Politics

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits headspace Ashfield to meet clinicians and announce a $1 billion mental health plan.

Politicians launch social media war targeting Gen Z voters

A riff on a social media is targeting younger, online voters who might not have made up their mind about which way to go on May 3.

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Chinese war ships recently circumnavigated Australia.

Timor Leste set to join Chinese military exercises

The president of Timor Leste has said his country would be willing to join Chinese-led military exercises in the latest signpost of the growing great power competition on Australia’s doorstep. 

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The PM headed out for a casual walk with his fiancee Jodie Haydon, Jack Russell Toto and Member for Bennelong Jerome Laxale with his partner Jo Taranto and their dog Toby.

Leaders pause campaigns but not the cameras on Good Friday

Good Friday is a time when election campaigns are paused – but Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton nonetheless managed to find a way to front the cameras.

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The coalition's tax changes would help people access the property market, Michael Sukkar says.

'What would your mother say?': Parties clash on housing

As Australians priced out of the housing market wait for answers, politicians on both sides played the blame game in a fiery television debate.

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Russia has removed Afghanistan's Taliban from the list of banned terrorist groups.

Russia removes Taliban from banned terrorists list

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said previously that Afghanistan's Taliban was now an ally in fighting terrorism.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says a US minerals deal could be imminent.

Ukraine-US minerals deal close, says Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine and the US are on the verge of signing a memorandum of intent on the minerals deal, key to ongoing relations.

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Labor has increased it lead over the coalition on a two-party preferred basis, YouGov polling shows.

Dutton primary vote numbers plummet in latest poll

Peter Dutton's Coalition is in need of a ‘historic turnaround’ to win the election as its primary vote plumbs new depths, YouGov polling shows.

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President Donald Trump says he is looking forward to the day Fed boss Jerome Powell is gone.

‘Not happy with him’: Trump’s feud with Fed boss ignites

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he has no intention of leaving his post before his tenure is up in May 2026 after Donald Trump said he wants him ‘out of there’.

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Up late

UP LATE: Investors don’t trust Donald Trump to pay his bills

In this show, Ben Harvey explains how Donald Trump broke economics, with his trade war upending the finance world’s most fundamental doctrine and booby-trapping Australia’s property market.

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Peter Dutton

Has Peter Dutton’s campaign run out of road?

ELLEN RANSLEY: If the Opposition Leader is to win the 2025 election he needs to negotiate two long weekends, pre-poll voting and concerns he has left his big policy announcements too late.

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Anthony Albanese heads into the Easter long weekend buoyed by improving poll numbers and growing campaign confidence — but will a week of national downtime knock his momentum?

Will Easter break the spell for buoyant Albo?

CAITLYN RINTOUL: Anthony Albanese heads into the Easter long weekend buoyed by improving poll numbers and growing campaign confidence — but will a week of national downtime knock his momentum?

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Clare O'Neil

Labor’s housing plan stuck in planning pipeline — literally

South Australia’s Housing policy is Labor’s affordability solution, but first homebuyers will be disappointed.

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There’s been a marked change in the Anthony Albanese we saw in the 2022 federal election, and the one we see now.

Why Albanese’s 2025 campaign is bursting with confidence

LATIKA M BOURKE: Relaxed and smiling, Albanese is having fun, and after shadowing him on the campaign trail he looks and acts like a man on his way to victory.

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After unexpectedly finding himself in a potentially election-winning position early in the action, Coalition leader Peter Dutton has done his best to throw that lead away.

Can Easter break resurrect Dutton’s campaign?

EDITORIAL: The Easter break — which will be followed next week by another long weekend for Anzac Day — can’t come soon enough for Peter Dutton. 

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Peter Dutton’s election pitch is still off key and he is running out of time to convince voters he deserves the top job.

Dutton running out of time to shift political momentum

MARK RILEY: Peter Dutton’s election pitch is still off-key and he is running out of time to convince voters he deserves the top job.

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