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'Easier to get a scandal up': how MPs pounce on rorts

Sports rorts, ChopperGate and other expenses scandals have become part of the political lexicon, and increasingly easy fodder for rival politicians.

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No negative gearing reform on cards for election: PM

The prime minister has hosed down suggestions Labor will take changes to negative gearing to the election, amid warnings it could hike up rents.

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Lebanon 'can't become Gaza' as Australians told to exit

Australians in Lebanon have been told to leave immediately as Foreign Minister Penny Wong urges Israel and Hezbollah to stop a destructive cycle of attacks.

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Racism complaint is a 'positive step': NT police boss

A human rights complaint has been lodged against the Northern Territory government and police commissioner on behalf of serving Aboriginal police officers.

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Labor, expert lash 'crazy' call to step in over rates

Calls for Canberra to intervene with the Reserve Bank to lower interest rates to get financial reforms over the line have been rejected by Labor.

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Australia increases influence in Asia, report shows

A power ranking of countries in Asia has shown Australia has risen up the rankings to fifth position, only behind the US, China, India and Japan.

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Reserve Bank to hold the line despite US Fed cut

The Reserve Bank is unlikely to give interest rate relief to borrowers at the September meeting as Australia's inflation rate still has fight left in it.

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Overheated market could burn first-time home buyers

The head of Australian Centre for Housing Research has responded to new data, suggesting encouraging buyers into a the "overheated" market is unfair to them.

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Top economist says Libs' housing plan is a bad idea

A leading economist has derided the coalition's plan to let people use super for housing as "one of the worst policy decisions" of his lifetime.

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Survey of DV workers to help improve survivor support

Domestic violence workers will be surveyed about their experience on the job as part of a national poll.

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Pacific charm offensive as China muscles on policing

Senior Australian ministers are visiting three Pacific island nations as Canberra works to boost defence partnerships and shut China out of regional policing.

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New bid to nail down housing bill as talks hit the wall

A key housing bill will be pushed back into parliament despite the government, the opposition and the Greens reaching a stalemate in negotiations.

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Business leaders eye economic light at end of tunnel

Corporate leaders report feeling upbeat about their firms and the broader economy as the business lobby takes aim at anti-business sentiment.

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O'Keefe 'lucky to be alive' as bail revoked after OD

A magistrate has lamented the "absolutely tragic" legal dramas that have turned a former television host into a courtroom "frequent flyer", revoking his bail.

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Union leader warns of backward step for workers

ACTU president Michele O'Neil has hit out at coalition plans to review changes to workplace laws if the opposition wins next year's federal election.

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Strengthened environment protections 'bulldozed' by PM

A proposal to force the government to examine and stop mining projects that worsen climate change is not supported by the prime minister.

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Injury carnage for Giants in dramatic draw with Suns

Veteran Jamie Stanton has landed Gold Coast a draw with an injury-ravaged GWS with a goal after the siren, leaving the Giants heartbroken.

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Disaster alert: the areas at higher risk of flood, fire

Australia's emergency management teams are preparing for severe spring weather, with parts of the nation set for higher-than-average fire and flood risk.

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Dao's 'Anam' takes out PM's Literary Award for fiction

André Dao's novel Anam has won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction, while a biography of Donald Horne by Ryan Cropp took out the prize for history.

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'Waterways are drying up': plea for environmental laws

Traditional owners say their way of life is under threat if environment laws are not changed to protect crucial NT water sources from over-extraction.

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China pledges more trade access but lobster ban remains

Australia will be the beneficiary of greater market access to China, a senior diplomat says, despite frustration over a sustained lobster ban festering.

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Devil's in the detail as threatened species list grows

Baby Tasmanian devils, eastern quolls pups and other threatened species have taken to Parliament in a bittersweet reminder of their dwindling numbers.

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Genetics will no longer pose barrier to life insurance

Life insurers will no longer be able to discriminate against Australians based on their genetics when underwriting their plans.

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Labor toasts vote that reshaped parliament for 30 years

Three decades ago women welcomed a historic vote at the Labor National Conference, which Anthony Albanese and his federal caucus team celebrate to this day.

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Rates veto power must stay: Greens issue RBA demands

The Greens want the treasurer to intervene and force the RBA to lower interest rates as it lays out its demands for support on troubled central bank reforms.

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