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Jobseeker endured 11 weeks without Centrelink payments but was still forced to attend job agency appointments
Advocates say government failing to meet ‘basic obligation’ to process claims quickly after Tim McCabe spent...
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Groceries on special fly off Australian supermarket shelves at 70 times normal rate
ABS data highlights shoppers’ attraction to promotions, as supermarkets giants discount unhealthy food twice as often...
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‘We’ve got to break them up’: farming groups say supermarkets use market power to distort prices
Claim comes amid state and federal inquiries into Australian grocery sector and what producers say is...
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Data shows ‘collapse’ in full-time roles – as it happened
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PM stands by response to naval incident – as it happened
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China lodges protests at Australia’s response to Taiwan’s presidential election
Ambassador says there is ‘no room at all’ for compromise on ‘sensitive’ issue, and offers gloomy...
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Labor to increase humanitarian funding as Penny Wong warns she is ‘gravely concerned’ by Gaza conditions
Foreign minister begins Middle East visit by announcing funding for those in Occupied Palestinian Territories affected...
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BoM upgrades chance of tropical cyclone off Queensland to 55% – as it happened
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Albanese says Australia will not participate in ICJ case against Israel and instead focus on ‘political solution’
Prime minister suggests court cases like South Africa’s won’t bring peace between Israel and Palestine, as...
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Murray Watt says compounding weather events the ‘new reality’; girl hospitalised in K’gari dingo attack – as it happened
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Sydney swelters as WA gets heatwave warning – as it happened
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NSW police say man they shot dead outside medical clinic was armed – as it happened
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Peter Dutton was flown by a billionaire to Gina Rinehart’s Pilbara party – where he had a message for parents
Federal opposition leader told audience at Roy Hill mine that parents and teachers should instruct children...
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PM flags consideration of dedicated force for natural disaster responses amid climate crisis
On recent floods in Victoria and Queensland, Albanese said Australian defence force was a vital asset...
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Alcoa Kwinana alumina refinery shutdown will lead to hundreds of job cuts in resources minister’s electorate
Madeleine King says she is ‘extremely disappointed’ while the opposition criticises Labor for ‘embarrassing failure’ on...
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More than 1,000 ‘distressing’ social media posts removed at Australian government’s request during Gaza war
Figures show rise in incidents of online extremism and violent content, partly fuelled by Israel-Gaza conflictMore...
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The Greens ring in the new year with a new fight over Australia’s housing crisis
Adam Bandt signals new rent freeze push and criticises ‘tax cuts for billionaires’ as Labor aims...
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Opposition says Australia should not support South Africa’s ‘unbalanced’ genocide case against Israel
Albanese yet to reveal government’s stance on South Africa’s case in international court of justice but...
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Grassroots Labor members urge Australia to back South Africa’s case against Israel at UN court
Rank-and-file members say joining the ICJ case accusing Israel of genocide would send a ‘powerful signal...