Politics

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are at odds over the country’s energy future.

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Nuclear energy

Coalition pushes gas as nuclear stopgap, but PM says Dutton won’t ‘come clean’

Australia’s use of gas will be an election flashpoint as the Coalition pledges to keep more for local use to fuel the party’s nuclear ambitions.

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by Paul Sakkal

Zomi Frankcom, one of the aid workers killed in an airstrike in April, at a World Central Kitchen site in March.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

‘Zomi’s death cannot be in vain’: Australia leads push to protect Gaza aid workers

by Matthew Knott

Coles and Woolworths have been taken to court by the ACCC.

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Supermarkets

‘Price down’ supermarket specials pushed up inflation: PM

by Jessica Yun, Millie Muroi and Shane Wright

Katie Allen, top left, was going to run in her old seat of Higgins until it was abolished prompting the party to dump Theo Zographos as the candidate in Chisholm

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Political leadership

Liberals ‘disillusioned’ by Dutton-backed intervention in key seat

by Paul Sakkal

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Political leadership

The state-by-state numbers that show Albanese’s big problem – and Dutton’s bigger challenge

by David Crowe

Opinion & Perspectives

Coles and Woolies could be the perfect inflation villains

Everyone in this country relies in some way on the major supermarkets. It’s nigh on impossible to avoid them.

Shane Wright

Senior economics correspondent

Waiting for Albo: Is the PM really timid, or just tactical?

Everyone is treading water in this inflationary environment, wanting something, anything, to happen. In such circumstances, Anthony Albanese’s prudence is, well, prudent.

Sean Kelly

Columnist

Smartphones have robbed teenagers of freedom. No law will change that

Social media and smartphone technology make it very difficult to convince adolescents that true freedom lies in privacy, in anonymity, in no one knowing what you’re up to.

Jacqueline Maley

Columnist and senior journalist

Federal

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Nuclear energy

Coalition pushes gas as nuclear stopgap, but PM says Dutton won’t ‘come clean’

Australia’s use of gas will be an election flashpoint as the Coalition pledges to keep more for local use to fuel the party’s nuclear ambitions.

30 minutes ago
by Paul Sakkal

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

‘Zomi’s death cannot be in vain’: Australia leads push to protect Gaza aid workers

The family of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, who was killed by Israeli drone strike in Gaza earlier this year, backed Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s initiative.