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Former PM Kevin Rudd unloads on Shorten’s ‘nuts’ retirees tax plan
Kevin Rudd has blamed the 2019 election loss on Bill Shorten’s unpopularity, admitting voters didn’t trust him or Labor’s “nuts” retirees’ tax...
Barnaby Joyce threatens switch to crossbench over abortion debate
Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has threatened to sit on the crossbench and destroy Scott Morrison’s one-seat majority in federal Parliament over...
Key La Trobe study ‘misrepresented’ in NSW abortion debate ‘gendercide’ claim: Authors
The authors of a La Trobe University study being used to bolster the case for a ban on gender-selection abortions in Australia...
Former deputy PM Tim Fischer dies
Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer has been remembered as “a big Australian” whose political leadership on gun law reform in the...
No move on Pell award until after potential court challenge
Governor-General David Hurley will not act on stripping convicted paedophile George Pell’s Order of Australia award until after a potential High Court...
Australia to join US effort to safeguard Strait of Hormuz
Australia will send a warship, a surveillance aircraft and 200 men and women to join a US-led mission to protect oil tankers...
‘Shield, not a sword’: Attorney-General Christian Porter outlines religious discrimination laws goal
Attorney-General Christian Porter has pledged new religious discrimination laws will operate as a “shield, not a sword” and will not prohibit state...
Barnaby Joyce blasted for ‘vile’ NSW anti-abortion robocalls
Barnaby Joyce has defended his right to robocall voters on abortion after his unsolicited phone calls were slammed as “vile”, “sanctimonious” and...
Sonia Kruger outburst in focus as Muslim leaders urge PM to outlaw Islamophobia
Television host Sonia Kruger’s vilification of Muslims, and men telling women wearing hijabs on trains they are “terrorists” should be against the...
‘Total Ashes foul’: PM goes into bat for Steve Smith as crowd boos
Scott Morrison has praised cricketer Steve Smith as deserving “nothing but respect” and told hecklers he expects the former captain to answer...