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Probe calling for ban of controversial chant panned

Slogans shouted at pro-Palestine protests are under scrutiny as a state moves to outlaw them after the Bondi massacre but critics say it curbs freedoms.

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Government paid discrimination claim related to office of ex-Rep. Chavez-DeRemer

The government paid nearly $100,000 to resolve an employment discrimination claim out of Lori Chavez-DeRemer's former congressional office.

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Libs warned swapping leaders won't solve voter vacuum

Economic policy has been nominated as the only way for the Liberals to arrest their plunging fortunes, as the party squabbles over a leadership spill.

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Mass relocation as public housing faces wrecking ball

Residents have been put on notice to move out as public housing advocates fight a plan to reduce city towers to rubble.

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Denmark’s King Frederik and Queen Mary to visit Australia – as it happened

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Friday essay: how hard is it to govern?

Is governing harder in the 2020s than in earlier decades? The instinctive, and popular, answer would be “of course it is”. While that’s also a correct answer, we should insert some qualifications.

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The return of inflation may poison Labor’s second-term agenda and scare more voters to the fringes

As economic grievance grows in the electorate, an interest rate hike is the last thing our fraught politics needs

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Albanese defends Isaac Herzog’s Australia visit as federal MP joins calls to rescind invitation

Independent MP Sophie Scamps joins Labor’s Friends of Palestine group and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi in objecting to Israeli president’s visit

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Inquiry calls for ban on ‘globalise the intifada’ in NSW – but only when used to incite hatred and violence

Opposition ‘deeply unimpressed’ with recommendation that ‘adds nothing except confusion’, shadow attorney general says

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One Nation surges into second place in two polls, but Labor remains well ahead after preferences

Five federal polls have been released in the last week, with three of them having some fieldwork after the Coalition split on January 22. One Nation is in second place on primary votes in the YouGov and DemosAU polls, leading the Coalition by five points in YouGov and three points…

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Designating the Domain a protest site? The changes Minns is considering to avoid ‘unnecessary burden’ from demonstrations

NSW premier also said to be considering altering the form 1 system which protects protesters as polling shows increased support for strengthening police powers

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‘Not radical, it’s fair’: Australian households would receive compensation in proposed ‘polluter pays’ levy scheme

Superpower Institute report fleshes out 2024 call from Labor heavyweight Ross Garnaut to re-embrace carbon pricing 12 years after Tony Abbott axed it

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China threatens trade bans over vow to take back port

China could hit Australia with another round of economic sanctions if the Albanese government goes ahead with a plan to wrest back control of a key port.

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The Liberals’ fatal flaw was becoming Nationals-lite. Here’s how they can come back from the brink

If the conservative parties want to stop bleeding votes to One Nation and teals, their focus needs to be on economic management and housing, especially in urban seats

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Afternoon Update: Victoria swelters during heatwave; White House walks back claims about Alex Pretti; and Ye’s full-page apology

The state heat record set on Black Saturday in 2009 may be surpassed after the temperature hit 48.9C in Walpeup and Hopetoun

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Morning Mail: Bunnings accused of ‘greenwashing’ timber; extinction fears for K’gari dingoes; extreme heat warning

Bunnings accused of selling illegally logged timber; decision to kill K’gari dingoes a ‘kneejerk reaction’; those living with extreme heat ‘could double by 2050’

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Liberal hopeful branded 'extreme' as foes circle leader

Labor has framed one of the frontrunners for Sussan Ley's leadership as a fringe, right-wing figure as momentum builds for a spill.

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‘I’ve been called “bigoted”, “racist”, “homophobic” ... none of that worries me’: outspoken pastoralist causes a stir as NT’s new administrator

David Connolly has previously attacked Aboriginal land rights and insulted Anthony Albanese. Now he’s moving into Government House

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'Partisan warrior' farewelled after tragic death

A prominent former Labor strategist, who died after an alleged assault outside a nightclub, has been farewelled by political leaders, friends and loved ones.

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The election campaign threat that has parties worried

Labor's review of its thumping 2025 federal election victory has found the biggest threat to its future success might lie beyond the floundering opposition.

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Afternoon Update: Liberals say Ley’s leadership all but over; day of mourning for Bondi; and praise for Canadian PM’s ‘stunning’ speech

Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie are leading contenders to replace Ley as Nationals leader confirms his party will sit separate from Liberals

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Instead of a marriage, the Coalition should be an on-again, off-again affair

The short-lived split between the Nationals and the Liberal Party after last year’s election has been followed by another breakup less than nine months later.

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Labor’s hate speech bill inadvertently led to the Coalition’s collapse. So what’s in it?

Albanese government says laws, crafted in wake of Bondi terror attack, are ‘strongest’ Australia has seen in combating racial hatred

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Morning Mail: Coalition on the brink over hate speech laws; Trump claims ‘framework’ of Greenland deal formed; gen Xers the new baby boomers

Nationals quit Coalition frontbench en masse

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PM tells memorial ‘I am deeply and profoundly sorry’ government could not protect victims – as it happened

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