Ex-senator returns to frontline in troubled ministry

Ex-senator returns to frontline in troubled ministry

A staunch conservative backbencher and ex-senator has been elevated to state cabinet, in a strife-torn portfolio dubbed a "poisoned chalice".

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Saturday, October 24, 2026

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Women in leadership roles are sharing their disturbing experiences of threats being made against them.

Australia faces weaker productivity if data centre developers are scared away, the business lobby warns.

Harry Coffey will live out a long-held dream when he steers Light Infantry Man in the $6 million Cox Plate.

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