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Trump’s U-turn on the Epstein files and his bust-up with Marjorie Taylor Greene

21 Nov 2025

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In an incredible U-turn, Donald Trump this week signed a bill directing the justice department to release more files from the investigation into the c...

Can the Liberals survive an existential crisis?

20 Nov 2025

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Liberal party leaders around the country are facing challenges, from Sussan Ley in Canberra to Mark Speakman stepping down in New South Wales – all ...

Ashes preview: can Australia continue their dominant streak?

20 Nov 2025

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Max Rushden and Geoff Lemon are joined by Ali Martin and Andy Bull to look ahead to the hotly anticipated first Ashes Test in Perth. Australia are bes...

The Coalition’s climate shift: what’s at risk for Australia?

19 Nov 2025

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The Coalition has abandoned net zero and announced its new energy policy, promising to strip emissions reductions from the objectives of the electrici...

Are Australian weapons destined to be used in Sudan atrocities?

18 Nov 2025

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Australia exports more arms and ammunition to the United Arab Emirates than it does to any other country in the world. And just this week Team Defence...

Broken trust: why police are failing to learn from their own mistakes

17 Nov 2025

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Ben Smee, Guardian Australia’s Queensland correspondent, has been reporting on the national crisis of domestic and family violence, as well as the c...

Broken trust: how police failed Hannah Clarke and her children

16 Nov 2025

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Ben Smee, Guardian Australia’s Queensland correspondent, has been reporting on the national crisis of domestic and family violence, as well as the c...

Introducing Broken Trust: a two-year investigation into the domestic and family violence crisis

15 Nov 2025

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Ben Smee, Guardian Australia’s Queensland correspondent, has been reporting on the national crisis of domestic and family violence, as well as the c...

The Epstein files are back to haunt Trump

14 Nov 2025

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Just when Donald Trump thought he could celebrate the end of the longest government shutdown in US history, the Democrats had a trick up their sleeve....

Newsroom edition: is Labor doing enough to solve the housing crisis?

13 Nov 2025

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The housing crisis is getting worse. Prices are going up at the fastest rate in almost four years and, as more Australians are being locked out of the...

Is Trump going to war with Venezuela?

13 Nov 2025

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Who is pushing Trump to send the US navy to Venezuela? With Andrew Roth and Tom Phillips

Inside the Liberals marathon meeting to ditch net zero

12 Nov 2025

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It took nearly five hours, but Liberal MPs emerged from today’s party meeting with a decision on whether to drop net zero. And while leader Sussan L...

Why a neo-Nazi rally was allowed to happen

11 Nov 2025

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Over the weekend, a neo-Nazi rally overtly targeting Jewish people took place in front of New South Wales parliament. Reporter Jordyn Beazley speaks t...

Why Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1bn

11 Nov 2025

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Complaints about the editing of a Donald Trump clip in a BBC documentary about the January 6 riots have led to the resignations of the broadcaster’s...

Is Roblox an ‘X-rated paedophile hellscape’?

10 Nov 2025

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In a month’s time, the Albanese government’s under-16s social media ban will come into effect. But popular gaming platform Roblox, where children ...

The ban on puberty blockers risking harm to Queensland children

09 Nov 2025

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The Queensland health minister has issued a new order banning the prescription of puberty blockers for transgender patients, just hours after the stat...

One man’s story inside the siege of El Fasher, Sudan

08 Nov 2025

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What does the fall of El Fasher mean for the future of Sudan? Kaamil Ahmed reports

Chris Bowen on why net zero is dividing parliament

07 Nov 2025

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Speaking at Cop30 in Brazil, the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the ‘consensus is gone’ on tackling the climate crisis. An apt assessm...

Newsroom edition: does Australian politics need a Mamdani-style shake-up?

06 Nov 2025

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Winning victory on the back of a campaign that preached a message of affordability, and never backing away from his principles, Zohran Mamdani will be...

