Australia

JACKSON HEWETT: Michele Bullock’s RBA is on high alert for global trade war.

Why the RBA’s address on the Trump tariffs is so significant

JACKSON HEWETT: The US President has everyone on tenterhooks, Australian mortgage holders included.

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Malcolm Turnbull has mocked Donald Trump in an address to the National Press Club, saying Aussies need to stand up the ‘billionaire bully’.

Turnbull mocks Trump in brutal take-down

Malcolm Turnbull has mocked Donald Trump in a pugnacious address to the National Press Club, saying Aussies need to stand up the ‘billionaire bully’.

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Pete Evans has scored a new gig.

Pete Evans reveals surprising new gig after meeting Trump

Former Australian TV personality Pete Evans, once cancelled from mainstream media, has revealed his latest career plans

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Angus Taylor has played down Peter Dutton's comments about breaking up insurance companies. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Inside the 24 hours that could have broken the Liberal Party

On Tuesday night, Angus Taylor and Peter Dutton had a very limited window to make one of the most important Coalition decisions of the election.

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The AEC is urging people who plan to lodge postal votes to use their website application. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Voters warned of privacy risks with postal votes

Voters who use third-party postal applications could put their privacy at risk or have their votes cast late, the Australian Electoral Commission has warned.

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A late-night altercation in Wangaratta has left one man dead.

Man dead, woman arrested after fatal stabbing

A man has died after a stabbing incident in Victoria, with police arresting a 47-year-old woman believed to be known to the victim.

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Get ready for a big week of decisions that impact Australians.

What to expect from Trump’s 'Liberation Day' and the RBA rate call

US President Donald Trump’s promised ‘liberation day’ coincides with an RBA rate call and Australian mortgage holders hoping to be freed from high interest rates might have to wait a while longer.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took a whirlwind tour of the Coalition stronghold of Queensland on Saturday.

PM makes Medicare, ‘Buy Australian’ pitch on QLD tour

Mr Albanese made the bold move of taking his fight straight to an urgent care centre in Peter Dutton’s Brisbane seat of Dickson.

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It’s a treacherous road ahead for two very pedestrian choices for Prime Minister.

Battle of least worst begins in pedestrian poll showdown

Australians couldn’t feel less inspired by the options in this election. And you could hardly blame them.

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The race to the Lodge has officially begun for Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese.

The furious five-week blitz to decide nation’s future

It’s official. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton’s race to the Lodge — and a May 3 ballot box showdown — has finally begun.

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It’s claimed the PM has a number of influential advisers ... and that they are also his factional allies.

The ‘Animals’ inside the tent: Albanese in power Part 3

The PM’s most influential advisers are all long-term mates, drinking buddies, factional allies, family friends. All Hard Left, Hard Left, Hard Left. WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE

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The biggest election issue.

Key issues in an election fight over the cost-of-living

The scene has been set for an election dominated by the cost-of-living crisis

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We’re sorry Albo. We were wrong about you, writes Christopher Dore.

Sorry, Albo, we have been too harsh, heartless and nasty

THE FRONT DORE: It’s time to fess up. In the three years since he became PM, we’ve been wrong about Anthony Albanese. We’ve been unreasonable. Unkind. Definitely unfair.

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

‘We will do better’: Dutton drops first election ad

In the minutes after Anthony Albanese announced the May 3 Federal election, the Liberal Party dropped the first election ad, where Peter Dutton called on the nation to ‘get our country back on track’. 

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Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese has called an election for May 3.

‘Sledgeathon’: Dutton hits back as PM starts attack campaign

Australians will go to the polls in five weeks but already the barbs are flying thick and fast.

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