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Back to SearchTony Burke on Labor’s immigration shake-up
The minister for home affairs, immigration and citizenship, Tony Burke, delivered a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday this week – announc…
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Sarah Hanson-Young on big tech’s ‘attack on democracy’
This week, the Albanese government released its draft digital duty of care legislation and announced reforms to allow social media users to opt out o…
1 week ago
Chanel Contos wants to fix our social media algorithms
Consent advocate Chanel Contos is leading a new campaign to push for social media companies to give Australians the choice to ‘opt in’ to the algorit…
2 weeks ago
Guardian Essential report: does One Nation have a fix for social isolation?
One Nation has had another electoral win, having flipped the Labor seat of Secret Harbour in a Western Australian byelection on Saturday. So what doe…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Who actually benefits from new datacentres in Australia?
National cabinet met on Wednesday to discuss the federal government’s plan for new AI datacentre development. Queensland and the Northern Territory h…
3 weeks ago
David Pocock on the ‘real betrayal’ of Labor’s deal on gambling reforms
This week, the Albanese government passed major reforms to online gambling advertising and deep cuts to rein in NDIS spending – all with the Coalitio…
4 weeks ago
Ask me anything: ‘melon-gate’, One Nation’s media ban and the PM’s ambition
Federal parliament has returned from winter break with a frenetic start to the second half of the political year. There were days of commentary and s…
1 month ago
Introducing: Alan Jones on Trial
The criminal trial of veteran broadcaster Alan Jones has begun, almost two years after he was arrested over multiple counts of indecent assault and s…
1 month, 1 week ago
Can the government really get ahead of the curve on AI?
On Wednesday, the Labor government announced environmental and energy safeguards on new datacentres in Australia. Our political editor, Tom McIlroy, …
1 month, 1 week ago
Governor general Sam Mostyn on the ‘growing catastrophe’ in our democracy
Two years into her role representing King Charles, Australia’s head of state, governor general Sam Mostyn says she has observed a ‘woeful lack of und…
1 month, 2 weeks ago