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Signs point to bumpy road for motorists in fuel crisis

Higher fuel prices could be just weeks away as conflict in the Middle East drags on, with the nation's leaders committing to further crisis talks.

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Coalition fuel fix misfires over start-up funding doubt

Confusion reigns over who would pay for a coalition plan to add one billion litres to Australia's emergency fuel stocks - and if the supply figures add up.

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Coalition would boost Australia’s fuel reserve to 60 days

A Coalition government would boost Australia’s minimum fuel reserve to 60 days, and deliver at least one billion litres of new storage with a $800 million Fuel Security Facility.

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Why the Coalition’s lurch to the right is bad for the climate

The Coalition’s new leadership is undertaking a consequential shift to the right. This is bad news for climate policy.

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The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese. So why isn’t he more popular?

The times might be bad, but they have suited Anthony Albanese. The explosions on the political right since the 2025 election have, in electoral terms, resulted so far mainly in a rearrangement of debris between the Coalition and One Nation.

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View from The Hill: Taylor defends putting One Nation ahead of Farrer independent as ‘least worst option’

Opposition leader Angus Taylor has defended preferencing One Nation ahead of high-profile independent Michelle Milthorpe in the Farrer May 9 byelection, declaring this was “the least worst option”.

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View from The Hill: It’s a chilly campaign for Matt Canavan in Farrer

Nationals leader Matt Canavan is giving the concept of the political “ground game” a new twist in the Farrer byelection.

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Bowen says Geelong fire appears to be accidental; Keating lashes Liberals– as it happened

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Grattan on Friday: Taylor and Canavan are chalk and cheese – and that’s a problem for Taylor

If you want a basic measure of the difference between Liberal leader Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan, compare these two reactions to US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary threat this week that “a whole civilisation will die tonight”.

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Nationals leader Matt Canavan promotes work from home to grow regional areas

Nationals leader Matt Canavan has urged the embrace of work-from-home opportunities as a way to boost the growth of smaller towns and regions.

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Matt Canavan’s ‘economic revolution’ is little more than a populist mirage – and Australians would pay the price

Nationals leader’s solution to the high cost of living is to force us to buy more expensive, locally made goods

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Billionaire Gina Rinehart says ‘I don’t understand’ arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith over alleged war crimes

Australia’s richest person questions cost and time spent investigating former soldiers as pockets of support emerge for Victoria Cross recipient

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Nationals leader eyes economics showdown with Liberals

Matt Canavan plans an "economic revolution" but he might struggle to win over coalition colleagues with his calls for more tariffs and government intervention.

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Australians buy record number of new EVs – as it happened

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Australia stands firm on Iran as Trump slams allies

Leaders have stopped short of criticising US President Donald Trump after his latest tirade over Australia's refusal to join the Middle East conflict.

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Grattan on Friday: A future plan on fuel should be central to Albanese government’s reform agenda

Using one lens, you could view the present contest between the Albanese government and the Taylor-Canavan opposition as pragmatism versus populism.

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Albanese rejects push from Special Minister of State Don Farrell to expand size of parliament

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has quashed a push by his Special Minister of State Don Farrell to increase the size of the federal parliament.

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What’s behind the push for more Australian babies? ‘It’s a phenomenon we’re seeing all over the world’

The Nationals have canvassed a vision of the future with bigger families. Pronatalist policies aren’t new – but they’re looking increasingly partisan

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Albanese gives tit-for-tat response to Trump’s criticism of Australia over Iran war

Anthony Albanese has pushed back at Donald Trump’s crack at Australia for not providing the United States with as much backing over the Iran war as the president believed it should.

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Coalition calls for cut to fuel tax as price woes mount

Cutting battery and EV subsidies would help pay for a coalition plan to halve the fuel excise amid a surge in oil prices caused by the Iran war.

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Six fuel ships bound for Australia cancelled as Bowen concedes ‘flow of oil to Asian refineries has slowed’

Energy minister says war on Iran creating ‘uncertain environment’ but insists government doing ‘all the preparatory work’

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Nationals going hyper to bring back carefree Australia

Powered by energy drinks and dreams of cult hero love children, Nationals leader Matt Canavan is doing regional politics on steroids.

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‘Really significant’: analysts warn top fuel suppliers could cut exports to Australia

Energy minister says he is not aware of any cuts to imports from Malaysia, but expert says warnings are ‘really significant’

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: why Farrer is a key test for One Nation vs the Coalition

The Farrer by-election on May 9 will be a major test for new Liberal leader Angus Taylor and new Nationals leader Matt Canavan, as well as a real-time measure of One Nation’s surging poll numbers.

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Canavan brings back McCormack in Nationals frontbench shake up

Former Nationals’ leader Michael McCormack has been brought back onto the frontbench as the opposition unveiled yet another reshuffle, this one triggered by the elevation of Matt Canavan to become Nationals leader.

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