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The jobless rate has lifted narrowly but the labour market is still strong, according to the ABS.
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No relief from pervasive cost-of-living crisis

EDITORIAL: Another day, another set of figures that point to an economy on the edge.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese needs to pump the brakes on his Government’s planned Nature Positive laws. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)
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Nature Positive laws to sacrifice economy for green doctrine

EDITORIAL: The Albanese Government needs to pump the brakes on Nature Positive lest Australia is left in a hell of its own making. 

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CFMEU boss John Setka resigned on Friday and now the union he once lead is facing allegations of brazen criminality.
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Labor’s farcical outrage over CFMEU thuggery an absurd joke

The most absurd part of the allegations of brazen criminality made against construction union the CFMEU in recent days has been the reaction of Labor figures to them. 

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Joe Biden mistakenly introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as "President Putin".
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Defiant Biden’s rejection of reality is Trump-esque

If Joe Biden truly believes that a second Trump presidency would be disastrous for democracy, he must step aside. 

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Anthony Albanese says minority groups seeking to form their own faith-based political groups would serve only to further “isolate themselves” from the mainstream.
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Sectarianism of all kinds is a threat to cohesion

EDITORIAL: Faith-based political movements are nothing new in Australia. And wherever it has existed, sectarianism has posed a threat to our social cohesion.

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After a group of active and former defence personnel called on Labor to revoke Angus Campbell’s DSC, the senate will be asked to consider the integrity of the honours and awards system.
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Editorial

Business as usual won’t cut it in ADF’s new era

EDITORIAL: There can be no more telling indicator of how far morale in the Australian Defence Force has fallen than the fact some servicemen and women say they would discourage their children from joining.

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EDITORIAL: Hopefully, the appointment of Australia’s first special envoy on anti-Semitism is the end of the Labor Government’s failed approach.
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Anti-Semitism envoy a welcome, but belated, move

EDITORIAL: Hopefully, the appointment of Australia’s first special envoy on anti-Semitism is the end of the Labor Government’s failed approach.

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Editorial

West needs ‘leader of the free world’ to step up

EDITORIAL: How much longer can the Democrats continue with the charade that Joe Biden is fit for office? 

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a press conference after visiting an urgent care clinic in Queanbeyan, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING
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Lessons for Anthony Albanese in UK conservative annihilation

Although their views and missions may align, there’s not much positive for Anthony Albanese to take from Keir Starmer’s landslide victory. 

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Senator Fatima Payman is quitting Labor 'with a heavy heart' over her stance on Palestine. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)
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Editorial

Fatima Payman embodies Labor’s identity politics dilemma

EDITORIAL: Senator Payman is an impressive, intelligent person with an interesting perspective and is a voice worth listening to. However, she only has that voice because of her membership in the Labor Party. 

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Greens leader Adam Bandt said the policy – designed to block new fossil fuel projects – would be a key demand in negotiations on the Nature Positive Plan and any potential power-sharing deal with Labor if it is forced into the minority after the next election. 
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Labor can show it won’t be held hostage by Greens

EDITORIAL: Nature Positive is the policy hydra that just won’t die. Every time you hack off one misguided thought bubble, another springs up in its place.

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A large group of veterans and serving ADF personnel are furious General Campbell received a cross for being ‘in action’ given he was never in a ‘gun fight’.
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Medal scuffle shows depth of the ADF’s disconnect

EDITORIAL: It’s difficult to imagine how it must have felt for the unknown number of Australian veterans of the Afghanistan war to receive letters demanding they justify why they deserved to keep their medals. 

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President Joe Biden participates in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Joe Biden should step aside, for democracy’s sake

EDITORIAL: The good news for the Democrats is that it’s not too late to find another candidate to take on Donald Trump in November.  The bad news is everything else. 

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Julian Assange agreed to plead guilty to a criminal count as part of a deal with US authorities. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)
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Editorial

Labor panders to left in Assange deification

EDITORIAL: Julian Assange is not the messiah. Something to keep in mind as he kicks off what is sure to be a self-indulgent homecoming tour. 

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Anthony Albanese hinted at how Labor's election platform may look during a speech in Sydney. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)
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Labor Government fiddles while homeowners burn

EDITORIAL: The Government’s focus seems to be on keeping rogue senators in line on Palestine, on creating anti-nuclear memes, on its own fading popularity — everything BUT cost-of-living pressures.

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