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It set the scene for the start of the World Cup.

Exclusive: Senator Larissa Waters says move would bar firms that donated in the past 12 months from receiving commonwealth grants

Andrew Leigh won’t have made himself many friends in Labor with his attack this week on the stifling power of the party’s factions.

Michelle Rowland says review into security of national broadcasters will consider options to support their independence

Morrison government stopped releasing reports on MPs’ use of business jet fleet in 2021, citing unspecified security concerns

It is 50 years – two generations – since then Immigration Minister Al Grassby launched the idea of a multicultural Australia at a Melbourne conference in 1973. Ghassan Hage, Professor in Anthropology and Social Theory at the University of Melbourne, and currently visiting scholar at the prestigious Max Planck Institute…

A state service will be held for a giant of Australia's labour movement, as politicians from both sides pay tribute to former Labor leader Simon Crean.

Labor’s Environment Action Network says draft national platform ‘very, very weak’ on opposing native forest logging and land clearing

Exclusive: State ministers touted ‘significant carbon abatement’ plus benefits for threatened species and regional economies

As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team.

Two of Australia's most senior ministers will meet with their US counterparts as the Albanese government faces calls to withdraw from a major security pact.