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Grattan on Friday: Will voters fear PM Peter Dutton would be a surprise packet?

Australian politicians on both sides of the house say protectionist policies are bad, right? That Australia, as a country, believes in and benefits from trade being as free as possible.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton on why he’s not Australia’s Trump – ‘I’m my own person’

On current opinion polls, we are looking at a very close race at the May election. As voting day draws near, Peter Dutton will face more forensic questioning about his policies and how he would run government.

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The US and UK have decimated their aid spending. Australia has a unique opportunity to help fill the vacuum

Hard on the heels of Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID, the United Kingdom has ripped more than A$12 billion (£6 billion) from its foreign assistance budget.

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Who are F1 drivers' race engineers in 2025?

A race engineer has one of the most important roles in any Formula 1 team. It is their job to optimise the performance of the driver-and-car combination. Throughout the race weekend, they translate the feedback coming from the driver into set-up decisions to achieve the best possible result. And, except…

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Antisemitism summit: John Howard says ‘God bless Sky News’ as Mark Dreyfus warns against partisanship

Sharri Markson defends News Corp after attorney general says antisemitism ‘must not be weaponised’. Plus: a sprinkling of Australian culture for the NYT

The Guardian - AU

Do parties win elections because of their leaders, or in spite of them? History shows it’s a bit of both

The upcoming federal election will see the incumbent Labor prime minister, Anthony Albanese, face off against Liberal opposition leader, Peter Dutton. We’ll likely see a strong focus on the personal qualities and performance of the two leaders.

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Byelections show Labor is in trouble in Victoria – but how much will Peter Dutton benefit?

Is history repeating itself in Labor’s fortress state of Victoria?

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Trump’s latest tariff bid shows the old rules of trade no longer apply. Scraps of paper will not save us

A 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports, as flagged by the US president, is more evidence that Australia cannot rely on our ally to do good by us

The Guardian - AU

BoM warns of life-threatening flash floods in Queensland and severe storms in north-east Victoria – as it happened

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Can Australia’s political centre hold off the populist embers being set ablaze by Trump?

Donald Trump is unlike any politician Australia has ever seen. But could a demagogue in his image emerge?

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Anthony Albanese is already on the campaign trail. It signals the tough election battle ahead

It is an interesting fact that no sitting Australian prime minister since John Howard has led his or her party to more than one election victory.

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Iraq War documents ignite debate over Australia's role

Newly released Iraq War documents reveal flawed decision-making by Australia, sparking calls for transparency and accountability in military commitments

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Australia kept quiet about early deployment of forces ahead of Iraq war, cabinet papers show

The Howard government sent military personnel to the Middle East well before officially authorising Australia’s involvement

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Curbs on transgender rights were proposed for Australia’s 2004 Marriage Act, cabinet papers show

John Howard’s government legislated that marriage must be ‘the union of a man and a woman’, but excluded any reference to birth gender

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A cost-of-living election: Howard ministers agreed to $4bn in last-minute spending in 2004

Cabinet papers released on 1 January show senior ministers signed off on funding the day parliament was dissolved before the October 2004 election

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Housing woes and cost of living a re-run of 2004 poll

Costs at the cash register, aged-care reform and house prices were key concerns of John Howard's cabinet ahead of the 2004 election, documents show.

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Howard confronts Iraq War call as documents unearthed

Previously secret documents show concerns over a wheat scandal derailing Australia's commercial interests and plans to reshape Iraq as a free-market haven.

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Human rights touted despite expected detention backlash

Criticism was predicted as Australia prepared to show off its human rights record while upholding some of the world's most notorious anti-refugee policies.

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How conservatives 'got in first' to block gay marriage

Australia's decision to ban gay marriage in 2004 would not be reversed for 13 years, but a former prime minister maintains the move reflected public opinion.

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'A gentleman': tributes flow for longtime federal MP

Liberal Party stalwart Kevin Andrews has been remembered as "a man of honour in the bear pit of public life" at a state funeral.

The Guardian - AU

The fierce reaction to Australia’s new Future Fund mandate is a throwback to a bygone era

Peter Costello and John Howard should note that sovereign wealth funds now typically consider national policy objectives in their decisions

The Guardian - AU

Fear rather than respect: the secret behind Alan Jones’s decades-long grip on power

Chris Masters, the author of bestselling biography Jonestown, says the broadcaster’s ‘evangelical following’ and bully pulpit allowed him to manipulate power and have ‘princes and premiers bowing before him’

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Alan Jones once seemed unassailable. What ended it was a peculiarly Sydney story of media, politics and power

For decades it seemed Alan Jones was unassailable.

The Guardian - AU

Private health insurance is a dud. That’s why a majority of Australians don’t have it

The private insurers are reportedly seeking a 5-6% premium rise next year. That’s rich – especially when you consider 65% of policies don’t cover everything

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The Hindmarsh Island bridge case is being deliberately misremembered in a new fight over the Blayney goldmine

Twenty-three years after the federal court found there was no reason to think ‘secret women’s business’ was a lie, the claim that it was is still being used to discredit what Aboriginal people say about their culture

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