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Immigration Minister Andrew Giles on Friday.

Half the detainees freed after High Court ruling have no monitors or curfews

The government has successfully fended off a major legal challenge that would have seen up to 200 more immigration detainees released into the community.

  • by Olivia Ireland and Angus Thompson

Opinion & Perspectives

Chalmers wakes the baby debate the country needs

Jim Chalmers is not planning a fertility police squad in next week’s budget. But his comments on the birth rate go to an issue the world needs to debate.

Shane Wright
Shane Wright

Senior economics correspondent

Pallas says Labor’s promises have been delayed. Many would say they’ve been broken

Parents whose children will never attend promised childcare or see promised school upgrades are unlikely to be satisfied by the treasurer’s postponement of election pledges.

Annika Smethurst
Annika Smethurst

State Political Editor

If Chalmers gets the budget wrong, interest rate rises may kill his government

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, this budget is existential. Bad decisions could increase unemployment or provoke more interest rate rises. Both would be political nails in the government’s coffin.

Shane Wright
Shane Wright

Senior economics correspondent

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Immigration Minister Andrew Giles on Friday.

Half the detainees freed after High Court ruling have no monitors or curfews

The government has successfully fended off a major legal challenge that would have seen up to 200 more immigration detainees released into the community.

  • by Olivia Ireland and Angus Thompson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says no public funds will go to gas companies.

‘Not a single government dollar’: Albanese plays down gas policy push after blowback

Six Labor MPs in at-risk seats have spoken out against the future gas strategy spearheaded by Resources Minister Madeleine King.

  • by Mike Foley

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