Bill Shorten
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Opposition leader to dig in behind ETS and goal of sourcing 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030
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Get on with it, Bibi: Turnbull's message to Netanyahu on peace deal
Katharine Murphy Political editor
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Michael Danby says Labor figures should raise concerns about China rather than settlement building in Israel
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Bill Shorten says Malcolm Turnbull wants to give the big four banks ‘billions of dollars in tax giveaways’
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The intensifying political dynamics on climate policy may feed the conflict god, but the rancid partisan rivalry isn’t a bit of abstract culture war – it’s failure with real consequences
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Malcolm Turnbull seems to leave door open to increasing capital gains tax, while Labor side suffers multiple red cards. As it happened
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Bob Carr and Gareth Evans say Benjamin Netanyahu’s settlement building risks creating conditions for ‘apartheid state’ in Israel
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As Labor, Greens and majority of Senate crossbench rule out passing omnibus savings bill, Mathias Cormann warns the government will have to raise taxes
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Labor’s goal is to have 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030, but asked about the cost, he replies ‘there is a cost in not acting’
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A summary of polling on Australian politics and national opinion
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Pauline Hanson a ‘better’ person than she was 20 years ago, former PM says, but party’s Coalition partner must come first
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Galaxy findings underline support for marriage equality as Malcolm Turnbull prepares to face push for issue to be decided in parliament
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Katharine Murphy on politics Structural shift on Coalition's right sets off some frantic repair work
This week’s fine-tuning is aimed at trying to keep disaffected voters in-house, rather than drifting off to splinter groups -
To those comparing Malcolm Turnbull’s posh-boy putdown of Bill Shorten to either Paul Keating or Julia Gillard, let me offer a more appropriate touchstone
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Prime minister also labels the idea that retired politicians should be allowed to fly at public expense ‘almost Dickensian’
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Scott Morrison taunts Labour about energy policy a day after Turnbull’s eviscerating speech about Bill Shorten. As it happened
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Body would have less teeth than Asic, ACCC and tax office and shield some MPs who incorrectly claim entitlements from publicity
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Malcolm Turnbull has endured an uncomfortable first day back in parliament after Cory Bernardi confirmed he was quitting the Liberal party
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Newspoll shows the Coalition trailing Labor 54-46 in two-party-preferred terms, with support for independents and One Nation surging
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