Mamdani wins in New York

06 Nov 2025

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This time last year, no one had really heard of him. Now, Zohran Mamdani is the first Muslim, millennial and person of south Asian heritage to run Ame...

What does it take for top bosses to lose their bonuses?

05 Nov 2025

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There’s been no shortage of big businesses making headlines for the wrong reasons. But how much does a company crisis really cost those at the top? ...

Trump builds a palace while Americans face going hungry

04 Nov 2025

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Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast examines the US president’s moves to build a US$300m ballroom at the same time as a government shutdown le...

How Zohran Mamdani charmed New York

04 Nov 2025

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Guardian US writer Adam Gabbatt and columnist Mehdi Hasan explore how Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has come from nowhere to the brink of becoming...

The rising resistance to Pine Gap

03 Nov 2025

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Protests on an outback road in the Northern Territory have refocused attention on Pine Gap, the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs. The pr...

Secrets from top political chiefs of staff– podcast

02 Nov 2025

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Former UK prime minister Tony Blair gave hand-me-down shirts to his chief of staff Jonathan Powell, Jacinda Ardern’s chief of staff reveals the form...

The great gen Z revolt

01 Nov 2025

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The Guardian talks to protesters in Nepal, Madagascar and Morocco – as well as Chatham House fellow Dr Nayana Prakash – about the gen Z movements ...

Why is Trump talking about nuclear weapons?

31 Oct 2025

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Less than an hour before Donald Trump met the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to discuss a deal that could end the trade war between the two superpower...

Newsroom edition: does the Albanese government have a transparency problem?

30 Oct 2025

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A report by the Centre for Public Integrity has accused the Albanese government of ‘leaning into a culture of secrecy’. Labor’s record on transp...

Extra: Why Lily Allen has broken the internet

30 Oct 2025

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In the age of streaming and playlists, it’s rare for an album to make global headlines, but Lily Allen’s latest release has done just that. West E...

Australia’s growing cult crisis

29 Oct 2025

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Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast examines why more people are falling prey to cults and whether the current laws are strong enough to help vu...

Can Labor finally get a deal for the environment?

28 Oct 2025

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Parliament is back and the political fight over long-awaited legislation updating the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act ...

What the new gold rush says about our uncertain economy

27 Oct 2025

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For weeks now, thousands of Sydneysiders have queued for up to hours at a time, hoping to cash in on the soaring price of gold. Investors view the pre...

How Centrelink illegally cancelled jobseeker payments

26 Oct 2025

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Australia’s welfare system is often described as a safety net for the most vulnerable, so what happens when that safety net is yanked away? Analysis...

The heist of the decade

25 Oct 2025

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The art detective Arthur Brand on why thieves may have targeted the Louvre jewellery and why time is of the essence if it is to be found in one piece

Is Trump preparing for civil war?

24 Oct 2025

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Millions of people across the US attended No Kings protests against Donald Trump last weekend. The president publicly denied he wanted to be a king, b...

Newsroom edition: a win for Albanese, but when it rains it pours for Sussan Ley

23 Oct 2025

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After finally meeting with Donald Trump, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese passed another political test and returned home with a win. Domestically...

Gone in 40 days: can polarising Ange Postecoglou stage a comeback?

22 Oct 2025

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After just 40 days at the reins of Nottingham Forest FC, Australia’s much-celebrated English football manager Ange Postecoglou was sacked on Saturda...

Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and the scandal that won’t go away

22 Oct 2025

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After a storm of new allegations and headlines, Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Prince Andrew – King Charles’s younger brother – will no lo...

Will Barnaby Joyce jump to One Nation?

21 Oct 2025

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The former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has confirmed his intention to quit the Nationals, further fuelling suspicions he could join Pauline Ha...

Albanese meets Trump: a win for the PM, but Kevin Rudd? Not so much

21 Oct 2025

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The long-awaited meeting between Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump has taken place at the White House. It’s being hailed as a success for the prime ...

