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Retirement savings to be 'decimated' under early access

Retirement savings to be 'decimated' under early access

The treasurer has cautioned against a push for Australians to dip into their super early to deal with cost-of-living pressures.

Most-targeted prime minister in Question Time revealed

Most-targeted prime minister in Question Time revealed

Most-targeted prime minister in Question Time revealed

Most-targeted prime minister in Question Time revealed

As oppositions increasingly target prime ministers during Question Time, Australia's first and only female leader remains the most quizzed of all.

Gambling reform changes unveiled to beat damning report

Gambling reform changes unveiled to beat damning report

Gambling reform changes unveiled to beat damning report

Gambling reform changes unveiled to beat damning report

Labor is under fire for proposing late changes to its controversial gambling reforms as a damning report on the shake-up exposed gaps in the policy.

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'Grubby': Senate debates PM's melon-gate comments

'Grubby': Senate debates PM's melon-gate comments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's comments on a podcast have continued to dominate parliamentary debate for a second week.

Address social media to counter anti-Semitism: inquiry

Address social media to counter anti-Semitism: inquiry

Academics from a leading institution have shared suggestions for the most effective interventions against anti-Semitism with a royal commission.

Third teachers' strike off as bitter pay dispute ends

Third teachers' strike off as bitter pay dispute ends

A third statewide strike of public school teachers has been cancelled after unionised educators swung in behind a sweetened pay offer.

Coalition, One Nation revive push on abortion crackdown

Coalition, One Nation revive push on abortion crackdown

Conservative politicians have joined with a Christian lobby group on the lawns of Parliament House to request healthcare for babies born alive via abortions.

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'Don't stuff it': Labor relishes One Nation super fight

'Don't stuff it': Labor relishes One Nation super fight

'Don't stuff it': Labor relishes One Nation super fight

'Don't stuff it': Labor relishes One Nation super fight

A call to expand early access to retirement funds to tackle cost-of-living pressures from Pauline Hanson has given the government a boost in a busy week.

One Nation demands action over staffer's attack at show

One Nation demands action over staffer's attack at show

One Nation demands action over staffer's attack at show

One Nation demands action over staffer's attack at show

One Nation is demanding four teens who allegedly spat on and punched a staffer, leaving the woman with a broken rib, be tracked down and held to account.

States urged to back 'nation-leading' data centre plan

States urged to back 'nation-leading' data centre plan

States urged to back 'nation-leading' data centre plan

States urged to back 'nation-leading' data centre plan

One state's plan to act on the water and energy use of fast-tracked data centres could be a blueprint for national reform, a climate group says.

More Aussie firms could be captured by emissions scheme

More Aussie firms could be captured by emissions scheme

More Aussie firms could be captured by emissions scheme

More Aussie firms could be captured by emissions scheme

Australian investors are pushing for big changes to Australia's major pollution policy and they could force more companies to reduce pollution.

Frequent FOI breaches revealed in transparency fail

Frequent FOI breaches revealed in transparency fail

Frequent FOI breaches revealed in transparency fail

Frequent FOI breaches revealed in transparency fail

Integrity advocates want the Albanese government to pick its stalled freedom of information reform back up after a study highlighted disclosure concerns.

'Blood on your hands': senators slam disability reform

'Blood on your hands': senators slam disability reform

'Blood on your hands': senators slam disability reform

'Blood on your hands': senators slam disability reform

Greens, coalition and independent senators have raised significant concerns in parliament over Labor's cuts to disability funding.

Private prison plan slammed as inmate numbers balloon

Private prison plan slammed as inmate numbers balloon

Private prison plan slammed as inmate numbers balloon

Private prison plan slammed as inmate numbers balloon

With a territory's prison system bursting at the seams, critics argue that plans for a new privately operated facility amounts to admission of defeat on crime.

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Another state shoots down funding national gun buyback

Another state has rejected the national gun buyback, saying it won’t divert money from core services and cost‑of‑living pressures to a federal scheme.

Scrapping WA's GST deal a 'significant unfairness'

Former ministers who helped set up a controversial GST deal for Western Australia have defended the scheme despite calls to scrap it.

Iran advances bill to curb 'hostile' media interactions

Under a proposed bill in Iran, interviews or participation in discussions with "hostile" media would be punishable by six months to two years in prison.

Colombia asks Trump for tariff relief post-quake

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked US President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help Colombia recover from a devastating earthquake.

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Six dead as Ukraine launches massive aerial attack

A large-scale Ukrainian attack has struck industrial infrastructure in Russia’s southwestern Samara region.

Papua New Guineans to start serving in Aussie defence

Defence Minister Richard Marles says a pilot program will begin accepting PNG nationals in Australia's army, navy and air forces by next June.

Visa slowdown for backpackers amid migration backlash

Labor has confirmed it is slowing down working visa applications as work continues behind the scenes to settle on a restricted migration scheme.

Anger over One Nation plan to 'end compulsory super'

One Nation has been criticised after leader Pauline Hanson suggested many people would be better off with money in their pockets rather than in superannuation.

'Left a zero off': tolls, police in rival voter pitches

Cost of living and law and order are shaping up as key battlefronts in an upcoming state election as the major parties unveil competing offers.

Beleaguered gun buyback costly, inaction costlier: PM

A state leader is prepared to fight an election on his decision to sign up to the federal government's beleaguered national gun buyback scheme.

Labor confident of an NDIS deal despite reform backlash

The federal disability minister has defended changes to the NDIS, flagging further amendments to tackle fraud and win parliamentary support.

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