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Religious freedom
Faith groups reject hardline stance on discrimination law as Albanese plots way forward
Key faith leaders back a compromise in the debate as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hints at a deal with the Greens to break the impasse on protections for LGBTQ children.
- by David Crowe and Natassia Chrysanthos
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Cars
Labor’s car plan shifts down a gear as voters lukewarm on carbon targets
- by David Crowe
Labor to rush through beefed up deportation laws ahead of High Court challenge
- by Angus Thompson and Olivia Ireland
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Disability
Premiers revolt over federal NDIS law, fearing cost time bomb
- by David Crowe and Natassia Chrysanthos
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Political leadership
PM’s personal rating slips as frustration with major parties grows
- by David Crowe
Opinion & Perspectives
Is a reshuffle still an opportunity to shred sensitive documents? No, minister
A key Federal Court ruling is going to make it harder for public servants and their political masters to hide behind nonsensical rules which keep documents secret.
Anne Twomey
Constitutional expert
Unstoppable electoral waves are approaching, but who will be washed away?
The politics of inequality are shifting rapidly, and the major parties are desperate not to get caught on the wrong side of the debate.
Sean Kelly
Columnist
As Liberals navigate a ‘sea of red’, the Greens are making waves of their own
The Tasmanian state election was bad news for the Liberal Party, but the potency of the Greens as a political force is growing, and it spells bad news for Labor in key battlegrounds.
George Brandis
Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general
Federal
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Cars
Labor’s car plan shifts down a gear as voters lukewarm on carbon targets
The Resolve Political Monitor shows that 43 per cent of voters opposed the vehicle emission plan when asked about the policy in its original form.
- by David Crowe
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Religious freedom
Faith groups reject hardline stance on discrimination law as Albanese plots way forward
Key faith leaders back a compromise in the debate as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hints at a deal with the Greens to break the impasse on protections for LGBTQ children.
- by David Crowe and Natassia Chrysanthos
Labor to rush through beefed up deportation laws ahead of High Court challenge
- by Angus Thompson and Olivia Ireland
Victoria
Liberal royalty to take on Monique Ryan in Frydenberg’s former seat of Kooyong
- by Annika Smethurst and Paul Sakkal
Opinion
Commonwealth Games
When the public service trembles, we all pay – this time, $600m
- by Annika Smethurst
Updated
Commonwealth Games
‘Waste of taxpayer money’: How the Commonwealth Games was won – and lost
- by Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
New South Wales
Former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach takes swipe at ex-political staffer Bruce LehrmannÂ
- by Kate McClymont and Max Maddison
Queensland
Perspective
Government
How (and why) Labor dumped the key call of its own 2032 venue review
- by Matt Dennien