Australian Gaza flotilla activist on his time in a notorious Israeli prison

20 Oct 2025

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Earlier this month Australian Surya McEwen was among hundreds of humanitarians and activists onboard an aid flotilla bound for Gaza when the fleet was...

Arthur Sinodinos on how Albanese can tackle Trump

19 Oct 2025

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Anthony Albanese is set to have his first face-to-face meeting with the US president at the White House. Reged Ahmad speaks to former ambassador to th...

Traitor or faithful: how to spot a liar

17 Oct 2025

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The BBC hit series Traitors is a show that depends on being able to accurately spot a liar, but are any deception detection methods actually backed up...

Newsroom edition: Albanese prepares to meet Trump, SXSW Live

16 Oct 2025

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Live from the South by Southwest festival in Sydney, Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor, the head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, and senior a...

After the ceasefire what next for Gaza?

15 Oct 2025

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The Gaza ceasefire has only just begun but fractures are already appearing. Middle East writer William Christou speaks to Reged Ahmad from Jerusalem o...

The dark underside of the NSW blueberry industry

14 Oct 2025

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The Australian blueberry industry has experienced rapid and unprecedented expansion in recent years. And while the increase in production means cheape...

Release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees: how the day unfolded

14 Oct 2025

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As Israeli and Palestinian families waited for loved ones to be released, Trump met world leaders to continue ceasefire talks. Will Christou, Dan Boff...

What Pocock’s ban from parliament’s sport club says about lobbying

13 Oct 2025

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Last week, independent senator and former elite athlete David Pocock was banned from the parliament’s social sports club after raising concerns abou...

Could Japan get its own Thatcher this week?

12 Oct 2025

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A former heavy metal drummer who cites Margaret Thatcher as an influence, Sanae Takaichi could make history this week if chosen to become Japan’s fi...

Will the Gaza ceasefire hold?

10 Oct 2025

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Following months of negotiations, Israel and Hamas have agreed on the first phase of a 20-point “peace plan” to end the war in Gaza. Nour Haydar s...

Newsroom edition: One Nation and the rise of the populist right

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recent opinion polls indicate support for the populist right party One Nation has doubled since the last election. Around the globe, far-right politic...

Who will take the trophy in bird of the year 2025?

08 Oct 2025

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Over the coming week, hundreds of thousands of Australians will cast their vote in an election unlike any other. In the fifth bird of the year competi...

The 'civil war' brewing within the Liberal party

07 Oct 2025

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It’s Senate estimates week in Canberra but all eyes are on Liberal MP Andrew Hastie, the former SAS soldier with leadership aspirations. Nour Haydar...

What happens when you stop weight-loss jabs?

06 Oct 2025

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Science editor Ian Sample talks through the dilemma facing more than a million people in the UK as the cost of the jabs jumps

Shadi Khan Saif: the Taliban’s war on the internet

05 Oct 2025

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Last week for 48 hours, and without any warning, Afghanistan was in a total internet blackout. It was a telecommunications shutdown imposed by the Tal...

When did the US supreme court become so ‘lawless’?

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The US supreme court starts a new term on Monday, and the nine justices are preparing to take on cases that could prove crucial to the future of Ameri...

Newsroom edition: the battle to regulate AI

02 Oct 2025

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Tech companies are asking the government to allow them to effectively steal the work of creatives and journalists to train their AI large language mod...

Is the Trump plan for Gaza designed to fail?

01 Oct 2025

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On Monday, Donald Trump and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stood together as they unveiled their plan to end the war in Gaza. But it w...

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case reaches the end of the road

30 Sep 2025

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After seven years, the Ben Roberts-Smith v Nine newspapers defamation case is finally over, with the high court dismissing his bid for an appeal again...

Andrew Hastie and the rise of the ‘Maga right’

29 Sep 2025

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Liberal MP Andrew Hastie’s hardline rhetoric on migration and manufacturing have led many to question whether the opposition frontbencher plans to p...

