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Labor bets against major changes to gambling reforms

Gambling ads will be banned during sports matches and phased out from stadiums, but further reforms aren't likely to be included in upcoming laws.

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PhD student Maxim makes $18 an hour to research children’s cancer – it’s barely above Australia’s poverty line

Skyrocketing living costs and lack of government support are deterring potential PhD candidates. Experts say the obvious solution is to lift the stipend

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Students would save $3bn over a decade if Labor changed Hecs indexation date by five months

Exclusive: Costings commissioned by independent MP Monique Ryan show possible savings for university graduates, as Hecs debts increase by $1bn on Monday

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View from The Hill: would a ‘party of independents’ be a contradiction in terms?

The flirtation by some “teals” with the idea of forming a new party is part of the major shakeup underway in our political system, mostly on its conservative side.

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Are The Teals About To Form Their Own Political Party? Everything We Know

Teal independents are talking about forming a party. Here’s who they are, why the idea is on the table, and what it means for Aus politics.

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Police running out of room to store illegal cigarettes they’ve seized amid Australia’s booming illicit trade

Inquiry into black market hears cost of destroying vapes has also soared, with some requiring manual dismantling

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Polls suggest Trump still shielding Labor as right-wing vote drops

In my March 30 article about Newspoll and two other polls, I said Donald Trump’s unpopularity was shielding Labor from a backlash over the fuel crisis. The YouGov and Morgan polls imply that’s still the case, with the combined vote for One Nation and the Coalition at 45–45.5% (down one…

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Push to list gambling harm as a public health issue

Harm reduction advocates want to list gambling harm as a public health issue so the Centre for Disease Control can develop a better insight into its impact.

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Algorithm-based tool for home support funding is cruel and inhumane, Australian aged care workers warn

Mark Aitken, who worked in the sector for 16 years, said eight times out of 10 he disagreed with the integrated assessment tool

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Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid fossil fuel lobbying push

Thinktank analysis claims to show that Japan campaigns to prolong the carbon industry in Australia and hinder move to clean energy

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Bradfield MP Nicolette Boele spent more than $2.2m on election campaign – the most of any teal independent

Data shows Boele – who won seat by only 26 votes – received almost $700,000 in donations from Climate 200

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'Crossed a line': election volunteers plead for changes

Concerns are being raised about the conduct of campaigners during the 2025 federal poll following widespread reports of antisocial behaviour.

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'Arc up': offshore detention mired in corruption claims

Australia's offshore detention outpost in Nauru is under a corruption spotlight after claims of government oversight failures for taxpayer-funded contracts.

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View from The Hill: Could the return of Josh Frydenberg help the Liberals’ fortunes?

No matter how many times you see a leader being torn apart, the brutality of it is always shocking.

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Research fund gap risks pandemic and biothreat defences

Medical researchers have been missing out on promised money for ten years and call for better funding to protect Australians from the next pandemic.

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MPs refuse to disclose who they signed into parliament

Only 13 independent MPs and a One Nation senator voluntarily disclosed who they have given lobbyist passes, which allow unescorted access around parliament.

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Climate 200 tops poll donors as funding list revealed

The amount of money given in donations to candidates from non-major parties at the federal election has been revealed, as well as who chipped in to campaigns.

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MPs demand Santos fix gas tank, leaking for 19 years

A storage tank at a major gas export hub that has emitted methane for almost two decades is causing federal government concern, sparking repair option talks.

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Labor secrecy 'worse than under five-ministry Morrison'

A failure to release federal government documents despite Labor's pledge to be more transparent has been slammed, fuelling questions about what's being hidden.

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Lowering Australia’s voting age to 16 without fortifying civic foundations would be misguided

Only once we invest in compulsory civics, media and digital‑literacy education across our secondary schools should we consider allowing younger people to vote

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Australia’s had two more years of gambling ad harm since the Murphy report. It’s time for Labor to show some courage

The public wants the ads banned but the government keeps bowing to pressure. Now, with its whopping majority, what’s the excuse?

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Wilkie accuses Labor and Coalition of drinking Aukus ‘Kool-Aid’ as crossbenchers rally for ‘transparent’ inquiry

Several independents have long urged a review into trilateral defence pact, which is anticipated to cost Australia up to $368bn

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Election contests heat up as seats go down to the wire

After more than a week of federal election vote-counting, winners are yet to be declared in three seats as the next parliament takes shape.

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Major parties barely fend off independent challengers

Several MPs have clung on to their electorates by a whisker after days of counting following the May federal election, but the fate of others is less clear.

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Monique Ryan wins Kooyong while Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian takes Bradfield

Amelia Hamer could only secure small primary vote swing towards Liberals in Kooyong, while Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown holds inner-Brisbane seat of Ryan

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