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Donald Trump: What is the 25th Amendment?

Donald Trump: What is the 25th Amendment?

US President Donald Trump’s recent intemperate exchanges with the Pope, his depiction of himself as a Christ-like figure and his threat to wipe out...

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John Hart

How the Geelong refinery fire affects fuel supplies

How the Geelong refinery fire affects fuel supplies

Late on Wednesday, Victorian firefighters were called to a large fire at Viva Energy Group’s oil refinery in Corio, a suburb of Geelong. The blaze...

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Tony Wood

Embrace of 'Australian values' exposes hollowness

Embrace of 'Australian values' exposes hollowness

Angus Taylor’s latest attempt to grasp any sort of relevance has laid bare the raw politics at the heart of Australia’s conservative movement, but...

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Amy Remeikis

Voters want fighters — not managers

Voters want fighters — not managers

Across Western democracies, voters are abandoning consensus politics in favour of leaders willing to fight, name enemies and prosecute a cause – a...

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Kos Samaras

Four ways the war in Iran has weakened the US

Four ways the war in Iran has weakened the US

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well have been in the minds of policymakers in Moscow...

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Jeffrey taliaferro

How to (finally) grow regional Australia again

How to (finally) grow regional Australia again

Our food, our energy, our minerals and our water all come from beyond the city limits. The health of the bush shapes the prosperity of the capitals...

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Simon Kuestenmacher

'Vibes and fumes' but no answers to migration

'Vibes and fumes' but no answers to migration

The world is on fire and still the Liberal Party has next to nothing. A policy without numbers, data, statistics, but “observations” on how the...

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Amy Remeikis

Is our fuel-saving ad push as odd as it seems?

Is our fuel-saving ad push as odd as it seems?

A new federal government advertising campaign is prompting Australians to reduce their fuel consumption during the current global oil crisis. It asks...

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David Lee

The Farrer byelection is a test of One Nation’s rise

The Farrer byelection is a test of One Nation’s rise

The Farrer byelection could reveal whether Coalition voters are really shifting towards One Nation or prefer independents, with implications for...

13.04.2026 10

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David Solomon

Why some will get an extra Anzac Day public holiday

Why some will get an extra Anzac Day public holiday

Anzac Day is commemorated on April 25 each year as a tribute to more than two million Australians who’ve served in war and peacekeeping operations....

13.04.2026 10

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Giuseppe Carabetta

Happy to challenge status quo, reform seems harder

Happy to challenge status quo, reform seems harder

Seeking to reassure the Australian public in his most recent Press Club address, Anthony Albanese borrowed from populism. “There is no security in...

12.04.2026 10

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Amy Remeikis

The shipping recovery may take longer than you think

The shipping recovery may take longer than you think

The closure of one of the world’s major shipping routes, the Strait of Hormuz, has disrupted the global supply chain operations of many critical...

11.04.2026 20

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Sanjoy Paul

Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan, chalk and cheese

Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan, chalk and cheese

If you want a basic measure of the difference between Liberal leader Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan, compare these two reactions to US...

11.04.2026 10

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Michelle Grattan

We said ‘never again’ after Robodebt. So why are we making the same mistakes?

We said ‘never again’ after Robodebt. So why are we making the same mistakes?

Few government failures have left scars as deep as Robodebt. An automated debt‐raising system, rolled out with breathtaking confidence and almost no...

10.04.2026 6

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Kate Chaney

Is Australia at risk of a recession? What data shows

Is Australia at risk of a recession? What data shows

Talk of a recession in Australia has picked up in recent weeks. Rising fuel prices, a sharp fall in consumer confidence and signs of softer spending...

10.04.2026 6

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Stella Huangfu

Ceasefire presses pause on Iran war but can peace last?

Ceasefire presses pause on Iran war but can peace last?

President Donald Trump’s acceptance of a Pakistani proposal for a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran brings a sigh of relief to the...

09.04.2026 10

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Amin Saikal

Australia should use its power in the world wisely

Australia should use its power in the world wisely

There are just under 200 countries in the world and Australia is in the G20. From the department of foreign affairs own website the “G20 brings...

09.04.2026 10

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Amy Remeikis

Ageing of power and the youthification of politics

Ageing of power and the youthification of politics

This column begins with a simple but striking observation – the world’s most powerful leaders are old. Donald Trump (79), Benjamin Netanyahu (76),...

08.04.2026 10

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Absurd demands on govt amid the energy crisis

Absurd demands on govt amid the energy crisis

Most economists and conservative media outlets are demanding the Albanese government spends no taxpayer funds in response to the energy crisis. They...

07.04.2026 10

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Craig Emerson

A future plan on fuel should be central to Albanese government’s reform agenda

Using one lens, you could view the present contest between the Albanese government and the Taylor-Canavan Opposition as pragmatism versus populism. A...

04.04.2026 10

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Michelle Grattan

Trump may be seen as greenest president

US President Donald Trump has an incredibly childish obsession with outdoing his predecessors, who he constantly derides as stupid and corrupt. There...

03.04.2026 10

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Dean Baker

This is not normal, it's a 'Long Fracture'

There is a feeling in politics right now – widely shared among politicos and the otherwise engaged, and even if we struggle to name it – that we...

03.04.2026 10

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Peter Stahel

Gambling reforms won’t do enough to reduce harm

More than 1000 days after the release of the Murphy report, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has finally announced decisive action on tackling gambling...