Paracetamol and Donald Trump’s medical myths

28 Sep 2025

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When the US president stood up at the podium and announced a link between autism and paracetamol, he sent alarm through the medical community and the ...

Back to Back Barries: Palestine, Hastie and the rise of influencers

26 Sep 2025

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In their penultimate episode for the year, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry unpack an eventful week at the UN and look at how Australia is dealing with a...

Newsroom edition: Trump’s war on truth reverberates in Australia

25 Sep 2025

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Anthony Albanese was at the United Nations this week, taking to the stage to call for unity in times of global conflict. But the headlines were domina...

The Race Discrimination Commissioner on the rise of the far right

24 Sep 2025

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The race discrimination commissioner, Giri Sivaraman, speaks to Nour Haydar about the recent spate of anti-immigration rallies, how he is ‘attacked ...

Optus under fire for triple-zero failure

23 Sep 2025

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On Thursday, Optus users across four states attempted to call for help – but they couldn’t get through. The 13-hour outage has been linked to thre...

Albanese formally recognises Palestine at the UN

22 Sep 2025

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On Monday, standing outside the UN headquarters in the US, Anthony Albanese announced Australia’s formal recognition of Palestine as a sovereign and...

Why some netballers are turning their backs on the sport

21 Sep 2025

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Netball is the highest-participation sport for women and girls in Australia, but with only a handful of spots available in the Super Netball – the w...

Matt Kean on Australia’s future in a climate crisis

20 Sep 2025

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The Albanese government has put a number on its climate ambition: a target of a 62-70% emissions cut compared to 2005 levels. It comes after the relea...

Back to Back Barries: Trump, climate targets and a turn to One Nation

19 Sep 2025

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Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine the politics of climate policy after Anthony Albanese revealed Australia’s 2035 emissions target. They also di...

Newsroom edition: Albanese gears up for a tricky Trump test

18 Sep 2025

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This week Anthony Albanese left the comforts of his high approval rating at home to land in the Pacific, hoping to sign historic defence agreements wi...

Reunited after a decade: the 60 Minutes child retrieval saga

17 Sep 2025

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In 2016, Australian mother Sally Faulkner made global headlines after a botched attempt at retrieving her children from her ex-husband in Lebanon. Now...

How the killing of Charlie Kirk became a tool for division

16 Sep 2025

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The Trump administration has vowed to take vengeance after the killing of far-right commentator Charlie Kirk. Twenty-two-year-old Tyler Robinson is ac...

Sea level rise and soaring heat deaths: will climate action match the risks?

15 Sep 2025

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The national climate risk assessment has painted a challenging and confronting view of the future for Australia under global heating. Anthony Albanese...

Who’s responsible for our plastic problem?

14 Sep 2025

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Many had hoped that a global UN plastics treaty would finally curb pollution. But last month talks between representatives from more than 180 countrie...

Back to Back Barries: does the Coalition have the will to win?

12 Sep 2025

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Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry unpack another bad week for the Coalition after Sussan Ley sacked senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from the shadow cabin...

Newsroom edition: is Coalition chaos making life easier for Albanese?

11 Sep 2025

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After a week of infighting, Sussan Ley was left with no other choice but to sack controversial conservative Jactina Nampijinpa Price. As Price and her...

How New Zealand police closed in on fugitive Tom Phillips

10 Sep 2025

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On Monday, four years on from taking his three children and fleeing into the bush, Tom Phillips was shot dead by police after opening fire on an offic...

The Liberals’ Jacinta Nampijinpa Price problem

09 Sep 2025

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The Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, is in crisis control after senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price falsely claimed that Labor is letting in large numbers of ...

Nino Bucci on the sentencing of Erin Patterson

08 Sep 2025

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Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years after murdering three people and attempting to murder a fourt...

Has Trump succeeded in normalising American autocracy?

07 Sep 2025

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It’s been more than 200 days since Donald Trump’s return to power, and many have been left asking: are we seeing authoritarianism normalised in th...

