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An Australian MP who admires the US president has changed his name to Austin 'Aussie' Trump to protest Labor party policies.

ABC managing director David Anderson has given evidence in the Antoinette Lattouf unlawful termination case

The Albanese government is trying once more to legislate wide-ranging changes to the way federal elections are administered.

The Victorian government has been accused of a cover-up after a secret document laid out a raft of risks to delivering the controversial Suburban Rail Loop.

Weeks after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced his support for mandatory minimum jail terms for antisemitic offences, the government has legislated such laws. Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke stated the federal parliament would now be “putting in place the toughest laws against hate speech that Australia has ever had”.

Australians from vulnerable communities could be disproportionately harmed by laws that introduce mandatory jail time for some terror offences, experts warn.

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US president doubles down on controversial idea to seize Gaza; Matildas star says skin colour was a factor in her treatment

The PM is right to say the cost of living is rising slower than before, but until the RBA cuts rates it’s likely nobody cares

Indigenous woman’s mother accuses Labor of ‘trampling on our graves’ as Anthony Carbines disputes coroner’s findings

Vice-chancellors have defended action taken against anti-Semitism on university campuses amid concerns that Jewish students feel unsafe.