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  • The shadow foreign affairs minister, Simon Birmingham

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    Politics live: Birmingham says Australia must back Israel against Hezbollah; speculation grows over Payman exit

  • Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann

    Bruce Lehrmann to stand trial on rape charges

    The 29-year-old faces two counts of rape, alleged to have occurred in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, in October 2021
  • Leanne Mackey outside her home in Point Cook Victoria, on the 31st of May 2024

    Morning Mail: concerns over homeowner scheme, Biden insists he is ‘not leaving’, Kokkinakis wins Wimbledon epic

    Guardian Australia investigation reveals huge payouts faced by some elderly people; White House denies report president could stand down

  • The Coalition wants divestiture powers to fight supermarket price gouging. How would it work?

  • Should cuddling koalas be legal? Here’s why there’s a push to ban it in Queensland

  • ‘Weak link’ in Sydney’s waste disposal infrastructure could leave city with piles of uncollected garbage

  • The older Australians losing half their life savings to a ‘wealth release’ scheme

  • Australia to strike new funding deal with Papua New Guinea to manage transferred asylum seekers

  • Labor branch in Albanese’s electorate passes motion supporting Fatima Payman

  • The Midwinter Ball 2024: Canberra’s night of nights – in pictures

Australian politics

  • Monique Ryan, Allegra Spender, Zali Steggall, Kylea Tink, Zoe Daniel, Kate Chaney and Sophie Scamps arrive for the midwinter ball at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday.

    Politicians dress up for Canberra’s night of nights – as it happened

  • Liberal senator Andrew Bragg

    Asic should be split in two after ‘comprehensively’ failing as regulator, parliamentary inquiry finds

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    Australian universities clash over proposed international student cap

  • Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra

    Guardian Essential report: do voters want Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plants? – Australian Politics podcast

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Opinion & analysis

  • Graham Readfearn

    Dick Smith enters nuclear debate but CSIRO analysis shows his argument in meltdown

    Graham Readfearn
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    Human rights exist to protect all Australians everywhere, every day

    Rosalind Croucher
  • the Spotify logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen near a pair of earphones

    Spotify’s new audiobook bundle may reduce music royalties and shortchange authors

    Millicent Weber for the Conversation
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    What choices does Fatima Payman have?

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Video

  • Health minister ‘deadly serious’ about enforcing new laws as vapes ban kicks in – video

  • Ellen Dwyer, an incident controller in the rescue team, says they are 'pleased' they have been able to remove a significant amount of weight and rope from the whale

    Rescue team cuts 800kg of tangled ropes and buoy from humpback whale off Gippsland coast – video

    Ellen Dwyer, an incident controller in the rescue team, says they are 'pleased' they have been able to remove a significant amount of weight and rope from the whale
  • The WikiLeaks founder has just ended a 12-year legal battle by accepting a plea deal that saw him accept one charge under the US espionage act

    'Julian plans to swim in the ocean every day,' says Stella Assange after husband freed – video

    The WikiLeaks founder has just ended a 12-year legal battle by accepting a plea deal that saw him accept one charge under the US espionage act
  • State department official Matthew Miller says the WikiLeaks founder 'put the lives of our partners, our allies and our diplomats at risk'

    Julian Assange put people in danger, US state department says after his release – video

  • Wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asks for privacy after his arrival in Australia following plea deal

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    Stella Assange asks for time to ‘let our family be a family’ after husband's release – video

  • Australian prime minister says he had 'very warm discussion' with WikiLeaks founder after his arrival in the country

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    Assange 'generous in praise' of Australia's effort to secure his release, says Albanese – video

  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives in his home country of Australia after years fighting a legal battle

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    Moment Julian Assange gets off plane as he arrives in Australia – video

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