Politics

Treasurer Jim Chalmers during Question Time on Thursday afternoon.
analysis
Politics
Jackson Hewett

What Jim Chalmers is really doing with Future Fund changes

JACKSON HEWETT: The Treasurer has sprung an impressive three-card monte on voters in his bid to slip his fingers into the Future Fund. The reality is, it screams of a desperate electoral cash splash.

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Bill Shorten called for a new era of political unity in his final speech to Parliament.
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Australia
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Katina Curtis

‘Unfinished business’: Shorten urges unity in final speech

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has called for a new era of political unity to tackle the nation’s ‘unfinished business’ on tax reform and other major issues in his parting message to Federal Parliament.

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Leah Weckert, chief executive of Coles Group, says Aldi is ‘really great’.
Business
Jackson Hewett

‘Really great’: Coles CEO praises competitor supermarket

Chief executive Leah Weckert has laid praise on one of its biggest competitors, spruiking their ‘unique products’ as both Coles and Woolworths face an ACCC enquiry.

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Portia de Rossi, left, and Ellen DeGeneres have fled and will reportedly never return to the United States.
Culture
Max Corstorphan

DeGeneres flees USA after Trump's election victory

Comedian and former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has fled the US after President-elect Donald Trump secured a second term in the White House.

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her concession speech at Howard University in D.C. after her loss to Donald Trump.
World
The Washington Post

The two deciding factors that Team Kamala could not overcome

In analysing the loss, Harris’s team also credits the Trump campaign with reaching sporadic voters, especially young men, through new media channels.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended changes to Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund, saying it’s his job to “improve it”.
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Australia
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Nicola Smith

‘We need it’: Chalmers hits back at nest egg controversy

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hit back at accusations that a planned overhaul of the $230 billion Future Fund will compromise the body’s independence or force it to underwrite pet government projects.

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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers
Politics
David Johns, Poppy Johnston and Jacob Shteyman

Treasurer insists he’s ‘modernising’ $230b Future Fund

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended changes to Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund, saying it’s his job to ‘improve it’.

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Is America ready for Kamala Harris 2028?
US Politics
Max Corstorphan

Shock Kamala Harris result ahead of 2028 election

Just weeks after Vice President Kamala Harris suffered a dismal loss to President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 US election, Americans have made a shock call on her political future.

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President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., closes a door to a private meeting with Vice President-elect JD Vance.
World
The Washington Post

Sex probe on Trump A-G pick Gaetz told he paid women $15K

Records exhibited during closed-door testimony displayed 27 PayPal and Venmo payments totalling over $US10,000 paid to the two female witnesses, a source close to the investigation said.

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Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has introduced the proposed new legislation.
Australia
Katina Curtis

Social media age limit laws unveiled in Parliament

Laws to ban under-16s from social media have been introduced to Parliament with the Government promising they will keep teens off TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, Instagram and X at a minimum.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned the anti-Semitic crimes in Sydney's east.
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Police
Georgina Noack

Labor ignored pleas to stop ‘evil’ anti-Semitism in suburbs

Jewish leaders say the ‘evil’ vandalism and fiery destruction in a ritzy eastern Sydney suburb overnight is just the latest example of hatred they have faced and begged authorities to protect them from.

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Since his victory, Donald Trump has ignored many of the rules and practices intended to guide a seamless transfer of power.
US Politics
The Washington Post

Inside ‘hostile takeover’ as Trump ignores transition rules

Since his victory, Donald Trump has ignored many of the rules and practices intended to guide a seamless transfer of power and handover of the oversight of 2.2 million federal employees.

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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
Politics
Neale Prior

Labor steers Future Fund to housing, green plays

The Albanese Government is calling on the $230 billion Future Fund to help fix Australia’s housing crisis and bankroll green energy projects. 

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Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland.
Politics
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Tech giants face huge fines for breaking social media ban

Social media companies would face fines of up $50 million for failing to stop children under-16s accessing their platforms

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Labor has been accused of botching the onshore asylum process.
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Australia
Nicola Smith

Labor accused of losing grip on asylum process

The Coalition has accused Labor of mishandling high numbers of onshore asylum claims in a further sign it intends to put immigration front and centre of its election campaign.

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