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Fossil fuel companies, the gambling lobby, the big four consulting firms and the banks all continue to dominate political donations.

The Tasmanian Supreme Court has ordered a temporary halt to logging in a critically endangered swift parrot breeding ground in Tasmania, and for the first time since 2020, bulk-billed GP visits are up after Labor tripled incentives for doctors.

Treasurer say Coalition idea would ‘smash the budget’ with $40bn hit; Victorian MP vows to ‘keep fighting’ for women and animal rights

Treasurer’s data estimates reimposing old stage-three cuts while retaining Labor’s plan for low and middle earners would cost $39bn over four years

About 85% of taxpayers in Liberal and National seats will be better off under Labor’s plan

Guardian Essential survey shows only 22% of people thought Coalition’s stage-three tax plan should proceed unchanged

Nationals leader says tax cuts were about ‘giving everyone a fair go’ and Labor is ‘pitting one Australian against the other’

Italian Jannik Sinner came from behind to demolish Russian Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open’s men’s final 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, and working-class communities in Coalition regional and rural seats will be the biggest winners from Labor’s changes to the stage three tax cuts.

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Nearly 90% of areas in Australia better off under new plan, with taxpayers in remote and regional communities to gain the most, ANU analysis shows

There are about 2,500 US troops still deployed in Iraq as part of the coalition formed in 2014 to help defeat ISIL.