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Tanya Plibersek is looking at watering down the Nature Positive Plan.
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Nature positive laws still need complete rethink

Tanya Plibersek must not be allowed to sneak through her potentially job-killing green agenda via political horse-trading.

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Donald Trump will be interviewed by Elon Musk on the X social media platform on Tuesday. (AP PHOTO)
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Editorial

Little in Trump and Musk’s love-in would worry Harris

EDITORIAL: One wants to be president of the world’s biggest super-power and commands a loyal, perhaps even fanatical following, even amidst his seemingly endless run-ins with the law.

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EDITORIAL: Australia needs some out-of-the-box thinking to solve the housing crisis. Waiting around for your parents to die is not a sustainable strategy.
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We all suffer thanks to the housing undersupply

EDITORIAL: Australia needs some out-of-the-box thinking to solve the housing crisis. Waiting around for your parents to die is not a sustainable strategy.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, ASIO director-general Mike Burgess and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced on Monday the threat level had been raised to “probable”, as the risk of politically motivated violence increased.
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Editorial

Terror threat rises as we forget how to disagree

EDITORIAL: The last time Australia’s terror threat level was pushed up to ‘probable’, we at least had a good idea of where the danger was coming from. 

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Evan Gershkovich hugged his mother, Ella Milman, as President Joe Biden welcomed him home.
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Editorial

Gershkovich release a win for truth over tyranny

EDITORIAL: The release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after 16 months of unjust imprisonment in a Russian prison on bogus espionage charges is a moment to celebrate.

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EDITORIAL: It’s beginning to feel once more like the next move by the RBA on rates will be downward — though we will probably have to wait until 2025 for that to happen. 
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Opinion
Editorial

Long road ahead, but there’s reason for optimism

EDITORIAL: It’s beginning to feel once more like the next move by the RBA on rates will be downward — though we will probably have to wait until 2025 for that to happen. 

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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran.
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Opinion
Editorial

To Haniyeh, Gazan deaths were collateral damage

EDITORIAL: Whether Ismail Haniyeh’s death will have a material impact on the war in Gaza remains to be seen. Likely another, who has no interest in peace, will simply slot into his place.

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EDITORIAL: If Rex does perish, it is consumers who will lose, and those in regional areas most of all. It is only through competition that Australians can have any hope of affordable airfares. 
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Opinion
Editorial

Regional Australians will lose if Rex Airlines goes under

EDITORIAL: If Rex does perish, it is consumers who will lose, and those in regional areas most of all. It is only through competition that Australians can have any hope of affordable airfares. 

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Sunday’s reshuffle is about as close to an admission that things haven’t been going all that well for Labor as we are likely to get from Anthony Albanese.
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Editorial

Take Labor’s new cabinet as an admission of errors by Albo

Sunday’s reshuffle is about as close to an admission that things haven’t been going all that well for Labor as we are likely to get from Anthony Albanese.

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The Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
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Embrace joie de vivre for enthralling Olympic Games

Yes, the Games are about rivalry between nations. Tensions played out on sporting fields. But they’re also a powerful reminder about all the things that bind us together. 

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The Prime Minister has constantly stressed that his is a Government that prioritises “stability” above just about all else. Even if it sometimes comes at the expense of competence.
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Editorial
Editorial

Belated cabinet reshuffle a chance for renewal

EDITORIAL: The Prime Minister has constantly stressed that his is a Government that prioritises ‘stability’ above just about all else. Even if it sometimes comes at the expense of competence.

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A cold spell across the Eastern States has been blamed for driving up demand for power and contributing to a decline in the power output generated by renewable sources.
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Editorial

Dangers of renewable over-reliance laid bare

EDITORIAL: Renewables alone are not going to be enough. That’s the takeaway message from the Australian Energy Market Operator’s latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report, released today.

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Pop megastar Taylor Swift considered legal action after deepfake AI-generated porn of her appeared on social media platforms.
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Editorial
Editorial

We need agile laws to stop creeps making deepfake porn

EDITORIAL: The internet has become the newest arena for gender-based abuse. We need laws agile enough to keep pace with the creeps who will seek to abuse them to harass and humiliate. 

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US President Joe Biden has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to contest the November election.
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Editorial
Editorial

Biden’s decision to stand down may be too late

EDITORIAL: Kamala Harris, and the Democrats as a whole, will need to massively up their game to have any hope of keeping Donald Trump out of the White House. 

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Donald Trump has spoken for the first time since the attempt on his life.
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Editorial

Trump’s unifying pleas before turning to familiar territory

EDITORIAL: It was a genuinely engrossing and powerful speech that, perhaps, gave the rest of the world an insight into what Trump’s many devotees see in him. But around the 20-minute mark, things took a turn.

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