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Anthony Albanese has laughed off suggestions of hostilities between Australia and New Zealand as the two countries sign a new trade agreement. Dan Peled / NewsWire

‘Cheeky’: Albo laughs off NZ tax jab as he meets with Luxon

Anthony Albanese and his NZ counterpart have signed a new agreement, dismissing suggestions of hostility after a ‘cheeky’ budget rivalry.

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Brett Johnson (right) was incident controller during a deadly nursing home emergency in Quakers Hill.

The one question first responders want you to stop asking

The man who led the response for a deadly Australian nursing home emergency says the answer will be ‘far worse than you can imagine’.

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Anthony Albanese has admitted One Nation’s rise was a factor behind his government’s controversial backflip on key taxes in May’s budget.

Albo admits One Nation behind huge backflip

Anthony Albanese has admitted One Nation’s rise was a factor behind his government’s controversial backflip on key taxes in May’s budget.

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Anthony Albanese and Chris Luxon will hold talks during the New Zealand PM's visit to Australia. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

New Zealand PM's Olympic vision as he meets Albanese in Australia

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is eyeing opportunities for his nation to capitalise on the Brisbane 2032 Olympics during a visit to Australia.

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The last time China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, traveled to North Korea in 2018, that country’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, was reeling from sanctions and failed nuclear talks with the United States.

Why Xi Jinping Is Going to North Korea to Court Kim Jong Un

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The last time China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, travelled to North Korea, that country’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, was reeling from sanctions and failed nuclear talks with the United States.

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Pauline Hanson’s party has surged ahead of Labor, according to a recent poll.

How Labor is plotting to tackle its Pauline problem

Behind the scenes, Labor doing more than just waiting for its rival to falter.

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Anthony Albanese says the housing market isn’t working and won’t apologise for controversial tax changes.

PM warns against ‘populism and opportunism without answers’

The Prime Minister says the housing market isn’t working and won’t apologise for controversial tax changes.

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The spectre of US President Donald Trump's tax tactics continues to haunt Anthony Albanese.

Concerns Australian pharma, tech next on US tariff hit list

Australian trade officials have warned further US tariffs on sectors including pharmaceutical and digital services could be on the horizon in the wake of America’s recent ‘slave labour’ levy. 

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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has suddenly become very importan.

After 30 years, Pauline Hanson is now being taken seriously

AARON PATRICK: The One Nation leader’s anti-immigration crusade has turned her into, by one measure, Australia’s most-popular political leader.

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Australia’s first AUKUS subs will lack that new submarine smell

Used AUKUS submarines will end up costing Australia big-time

Are we going to get a discount on our second hand AUKUS subs? Don’t count on it.

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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has flagged foreigners have their homes repossessed.

Pauline Hanson threatens to seize foreign-owned properties

Before One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce said foreigners should be forced to sell their homes in Australia, the party’s leader went even further.

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Staff at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have been ordered to remove President Donald Trump’s name from official materials.

Kennedy Center orders staff to remove Trump’s name

The Kennedy Center has ordered staff to erase President Donald Trump’s name from official materials, less than a week after a federal judge ruled it had been illegally added to the storied arts institution.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong-un next week.

China’s Xi to visit North Korea for first time in six years

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement comes a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear bomb fuels. 

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Reserve Bank of Australia's Governor Michele Bullock and Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson.

Why rents could surge without helping first homebuyers

A leading property economist is warning Labor’s negative gearing and capital gains tax changes will cause rents to soar without seeing more first homebuyers enter the housing market as investors lost interest.

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She was joined by One Nation senators Sean Bell, Malcolm Roberts and Tyron Whitten. NewsWire / Martin Ollman.

‘Train-wreck’: One Nation senator kicked off live radio

A One Nation senator has been kicked off live radio and told to sort out his policy position after failing to answer simple questions around the minor party’s views on foreign ownership of residential property.

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