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China's Wang Wentao and Trade Minister Don Farrell could soon meet face-to-face, but both sides are playing down hopes of a swift end to thorny trade issues.

A former Labor candidate has used parliamentary privilege to accuse an ex-party colleague of spending ratepayer money on vodka and chicken nuggets.

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A federal Newspoll, conducted February 1-4 from a sample of 1,512, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, unchanged on the previous Newspoll in early December. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down one), 34% Coalition (down one), 11% Greens (steady), 6% One Nation (steady) and 11% for all Others (up two).

The Greens will introduce a bill proposing an end to offshore detention for remaining asylum seekers, without forcing Labor to compromise on its immigration policy.

Support for embedding an Indigenous Voice to parliament in the Constitution has fallen. The polls provide good evidence once you work out how to find it.

NSW Labor needs to pick up nine seats to win majority government and leader Chris Minns believes it's achievable. He has seven weeks to convince the electorate.

Letters: 'For a large number of people who live outside Newcastle East and work in the area they have to find alternative parking for the next two months.'

As federal parliament returns for the year, Prime Minister Albanese is focused on building support for an Indigenous voice.

The Anthony Albanese-led Labor continues to enjoy a 10-point lead in the first Newspoll for 2023 release don Sunday night.

Former British prime minister Liz Truss blamed on Sunday the economic "orthodoxy" in the country's finance ministry, other nations and in parts of the governing Conservative Party for derailing her premiership and "plan for growth". Truss's tenure was cut short last year after her largely unfunded mini budget and tax…