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Public sentiment for Australia Day has shifted, according to a recent poll.
Australia
Georgina Noack

MPs set for Oz Day celebrations as public sentiment shifts

Aussies are getting primed for January 26 celebrations as public support for Australia Day rises.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has been labelled the “most inappropriate person” to represent Australia at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Australia
David Johns

Dutton slams Wong as ‘inappropriate’ for Auschwitz trip

Peter Dutton has issued a brutal takedown of Penny Wong’s trip to Poland, saying she is the ‘most inappropriate person’ to attend the 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz concentration camp’s liberation.

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An Operation Shelter arrest in Camperdown.
Australia
Ellen Ransley

Top cops set up new group to tackle anti-Semitism

Senior police from every jurisdiction will begin meeting monthly and increase information-sharing in a bid to tackle rising anti-Semitism. 

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The Government has spent billions on relief measures but time is running out for Treasurer Jim Chalmers to convince Australians they’re better off.
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Business
Jackson Hewett

Why tax cuts aren’t helping people feel better about economy

The Government has spent billions on relief measures but time is running out for Treasurer Jim Chalmers to convince Australians they’re better off.

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The Albanese Government’s message on cost-of-living improvements is getting lost in the political noise.
Australia
Nicola Smith and Ellen Ransley

Polls show voters unconvinced by cost-of-living promises

Labor’s pre-election economic ‘success story’ message, and its warnings the cost-of-living would go backwards under a Coalition government, are not cutting through according to a new poll.

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Vodafone users have reported an outage on the network.
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Technology
Taylor Renouf

Australian Vodafone customers hit by mass outage

According to Down Detector, more than 2550 customers across the country reported seeing ‘S0S only’ on their phones. 

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has slammed planned Coalition tax breaks for golf rounds as a ‘farce’ as cost-of-living pressures come to the fore of the election debate.
Australia
Nicola Smith

‘Utter farce’: Chalmers rips into Dutton’s tax break plan

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has slammed planned Coalition tax breaks for golf rounds as a ‘farce’ as cost-of-living pressures come to the fore of the election debate.

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong shared this image, saying the “meeting of Quad Foreign Ministers, so early in the Trump administration’s term, demonstrates our shared determination to work together”.
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Politics
Latika M Bourke

Trump’s second coming heralds major Quad ‘evolution’

Three words buried in one of Donald Trump’s executive orders have given the Quad a major shake-up, with Penny Wong agreeing to a change that Australia previously cautiously danced around.

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Penny Wong is the first Australian foreign minister to attend a US presidential inauguration. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Ellen Ransley

Wong touts ‘great day’ of meetings with new Trump team

Penny Wong has talked up a ‘great day’ full of productive meetings with the Trump administration as evidence the President sees Australia as a priority.

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The Australian Federal Police are investigating whether ‘criminals-for-hire’ may have been paid to carry out acts of anti-Semitism in Australia as the Albanese Government is pressed for answers.
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Australia
Nicola Smith and Ellen Ransley

Police look into off-shore ‘criminals-for-hire’ stoking hate

The Australian Federal Police are investigating whether ‘criminals-for-hire’ may have been paid to carry out acts of anti-Semitism in Australia as the Albanese Government is pressed for answers.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Quad foreign ministers on his first day in office.
US Politics
Staff Writers

Penny Wong in Washington Quad meet with new Secretary of State

America's newly-minted Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Quad foreign ministers, including Australia's Penny Wong, stressing allied relations.

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The 2025 version of Anthony Albanese that the Peter Dutton and the Coalition will need to confront at the coming election is not the bumbling wanderer of the past few seasons.
Opinion
Andrew Carswell

Underestimating Albanese is a road to ruin for Libs

ANDREW CARSWELL: The 2025 version of Anthony Albanese that the Coalition will need to confront at the coming election is not the bumbling wanderer of the past few seasons.

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Severe to extreme heatwave conditions will impact large parts of Queensland from Wednesday.
Queensland
Digital Staff

Queensland told to prepare for extreme heatwave and storms

The conditions are expected to be dangerous for vulnerable members of the community.

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Voters are being urged to be wary of claims being spread online in the lead-up to the election. (Morgan Hancock/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Andrew Brown

What to watch out for online ahead of the Federal election

Voters have urged to be wary of claims online by Australia's election integrity taskforce ahead of the Federal poll.

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Anthony Albanese convened a national cabinet meeting after the latest in a string of anti-Semitic attacks across Australia.
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Australia
Nicola Smith

Overseas actors ‘involved’ in Aussie anti-Semitic attacks

A new national database will help track anti-Semitic crime as police issue fresh warnings about overseas actors orchestrating attacks against the Australian Jewish community using local thugs.

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