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EDITORIAL: Progress on defence suicide crisis is achingly slow

Progress on defence suicide crisis is achingly slow

EDITORIAL: Meaningful reform and cultural change is hard. It takes time. These things shouldn’t be rushed. 

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Unless net zero remains Coalition policy, no urban seats will return to the Liberals.

New climate wars may lock Coalition out of government

CAMERON MILNER: The Liberals can’t contemplate government again without winning back city seats, but the price of entry is to have a credible climate position.

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Australia superstar skipper Sam Kerr was an unused substitute in the Women’s Super League opener against Manchester City.

Sam Kerr nowhere to be seen as another Matildas gun takes spotlight

The Aussie skipper’s long-awaited return has ended up in a very disappointing situation.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: The United State’s entire democracy may be riding on democrats, that’s terrifying.

If democracy relies entirely on democrats, that’s terrifying

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Democrats aren’t piranhas. Right now they’re more like the blobfish.

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EDITORIAL: Links with Japan welcome amid growing China threat.

Links with Japan welcome amid growing China threat

EDITORIAL: Wong and Marles’ diplomatically coded language was clearly a reference to China. 

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JUSTIN LANGER: My former enemies, Englishmen like Kevin Pietersen, are now my allies as I coach London Spirit.

The day I had a run-in with Kevin Pietersen

JUSTIN LANGER: As the world appears to being getting more divided there is one fractious relationship that always tests our patience - the one with the English!

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The Raiders and Nathan Cleary.

Give it a rest! Coaches can play who they want

KIERSTEN DUKE: If you finish top of the tree or are happy with your lot in life, it should be nobody’s business who you put out on the field.

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It's time for Chris Bowen to admit defeat.

Time for Bowen to admit defeat over net zero target

PAUL MURRAY: Chris Bowen, the Don Quixote of Canberra, has urged a faster rollout of renewables projects without conceding the instruments he depends on to achieve that end are inadequate.

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EDITORIAL: Former PM cuts to the truth of the Palestine debate.

Former PM cuts to the truth of the Palestine debate

EDITORIAL: We should not play into the hands of those who seek to dismantle the system.

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Whomever wins out of the Cats-Lions game should go on to win the AFL flag.

The team that wins this AFL final will win the flag

RICHO’S TOP 10: There are four blockbusters coming our way starting tonight, but the side that prevails in this match will go all the way.

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JANE HUME: Couples should be allowed to share their superannuation savings, a simple change that could help protect women when their partners die.

Let’s tackle the gender super gap

JANE HUME: Couples should be allowed to share their superannuation savings, a simple change that could help protect women when their partners die.

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AARON PATRICK: If we abandon the Australian flag, we give up who we are.

If we abandon the flag, we give up who we are

AARON PATRICK: Senator Jacinta Price’s proposal to ban burning the flag was met by calls to replace the flag altogether. That would be a mistake.

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Pat Cummins faces a tough road ahead to be healthy for the opening Ashes Test.

Ignore the spin, Cummins’ Ashes campaign is in real doubt

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Don’t believe the talk coming out of the Australian camp — the Poms will be licking their lips at the prospect of a wounded Aussie skipper limping into the series, if at all.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: The one danger that should unite the US and China.

The one danger that should unite the US and China

THE NEW YORK TIMES: China and America don’t know it yet, but the artificial intelligence revolution is going to drive them closer together, not farther apart.

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MARK RILEY: Aged care policy serves Albanese Government a lesson on the Senate’s power.

Aged care shift reminds Labor of Senate’s power

MARK RILEY: The Albanese Government might have a record majority in the House of Representatives, but the Senate can still bite it where it hurts. 

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