03.04.2026 10

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Samantha thomas and hannah pitt

Fuel crisis won’t save the Coalition, it might end it

Cost-of-living pressure will not automatically shift votes to the Coalition, as culturally aligned voters begin drifting toward alternatives that...

02.04.2026 10

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Kos Samaras

Could Cuba be next on Trump’s list of attacks?

For decades, the United States has tried to isolate Cuba. But the language coming out of Washington is getting even more direct. A tightening of the...

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7Am Podcast

Paying easier, not simpler, without card surcharges

From October 1, Australians will no longer pay a fee for debit, prepaid and credit payments using eftpos, Mastercard and Visa cards. The Reserve Bank...

02.04.2026 10

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Vibhu arya and wen helena li

'Gate of Tears': Fresh threat to global shipping

If you’d never heard of the Strait of Hormuz before, you probably have by now. Iran’s effective closure of the waterway, which usually carries...

01.04.2026 20

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Flavio Macau

Our missed trillions and the shrinking middle

Australia is drifting into the very future it has been warned about.  On one hand we are one of the richest resource nations on earth, perfectly...

01.04.2026 20

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Gas tax push widens, amid pressure for export levy

Australia’s peak council for community services, the Australian Council of Social Service, has joined the torrent of support that includes the...

31.03.2026 10

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Mark Ogge

Halving fuel excise is smart politics, but flawed policy

With fuel prices staying high, the federal government has announced a halving of the fuel excise for three months. This will cost the federal budget...

31.03.2026 10

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Locky xianglong liu

With AI, judgment may be our scarcest resource

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. It is drafting marketing plans, writing code, preparing legal briefs and advising small business owners on...

30.03.2026 20

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Andrew Leigh

Running on empty: Hard truths on security

Energy security is national security. And for all the posturing from conservatives about “seeing Mad Max levels around the country right now”...

29.03.2026 30

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Amy Remeikis

Business myth of minimum wage rises, recessions

In life, it is nice to have things you can count on, and every year at this time you can absolutely be guaranteed to hear business groups and their...

28.03.2026 20

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Greg Jericho

Albanese govt struggles in ‘stress test’ of Iran war

Crises “stress test” governments and countries. Memories remain vivid of Covid, which put immense pressures on the Australian economy, the...

28.03.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

Big Tech addiction ruling will reshape social media

The verdict in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday may become one of the most consequential legal challenges that Big Tech has faced. This is an...

27.03.2026 10

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Carolina rossini

Despite Labor’s landslide, Australia remains divided

A new book on the 2025 election reveals Labor’s commanding win – but also a fragmented electorate, a weakened opposition and a volatile political...

27.03.2026 20

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John Warhurst

Truth about if a gas export tax will hurt Australians

The New Daily readers overwhelmingly support a push by the Greens and crossbench MPs to impose a 25 per cent levy on gas exports. In a reader poll...

26.03.2026 20

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Greg Jericho

One Nation surge 2.0 – this time it is structural

One Nation’s performance in the South Australian election has been rightly identified as a significant moment in Australian politics. Since the end...

26.03.2026 10

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Zareh Ghazarian

Profit push is back: Why inflation is really rising

New analysis of the national accounts reveals that all of the increase in inflation in the latter half of 2025 was due to increased profits, rather...

25.03.2026 10

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Greg jericho and david richardson

The Stats Guy: What I would change at unis

I had a strange dream the other night. I woke up as the chancellor of a large Australian university. Tens of thousands of students. Billions in...

25.03.2026 20

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Simon Kuestenmacher

How disruptions to supply chains can affect our lives

With the Iran war continuing to escalate, the world is grappling with the closure of the busy sea traffic lane, the Strait of Hormuz. You may feel...

24.03.2026 20

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Sanjoy Paul

Libs sank themselves in SA, Coalition may do same

The dominant reason for Labor’s landslide victory in South Australia is that the party led by Peter Malinskasus has been a moderate, progressive...

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Craig Emerson

Jobless rise exposes Reserve's costly misread

In February the unemployment rate rose from 4.1 per cent to 4.3 per cent, providing further evidence the Reserve Bank misread the economy when it made...

23.03.2026 20

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Greg Jericho

SA election result will send shivers down Taylor’s spine

As he looks to his own coming wrestle with One Nation in the May 9 Farrer by-election, Angus Taylor can only take from Saturday’s South Australian...

23.03.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

Soaring petrol prices have exposed a 'rotten core'

So much of what passes for Australian political discourse relies on existential threats. It’s easy to make grandiose statements and take positions...

22.03.2026 30

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Amy Remeikis

The left brought a thesaurus to a knife fight

Here’s a phrase that used to mean something else: Social cohesion. It described the project of building a society where people from different...

21.03.2026 30

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Peter Stahel

Chalmers wants to turn uncertainty into reform

When he talks about the May 12 budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers always stresses that what’s done on things like the capital gains tax discount will be...

21.03.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

Who is voting One Nation? Poll reveals SA hotspots

With just a day left in the South Australian election campaign, exclusive polling shows how much the Liberals stand to lose and who is voting for One...

20.03.2026 10

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Helen karakulak

Iran war belongs to Trump – and it’s not going well

US President Donald Trump is a victim of his own success. After a quick strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities last June and the capture of...

20.03.2026 30

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Steven Harper

Global democracy hasn’t been this bad since 1978

The health of global democracy is regressing to Cold War-era levels. For the average global citizen, democracy is now back where it was in 1978,...

19.03.2026 10

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Robert finkeldey