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Ahead of Donald Trump’s tariff announcement early Thursday (Australian time), the United States president has become a serious and increasing worry for Peter Dutton’s campaign. Even apart from Labor’s obvious and constant “Trump-whistling”, many voters are apparently seeing a lot of Trump dust on the opposition leader.

Greens have been in flood-stricken NSW town of Richmond, launching an election plan to increase environment spending

Labor has likened coalition plans to slash one in five public service jobs to a horror movie, saying it would hurt communities without saving taxpayer dollars.

Opposition leader still won’t say which jobs will be cut in plan to slash 41,000 public sector positions

The minor party makes pledge as Labor faces calls to explain its nature policy and plans for a federal EPA

Premier under pressure as acting police commissioner says he won’t apply for permanent role

A minority party will push for one per cent of the federal budget to be spent on "restoring" nature if the election produces a hung parliament.

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With the federal election campaign now underway, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised that if re-elected, Labor would seek to make price gouging illegal in the supermarket sector.

Australia is a place of great natural beauty, home to many species found nowhere else on Earth. But it’s also particularly vulnerable to introduced animals, diseases and weeds. Habitat destruction, pollution and climate change make matters worse. To conserve what’s special, we need far greater care.

A pledge to redirect federal funding from a rail loop to an airport line risks turning the election into a referendum on trains, a political scientist warns.