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Anthony Albanese insists the delay in signing a defence treaty with PNG has "no downside". (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Pacific deal delays could catch out Albanese in the US

The failure to seal two regional deals could follow Prime Minister Anthony Albanese across the Pacific to a meeting with US President Donald Trump.

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Participants in the March For Australia last month.

Australians ‘too polite’ to blame immigration for housing

Australians are too polite to blame migrants for housing shortages, a top population expert said after the Government’s statistics agency published a private poll recording overwhelming support for immigration.

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Tassie premier shuns damning stadium report

Tasmania’s AFL dream is in crisis after a damning report found the proposed $1.8bn stadium would harm the state’s economy but Jeremy Rockliff has other ideas.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy and Minister of Ecology and Environment H.E. Huang Runqiu presents a gift to PNG Prime Minister James Marape on Monday.

China questions loom after Albo fails to lock in PNG treaty

Images of Xi Jinping’s envoy meeting with Papua New Guinea’s PM have raised fresh questions about Anthony Albanese’s failure to secure the signing of a defence treaty with Port Moresby.

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Donald Trump has lashed an ABC journalist for 'hurting Australia'.

‘You’re hurting Australia’: Trump lashes ABC journalist

Donald Trump has threatened to dob in a veteran journalist to Anthony Albanese during an angry exchange outside the White House, in which the President revealed he meeting Anthony Albanese soon.

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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape in Port Moresby on Tuesday.

Timing tension on historic PNG defence treaty to block China

Officials are scrambling to finalise the PNG defence treaty signing after independence celebrations cause another setback for Anthony Albanese.

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Chris Bowen become the new Al Gore.

Climate warrior Chris Bowen has become the new Al Gore

AARON PATRICK: The former US vice-president predicted melting ice caps would cause devastation across the world, a false but powerful message that the climate change minister has learned from.

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Australia’s eSafety commission will meet with social media giants and AI firms next week as the world-first ban approaches.

eSafety to meet US big tech amid social media reckoning

Australia’s eSafety commission will meet with social media giants and AI firms in America’s Silicon Valley next week as the world-first under-16s ban fast approaches.

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Australian Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen.

Climate scary story tills the ground for 2035 target

Chris Bowen is trying not to scare the pants off voters completely, while also scaring them enough to understand why Australia needs to significantly shift the scale and speed of its actions to cut emissions.

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Donald Trump and former LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman.

Greg Norman playing ‘unofficial envoy’ role with Trump

Anthony Albanese says golfing great Greg Norman has been playing the role of an ‘unofficial envoy’ to brief him face-to-face with Donald Trump on his upcoming US trip. 

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The Coalition has slumped to its worst-ever Newspoll primary vote.

Newspoll: Coalition slumps to worst-ever primary vote

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has capped off a miserable week — which included dumping Jacinta Price from the frontbench — by recording the Coalition’s worst primary vote in Newspoll history.

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Defence Minister Richard Marles hasn’t ruled out stationing Australian troops in the Pacific.

Aussie troops could be based in PNG as China threat looms

The Albanese Government hasn’t ruled out stationing Australian troops in the Pacific in an effort to boost security ties with our closest neighbours. 

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (inset, right) has revealed a $12 billion investment in WA's shipbuilding industry.

Albanese ready to sink $12b into ships and subs

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to announce $12 billion for a Defence precinct in Western Australia to bolster Australia’s naval shipbuilding and submarine capabilities.

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Katelin McInerney's win has prompted celebrations within Labor and soul-searching among Liberals.

Disgraced MP's seat falls to Labor as Libs soul search

The NSW government has picked up an extra seat after a by-election to replace a disgraced MP convicted of rape.

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Anthony Albanese is set to announce a $12 billion Defence precinct in WA.

Albanese ready to sink $12b into ships and subs

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to announce $12 billion for a Defence precinct in Western Australia to bolster Australia's naval shipbuilding and submarine capabilities.

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