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  • Loy Yang

    The cloud of coal has long hung over the Latrobe Valley. Now nuclear power is dividing it

  • Construction work on the UK nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C

    Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could cost as much as $600bn and supply just 3.7% of Australia’s energy by 2050, experts say

    Coalition proposal would cost a minimum of $116bn – the same as Labor’s plan for almost 100% renewables by 2050, the Smart Energy Council says
  • Australian treasurer Jim Chalmers and prime minister Anthony Albanese

    Families set to pocket more than $60 a week from stage-three tax cuts

    Treasury analysis shows ‘mums and dads’ will be among the biggest beneficiaries when 1 July cuts kick in, Jim Chalmers says

  • Run clubs, book readings and salsa: the gatherings pulling gen Z off their screens

  • US official warns against dropping 2030 climate targets after Dutton refuses to commit to 43% emissions cut

  • Man charged after allegedly slashing staff at western Sydney hospital

  • Network Ten requests Bruce Lehrmann pay $200,000 security against cost of appeal

  • Peter Dutton vows to override state nuclear bans as he steps up attack on PM

  • Coldest start to winter in decades in some areas with polar air mass predicted across Australia next week

  • This Queensland farmer lost half his sheep in a bloody attack – but was it wild dogs or rogue pets?

Australian politics

  • Some residents welcome the proposal, while others are fuming with outrage. Guardian Australia spoke to Latrobe Valley residents about the Coalition's plans to turn Loy Yang into a nuclear reactor

    3:08

    A reactor in the backyard? What Latrobe Valley residents think of Dutton’s nuclear plan – video

  • Nuclear power plant in Czech Republic.

    Confusion reigns about the Coalition’s nuclear proposal. Here’s how the rhetoric has shifted

  • Karen Middleton

    There is no shortage of Coalition U-turns on nuclear. But this Aukus example might be the most remarkable

    Karen Middleton
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    Feel like you’re not getting the respect you deserve? You may need to change jobs

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Opinion & analysis

  • Eliza Spencer

    How two vehicle breakdowns showed me the best – and worst – of rural Australia

    Eliza Spencer
  • Megan Maurice

    After surviving cancer I wanted a moment of triumph – but I’ve come to terms with a less dramatic process

    Megan Maurice
  • Amanda Meade

    News Corp boss grilled over Hitler-Bandt headline as Seven admits failure over Lehrmann’s rent

    Amanda Meade
  • ‘If we use Vogtle as an example, which is the one completed project that employed Peter Dutton’s favoured Westinghouse AP1000 technology, the extra cost to consumers of nuclear power would be very high'

    Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is an economic disaster that would leave Australians paying more for electricity

    Tristan Edis
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Video

  • A record 3,000 people join nude Dark Mofo swim for winter solstice – video

  • Yingiya Guyula announces Rev Dr DJ Gondarra’s passing in NT Parliament, after longstanding advocate's death on Tuesday

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    Northern Territory politician pays tribute to Yolŋu elder Rev Dr DJ Gondarra - video

    Yingiya Guyula announces Rev Dr DJ Gondarra’s passing in NT Parliament, after longstanding advocate's death on Tuesday
  • Hanson-Young says Michael Miller has to take some responsibility for the 'hysteria' published in his newspapers

    1:44

    Sarah Hanson-Young takes on News Corp chair over Greens-Hitler comparisons – video

    Hanson-Young says Michael Miller has to take some responsibility for the 'hysteria' published in his newspapers
  • Opposition leader Peter Dutton says 'the first two' would be complete 'between 2035 and 2037, depending on which technology you use'

    2:29

    Peter Dutton outlines timeline of Coalition's plan for nuclear power rollout – video

  • Police are investigating an attack on the Melbourne office of federal MP Josh Burns, who has branded it 'politically motivated'

    0:42

    Australian Labor MP Josh Burns' office vandalised and damaged in St Kilda – video

  • The pilot performed a holding pattern while flying over the South Island before landing at the airport in the city of Invercargill

    1:04

    Video shows engine fire on Virgin Australia flight from Queenstown to Melbourne – video

  • Australia Post releases footage of posties being attacked by dogs and warns it will stop delivering to homes where dogs make it ‘unsafe’

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    Australia Post releases video of dogs attacking posties - video

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