Back to Back Barries: divisive debates and Dan Andrews

05 Sep 2025

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Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry discuss this week’s immigration debate and why politicians from all sides need to speak up strongly on the benefits of...

Newsroom edition: covering the far right without amplifying hate

04 Sep 2025

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The violent and confronting scenes that took place at anti-immigration rallies across the country last weekend continue to reverberate throughout Aust...

Xi, Putin, Kim and a big parade: are we seeing a new world order?

03 Sep 2025

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Tens of thousands of spectators packed the stands to witness Xi Jinping’s military parade marking 80 years since the defeat of Japan in the second w...

Anti-immigration rallies and the rise of neo-Nazis

02 Sep 2025

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Thousands attended the ‘March for Australia’ anti-immigration rallies around the country on the weekend. Among those there were neo-Nazi groups an...

Australia's 'secret' deportation deal with Nauru

01 Sep 2025

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On Friday, the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, released a six-line statement announcing a new deal struck with Nauru. The deal allows the governmen...

Is it depression or an iron deficiency?

31 Aug 2025

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Treating an iron deficiency can be elusive and frustrating. That’s particularly true for women who may have been misdiagnosed with depression and ot...

Back to Back Barries: can the Coalition find a circuit breaker?

28 Aug 2025

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Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry discuss the expulsion of Australia’s Iranian ambassador and Anthony Albanese’s plan to help first home buyers. They ...

The manhunt in Porepunkah continues

27 Aug 2025

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Since Tuesday morning, police have been searching for Dezi Freeman, a so-called ‘sovereign citizen’. Police say he has fled into bushland after th...

Iran blamed for antisemtic attacks in Australia

26 Aug 2025

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Iran directed at least two attacks against Australia’s Jewish community, the domestic spy agency has determined, prompting the Albanese government t...

Kmart faces legal action in Australia over potential forced labour links

25 Aug 2025

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Earlier this month an Australian-based Uyghur group launched legal action against Kmart in the federal court. The case has put the retailer’s supply...

Why the Australian gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’

24 Aug 2025

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Australia’s gun laws are often called the gold standard for community safety, but almost 30 years on from the Port Arthur massacre that led to decis...

Back to Back Barries: roundtable reforms, and diplomatic rows

22 Aug 2025

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Barrie Cassidy, Tony Barry, and George Megalogenis discuss how productive the economic roundtable in Canberra was this week, and which ideas the gover...

Newsroom edition: Netanyahu attacks the Albanese government

21 Aug 2025

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The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has launched a diplomatic attack against his Australian counterpart – calling Anthony Albanese ‘a ...

Can the government keep kids safe in childcare?

20 Aug 2025

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Calls for childcare reforms have become louder since revelations surfaced of multiple sexual abuse charges laid against a Victorian worker. Federal an...

Zelenskyy suits up for peace but can Trump deliver?

19 Aug 2025

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Six months on from their explosive meeting in the White House, Volodymyr Zelenksyy once again met with the US president, Donald Trump, in Washington. ...

Labor go looking for an economic legacy

18 Aug 2025

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As Labor’s much-hyped economic summit begins, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, say they want to hear big ideas...

How doomsday prepping went mainstream

17 Aug 2025

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It used to be a view held by a secretive few on the fringes of society, but preparing for disaster has now grown in popularity, with many believing ha...

Back to Back Barries: the tricky politics of a treasurer-PM relationship

15 Aug 2025

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Ahead of next week’s productivity roundtable, Tony Barry and George Megalogenis examine how Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese work together and comp...

Newsroom edition: can Labor jumpstart the economy?

14 Aug 2025

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Next week – just over 100 hundred days into its second term – the Albanese government will bring together business leaders, unions and interest gr...

Al Jazeera’s managing editor on Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza

13 Aug 2025

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Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif was on air until Sunday, when the 28-year-old correspondent was killed along with five other journalists in a targeted s...