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news‘Not hiding:’ Major call over China-US fight

While both the United States and China spar for dominance in the Asia region, a defence expert says the battle is largely in China’s court.

Jessica Wang

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Mark Riley
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Tourette jibe mortification may be a turning point for Albo

Ministers say Anthony Albanese’s Tourette syndrome jab shows he’s human. But prime ministers have a duty to be better than most of us.

Mark Riley

Mark Riley

newsNew details revealed in teen social media ban

As Australia gears up to stop young children from accessing social media platforms, teens caught flouting the pending age ban will not face penalties.

Jessica Wang

Federal politicsCommentsSocial media age ban to be enforced by big tech

Social media companies would be made to boot children off their platforms and make sure they stay off under the government’s plan to legislate a minimum age for access.

Katina Curtis

newsDeadline set for Aussie Lebanon SOS flights

Australians remaining in Lebanon have been told they will have just days to leave the conflict zone, with people being warned “do not wait”.

Jessica Wang

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How Aussie kids are bearing brunt of cost-of-living crisis

Nearly 40 years after Bob Hawke promised no child would live in poverty, campaigners have warned the Federal Government that children are the victims of the cost of living crisis.

Katina Curtis

newsPush to axe sneaky fee costing Aussies $4bn

A Sydney MP is pushing for an overhaul of 20-year-old regulations that cost Aussies billions of dollars every year.

Jessica Wang

Mergers and AcquisitionsCommentsACCC says unchecked pet shop empire triggered new laws

The unchecked growth of a national pet shop empire is among a raft of “damaging deals” Australia’s newly-empowered competition boss says were the lightning rod to push for tougher takeover new laws.

Simone Grogan

Federal PoliticsCommentsLobsters back on Chinese menu after Albanese confirms deal

China will lift its ban on Australian live lobster exports by the end of the year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed after meeting Chinese Premier Li Qiang.

Dan Jervis-Bardy and Katina Curtis

newsReason Australia may pull SOS flights

Australia is reassessing future evacuation flights from war-torn Lebanon for this reason despite earlier pleas for people to come home.

Jessica Wang

NEWSOctober 7 question senator won’t answer

Renegade senator Fatima Payman has dodged a key question on the event that sparked the rapidly expanding conflict in the Middle East.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer and Jessica Wang

UPDATEDPremium‘Suicidal thoughts’: Top staffer drops bombshell

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles’ chief of staff has dropped bombshell allegations in a press conference announcing her resignation.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

Federal PoliticsVideoCommentsIsrael ‘not complying with international law’: Minister

A senior Government minister has suggested Israel is not complying with international law, as the Coalition heaps pressure on Labor over the ongoing conflict.

Ellen Ransley

POLITICSPremium‘Slaughter’: Minister’s Middle East plea

A senior Labor minister has made a striking claim about Israel’s actions in Gaza, saying his community is asking for the killing to stop.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

courts & justicePremium‘Breathtakingly brazen’ Yongah Hill drug tsar cops 18 years

A drug offender who bragged about running a major dealing operation from Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre has been jailed for 18 years — and the judge believes the Commonwealth should pay for it.

Rebecca Le May

Federal politicsVideoCommentsPetrol stations warned not to gouge as oil price spikes

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned petrol station owners not to take drivers for mugs as oil prices spike because of conflict in the Middle East.

Katina Curtis

UPDATEDPremiumMajor break for Aussie lobster exporters

Anthony Albanese has announced the last of the major trade issues with China had been resolved while in Laos for a regional economic summit.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

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Voters have their cranky pants on, and so do the pollies

People are feeling ground down, as if they’ve been stuck in a room with no natural light for months on end, and they’re looking for someone to complain about.

Katina Curtis

Mergers and AcquisitionsCommentsMerger crackdown takes aim at besieged supermarkets

Supermarkets will be right in the firing line of the biggest changes to Australian takeover rules in half a century, giving the competition watchdog a new set of teeth amid rampant living cost pressures.

Simone Grogan

NEWSPremiumFresh action on issue haunting Aussies

The federal government has announced its next move on a major issue still haunting hundreds of thousands of Australians.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

newsPremiumRestaurant owner cops flak after rally furore

People have slammed a well-known restaurateur on social media, after he was charged with displaying a Nazi symbol at a pro-Palestine rally.

Clareese Packer

Federal politicsCommentsPM’s strong message before high-stakes China talks

Anthony Albanese has drawn comparisons with the Cold War ahead of talks with Chinese Premier, stressing the need to maintain dialogue even in the face of deep disagreements and Beijing’s military aggression.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

news‘No deal:’ Albo rules out Greens bargain

The prime minister has adamantly ruled out making a deal with the Greens in order to secure Labor a second term in power.

Jessica Wang

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Payman’s remarkable voting stat since becoming independent

Fatima Payman’s voting record since she quit Labor in July shows that she has rarely raised her own voice in Parliament to represent her constituents.

Katina Curtis