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‘We were lucky’: Stephen Colbert farewells The Late Show in emotional finale

In a star-studded farewell from the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City, the 62-year-old was joined by the likes of Sir Paul McCartney and Paul Rudd.

Evening Standard

Is the Howard era over? Albanese and Chalmers are betting the budget it is

With baby boomers outnumbered on the electoral roll, Labor are finally emerging from their shell to address intergenerational unfairness

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Six reasons why Bob Hawke was Australia’s gold standard prime minister

Former attorney general Gareth Evans outlines the factors that created an unparalleled reformist momentum – and the crucial role Paul Keating played

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Paul Rudd warned Steve Carell away from The Office

Steve Carell's friend Paul Rudd urged him not to audition for The Office.

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A ‘few scallywags’ gossiping or a premier under threat? Inside Labor’s push to ditch Jacinta Allan

More than a dozen Victorian Labor sources, including ministers and factional powerbrokers, confirm move for leadership change

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‘Ignorant’: former Labor MP condemns Minns government for threatening Blue Mountains protesters over historic site

Former home affairs minister Bob Debus, who served in the Rudd government, throws his support behind Clairvaux in Katoomba

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It’s been 50 years since the Balibo 5 were killed in Timor-Leste. No one’s been held accountable

On October 16, 1975, five journalists were killed in the remote Timorese town of Balibo. To this day, no one has been charged with their deaths.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasury veteran Ken Henry on the “enormous damage” the tax system does to young people

In August, the Albanese government will hold an economic “roundtable” that will discuss productivity, budget sustainability and resilience. Australia’s tax system will be one of the central issues, and stakeholders are gearing up with their varying arguments for changes.

The Conversation

Stubborn or resolute: Anthony Albanese’s lifelong political instinct faces final judgment

The prime minister’s background as a tough backroom operator has served him well but internal Labor critics accuse him of turning a deaf ear to advice at crucial moments. What the voters say on 3 May will define his legacy

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Peter Dutton denies having access to sensitive information as Labor questions personal investments

Liberals decry government ‘dirt unit’ as Labor scrutiny leads to fiery clash during Senate estimates

The Guardian - AU

‘Wilful acts of bastardry’: former Treasury secretary says young Australian workers ‘robbed’ by tax system

Ken Henry made comments at a tax summit in Melbourne, arguing fiscal drag is seeing taxes go up while real incomes fall

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Former Labor senator to be Australia’s first anti-slavery commissioner

With an estimated 41,000 people living in modern slavery in Australia, Chris Evans’ role to address exploitative practices such as forced marriage and deceptive recruiting

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Kim Carr’s memoir is an elegy for older-style Labor politics. Only time will tell if it’s an elegy for the Labor project itself

The former senior minister seems nostalgic for a time when the ALP could rely on a large base of blue-collar workers and their families

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Labor 'losing touch' with blue-collar base: party elder

The Albanese government has copped more friendly fire, this time from a former Labor minister claiming the party has lost touch with its working-class base.

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Bill Shorten to quit politics next year to become vice-chancellor of University of Canberra

Bill Shorten will retire from parliament in February but will remain in cabinet until then to continue his reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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The government just killed 50 infrastructure projects – what matters is whether it will fund them on merit from now on

The federal government has just announced a list of projects to be abandoned as a result of an independent strategic review of its infrastructure investment program.

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Why can't Canada just put the fires out? Here are 5 answers to key questions

In Canada, more than 25 million acres of land — an area larger than Portugal — has burned, and the fire season shows no signs of slowing. Here's why many fires are being left to burn.

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The Conversation

A sustainable Australia depends on what happens in our cities – that's why we need a national urban policy

Australia has not had a national urban policy since the Rudd government. A troika of Liberal PMs followed. Tony Abbott wasn’t interested. Malcolm Turnbull didn’t quite live up to the hype but delivered cross-governmental City Deals and the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program. Scott Morrison at best presided over a…

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Program to plant 20 million trees prioritised cost-saving over gains for nature, research finds

Australia is a world leader in land clearing and species extinctions. Tree-planting programs are among the restoration measures needed to bring threatened species back from the brink. But do these programs always work?

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on the Voice, Aston, the Liberals, Uranium

The Liberals have formally decided to oppose the Voice. Peter Dutton has declared he will campaign against it, a high risk strategy when polls are showing a majority of Australians currently support a “yes” vote.

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Australia's cultural institutions are especially vulnerable to efficiency dividends: looking back at 35 years of cuts

In January the Albanese government launched a new arts policy, Revive. Among its measures was a commitment to exempt Australia’s seven national performing arts training organisations from the efficiency dividend.

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'A policy aesthete': a new biography of Tanya Plibersek shows how governments work – and affect people's lives

Days before the publication of a new biography of federal Labor cabinet minister Tanya Plibersek, the Nine newspapers carried an exclusive extract in the Good Weekend magazine, accompanied by a news article leading with Plibersek’s assertion that if she had stood for the party’s leadership after the 2019 election she…

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Paul Bongiorno: AUKUS submarine project should torpedo Stage 3 tax cuts and other myths

Projected to cost $240 billion over 10 years, the Stage 3 tax cuts would go a long way to help pay for the submarine project.

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Liberals likely to win Aston byelection; Voice support increases in Essential poll

On February 9, Liberal Alan Tudge announced he would resign from politics, setting up a byelection in his Victorian seat of Aston. A date for the byelection is still to be determined.

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