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Tobacco laws a 'Christmas present' for crime networks

A former Australian Border Force officer says Labor has acknowledged the growing black market tobacco trade but is failing to act in light of another report.

AAP · Aug 28

State gun ownership cap on the cards, if numbers align

A state is expected to soon debate a proposal to restrict the number of guns a person can own as part of reforms sparked by the Bondi mass shooting.

AAP · Aug 28

One Nation announces Japanese speaking investment banker as its Cessnock candidate

Mike Newman declined to commit to living in Cessnock.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 28

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No special carve-out for states using fossil fuel to power datacentres, Chris Bowen insists, despite new conditions

Energy minister says states can apply to use coal and gas supply to power datacentres but must prove it is cheaper than renewables

The Guardian - AU · Aug 28

Hanson tells star candidate to stop speaking Japanese

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has announced the party's leading candidates for an upcoming state election, but one debutant strayed from the script.

AAP · Aug 27

One Nation’s new NSW leader Mike Newman is an investment banker who wants to ‘get rid of wokery’

Son of former ABC chair will contest seat of Cessnock in March state election and says ‘my wife’s Japanese’ so he doesn’t believe party is racist

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27

Friday essay: Don Watson’s book on Paul Keating ended their friendship – is it our best ever political memoir?

Paul Keating never wrote a memoir. He has plenty of stories to tell, opinions to share and publishers who’d jump at the chance to help. Whenever the old feud between Keating and his predecessor Bob Hawke reignited, as it occasionally did, the latter wielded the prospect of a memoir like…

The Conversation · Aug 27

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese to hit campaign trail – for a Security Council seat

Like many of his predecessors, Anthony Albanese has grown to enjoy the international diplomatic round that goes with the prime minister’s job. These days it’s quite a thing, with an extensive “summit season” that dominates the latter months of the year.

The Conversation · Aug 27

Afternoon Update: Children among Australians missing in Nepal floods; Labor to slash refugee intake; and cyborg cockroaches

At least 165 people have died with hundreds more missing after flood waters surged through valley on both sides of the Nepal-Tibet border

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27

'We should gang up': east coast warning on GST deal

East coast premiers have warned Western Australia's GST deal could cost the federal government support outside the resource-rich state.

AAP · Aug 27

One Nation tipped to win by-election in safe Labor seat

Voters in an outer-suburban electorate say they've had enough of Labor, with One Nation tipped to win a state by-election as the party's national support grows.

AAP · Aug 27

New deal needed to dismantle ACT's 'economic barrier': Labor MP

'Canberra can once again be one of Australia's great nation-building stories.'

The Canberra Times · Aug 27

Prime minister steps in to deny refugee cuts

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has denied concerns Australia's refugee intake would be cut after the government was accused of pandering to One Nation.

AAP · Aug 27

Levy secretly added to Victorian public transport fares scrapped as Labor admits it ‘did not pass the pub test’

Premier confirms levy, which was intended to help pay for the Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects, will be abolished

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 27

Albanese vows refugee intake won’t be slashed, shutting down plans of Coalition-level cut

Prime minister intervenes amid anger at news Tony Burke was planning to cut intake of 20,000 arrivals by a third

The Canberra Times · Aug 26

How to rein in ACT spending? More public servants, inquiry says

ACT's financial position not sustainable, fiscal review probe says.

Latin Times · Aug 26

Peru's Inca Trail Reopens Today — But the Real Question Is Who's Paying the Price

Peru reopens the Inca Trail today, but a porter's death has triggered a labor investigation and a senator's push to enforce a dormant 2022 law.

The Conversation · Aug 26

Mixed results for One Nation and the Coalition in latest federal polls

There have been mixed messages emerging from the three federal polls released this week. In the DemosAU poll, the Coalition was up four points on the primary vote to 25% and One Nation was down five points to 24%.

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 26

Victorian government secretly increased public transport fares to help pay for Suburban Rail Loop

Labor put ‘levy on all public transport fares in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria’ since January 2025, auditor general finds, as questions raised over premier’s involvement

AAP · Aug 25

Labor MP stands aside after additional charge laid

A Labor politician in the Top End has stood aside from a key role after police laid an additional charge against him, alleging a breach of bail.

AAP · Aug 25

'We have buy-in': PM talks up national unity over AI

A national agreement on guidelines for AI data centres is edging closer after key talks, even though two governments continue to criticise the plan.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging. Could the Greens really block it?

The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

Federal MP Luke Gosling charged with breaching bail after alleged assault in NT

Member for Solomon was charged after an alleged incident at a cultural festival in Darwin in July

AAP · Aug 25

Labor MP facing assault charges accused of bail breach

A federal Labor politician fighting allegations he assaulted a Northern Territory official has been charged with breaching his bail conditions.

The Conversation · Aug 25

View from The Hill: Pragmatism holds Albanese to bad GST carve up, but Productivity Commission remains burr under saddle

Anthony Albanese insists there will be no retreat from his promise that Western Australia’s over-generous slice of the GST will remain intact as long as he is prime minister, regardless of the Productivity Commission’s compelling argument for it to be scrapped.

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