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How Labor and Coalition co-operation is changing parliamentary power

How Labor and Coalition co-operation is changing parliamentary power

The Federal Parliament delivered a rare display of bipartisan co-operation last week. The government and opposition successfully negotiated the...

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The ACT's unique geography makes the gun buyback scheme essential

The ACT's unique geography makes the gun buyback scheme essential

The ACT has sensibly agreed to participate in the Albanese government's national gun buyback scheme launched in response to the devastating Bondi...

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How financial ruin and deep scandals brought the ANU to its knees

How financial ruin and deep scandals brought the ANU to its knees

The troubled Australian National University has secured a highly regarded public servant to guide it through a major crisis of governance. Subscribe...

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How many times a day do you look at your face in the mirror?

How many times a day do you look at your face in the mirror?

How many times a day do you look at your face in the mirror? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading How often do you...

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CIT's crisis is a chance to examine all options on the table

Another sorry chapter has been written in the saga of the Canberra Institute of Technology's drawn-out leadership instability. Subscribe now for...

13.08.2026 20

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Prime Minister, what's gambling really costing you?

As Federal Parliament returns to Canberra after a five-week winter hiatus, the Albanese government is gambling with its credibility as it pushes for...

12.08.2026 20

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Time to show some intelligence on AI

We are at the turning point of a revolution which will change all our lives and which some fear could go as far as to destroy human life on this...

11.08.2026 20

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We must hold the line on AI eating up the Australian story

When long-running speaker of the US House of Representatives Tip O'Neill popularised the maxim "all politics is local" in the 1980s, he...

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Broken promises and broken hearts: what hurts most with Holt Hub crisis

The impending closure of the Hub Disability Day Program in Holt reveals a deeply troubling gap in support for some of Canberra's most vulnerable...

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A $200k soft landing? Why Yvette Berry should leave the Legislative Assembly

The release of the ACT Integrity Commission's Operation Kingfisher report has brought truth to a dark chapter in territory politics. After a...

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Australian Signals Directorate warns foreign hackers targeting vital services

Modern wars are not just fought on the land, in the air, or at sea. They are increasingly contested in real time in cyberspace. The bad news is that...

17.07.2026 30

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PM's AI plan must please big tech, creatives and the union movement

There was much to like in the Prime Minister's speech on the government's response to the challenges and opportunities created by artificial...

16.07.2026 30

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The glaring questions Chris Bowen must answer on energy sovereignty

It's probably not something that is said very often, but hopefully we will be hearing sometime very soon from Energy Minister Chris Bowen....

15.07.2026 40

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Winter isn't a season of discontent, it's a time for quiet reflection

This Thursday marks the very depths of the frosty months, dropping humanity right into the middle of the seasonal chill. Mid-year often feels like a...

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Telstra outage proves vital infrastructure is still very vulnerable

How is it that just 10 months after the 13-hour Optus outage last September that shut down the triple-zero emergency service and was linked to at...

10.07.2026 30

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In an age of division, the power of being a good neighbour has never been greater than today

A quick glance at the daily news presents a grim picture of modern Australia. Headlines routinely suggest a nation permanently on the brink of...

29.06.2026 40

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Socceroos flex tactical muscles to advance to World Cup knockout stage

Could Australia be heading for one of its best performances at a FIFA World Cup? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

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A teal party of two: inside a high stakes gamble for political survival

There is something both Monty Pythonesque and Groucho Marx-ist about the decision by two of the nine Climate 200-backed teals in the Parliament to...

26.06.2026 40

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Latest Phillip pool report exposes serious failure of ACT government oversight

A damning Auditor-General's report has exposed a startling lack of ministerial oversight over the Phillip pool saga, leaving the Woden community...

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Secretary salaries don't pass pub test

The sums paid to departmental secretaries and other top public servants have grown beyond the expectations of the public, but reform should be done...

16.06.2026 40

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Defence vs. cost of living: Why more military spending is a hard sell

While some of the criticism of the defence strategy announced by Defence Minister Richard Marles in Canberra on Thursday was so extreme as to render...

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Corio refinery blaze is more fuel on the fire of a national crisis

The fire that broke out at Viva Energy's Corio refinery near Geelong on Wednesday night could not have come at a worse time for Australians or...

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Canberrans' coffee now includes a 5% fuel levy. This is a warning of looming pain

The days of a cheap cappuccino, a familiar, affordable morning habit, are a rapidly fading memory, a quaint artefact of an era unlikely to return....

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It was short on detail, but this speech gave us a window into the Libs' soul

Angus Taylor's wide-ranging remarks on immigration on Tuesday were less of a policy statement than they were an illuminating insight into the...

15.04.2026 40

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Matt Canavan's call to move federal jobs to regions echoes costly past failures

While some might suggest it is impolite to say that the Nationals are slow learners determined to repeat previous costly mistakes, that is where the...

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Why Trump's claim of victory in Iran is a dangerous illusion

Donald Trump must be approaching his nadir. His attempts to spin an ephemeral ceasefire that might not even last until sundown into a "mission...

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Cheap smokes are a gateway for organised crime. Is anyone watching?

It would be an understatement to describe as pathetic the ACT government's response to this newspaper's revelations that dozens of shops...

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Artemis II crew pioneers venturing beyond high Earth orbit for the first time in 54 years

The boy who told a reporter who asked why he was watching the launch of Artemis II: "Because we're going back to the freaking moon"...

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