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Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age with host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal.
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‘Popcorn out’ for Farrer by-election, plus the RBA’s pointed comments on government spending
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May 07, 2026 |
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Why young people are so angry about housing, and whether this budget will fix it
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Mark Butler on the NDIS, private health and vaccine hesitancy
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Labor’s baby a ‘honeypot of fraud’ and the gas tax’s viral moment
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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No ‘drill baby drill’ moment: Chris Bowen on oil shock’s impact on green Australia
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Matt Canavan on his love of EVs, and calling out Pauline Hanson
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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A national address, nailing down the budget, and Hastie’s ‘striking’ interview
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The EU trade deal, and One Nation’s South Australian election
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Is it really time to panic about petrol supply?
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Why the timeline of the Iranian women’s football team defection makes some people liars
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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The politics of war, and why Peter Dutton was so upset over leaked Liberal Party review
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Regrets? There are none. David Littleproud on Coalition split and what Nats do next
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Tim Wilson accused the treasurer of pouring fuel on the inflation flames – is he right?
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Return of 'ISIS brides' raises many questions about what it means to be Australian
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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The Sketch: Tony Wright on 'Nation's worst government? Jane Hume's hyperbolic historical claim'
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Anthony Albanese interview: Police prayer disruption at Herzog protest needs ‘full explanation’
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Is government spending really driving inflation?
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Bill Shorten on his random, oblique reference in the Epstein files
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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A funeral, secret plots, and 'wayward children' — another messy week for the Coalition
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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The Sketch: Tony Wright on the Coalition’s 'ship of fools'
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Barnaby Joyce opens up on his defection to Pauline Hanson's One Nation
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Littleproud fired the gun, but Ley set up the circumstances: The spectacular Coalition break-up
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: Albanese meets with Trump next week. Anything could happen
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: The rallies, the neo-Nazis, the flag-draping: How politics on immigration have led to this point
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: A Labor 'landslide' and disaster for Dutton
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Anger in the aftermath: Albanese and the Bondi attack
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Tony Abbott on running for Senate, AUKUS and cultural ‘self-loathing’
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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The ‘dirty business’ of MP expenses
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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$100k flights, uncomfortable truth about PM's wedding, and the social media ban fight
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Barnaby defects, Hanson offends and Sussan Ley comes on the podcast
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Albanese wants to protect Australia ‘as it is’. But is it good enough?
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The Coalition’s net zero word salad, and Ley’s leadership ‘not safe’
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Jane Hume on rebranding net zero, and Hastie's abortion comments
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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The inflation figures were bad, so why focus on Albanese’s T-shirt?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Albanese meets with Trump next week. Anything could happen
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Tim Wilson on Hastie's exit, and bringing back that 'big Liberal energy'
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Can Albanese claim credit for Trump’s peace plan?
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Albanese’s warning on tyranny, dictators, and his selfie with Trump
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Coalition combust over net zero. Will the anti-climate action stance work?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Why the sacking of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price could turn the senator ‘into a martyr’
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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The rallies, the neo-Nazis, the flag-draping: How politics on immigration have led to this point
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Like a spy novel: How Iran orchestrated attacks on Australian shores
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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‘Intergenerational bastardry’ in our tax system: Do older Australians have it too good?
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Is there beef between Chalmers and Albanese? And, we talk Palestine, and productivity mixed-messages
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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The ‘Coachella of Canberra’, A.I is coming for us, and is the government serious about tax reform?
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Palestinian statehood: The UK has moved, so has Canada. What’s Albanese waiting for?
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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A case of 'burger diplomacy' for Trump, while Barnaby Joyce puts his beef aside to oppose net zero
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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‘Killing season’ is over, so what will Anthony Albanese do with this moment?
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Did Anthony Albanese just give his most important speech?
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Salacious texts and detail, but did the corruption watchdog’s first case fall flat?
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Sussan Ley: From punk teenager to rebuilding the Liberal Party
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Albanese ghosted by Trump at G7 summit
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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How Albanese could use his huge majority to introduce major reform
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Why Dorinda Cox's Greens defection was personal for the PM
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Who lost the game of brinkmanship, and Albanese hardens on Israel
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May 29, 2025 |
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Will the Coalition split or stay together? We explain the dramatic about-face
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May 22, 2025 |
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Anthony Albanese's exclusive interview on 'progressive patriotism' and his thumping mandate
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May 14, 2025 |
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New Labor faces, the divisive Tim Wilson and David Crowe’s farewell
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May 08, 2025 |
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A Labor ‘landslide’ and disaster for Dutton
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May 03, 2025 |
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Welcome to Wannon: Inside the challenge for a Liberal Party jewel
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May 01, 2025 |
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The seats we’ll be watching on Saturday
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May 01, 2025 |
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Why the environment is MIA in this election
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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How does polling work and will it be right this time?
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The battle of the teals in Kooyong and Bradfield
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Is the campaign getting away from Peter Dutton?
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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What we must learn from our 'worst' election campaign
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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‘Gaslighting’ or gas-led recovery?
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Dutton's massive WFH backflip was the 'right decision'
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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What actually happens on the campaign bus
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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The perils of the campaign trail
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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What to expect from the election campaign
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Peter Dutton’s speech, and let the election begin
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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The budget drop-a-thon
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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How our reporter helped to break the Trump tariff story
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Cyclone Trump, Alfred and the forces sweeping an election awry
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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How much cash has Peter Dutton got?
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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The thing that flummoxed the Reserve Bank
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Steel, macho men and the PM’s phone call with Trump
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Best of 2024: Niki Savva on why the PM should retire, even if he does win the next election
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Best of 2024: Will Dutton be tempted by Trump’s ‘war on woke’?
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Best of 2024: What is doxxing, plus Barnaby's spill and a PM's wedding
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Best of 2024: What’s going on with the Greens?
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Best of 2024: What does Australia's shift on Palestinian statehood mean?
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Best of 2024: Dutton's nuclear plans 'slightly bonkers', but will it win an election?
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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The best and worst of 2024
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Was Albanese’s response to the synagogue attack really that bad?
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Niki Savva on why the PM should retire, even if he does win the next election
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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A 2024 fire sale, ‘something big’ needed on cost of living
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Why Peter Dutton is opposing foreign student caps
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Inside Politics: What's going on with the Greens?
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Will Dutton be tempted by Trump’s ‘war on woke’?
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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We are not America, why are we debating abortion?
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Anthony Albanese and the Copacabana drama
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Albanese ‘tripping himself up’ playing both sides of the war
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Is Dutton's strategy to derail government agenda working?
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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The fight the PM has to have
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Will the government's housing agenda work?
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Social media 'crackdown'
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Sep 12, 2024 |