Forward,march:Rival election campaign war rooms raring to go

Forward,march:Rival election campaign war rooms raring to go

Labor MPs in Canberra are speculating about an election being called for March,and both parties will be ready to go by Christmas.

  • byPaul Sakkal

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‘In bed with education agents’:Coalition under fire as Tehan dines with agents
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‘In bed with education agents’:Coalition under fire as Tehan dines with agents

Coalition immigration spokesman Dan Tehan was the featured guest at a private breakfast attended by education and migration agents the day before sinking Labor’s bill.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Shorten condemns ‘quicksand of name-calling’ in fond farewell
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Shorten condemns ‘quicksand of name-calling’ in fond farewell

Even Opposition Leader Peter Dutton conceded Bill Shorten would have made a great prime minister.

  • byTony Wright
Sydney to avoid rail shutdown after last-minute crisis talks

Sydney to avoid rail shutdown after last-minute crisis talks

The Minns Labor government agreed during crisis talks on Thursday to run limited 24-hour train services this weekend in return for the union dropping work bans.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan andMax Maddison
Press gallery veteran Mike Bowers leaves Guardian Australia

Press gallery veteran Mike Bowers leaves Guardian Australia

The photographer,who has a weekly segment on the ABC’s Insiders program,is the latest departure from The Guardian’s Parliament House bureau.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
This shutdown will turn Pearl Jam into traffic jam,and commuters will play the blame game

This shutdown will turn Pearl Jam into traffic jam,and commuters will play the blame game

Transport Minister Jo Haylen likens the transport union to a boa constrictor strangling the rail system,but the government will not escape blame if the city comes to a standstill.

  • byAlexandra Smith
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Huge fines planned for tech giants that let kids on apps

Huge fines planned for tech giants that let kids on apps

As it moves to tamp down concerns about handing over IDs,the Albanese government will on Thursday put forward a world-first bill to block younger teens from social media.

  • byPaul Sakkal
‘I’ve evolved from factional operative’:Shorten says retirement is not retreat

‘I’ve evolved from factional operative’:Shorten says retirement is not retreat

Bill Shorten,for six years leader of the Labor Party before being denied the nation’s leadership,muses about life in politics and his future in academia.

  • byTony Wright
Rudd operates as ‘foreign minister’ in DC:Top Biden adviser

Rudd operates as ‘foreign minister’ in DC:Top Biden adviser

US President Joe Biden’s top adviser on Asia has strongly backed Kevin Rudd,after the former PM made his first public comments since Donald Trump’s election victory.

  • byMatthew Knott andPeter Hartcher
Labor won’t make Kamala Harris’ mistakes against Trump,ALP boss says

Labor won’t make Kamala Harris’ mistakes against Trump,ALP boss says

In a closed door briefing for MPs,Labor’s national secretary outlined how the party would avoid the pitfalls of the Democrats’ celebrity-heavy campaign.

  • byJames Massola
Roaming cats kill 47 million native Perth animals a year. These crusaders want that to end

Roaming cats kill 47 million native Perth animals a year. These crusaders want that to end

The WA Feral Cat Working Group has urged the government to make an election promise to allow councils to introduce laws forcing Perth’s cat owners to keep them on their property.

  • byHamish Hastie