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‘Dave is for Dave’: One Nation may gain its first elected MP in Farrer but would he survive in Hanson’s orbit?

David Farley is not your typical One Nation candidate – restrained on migration and conscious of climate. But history beckons in Saturday’s byelection

The Guardian - AU

Farrer fight: coalition battles to fend off One Nation

A by-election prompted by Sussan Ley's retirement could provide clues about how One Nation's political resurgence is redrawing Australia's electoral map.

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Anthony Albanese says improving voters’ lives best way to fight rightwing populism and Pauline Hanson

PM tells Guardian Australia government focused on ‘delivering what matters’ to voters in interview marking first anniversary of landslide reelection

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Coalition preferences could deliver a One Nation victory in Farrer by-election

Since 2025, the radical-right One Nation party has experienced a polling surge – regularly polling ahead of the Coalition.

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Limiting capital gains tax changes to new investments would ‘severely delay’ budget reforms, Deloitte says

Treasurer Jim Chalmers had indicated ‘transitional’ proposed changes as Labor attempts to repair a ‘structurally flawed’ budget

The Guardian - AU

Australia isn’t getting a fair share of tax on gas exports. Queensland has shown how to raise the bar

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised no new taxes on Australia’s gas exports in next month’s federal budget, saying the government “will not undermine existing contracts”. Questioned further, he said future gas tax changes aren’t being contemplated either.

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Treasurer downplays property tax windfall from budget

Jim Chalmers is talking down the amount of extra revenue that changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount will add to the budget.

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Labor will back fossil fuels in the budget but the gas tax campaign isn’t dead yet

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Antony Green on how Farrer’s ‘breakout’ by-election will make history

Early voting is now in full swing for the coming Farrer election on May 9. The by-election is being framed as a temperature check of the right in federal politics, given the rise of One Nation and the collapse of the Liberal and National parties.

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Rightwing provocateur’s plan to register ‘Free Palestine party’ renews concern over Victoria’s voting system

Labor under pressure to scrap group voting tickets as Avi Yemini details plan to funnel votes to conservative parties at state election

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Anthony Albanese rules out gas export tax on existing contracts and criticises ‘populist’ campaign

Prime minister says the middle of a global fuel crisis is ‘the worst possible time to jeopardise’ Australia’s partnerships with Asian trading partners

The Guardian - AU

Man accused of killing Labor strategist to fight charge

A young man accused of the one-punch killing of political strategist Tim Picton near a nightclub in the early hours has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

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Election pitch to cap pay of public service 'fat cats'

A would-be premier is going after the pay packets of high-ranking public service leaders in a bid to save $20 million over the next decade.

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Trump’s US ratings are near a record low after dropping further last week

US President Donald Trump’s net approval is near a record low after a further dip, despite a surging US stock market. In Australia, there are federal Essential and Morgan polls and a Queensland Resolve poll.

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Tech giants face a new levy to pay for Australian news. What is the proposed model and how will it work?

Replacing the Coalition’s news media bargaining code, the incentive is the latest move to force companies to make deals with publishers and help fund journalism

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Tech giants face new levy to pay for Australian news as Meta calls position ‘simply wrong’

Google also rejects need for reform after Albanese government reveals draft news bargaining incentive scheme

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Senator in bizarre 'disrespectful' Anzac Day rap post

A Tasmanian senator is facing criticism for posting an Anzac Day tribute with a rap song underneath.

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The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese. So why isn’t he more popular?

The times might be bad, but they have suited Anthony Albanese. The explosions on the political right since the 2025 election have, in electoral terms, resulted so far mainly in a rearrangement of debris between the Coalition and One Nation.

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Queensland’s renewable energy ‘whiplash’: how the shift from coal stalled in Australia’s most polluting state

In 2024 seven solar and windfarms and seven storage projects – totalling 3,202 megawatts – had been approved. Then came the LNP government

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Postcard-picture reputation v reality: can the Liberals fight off One Nation and a strong independent on the Mornington Peninsula?

Three main contenders are eyeing the Victorian state seat of Nepean, amid changing demographics and a homelessness problem

The Guardian - AU

Today’s bloated NDIS would never have been greenlit, its former head says. How did we get here?

The Albanese government this week launched the most significant intervention in the disability support scheme’s history

The Guardian - AU

Fast-tracking or ploughing through? Renewable energy shaping up as defining issue for Victorian election

Most landholders in regional Victoria support renewable energy – if they get a say. But planning approvals are riding roughshod over community concerns

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Something has changed in Australia. The voters of Farrer may tell us what, and how much

The major parties look like also-rans in the byelection on 9 May, with One Nation and an independent favoured to fight it out. Is this a minor curiosity, or a political earthquake?

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Kyle Sandilands in court; Albanese accused of caving to gas giants; and a three-hour toilet debacle

Sandilands arrives in Rolls-Royce for case management hearing into allegations he breached radio contract

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese accused of ‘caving to gas companies’ as Labor set to reject new export tax

David Pocock says prime minister – who is trying to shore up fuel supplies – is parroting industry talking points

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