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Big-three ratings agency S&P Global has reaffirmed Australia's triple-A credit rating.
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Jacob Shteyman

Tax changes get tick of approval from ratings agency

Tax hikes on property investors will help keep budget pressures under control, ratings agency S&P Global says in a check-up of Australia's fiscal health.

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Hancock Prospecting has repeated calls for changes to the ABC’s editorial standards after the broadcaster issued a belated apology over a video segment that featured violent references against Gina Rinehart.

ABC’s standards face reckoning after belated Gina apology

Australia
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Julian Leeser says the Census should include a box option for Judaism.

Jewish MP criticises Census for excluding Judaism option

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ACT Liberal Party leader Mark Parton and, inset, the photo he took in the committee room.

‘Wanna swap’: Libs leader responds to sex worker text claim

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Jean-Claude Perrottet gives evidence at the ICAC hearing Wednesday.

Premier’s brother recruited ethnic groups to stack branches

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A newly released trove of Pentagon files reveals eerie reports of unexplained aerial phenomena.

‘Huge’: Pentagon drops never-before-released UFO files

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Construction must halt on the ballroom at the White House, says the US appeals court.

Legal showdown as Trump’s ballroom project hits roadblock

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Limiting birthright citizenship has been one of the top priorities in Donald Trump's administration.

‘Very unfair’: Trump swears to end ‘birth tourism’

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Defence Minister Richard Marles says the United States will determine how long its AUKUS submarine deployments to Australia, insisting the arrangement does not represent an American base.

US will determine length of AUKUS sub deployments: Marles

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Iran is pushing for restrictions on US Navy warships using the Strait of Hormuz as part of negotiations aimed at reopening the vital waterway.

Iran moves to block US ships as Hormuz standoff escalates

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The war on Iran is hitting US partners Australia and New Zealand among those racking up billions of dollars in higher fuel import costs after prices spiked with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Australia bleeds billions as Iran war sparks oil crisis

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Defence Minister Richard Marles says the United States will determine how long its AUKUS submarine deployments to Australia, insisting the arrangement does not represent an American base.

US will determine length of AUKUS sub deployments: Marles

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Anthony Fauci invoked his right to ?remain silent more than 100 times in a Washington DC hearing.

US Senate holds Fauci in contempt for avoiding queries

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