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Australia moves one step closer to launching its next astronaut into space, more than 16 years after Adelaide's Andy Thomas touched back down to Earth.

An appeal to stop the federal takeover of the Victorian Labor Party by the national executive has been dismissed.

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MORNING BRIEFING: NSW Labor leader Chris Minns blasts Transport Minister David Elliott after documents show plans to close the train network began last week.

The Reds are back. Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National government has recently launched an offensive of “red-baiting”, a practice long thought consigned to the history books, in preparation for an anticipated May 2022 election.

As Russia’s attack on Ukraine unfolds dramatically, Australia is in the choir stalls, not centre stage, when it comes to the West’s response. But Scott Morrison is determined its voice be loud.

Labor, the Greens and crossbenchers unite to disallow water capturing licences despite minister already moving to issue them

The SA govenment says it will spend an extra $500 million across the health sector if returned at the state election but Labor says the commitment is vague.

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NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns is ahead of Dominic Perrottet as preferred premier, about a year out from the next state election, a new poll shows.

The Morrison government has clearly signalled its intention to make “national security” a key issue in this year’s federal election. It has repeatedly attacked the Labor opposition on issues including foreign interference, asylum seekers and defence spending. It places all of these issues under the “national security” umbrella.