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PoliticsPremiumAustralia’s ‘prosperity’ in China’s grip: Marles

Acting PM Richard Marles has warned we need a “clear eyed focus, every moment” amid China’s rising influence in the South China Sea.

Carly Douglas

PoliticsPremium‘Calm down’: McGowan’s warning to China

Outspoken West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has weighed in on Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and issued a stern warning to China.

Angie Raphael

politics‘Phenomenal’: Dutton’s stern words for China

Peter Dutton has unleashed on Chinese President Xi Jinping after he continued to do one thing over the weekend.

Courtney Gould

PoliticsPremium‘Epidemic’: Teal MP takes on junk food

A teal MP has revealed her bold plan to take on a childhood health epidemic by going after Australia’s fast-food industry.

Hamish Spence

PETROLPremiumHow Aussies missed billions in fuel savings

A new economic report has found how much Aussies could have saved at the bowser if better fuel efficiency standards were adopted by the government years before.

Blake Antrobus

Foreign affairsMP’s ‘bleak’ warning for Aus over China crisis

An MP has warned Australia risks being “in the gun” if the Taiwan-China conflict heats up, as Beijing issues a terse statement.

Steve Zemek

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opinion
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No longer ‘each-way Albo’, as PM hits the ground running

Nearly three months into running the country and at the end of his first parliamentary sitting fortnight, Albanese has already started to deliver

Kimberley Caines

Kimberley Caines

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analysis
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analysis
Everything you need to know about the Voice to Parliament

Calls are mounting for more detail to be revealed amid concerns an ill-informed public would be sent to the ballot box to enshrine the key Voice to Parliament for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Rebecca Le May

HealthMcGowan’s big call on monkeypox vaccine

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has made a major call on the monkeypox vaccine, with the state recording its first case of the virus.

Angie Raphael

UpdatedPremiumLambie spied on while getting dressed

The Tasmanian senator has made a shocking claim over the lengths that Veterans’ Affairs officers went to to stop paying her entitlements.

Madeleine Achenza

EconomyPremiumRBA reveals jobless rate prediction

The Reserve Bank of Australia has released its latest economic assessment with a surprising prediction about wages growth.

Angie Raphael

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Family’s desperate last-ditch bid to bring Assange home

The family of Julian Assange have requested a meeting with the Prime Minister in the desperate hope a deal can be secured with the US and Britain to bring the Australian whistleblower home.

Kimberley Caines

UpdatedPremiumNext step in Aussie monkeypox fight

The Prime Minister has made a major announcement on Australia’s response to the monkeypox outbreak.

Ellen Ransley and Courtney Gould

In checkCommentsTask force to tackle devastating foot and mouth disease

Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has announced a new task force to monitor Australia’s preparedness for foot and mouth disease.

Kimberley Caines

new legislation PremiumLabor’s climate bill passes lower house of Parliament

Labor’s climate Bill enshrining an emissions reduction target of 43 per cent by 2030 has passed the lower house with the support of the Greens, Independents, and a Liberal MP who crossed the floor.

Kimberley Caines

PoliticsPremiumRay Hadley grills Peter Dutton on rogue MP

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has responded to explosive allegations against a former Nationals MP deemed a “blackmail risk”.

Ellen Ransley

Updated‘Sh*t in the street’: Pauline’s wild claim

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has made a bizarre claim about Australian tourists in Bali during a wild speech.

Courtney Gould

‘working constructively’PremiumHow National Cabinet will address hard hitting issues

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will hold a National Cabinet meeting with State and Territory leaders on Thursday to discuss COVID-19, foot and mouth disease, and cost-of-living pressures.

Kimberley Caines

Third wavePremiumThe big clue that COVID may have peaked

Health Minister Mark Butler has dropped a big hint about when Australia’s third COVID wave could be over.

Courtney Gould

ClimatePowerful new alliance that saved Albo

Australia will soon be bound to upholding a promise Anthony Albanese took to the election thanks to a group of women.

Ellen Ransley

Ukraine conflictPremiumZelensky’s 'hardest question' from Australia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed the “hardest question” he has been asked during a major speech in Canberra.

Catie McLeod

politicsPremium‘Peanuts’: Huge spray over petrol prices

The Coalition has copped a serve in the Senate as confusion mounts over extending a major cost-of-living relief measure.

Courtney Gould

QUEENSLAND POLITICSBig change coming to birth certificates

One state government is currently weighing up a major decision about the information recorded on the birth certificates of its citizens.

News Corp Australia

UpdatedAlbo’s hilarious Homer Simpson takedown

Anthony Albanese has dropped a casual Homer Simpson reference in a brutal roast over one controversial idea in Canberra.

Catie McLeod