, Bill Shorten faced Coalition criticism for attacking “the top end of town”, a phrase he used in his 2019 budget reply.

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Peter Dutton promises to slash permanent migration by 25% in short term in populist budget reply

Opposition leader also calls for crime crackdown while offering support for cost-of-living measures

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Coalition senator accuses Labor’s Fatima Payman of ‘supporting terrorists’ before withdrawing claim

Comments come just hours after Senate passes motion urging senators to ‘engage in debate and commentary respectfully’

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Labor and Greens gag debate on fuel efficiency standards in deal on offshore gas bill

Procedural moves outrage Coalition, independent MPs and senator David Pocock, who says government ‘selling us out’

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Dutton readies budget reply as Chalmers links migration cut to inflation fight

Treasurer says migration ‘important’ but needs to be ‘well managed’

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Afternoon Update: federal budget hits and misses; controversial statue toppled; and the rise and fall of Ashley Madison

Coalition signals a fight on Future Made in Australia plan while environmentalists label budget ‘one of the worst in recent years’

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Coalition questions $300 power bill rebate as Chalmers says the wealthy not Labor’s ‘focus or concern’

Peter Dutton confirms he will back electricity rebate but joins chorus of criticism saying $3.5bn cost-of-living measure is not means tested

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Federal budget ramps up Aukus with $2.6bn earmarked for submarine project in 2024-25

Defence says approved spending for Australia’s acquisition of subs so far totals $13.6bn

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AFP must explain deal allowing Chinese ‘secret police’ to conduct operations in Australia, Coalition says

Opposition questions extension of bilateral security treaties amid ‘gravely concerning’ reports of activities on Australian soil

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Jim Chalmers delivers 2024 budget speech – as it happened

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Is the Coalition planning to overtake Labor and tax rich inner-city EV drivers?

The commonwealth had state electrical vehicle taxes struck down in court. Now reform is stuck in the slow lane

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Price, speed and Elon Musk: why some Australians are ditching the NBN

While politicians argue over who to blame for a decline in Australia’s broadband uptake, customers are seeking more affordable ways to get online

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Australia’s support for UN resolution on Palestinian membership ‘not recognition of statehood’

Penny Wong reiterates support for eventual two-state solution after watered-down resolution passed by general assembly

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Australia will seek to return Rwandans to PNG after unauthorised arrival in Torres Strait

Government will require that the five men who claimed asylum will not be sent to a country where they face persecution

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Report urges immediate assistance for Australia’s faltering live music festival sector

Inquiry into Labor’s national cultural policy finds cancellation of events the result of rising overhead costs, including insurance

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Gina Rinehart, One Nation and the Greens all oppose Glencore’s plan to store CO2 in the Great Artesian Basin – why?

The mining company insists the storage hub is safe but many are unconvinced about injecting carbon dioxide into a major Australian water resource

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Australian federal budget 2024: what we know so far and what to expect

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has promised more cost-of-living relief in his 14 May budget as well as spending for students and health

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