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  • Independent senator Fatima Payman at an anti-genocide press conference at Parliament House in Canberra yesterday

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    Australia politics live: Payman to announce launch of new political party at press conference in Canberra

  • Jacob Hersant outside court.

    Prosecutors seek jail time for far-right extremist Jacob Hersant over Nazi salute

    Magistrate says imprisonment was appropriate after Hersant became first Victorian to be found guilty of offence
  • Troye Sivan Performs At The OVO Arena Wembley<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 27: Charli XCX joins Troye Sivan on stage during the Something to Give Each Other Tour at OVO Arena Wembley on June 27, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Katja Ogrin/Redferns)

    Brat summer down under: Charli xcx to headline 2025 Laneway festival lineup

    British pop star will perform in Australia and New Zealand next February, along with Beabadoobee, Skegss, Clairo and Barry Can’t Swim

  • Patricia Karvelas to leave ABC’s Radio National Breakfast after three years as host

  • Crisafulli under pressure as second LNP MP foreshadows winding back Queensland abortion rights

  • Ramos-Horta says $74bn Timor Sea gas project could begin within months if Australia signs treaty

  • Australian universities tumble in world rankings as some record worst result ever

  • Skin checks helped reduce infections in Aboriginal children by half, study finds

  • Australia’s biggest states hold out for greater public school funding as deadline passes

  • Sydney man charged over alleged attempt to poison woman by putting insecticide in cup of tea

Australian politics

  • Teen holding a smart phone

    Australian teens approaching age limit could be spared from social media ban, ACT leader says

  • Premier Steven Miles (right) looks on while opposition leader David Crisafulli speaks

    A bizarre game of political chicken? How Queensland lurched to the right on law and order

  • Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton in Parliament

    Could the crisis in the Middle East reshape Australian politics? – Full Story podcast

  • southern elephant seal pup

    Scientists contest environment minister’s claim of ‘blitzing’ Australia’s ocean reserve expansion goal

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Opinion & analysis

  • Peter Lewis

    Across the west, the right is rebranding itself as champions of the common folk. Will it work in Australia?

    Peter Lewis
  • Gabrielle Chan

    Good coffee, breweries and dog washes: what makes a regional Australian town attractive to treechangers?

    Gabrielle Chan
  • Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament of Victoria in Melbourne, Wednesday, October 2, 2024.

    The Victorian Liberal party’s dirty laundry has been aired in public. Can John Pesutto survive a leadership spill?

  • Israelis hold red balloons as they attend the first birthday celebration for Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage to be kidnapped by Hamas militants

    A year of horror, vile political point-scoring and the oldest hatred hitting home. And yet I still hope

    Mark Dreyfus
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Video

  • Thousands gather in Sydney to remember lives lost and hostages from 7 October attacks – video

  • With the guidance of some NSW police officers, it found its way back to the bush safe and sound

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    Casula koala takes a tour of Sydney train station – video

    With the guidance of some NSW police officers, it found its way back to the bush safe and sound
  • Australian bakers are putting a modern twist on the retro treat, adding a slab of butter in the middle or swapping out the bun with flakey pastry

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    Fanciest finger buns in Australia? The classic afternoon snack reimagined – video

    Australian bakers are putting a modern twist on the retro treat, adding a slab of butter in the middle or swapping out the bun with flakey pastry
  • The stars of 367 Collins Street have welcomed baby birds to the nest

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    Collins Street falcons: two chicks have hatched on skyscraper and are taking meals – video

  • Without a national measurement for poverty or disadvantage, how does a country measure whether things are getting better — or worse?

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    What does it mean to be poor? The Australian government isn't sure – video

  • Civilians in Ukraine continue to suffer 'because of Russia’s senseless invasion', foreign affairs minister says

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    Putin's use of veto 'the act of a coward', Australia's Penny Wong tells UN security council – video

  • 'Hostages must be released. Aid must flow. This humanitarian catastrophe must end'

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    'The world demands a ceasefire in Gaza,' Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong tells UN – video

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