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Labor hears battle cry against "far right populists"

Anthony Albanese has warned of the threats of One Nation in a critical speech to Labor faithful in Queensland, with Pauline Hanson's party on the rise.

AAP · Aug 30

Pothole poll pledge to secure state's roads

A state premier's promise to fix half a million potholes has drawn criticism from the opposition as both parties take potholes to the polls.

AAP · Aug 30

Social media opt-out mulled to stem harmful content

How to limit misogynistic content in social media feeds and a potential ban on strangulation in pornography are being weighed up by the government.

AAP · Aug 30

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Anti-migration rally turns on Hanson amid policy muddle

Police have attempted to keep a large group of anti-mass migration protesters and counter demonstrators separate as tensions flared outside a state parliament.

AAP · Aug 30

One Nation claims victory in Secret Harbour byelection in Western Australia

One Nation candidate Luke Herdegen secures 57% of the vote after preferences as Barnaby Joyce says ‘politics has changed’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

One Nation thumps Labor to gain WA state seat of Secret Harbour at byelection

With nearly all votes counted in Saturday’s Western Australian state byelection for Secret Harbour, the ABC’s results give One Nation 39.1% of the primary vote (up a huge 30.6% since the March 2025 state election), Labor 24.4% (down 22.1%), the Liberals 17.3% (down 7.1%), the Greens 7.5% (down 1.3%), Legalise…

The Conversation · Aug 29

Premier will heed voters after One Nation breakthrough

Labor has conceded after One Nation won a previously safe Labor seat in a WA by-election that could have ramifications across the country.

AAP · Aug 29

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Controversial plans for a Daniel Andrews sculpture officially scrapped by Victorian government

The $134,000 cost of the statue of the former Victorian premier has been heavily criticised by the Liberal opposition

The Guardian - AU · Aug 28

One Nation holds narrow lead over Labor in by-election

One Nation's meteoric rise in popularity is being put to the test with voters at the polls in an outer-suburban by-election.

AAP · Aug 28

Labor wrestles with migration figures but opponents struggle to find the target

By focusing on the net overseas migration number, Labor risks making a ‘silly mistake’ experts say

The Guardian - AU · Aug 28

Pauline Hanson courts wealthy donors with $2,000 ‘exclusive’ Melbourne lunch, but where are the receipts?

One Nation hopes to raise $36,000 from the lunch but the state party has disclosed just one donation this financial year

The Guardian - AU · Aug 28

Afternoon Update: Anxious wait as Australians remain missing in Nepal, dolphin dies from bird flu, and The Full Monty

Australia’s Nepali community plan vigils to remember the victims of the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster

The Guardian - AU · Aug 28

Tobacco laws a 'Christmas present' for crime networks

A former Australian Border Force officer says Labor has acknowledged the growing black market tobacco trade but is failing to act in light of another report.

AAP · Aug 28

State gun ownership cap on the cards, if numbers align

A state is expected to soon debate a proposal to restrict the number of guns a person can own as part of reforms sparked by the Bondi mass shooting.

AAP · Aug 28

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 28

No special carve-out for states using fossil fuel to power datacentres, Chris Bowen insists, despite new conditions

Energy minister says states can apply to use coal and gas supply to power datacentres but must prove it is cheaper than renewables

AAP · Aug 27

Hanson tells star candidate to stop speaking Japanese

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has announced the party's leading candidates for an upcoming state election, but one debutant strayed from the script.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27

One Nation’s new NSW leader Mike Newman is an investment banker who wants to ‘get rid of wokery’

Son of former ABC chair will contest seat of Cessnock in March state election and says ‘my wife’s Japanese’ so he doesn’t believe party is racist

The Conversation · Aug 27

Friday essay: Don Watson’s book on Paul Keating ended their friendship – is it our best ever political memoir?

Paul Keating never wrote a memoir. He has plenty of stories to tell, opinions to share and publishers who’d jump at the chance to help. Whenever the old feud between Keating and his predecessor Bob Hawke reignited, as it occasionally did, the latter wielded the prospect of a memoir like…

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The Conversation · Aug 27

Grattan on Friday: Albanese to hit campaign trail – for a Security Council seat

Like many of his predecessors, Anthony Albanese has grown to enjoy the international diplomatic round that goes with the prime minister’s job. These days it’s quite a thing, with an extensive “summit season” that dominates the latter months of the year.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27

Afternoon Update: Children among Australians missing in Nepal floods; Labor to slash refugee intake; and cyborg cockroaches

At least 165 people have died with hundreds more missing after flood waters surged through valley on both sides of the Nepal-Tibet border

AAP · Aug 27

'We should gang up': east coast warning on GST deal

East coast premiers have warned Western Australia's GST deal could cost the federal government support outside the resource-rich state.

AAP · Aug 27

One Nation tipped to win by-election in safe Labor seat

Voters in an outer-suburban electorate say they've had enough of Labor, with One Nation tipped to win a state by-election as the party's national support grows.

AAP · Aug 27

Prime minister steps in to deny refugee cuts

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has denied concerns Australia's refugee intake would be cut after the government was accused of pandering to One Nation.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27

Levy secretly added to Victorian public transport fares scrapped as Labor admits it ‘did not pass the pub test’

Premier confirms levy, which was intended to help pay for the Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects, will be abolished

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27

Albanese vows refugee intake won’t be slashed, shutting down plans of Coalition-level cut

Prime minister intervenes amid anger at news Tony Burke was planning to cut intake of 20,000 arrivals by a third

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