2025 • Oct 15
Queensland government blames police for overstated figures on drop in crime – as it happened
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2025 • Oct 13
Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding
CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’
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2025 • Oct 13
Keating praises super backdown – but with such a feeble opposition, Labor should spend more political capital
If Albanese and Chalmers are to achieve the intergenerational fairness they say Australia so badly needs, much bigger fights than this will be necessary
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2025 • Oct 13
Up to 300,000 Australians will be on aged care waitlist by 2030 under new changes, modelling shows
Expert is forecasting a shortfall of more than 171,000 in-home packages by next June, to grow by about 30,000 places each year
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2025 • Oct 13
Australia news live: Wong says Trump deserves ‘enormous congratulations’ as Israeli hostages released; Keating’s influence on super backdown revealed
Treasurer says he spoke to former PM ‘half a dozen’ times before unveiling changes to his plans for superannuation tax concessions. Follow today’s news live Get our
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2025 • Oct 13
New rules have been proposed for your super. Here’s what you need to know
Major changes include indexing super balances to inflation and addition of a new threshold taxing balances between $3m and $10mGet our
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2025 • Oct 13
Sussan Ley praised for ‘standing up for democracy’ as Labor’s freedom of information crackdown looks set to fail
Government’s FoI changes unlikely to pass Senate as Coalition, Greens and key crossbenchers voice outrage
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2025 • Oct 12
Australia’s household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests
Grattan Institute report argues fall in costs will provide federal government room for more action on climate
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2025 • Oct 12
Australia news live: scam warning after massive Qantas data leak hits dark web; NSW promises pothole repair
Airline says Australians should be on guard against fake compensation claims. Follow today’s news liveGet our bre...
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2025 • Oct 09
Victorian Labor’s socialist left stakes claim to Mark Dreyfus’s federal seat of Isaacs in factional tussle
Exclusive: Left faction moves to cement dominance amid speculation over the future of former attorney general from Labor’s right
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2025 • Oct 09
Australia politics live: admiral defends fourfold hike in Aukus contract; deadline looms for Qantas data ransom
Head of submarine agency says $12m payment was ‘value for money’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news e...
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2025 • Oct 08
Australia politics live: Ley says she welcomes ‘contest of ideas’ amid Liberal infighting; judges to rule on Palestine protest
Police have challenged Palestine Action Group’s proposed protest on Sunday. Follow today’s news liveGet our break...
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