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Google pushing MPs to reject 'one-sided' code to have them pay for news

Google is targeting federal MPs with briefings aimed at convincing them not to vote for laws that would force digital giants to pay for news.

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Auditor-General Grant Hehir sent evidence about a $33 million land purchase to police.
Infrastructure

'Commonwealth may have been defrauded': Auditor-General sent police airport land brief

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Prince Philip was one of three people awarded an Australian knighthood when they were briefly available under the Abbott government.
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'Flabbergasted': Abbott's leftover knight and dame medals cost $135,000

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg plans to backdate the JobMaker credit to October 7 once it passes Parliament.
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Employers will have a new $4 billion wage subsidy backdated to budget day

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Andy Penn will chair the new committee.
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We do not deserve this harsh sort of treatment

Age readers discuss rules surrounding Victoria's lockdown, compulsory voting and campaign donation disclosure.

Andrews enjoys the sunshine of his success but there are clouds ahead

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Shaun Carney

The Premier resembled the Andrews of autumn 2020: forthright, confident, armed with a coherent story. But tough times loom when the quarantine inquiry hands down its findings.

Build childcare around the needs of parents, not childcare centres

Amanda Vanstone
Amanda Vanstone

No one disputes that kids need to be looked after when parents are working. That’s easy. It’s what comes next that's harder.

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The latest illustrations from artist Cathy Wilcox

The latest work by Sydney Morning Herald editorial cartoonist Cathy Wilcox.

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Google is pushing hard against Australia's efforts to get digital giants to pay for news.
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Media bargaining code

Google pushing MPs to reject 'one-sided' code to have them pay for news

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New South Wales

Gladys Berejiklian announces a relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions.
Maguire inquiry

Renewed push for ICAC to be independently funded amid Maguire scandal

  • by Alexandra Smith
Maguire inquiry

'He wasn't my boyfriend. He wasn't anything of note': Premier downplays Maguire relationship

  • by Mary Ward
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Maguire inquiry

Coalition faces bruising week amid Premier's romance and grants scandal

  • by Alexandra Smith

Queensland

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deb Frecklington as past the halfway point in the Queensland election campaign
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QLD Votes 2020

Poll Call: Labor, LNP pitching to shrinking crowd amid record early votes

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QLD Votes 2020

Deb Frecklington refuses to take a stand on euthanasia

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QLD Votes 2020

Poll Call: Labor pledges February VAD vote, LNP pushes back on Palmer

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Western Australia

WA Premier Mark McGowan and Perth city backdrop.
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Coronavirus pandemic

Is Mark McGowan over-cooking the success of WA’s hard border?

  • by Heather McNeill and Nathan Hondros
WA election

Cormann backs Harvey leadership, throws doubt on negative polling

  • by Nathan Hondros
Coronavirus pandemic

Cormann joins chorus of condemnation over McGowan's hard border excuses

  • by Nathan Hondros

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