Australia

The spike in concern over immigration coincides with widespread financial stress, where 41 percent of Australians describe themselves as either ‘poor or struggling to pay bills’ or ‘just getting along’. Pictured: Opposition leader Peter Dutton.
Australia
Nicola Smith

Half of Aussies link high immigration to cost-of-living woes

Close to 50 per cent of Australians believe immigration is too high and making them poorer, suggesting similar anxieties about the cost of living that fed into Donald Trump’s US election victory

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Australia's ’immigration policy desperately needs a reality check.
opinion
Opinion
Jeni O’Dowd

Close the borders, Australians have had enough

JENI O’DOWD: I am proud to be part of Australia’s rich cultural tapestry, and many of my friends are great examples of Australia’s diversity, but our immigration policy desperately needs a reality check.

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Woolworths has highlighted the growing pressures it’s facing from new competitors such as ALDI and Amazon.
Business
Jackson Hewett

Market pressures spark price check on Woolworths’ future

JACKSON HEWETT: Woolworths has responded to its ACCC grilling by pointing out the market power of one of its growing competitors.

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Outgoing US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy used one of her final public engagements to laud Australia as Washington’s “most glorious friend”.
Australia
Nicola Smith

Australia ‘number one’ US ally in risky environment

Australia is ‘no longer deputy sheriff’ to the United States but a ‘teacher and partner’ in an increasingly dangerous strategic environment, outgoing US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy said on Monday.

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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers
Australia
Nicola Smith

Economy showdown looms over final parliamentary sitting

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to give a ‘substantial’ statement on the state of the nation’s finances this week, as a showdown over the economy looms over the final parliamentary sitting of the year.

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Donald Trump’s presidency could actually mean a fast-tracked AUKUS subs deal, according to one defence expert.
exclusive
Australia
Latika M Bourke

Trump could make AUKUS more expensive, but faster

A former Bush administration adviser and Pentagon staffer has made a bold prediction on President-elect Donald Trump and AUKUS, claiming things could get more expensive, but faster.

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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor will not be spending up big before the next election.
Politics
Katina Curtis and Dan Jervis-Bardy

Chalmers makes big call on pre-election tax splash

Jim Chalmers has downplayed the prospect of new cost-of-living relief as the Government struggles to get key parts of its agenda through what could be the final sitting fortnight of Parliament.

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Asia-Pacific leaders have united to call for ‘free and predictable trade’ as Donald Trump’s tariff shake-up looms, but were unable to reach consensus on Ukraine and Gaza for the second year in a row.
World
Ellen Ransley

APEC unites to send Trump a trade message, but split on wars

Asia-Pacific leaders have united to call for ‘free and predictable trade’ as Donald Trump’s tariff shake-up looms, but were unable to reach consensus on Ukraine and Gaza for the second year in a row.

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The Greens will no longer insist on a climate trigger under a new offer designed to tempt the Federal Government into a deal to pass its Nature Positive laws in the final parliamentary sittings of the year. 
Politics
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Greens drop big demand in shocking Nature Positive twist

The Greens will no longer insist on a climate trigger under a new offer designed to tempt the Federal Government into a deal to pass its Nature Positive laws in the final parliamentary sittings of the year.

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Anthony Albanese admitted he and Roger Cook discussed delaying t
Australia
Dan Jervis-Bardy

PM rubbishes March election speculation

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says talk of a possible March 8 Federal Election – the same date as WA’s state poll – is a ‘completely nothing story’.

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Video
Baby Matilda was helped by donated breast milk.
Health
Jennifer Bechwati, National Health Editor

The national shortage no one knows about

It’s better known as ‘liquid gold’ and has the potential to save the lives of babies in need but there’s a shortage across Australia that some are desperately trying to fix.

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HECS debts cast a long shadow on the future borrowing power for some students, figures show.
Australia
Andrew Brown

The ‘harmless’ debt lumping Aussies with big mortgage misery

As debate on how best to cut student loans continues in federal parliament, figures have shown how HECS debts can impact on mortgages.

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Video
Chinese masthead the China Daily said Australia’s previous government led by Scott Morrison had fallen under ‘Washington’s anti-China spell’.
Australia
Molly Magennis

‘Canberra has woken up’: China’s unexpected praise for Australia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been held up as an example for US president-elect Donald Trump.

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Penny Wong says the discrimination she experienced as a child made her determined to succeed.
Australia
John Kidman

Australia's diversity a mark of pride, says Penny Wong

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has revealed the hardship she experienced as an immigrant child after being honoured at the Asian Australian Leadership Awards.

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Gerard Binek, 32.
Australia
Digital Staff

Man killed in Adelaide crash identified as father-of-three

‘He absolutely loved being a father and adored his three boys.’

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