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'Grubby': Senate debates PM's melon-gate comments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's comments on a podcast have continued to dominate parliamentary debate for a second week.

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Stop panicking and don't listen to pollies. Falling house prices are a win

Here's why even property owners should be happy.

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Secrecy laws face tough pathway through Senate

The government is attempting to repeal more than 300 secrecy offences to re-balance the tension between security and the public's right to know.

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Liberal, One Nation on attack over discrimination laws

The Liberal and One Nation parties have launched a broadside against the Human Rights Commission over their advocacy for trans Australians.

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‘A win for democracy’: Labor abandons freedom of information law changes that would have reduced transparency

Katy Gallagher says Albanese government still committed to reform and flags new fixes to system ‘stuck in the 1980s’

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Labor scraps controversial freedom of information bill

The government has backed down on its attempt to reform freedom of information laws after staunch opposition from across parliament and civil society.

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Tony Burke says Australia has few options to block return of 34 women and children from Syrian camp

One woman is subject to temporary exclusion order over security concerns, but home affairs minister says group is ‘not consistent’ in their beliefs

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Flood of frontbench resignations as Liberals prepare for Friday leadership showdown

A bevy of Liberal frontbenchers supporting Angus Taylor’s leadership challenge resigned their positions on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s 9am party vote.

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Religious text carve out in hate speech laws 'narrow'

Senior figures in the attorney-general's department have been quizzed on whether proposed hate speech laws would outlaw common protest chants.

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Pat Conroy says China’s claims RAAF aircraft illegally entered its airspace ‘factually incorrect’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese urged to end ‘double standard’ on Israel after UN commission finds genocide occurring in Gaza

Human rights experts and crossbench politicians call on Labor to ‘put its money where its mouth is’ and apply similar sanctions on Israel as on Russia

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Albanese was naive to think Hamas wouldn’t welcome Palestinian recognition

If Anthony Albanese thought the government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state would be a relatively smooth operation in terms of politics, he’s had a quick wake-up call.

The Conversation

'Show about nothing': PM taunted over US tariffs

The coalition has referenced the 1990s sitcom Seinfeld in its criticism of Anthony Albanese's failure to secure a meeting with US President Donald Trump.

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Images of children starving in Gaza have shaken some world leaders out of inertia – but what will Labor do?

Anthony Albanese’s government enters its first full week of federal parliament under pressure from outside and inside its ranks

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'Heartbroken' PM says Israel breached international law

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Israel of denying aid to starving Gazans but says Australia is not about to move to recognising a Palestinian state.

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Greens unite to condemn One Nation senators for snubbing acknowledgment of country

Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy says stunt by Pauline Hanson’s party was ‘incredibly childish’ and disrespectful

The Guardian - AU

Mehreen Faruqi sanctioned for Gaza sign protest as Greens senator accused of ‘street theatre’

Greens deputy leader banned from taking part in any overseas parliamentary delegations for the remainder of the 48th parliament

The Conversation

Australia-US rift over sanctions on Israeli ministers further complicates Albanese-Trump expected talks

Australia, together with the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Norway, has imposed sanctions on two ministers in the Israeli government for “inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank”.

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Opposition calls on PM to take up Israel trip invite

The opposition's foreign affairs spokeswoman Michaelia Cash is calling on the PM to travel to Israel after he criticised the state for blocking aid into Gaza.

The Conversation

Election Diary: Dutton tops list of most distrusted, amid deepening voter cynicism about political leaders

In this election, voters are more distrustful than ever of politicians, and the political heroes of 2022 have fallen from grace, swept from favour by independent players.

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Qantas labour hire workers due to land major pay rise

Hundreds of Qantas labour hire workers are set to receive a big pay rise under Labor's landmark "same job, same pay" reforms after a union deal.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition says a national sex offender register would be a ‘powerful deterrent’. How would it work, and why now?

Proposed 12-month trial would be based on models in WA and UK and overseen by Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

The Guardian - AU

Turnbull says ‘Trump-like’ Dutton’s nuclear policy a ‘really bad idea’ - as it happened

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Anatomy of a ‘thought bubble’: is the Coalition serious about a referendum on deporting criminals?

Will Peter Dutton take his plan to the election? Comments in public and behind the scenes on Tuesday suggested mixed feelings among the Coalition

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Peter Dutton Is Keen On A Referendum To Deport Dual Citizens With A Criminal History

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton — who spent months calling the Voice referendum a waste of money — is now floating the idea of holding one over deporting Australian citizens.

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