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Byline: Catie McLeod The New South Wales Liberal leader, Mark Speakman, says the party's state director, Richard Shields, must resign immediately after a 'monumental stuff-up' over next month's local government [...]

Byline: Catie McLeod Former federal Liberal minister Philip Ruddock has claimed property developers, supported by people within his own party, were behind a 'professional campaign' to oust him as mayor [...]

Byline: Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent What a difference a year makes. After being unceremoniously booed at the Victorian Liberal party council in 2023, the opposition leader, John Pesutto, received [...]

Byline: Luca Ittimani Good afternoon. The US vice-president, Kamala Harris, is gaining momentum to take the Democratic party nomination for president following Joe Biden's historic decision to pull out of [...]

Byline: Amy Remeikis and Benita Kolovos The Construction, Forestry, Maritime Employees Union -- better known as the CFMEU -- is one of the biggest and most influential unions in Australia. [...]

Byline: Sharlotte Thou Good afternoon, and welcome to the Afternoon Update. Donald Trump has formally accepted the Republican party's presidential nomination in his first public address since an attempted assassination [...]

Byline: Paul Gallagher Good morning. The fallout over Fatima Payman's resignation from the Labor party continues amid upheaval in its multicultural branch in Western Australia, where the treasurer and vice-president [...]

Byline: Mike Hohnen Welcome, readers, to the Afternoon Update. The workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, has asked the Australian federal police to investigate corruption allegations against the CFMEU, after a [...]

Byline: Tamsin Rose NSW state correspondent The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has asked for the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union's (CFMEU) affiliation with the state Labor party [...]

Byline: Paul Gallagher Good morning. Muslim Votes Matter, an organisation aiming to invigorate the Islamic community's participation in Australian politics, is taking Labor to task over what it called 'almost [...]

Byline: Antoun Issa Afternoon. The US president, Joe Biden, has warned against making politics a 'killing field' and urged Americans to reject 'extremism and fury', as the FBI continues to [...]

Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - The Mount Piper coal-fired power station sits just 25km (15 miles) to the west of one of Australia's most scenic natural landscapes, Blue Mountains [...]

Byline: Daniel Hurst and Sarah Basford Canales The Western Australia Labor senator, Fatima Payman, has claimed she has been 'exiled' by the party and colleagues after voting with the Greens [...]

Byline: Tamsin Rose NSW state correspondent The sacking of a Nationals MP from the New South Wales shadow ministry after he accused the Liberals of 'pretending' to care about the [...]

Byline: Robert Gottliebsen Sep 24, 2024 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The intense political pressure to win the renewables and climate debate is now creating great danger to [...]

Byline: Angus McIntyre and Ian Royall Sep 23, 2024 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) -- It is understood that Phil Reed will allocate his preferences to former Melbourne deputy [...]

Byline: Angus McIntyre and Ian Royall Sep 23, 2024 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) -- It is understood that Phil Reed will allocate his preferences to former Melbourne deputy [...]

CANBERRA, September 23, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Australia's opposition leader has described nuclear power as the country's only viable pathway to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. In a [...]

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Byline: Rafqa Touma and Paul Karp Sep 18, 2024 (The Guardian Australia - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Independent senator Fatima Payman used a speech on Sunday to defend her decision [...]

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CANBERRA, Australia -- The following information was released by the office of the Prime Minister of Australia: The Hon Anthony Albanese MP Prime Minister of Australia Listen Friends, this is [...]

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Byline: Paul Karp Sep 09, 2024 (The Guardian Australia - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Northern Territory chief minister Lia Finocchiaro is planning to overhaul justice policies in the NT after [...]

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CANBERRA, September 5, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Australia must reach net-zero emissions by 2040 to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the government's top climate change agency has [...]

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Byline: Geoff Chambers Aug 26, 2024 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended his economic record in a speech to the Labor-aligned John Curtin Research [...]

Byline: Liam Mendes Aug 26, 2024 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Northern Territory's Chief Minister-elect Lia Finocchiaro says she has met with NT Police Association president Nathan [...]

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Byline: Tom McIlroy Aug 25, 2024 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Country Liberal Party leader Lia Finocchiaro has claimed victory in the Northern Territory election on [...]

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