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Politics aside, new research shows there are good financial reasons to back working from home

In the pre-industrial era, people often lived and worked in the same building. This removed the need to travel to work.

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Albanese recalls family friend’s ‘confronting’ mental health struggle as he launches $1bn funding pledge

PM promises better access to treatment and counselling, saying many Australians have ‘issues that we need to talk about more’

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How deep are the Greens’ roots in Brisbane? Three seats will tell the tale in 2025

Capturing the seats of Brisbane, Ryan and Griffith was a stunning success for the Greens. But Labor and the LNP believe voters have not warmed to the minor party since 2022

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Morning Mail: Trump threatens more China tariffs, Dutton’s ‘isolationist’ student plan, Fowler fires up Matildas

China may face a further 50% tariff after the US president hit out at the country’s retaliatory 34% tariffs on Truth Social. Peter Dutton has been criticised over plans to cut international students

The Guardian - AU

The trouble with Labor in Victoria - and what reckoning there might be at the federal election

We have seen a version of this movie before. In 1990, the Victorian Labor government of John Cain Jr was dying on its feet. Cain’s premiership had been history-making. He was the state’s first Labor leader to win consecutive elections; indeed, the only previous time the party had enjoyed a…

The Conversation

Donald Trump has gatecrashed the federal election. It’s creating huge challenges for Australia’s next government

Much of the world is finding out it’s a very difficult time to be a friend and ally of the United States.

The Conversation

Dutton playing ‘Donald Trump anti-migration card’ in plan to slash international students, higher education peak body says

The Coalition would retain Labor’s cap on the private sector but cut an extra 30,000 places at universities

The Guardian - AU

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Peter Dutton would ‘dictate’ what students are taught, education minister warns private school sector

Exclusive: Opposition leader has ‘opened the doors’ to abolishing the department of education and cutting funding to schools, Jason Clare claims

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update Election 2025: Dutton’s policy U-turn; ASX ‘bloodbath’; and one man’s way into the White House group chat

Peter Dutton admitted he ‘made a mistake’ as he backtracked on policies to restrict working from home and sack 41,000 public servants

The Guardian - AU

Dutton Has Already Ditched His Wildly Unpopular Policy To End WFH For Public Servants

Peter Dutton now admits the Coalition "made a mistake" with its anti-WFH policy, and agreed he needs to seek "forgiveness" from female voters.

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Coalition can’t cut 41,000 public service jobs in five years without breaking election promise, analysis shows

Majority of staff who leave each year have frontline jobs, meaning the Coalition will have to replace them or break its pledge

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Batteries for all, not just the rich? Labor’s home battery plan must be properly targeted to be fair

Over the weekend, Labor promised to subsidise home batteries by 30%. This would save about A$4,000 per household up front for an average battery. The scheme has a goal of one million batteries by 2030, costing an estimated $2.3 billion.

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Australia’s opposition scraps pledge to end remote work for public servants

Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton says election pledge was a ‘mistake’.

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Labor may use ‘powers’ to take back Port of Darwin, Marles says – as it happened

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Dutton changed his tune on forcing public servants back to the office – now it’s dumped entirely. Why?

Dutton accused Labor of spreading misinformation, but internal Coalition critics said the policy was not ‘fully thought-through’ and messaged poorly

The Conversation

Election Diary: Dutton backs down on working-from-home crackdown after outcry threatens to cost votes

Peter Dutton has raised the white flag on his controversial attempt to force Canberra public servants back into the office, with the opposition now saying there will be no change in current arrangements.

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Labor gains 52–48 lead in Newspoll and Redbridge as poll trend to Labor continues

A national Newspoll, conducted March 31 to April 4 from a sample of 1,250, gave Labor a 52–48 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the March 27–29 post-budget Newspoll. This is Labor’s biggest lead in Newspoll since May 2024. This poll was mostly taken before Donald Trump’s tariff announcement…

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The Coalition has announced an even more radical plan to cut international students than Labor. Here’s how it would work

Last year, the Coalition made the surprise decision to oppose Labor’s plans for new international student caps.

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Rebranding Peter Dutton: has he done enough to shed ‘heartless hard-ass’ image to win top job?

The federal election will test whether voters accept the divisive politician has softened into a national leader

The Guardian - AU

Labor targets cost of living and climate with $2.3bn household battery pledge

Energy package could save households with a solar and battery system up to $2,300 a year, according to departmental analysis

The Guardian - AU

Port of Darwin operator says Albanese and Dutton are treating it like ‘a political football’ in election

Labor and Coalition would both end Chinese company Landbridge’s long-term lease of strategically important asset

The Guardian - AU

Coalition rethinks its return to work mandates

Policy feared to be unpopular in seats with high numbers of working professional women now only applies to Canberra-based bureaucrats

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Is Anthony Albanese worried Jacinta Allan’s poor standing will hurt his election chances in Victoria?

The PM has so far avoided the Victorian premier on his campaign trail. It has some state Labor MPs worrying she could be made a scapegoat

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Cameraman injured after football kick; PM visits flood-hit Queensland – as it happened

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Albanese and Dutton both say they will return the Port of Darwin to Australian hands

Anthony Albanese has announced that the government will ensure the Port of Darwin, currently leased by the Chinese company Landbridge, is returned to Australian hands.

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