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Perhaps the most profane opening paragraph in the history of Australian journalism can be found in one of Black Inc.’s avowedly highbrow Quarterly Essays. “Those Chinese fuckers are trying to rat-fuck us,” Kevin Rudd is quoted as saying, in David Marr’s June 2010 edition of the essay series. Profane, yes,…

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Victorian Labor’s socialist left stakes claim to Mark Dreyfus’s federal seat of Isaacs in factional tussle

Exclusive: Left faction moves to cement dominance amid speculation over the future of former attorney general from Labor’s right

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‘They’ve engaged a barrister!’ Parents of high-needs children say Labor is waging lawfare over disability support

Exclusive: The federal government paid big law firms more than $60m in 2024-25 to fight NDIS participants appealing decisions about their care packages. Most families represent themselves

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Bill Shorten ‘re-imagines universities’, with specialist institutions and bespoke degrees

University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Bill Shorten has called for a “fundamental re-imagining” of Australia’s universities as a “core instrument of our national power”.

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Australia agrees record payout for victims of illegal Robodebt scheme

Hundreds of thousands of Australians wrongly accused of owing welfare debts to share $475m compensation

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Grattan on Friday: a laundry basket of reform leaves a lot of washing to be done

As Jim Chalmers was navigating his economic reform roundtable, his colleague Mark Butler on Wednesday took a dive from the 10-metre board into the pool of budget repair.

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'We're here': Australia joins the race for US academics

Australia is throwing its hat in the ring in the global contest to attract US academics amid President Donald Trump's adversarial approach to higher education.

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Cheaper complementary health treatments are on the way

In an election promise gone under the radar, the federal government announced it would subsidise complementary health treatments but how effective are they?

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Industry must step up to fund research: Shorten

Australian industry has been urged to pull its weight and spend more money on research and development by former Labor Party leader Bill Shorten.

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‘The chicken ain’t squawking’: the best quotes of Australian election night 2025

An unprecedented Labor win sparked stirring words of victory from the party, and dejected – and sometimes feisty – words from the defeated

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Democracy sausage taken to a new frontier

Australian voters around the world are preparing to feast on the traditional election day "democracy sausage" - but beware of eating it Bill Shorten-style.

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Afternoon Update: Shorten urges ‘push back’ on tariffs; wombat grabber leaves Australia; and Donatella Versace’s path to fashion icon

Albanese and Dutton downplay chance of retaliatory tariffs as Trump’s trade war intensifies

The Guardian - AU

Australia 'cannot dumb its way to greatness': Shorten

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has started his new role as the University of Canberra's vice-chancellor, outlining his vision during tough times.

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Cabinet gender parity as election fight intensifies

The prime minister has lauded the fact the cabinet has gender parity for the first time as political leaders tussle with an election on the horizon.

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Melbourne woman’s fight to keep NDIS support raises legal questions about agency’s ‘troubling’ processes

Tribunal decision for 54-year-old Veronica Stephan-Miller suggests onus of proof should be on NDIA, not recipient, before revoking benefits

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More women in cabinet but representation worries build

The political representation of women has received a boost after a pre-election cabinet shuffle but concerns remain over the opposition's gender imbalance.

The Guardian - AU

Norwich pizza chefs are waging war over pineapple. But they’re just the latest to put a tax on taste

It’s one thing to yuck my yum – but to insist I should be punished for it invites my cheesy ire

The Guardian - AU

‘Someone senior’ should be held accountable after AGL handed record $25m fine, Shorten says

Government services minister says case is ‘very significant victory’ for the regulator, which brought the case against the energy company

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Labor says Dutton won’t admit ‘mistake’ after he wouldn’t reaffirm net overseas migration cut

Opposition leader refused to confirm May promise on Sunday, and Bill Shorten accuses him of not doing his homework

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Narrowing window for release of secret robodebt section

The window to publish the secret sealed section of the robodebt report before this term of parliament is up next year, is becoming slimmer.

AAP

NDIS fraud crackdown gets $110m boost

Criminals, charlatans and dodgy providers attempting to defraud the National Disability Insurance Scheme will face a tougher fraud detection system.

The Guardian - AU

Praised by Dutton, the man who almost led Australia says he leaves politics with failures that became the best of him

Bill Shorten notes a string of proud policy achievements and recalls the uproar when he tackled a sausage sandwich side-on as he farewells parliament

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Grattan on Friday: Marles plays a defensive bat on nuclear as the government rushes to get through late work

Richard Marles is an ambitious man who hasn’t given up the dream of one day reaching the top job. But, despite being deputy prime minister, his profile is much lower than that of Treasurer Jim Chalmers, the candidate considered most likely to succeed Anthony Albanese as Labor’s leader.

The Guardian - AU

Lettuce, sausages and ‘simps’: Bill Shorten’s most memorable zingers

After 17 years, Shorten leaves behind a legacy of important reforms – and some immortal one-liners

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'Jealously guard democracy': Shorten's farewell call

With loved ones and staffers watching on, Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has given his final speech to the federal parliament after almost two decades.

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