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‘Not a personal attack’: gun lobby targets marginal Labor seats at NSW election over post-Bondi reforms

Exclusive: Australian Recreation Union says it plans to support candidates and parties that oppose gun control laws brought in after terror attackFollow our Australia news live blo...

Officials to meet Australians detained by Israel – as it happened

This blog is now closedLabor denies CGT reform will ‘kill startups’ as tech giant Canva warns of stifling innovationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe N...

‘Not a good look’: witnesses refuse to appear before NSW parliamentary hearings after court ruling

Chris Minns’ chief of staff launched legal action to avoid giving evidence. Since the court ruled in his favour, others are doing the sameFollow our Australia news live blog for la...

Inquiry calls Minns government grants scheme for Labor candidates an ‘election slush fund’

Parliamentary committee into 2023 electorate funding allocation program finds MP John Graham misled parliamentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking...

Australia news live: Victorian Liberal leader again refuses to rule out One Nation deal in November; federal Labor may e...

Nepean result shows ‘Liberals can’t govern without One Nation’, premier says. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCanavan defends Coalitio...

NSW police charge two men after allegedly seizing more than $1m of illicit tobacco – as it happened

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Budget to include extra $2bn for infrastructure – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWilson promises Coalition will be ‘very clear’ on migrationWilson is asked about comments made by...

Australia news live: Beau Lamarre-Condon’s mother to remain in custody; Mark Latham ordered to pay Alex Greenwich $100,0...

Coleen Lamarre, 63, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with perverting the course of justice. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast...

Liberal MP is first to be suspended from lower house in five years – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWere the teal party conversations sparked by the government’s electoral reforms?Yes and no, Allegr...

After blows to his anti-protest laws, Minns considers retreat from ‘globalise the intifada’ ban

The NSW premier, who was unequivocal in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, has now linked the fate of his state’s laws with those of the Queensland legal challengeFollow our Aus...

He’s taunted protesters and rebuked judges. Is the premier fraying cohesion?

Years of tough rhetoric about Palestinian protesters hasn’t helped social cohesion – it’s made it worse.

Australia news live: Judith Neilson’s former private secretary facing 14 additional fraud charges; beehives worth $150,0...

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBridget McKenzie says rollback of inland rail project sends ‘chill’ through communityNationals se...

New South Wales – New Climate Change SEPP Follows on Heels of EPA Act Amendment

The NSW Government (Government) has proposed a new Climate Change and Natural Hazards State Environmental Planning Policy (CC&NH SEPP) to supplant the current State Environment...

Australia news live: Pocock buys billboards to pressure Chalmers on gas export tax; survey reveals national gloom

ACT independent David Pocock is calling for a 25% tax on gas exports to fund welfare and housing. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcas...

‘Banter’ or harbinger? Minister enters budget chat with a dark track

This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus details a funding funeral march, an extended search for an Ombudsman, a teacher’s new party, and more.

Chalmers complains of ‘unhinged scare campaign’ against changes – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastData reveals how Coles and Woolworths switch promotions in syncYou’re looking to buy an electric t...

Bitter taste: Opposition says taxpayer-funded dinners have become blatantly political

Opposition Leader Jess Wilson won’t attend a dinner for Christian communities after the government refused her request for a speaking role.

Law Society worried Policing Amendment Bill could lead to clampdown on political protest

Is New Zealand about to get its own version of a law that caused uproar in New South Wales, clashes in Sydney's streets and that has now been thrown out?

Sway a crowd, wear a martyr’s crown: how one NSW politician went from scandal to political success – and wrote a playboo...

At the turn of last century, an ambitious young solicitor caused a scandal in a high-profile murder case. Years later he was a political leader in a new nation. How did he do it?In...

Tony Abbott says Liberals in ‘existential crisis’ as he is elected party president – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho’s leading the fight against Labor’s CGT reform – and what’s in it for them?People with direct...

Liberals claim victory in Nepean byelection ahead of state poll

Anthony Marsh appears to be in commanding position in significant boost to opposition leader Jess WilsonThe Liberals have claimed victory in a key Victorian byelection seen as a pr...

Through the Farrer looking glass, major parties fade as One Nation and independents come into focus

Pauline Hanson’s party tipped to win byelection triggered by resignation of Sussan Ley but Nationals expected to also lose votes to an independentGet our breaking news email, free...

Pocock open to independents forming party to counter Hanson – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastClimate activists say they have blocked two coal ships from entering Newcastle portClimate activ...