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Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson enjoy their Parliament House steak dinner, cooked up on a sandwich press

Barnaby’s ‘high steaks’ defection to One Nation looms large

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has looked to woo the former Nats leader with a sandwich-pressed steak dinner while she gets ready for her seven-day parliamentary suspension.

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The prime minister is under pressure over its lack of action on gambling harm.

Gambling ad 'double standard' as PM touts child safety

The prime minister and senior lieutenants have delivered sharp responses to suggestions Labor hasn't done enough to reduce gambling harm.

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Zhao Leji shaking hands with Anthony Albanese and, left, CCP headquarters in Beijing.

Dictator’s henchman gets warm welcome in Canberra

AARON PATRICK: China’s third-ranked political leader, Zhao Leji, helped oversee a vast purge of officials designed to entrench Xi Jinping’s power.

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Woolworths may be sitting on a $3 billion AI gold mine.

Why Woolworths may be sitting on a $3 billion gold mine

The food giant’s little-known tech consultancy Quantium is thriving as corporate Australia seeks help to understand artificial intelligence

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Environment Minister Murray Watt has called for a probe into the new BOM website’s cost blowout.

Watt orders probe into $96m BOM website cost blowout

Environment Minister Murray Watt has urged the Bureau of Meteorology to ‘take taxpayers money seriously’ after their ‘disappointing $96 million website bungle. 

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Flying Fish Cove is the main settlement on Christmas Island. Originally named after British survey-ship Flying-Fish, the town is often just called ‘The Settlement’.

Remote Australian territory could soon host new Google hub

Australia’s remote Christmas Island territory is soon expected to host a new ‘connectivity hub’ for subsea cables that stretch across the Indian Ocean.

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Joel Davis is accused of encouraging abuse and hate towards independent federal MP Allegra Spender.

Neo-nazi accused of threatening politician denied bail

A neo-nazi accused of calling on supporters to ‘rhetorically rape’ a federal politician will remain behind bars, amid a rise in threats against officials.

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Liberal MP Kellie Sloane has become the NSW coalition's new leader, as expected.

Libs fixated on winning back rich voters not battlers

Former TV reporter Kellie Sloane’s elevation to NSW Liberal leader is a sign the party is worried about losing its affluent State seats that vote teal at a Federal level.

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Liberal MP Kellie Sloane has become the NSW coalition's new leader, as expected.

New Liberal leader charts path to power in NSW

Former television journalist Kellie Sloane will launch a public relations campaign designed to undermine Premier Chris Minns’ nice-guy reputation, Liberals said.

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NSW Liberals eye ex-TV reporter Kellie Sloane as new leader.

NSW Liberals eye ex-TV reporter Kellie Sloane as new leader

Leader Mark Speakman resigned on Thursday afternoon when he realised he did not have enough support to keep the job.

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Jess Wilson is aiming to lead the Liberals to victory at the next Victorian election.

Discipline urged as Liberal leader ponders front bench

First-term MP Jess Wilson’s hopes of leading the languishing Victorian Liberal branch back to power rest on party discipline not sighted in a decade, a former premier says.

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How to get a pay rise: Work for the government

Government-paid wages grew over the past year, new data showed, while a smaller increase in the private sector was eaten away by inflation.

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Australia's top science agency is to shed hundreds of jobs and narrow its range of research work.

Shock as CSIRO to lay off hundreds of workers

Up to 350 scientists will be laid off as the national science agency announces a cost-cutting restructure stemming from financial pressures and government funding not keeping up.

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