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Decision by attorney general Mark Dreyfus guarantees a dozen Aboriginal non-citizens at risk of deportation will be able to stay in Australia

Australians’ wages will continue to decline for at least a year as inflation rises at twice the rate of workers' pay, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned.

Earlier today, the federal government introduced its hotly awaited climate change bill to parliament. Despite the attention and controversy it’s attracted, the proposed legislation – as it stands – would be almost entirely symbolic.

Who could even question a requirement that super funds act in the best financial interests of their members?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was elected on a promise of bringing people together, but the 47th Parliament was divided from its first day.

Under compulsory preferential voting, all formal votes must eventually preference one of the major parties over the other. The electoral commission has released preference flow information for all minor parties, This means we can tell, for example, how many Greens voters preferred Labor and how many the Coalition.

For Australia’s new centre-left government to work, both progressive parties have to put aside the machinations and recognise the best intentions of the other

Bridget Archer, who rebelled against the former government on key pieces of legislation, says she is prepared to do so again in support of enshrining a 43 per cent emissions reduction target into law.

Indigenous parliamentarians from diverse First Nations hope they can work together across party lines to bring meaningful change