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Aussie innovators pushed to focus on five ‘missions’
New priorities, outlined by Science Minister Ed Husic, include the net zero transition, supporting healthy communities and “elevating” Indigenous knowledge systems.
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- Tom Burton
Fines and jail terms for attempts to disrupt CFMEU clean-out
The union faces three years under administration and big penalties for anyone who tries to interfere. The Opposition says the laws are too weak.
- Phillip Coorey
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- Defence
Australia needs to arm up by late 2026: Hastie
If he becomes defence minister after the next election, Andrew Hastie will move to rapidly acquire new weapons amid warnings of possible conflict with China in 2027.
- Andrew Tillett
How Alec’s life turned from hopeless to full of hope
Pervasive feelings of isolation and sadness are drowning the hopes of young adults, but one program has been shown to turn that around.
- Julie Hare
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- Australian economy
Why this barrister quit and now runs the Grattan Institute
A decade ago, Aruna Sathanapally was on track to be a judge, or at least a senior counsel at the NSW Bar.
- Ronald Mizen
Federal Police plan Parliament House walk-off amid pay dispute
The planned “extremely disruptive” industrial action is part of a pay dispute in which AFP personnel claim they are being lumped in with “desk job public servants”.
- Ronald Mizen
Yesterday
Labor warned CFMEU clean-up must go further
Legislation to put the militant construction union into administration will be introduced to Parliament this week but industry groups warned the looming takeover needed to go further.
- Andrew Tillett and Ronald Mizen
Crackdown on overseas students triggers rise in refugee applications
A big spike in applications for refugee status is being explained by the federal government’s attempts to cut the number of overseas students in the country.
- Julie Hare
David Rowe cartoons for August 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
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- David Rowe
Support for Hamas may not bar Gazans from Australia: ASIO boss
The federal Opposition says social cohesion could be at risk if Labor offers Hamas supporters a safe haven.
- Andrew Tillett
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- International students
Private colleges ‘collateral damage’ of migration changes
Alana Anderson’s business might have won exporter of the year for the NT but nothing is going to save her from the government’s migration agenda.
- Julie Hare
New ageing minister held ageing stocks
Anthony Albanese’s addition to the Ministerial Code of Conduct has caused problems for a raft of his ministers.
- Myriam Robin
‘At least three’ nations interfering in Australia: ASIO
Mike Burgess says Iran is among several countries involved in foreign interference in Australia; Penny Wong calls for a ceasefire in Gaza after an Israeli strike on a school. Follow updates here.
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- Building Bad
The union boss and the building executive
Multiplex executive Amy Pitchford is in a relationship with a CFMEU official being investigated by police, while also advising the Victorian government on industry issues.
- Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Ben Schneiders
Lehrmann, Macgowan torpedo NACC ‘conspiracy theory’ over submarine leaks
Ex-political staffer Bruce Lehrmann and his one-time media minder have had their homes raided by the anti-corruption watchdog.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- AUKUS
What we don’t know about AUKUS
American government agencies keep revealing information about AUKUS that our own government will not.
- Laura Tingle
Marles denies sinister meaning in AUKUS ‘political commitments’
The new AUKUS treaty does not lock Australia into accepting nuclear waste from the US and UK, or commit to joining a war over Taiwan.
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- Andrew Tillett
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- Canberra Observed
Short-term politics won’t leave sustainable childcare legacy
Five years ago, Labor promised to subsidise childcare wages and was howled down. Now, it hardly moves the dial.
- Phillip Coorey
PM hints at universal childcare by middle of next term
Childcare fees could continue to be capped in return for long-term government wage subsidies.
- Phillip Coorey
Voice architect fears Indigenous policy ‘deja vu’ trap
Uluru Dialogue co-chairwoman Pat Anderson warned Labor not to throw its promise of a Makarrata commission “out with the referendum bathwater”.
- Tom McIlroy
