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In the final weeks of the 2025 federal election campaign, I was asked by a senior Liberal Party official to meet two men described to me as small business people who wanted to assist local federal campaigns. #politics #federal

One feature of the opposition’s plan involves the Home Affairs Department stopping international students violating work rights by working in the gig economy. #politics #federal

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The best Herald artworks of the week from across the board. #politics #federal

The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists. #politics #federal

The move jeopardises the reform’s passage through parliament and the $3 billion in savings Labor is banking on to fund thousands of aged care beds. #politics #federal

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University of Sydney professor emerita Anne Twomey delivered a blistering assessment of the scheme, warning that politicians should take “lessons in both federalism and integrity”. #politics #federal

The climate talks were meant to showcase Australia’s leadership. With major world leaders skipping the event, Labor is left defending the $20 million cost. #politics #federal

The Coalition and the minerals lobby are calling for urgent new laws to address the decision over a mine in the political battleground of the NSW Hunter region. #politics #federal

Rising construction costs and interest rate pressure look set to stall Australia’s building momentum despite a quarterly pick-up in completions. #politics #federal

Labor MPs nominated Marrickville Golf Club for closed, non-competitive grant funding on five previous occasions before it was promised $6 million at the 2025 election by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. #federal #government #politics #parliament

Administrators are appointed to a failed Indigenous housing group and the regular starts an investigation, but for one terminally ill grandmother about to lose her home, the action comes "too late". #indigenous #policy #housing #federal #state #issues

Angus Taylor’s dismissal of “vested interests” comes as one Labor figure describes the Coalition’s new migration policy as looking like it was written by AI. #politics #federal

Australia's tax chief calls a snap meeting with business groups after the tax office faces backlash over its decision to stop accepting credit card payments. #tax #government #politics #federal #parliament #small #businesses

Angus Taylor has hit back at business sector criticism of the Coalition's plan to bring down net overseas migration. Follow live. #government #politics #federal #parliament