Politics

The lockout laws had good intentions but a diabolical impact on the night-time economy of Sydney. (April Fonti/AAP PHOTOS)

Lockout laws dead in big boost for night-time economy

Laws that prevented punters from getting a drink after 3.30am have been scrapped, in what advocates say should breathe more life into a $110 billion sector.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke after gun reform and hate law bills passed.

‘My Government listens’: PM touts new laws after Bondi

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the passing of the ‘strongest hate laws that have ever been in place in Australia’, following Labor’s gun legislation passing the upper and lower houses. 

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An Australia-European Union trade deal appears closer than ever.

Australia in EU’s sights after Mercosur win, Trump’s threats

LATIKA M BOURKE: The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has singled out Australia as a priority country for a new trade deal.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has hit out at ‘bullies’ as he called for US tariffs on European countries to be abolished.

Macron decries ‘bullies’ as he urges Trump to halt tariffs

French President Emmanuel Macron has hit out at ‘bullies’ as he called for US tariffs on European countries to be abolished.

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A High Court challenge is brewing against freshly passed laws which clamp down on people who spew hate against those of other faiths.

Legal challenge looms for contentious anti-hate laws

A High Court challenge is brewing against freshly passed laws which clamp down on people who spew hate against those of other faiths.

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Federal agents detain a demonstrator outside of the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on January 17.

In Minneapolis, I glimpsed a civil war

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Despite increasing pressures from ICE, residents of Minnesota refuse to give in.

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Destroyed buildings on a wet day in Gaza City, December 11, 2025.

What to know about Trump’s ‘board of peace’ for Gaza

THE NEW YORK TIMES: As chair, Donald Trump would have considerable influence over the proposed board - but it’s still unclear how much financial control we can expect him to have.

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Former NSW governor Dame Marie Bashir has died at the age of 95.

NSW’s first female governor Marie Bashir dies aged 95

A psychiatrist and the wife of former Sydney lord mayor Nicholas Shehadie, Dame Marie served as NSW governor from 2001 to 2014.

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Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.

Major hate crime laws and gun reforms set to pass

Labor teams up with The Greens to pass gun control measures before clinching support for a watered-down suite of hate speech laws with the Liberals, despite internal Coalition tensions.

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The Assistant Defence Minister says he has learnt from watching Netflix show Borden.

How Netflix show is helping Aussie MPs understand Greenland

Australia is expressing hope of a ‘negotiated settlement’ between the US and Denmark, with the Assistant Defence Minister revealing a Netflix drama has helped him understand Trump’s threats against Greenland.

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The Curragh coal mine in Queensland. Coal consumption hit a record 10 billion tonnes last year.

Chris Bowen wrote off coal. It’s just had its best year ever

AARON PATRICK: Origin Energy’s decision to extend the life of the biggest coal power plant demonstrates the success of the mineral bringing electricity to millions.

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Britain is contemplating following Australia's social media ban for kids (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

UK contemplates ban on children's social media use

Britain's ministers are consulting on implementing an Australian-style social media ban for under-16s in the UK.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has announced a snap election.

Japan's ‘Iron Lady’ calls snap election after just three months

Japanese voters will head to the polls within weeks after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, just three months in, called a snap election in a bid to increase her wafer-thin majority.

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‘NATO should do something for the United States,’ US President Donald Trump wrote to Norway’s prime minister in messages released under freedom of information.

Leaked text messages expose Trump’s Nobel Prize bitterness

‘NATO should do something for the United States,’ US President Donald Trump wrote to Norway's prime minister in messages released under freedom of information.

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