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I was there the last time Australian politics encouraged people smuggling. Let's not do it again
Scott Morrison should remember the devastation this trade, this political turmoil, caused, and stop egging people smugglers on.
- by Michael Bachelard
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Trade
Indonesia-Australia to sign free trade agreement
Months of tensions over Australia's proposal to move its embassy to Jerusalem threatened to derail the multibillion-dollar deal.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Cash grilled over leaked AFP raids
Senior government minister Michaelia Cash arrived at the Federal Court to be grilled this morning over the leaked AFP raids on the Australian Workers Union in 2017.
The latest illustrations from artist Cathy Wilcox
The latest work by Sydney Morning Herald editorial cartoonist Cathy Wilcox.
Best of cartoons February 15, 2019
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Editorial
Editorial
Time for listening: government must listen to Indigenous people
The history of white settlement in Australia has been marred by failure to take the views of Indigenous people seriously.
Jobs
'Welfare to nowhere': Senate committee slams government job program
The report comes as the government weighs a major overhaul of the program designed to help the unemployed.
- by Sally Whyte
Healthcare
Expanding access to psychologists 'would cost $2 billion'
A proposal to radically expand access to psychological therapy being considered by a federal government review would cost up to $2 billion to implement, new modelling shows.
- by Dana McCauley
Opinion
Asylum seekers
Medevac leaves Morrison government in a bizarre position
You can only argue this bill encourages asylum seekers to get on boats if you choose not to read it.
- by Waleed Aly