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Anthony Albanese has stepped up his attacks on One Nation.

Anthony Albanese steps up One Nation fight

Anthony Albanese has stepped up his attacks on One Nation, questioning leader Pauline Hanson’s ability to form vital relationships with other countries.

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Anthony Albanese on the Bush Deep podcast.

‘Bonking’ PM heads into winter lull with bounce in his step

As Federal politics enters its winter lull, Anthony Albanese shows all signs of feeling as on top of the world as Taylor Swift heading into her wedding fiesta.

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In a heated exchange the Government was interrogated over its procedure around changing a light bulb on an army base.

WATCH: ALP defence spending slammed in lightbulb swipe

In a heated exchange the Government was interrogated over its procedure around changing a light bulb on an army base. 

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Balaji Krishnamurthy keynote speaker at The West Australian Leadership Matters breakfast at Crown Grand Ballroom Andrew Ritchie

Chevron issues stark warning over Government gas scheme

Energy giant Chevron added its voice to growing warnings that the Federal Government’s domestic gas reservation scheme risks decimating WA’s industry.

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Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor.

The phrase ‘a week is a long time in politics’ seems dated

The Liberal leader is set to head around the country on a winter break blitz in a bid to drum up support.

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Member for Canning Andrew Hastie  and the Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor arrive at the House of Representatives on Thursday.

Why Angus Taylor’s winter of discontent is about to deepen

ANDREW GREENE: The Opposition Leader’s ‘memorably bad’ Midwinter Ball speech has sparked more Liberal Party soul searching as rival Andrew Hastie issues a defiant poll pledge.

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Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy says Labor has the superior track record on military decisions and investment since Federation.

Conroy draws fire after ‘smear’ against war-time PM

Pat Conroy has labelled conservative war-time prime minister Robert Menzies a ‘nazi appeaser’ while struggling to say whether he would fire underperforming officials in his department under a new shake-up. 

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Pauline Hanson’s political revival a decade ago today was only possible because Malcolm Turnbull called a double dissolution election.

How Pauline Hanson’s career was revived a decade ago

STEPHEN JOHNSON: Why Pauline Hanson’s political revival a decade ago was only possible because of a former Liberal PM living in a Sydney Harbour mansion.

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Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane admits a probe involving branch members is damaging to the party.

‘Reprehensible’: Libs donation scandal has leader scrambling

A bombshell probe into political donations and branch-stacking allegations tied to a fugitive developer has left a state Liberal leader scrambling.

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Anthony Albanese is taking credit for the impact his Budget is having on Australia’s housing market.

How Labor is experimenting with your house

Mr Albanese has nailed his colours to the mast. He is taking credit for what is unfolding.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has broken a clear-if-unwritten rule in Australian politics.

Anthony Albanese just broke one of the great political rules

AARON PATRICK: The Prime Minister brushed aside property price falls in a battle with Liberal leader Angus Taylor over inflation and tax cuts.

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Ex-Premier’s brother under microscope in Libs donation probe

The brother of a former premier and a fugitive property developer will be probed by the state’s anti-corruption commission.

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The 32-cent-a-litre fuel discount is being halved and will end entirely at the start of August.

The 32 cent fuel excise ends today. What now?

The days of discounted petrol and diesel are ending as the fuel excise relief is cut, but could global oil prices help ease some of the pain for motorists?

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Frustrated military insiders have started to use the acronym FUSS.

What’s the FUSS about? Military insiders vent over upheaval

A new acronym from military insiders captures the widespread frustration being felt within Canberra’s Defence Department.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese witn Prime Minister of Vanuatu Jotham Napat at Parliament House.

‘Knife fight’ for Pacific influence heats up as pact signed

Anthony Albanese and his Vanuatu counterpart finally inked their security agreement blocking foreign military bases from the island nation while Beijing’s largest surveillance was being tracked north of PNG.

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Steven Lowy has spoken of his experience as a Jewish Australian at the royal commission. NewsWire / Nikki Short

The Lowy Family savaged by online abuse

Examples include a TikTok video referring to Judy Lowy as ‘Genocide Judy’ that was secretly taken while she was raising money for a private Jewish school.

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