After defying Israel on Jerusalem,will Albanese recognise Palestine?

After defying Israel on Jerusalem,will Albanese recognise Palestine?

Recognising Palestinian statehood would represent a significant break from Australia’s closest international allies and intensify divisions within Labor.

  • byMatthew Knott

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Former premier,health groups urge Perrottet to implement ice inquiry recommendations

Former premier,health groups urge Perrottet to implement ice inquiry recommendations

Former Labor premier Bob Carr,whose government established the Kings Cross supervised injecting centre,called on Dominic Perrottet to follow his stead and act on expert advice.

  • byMary Ward andLucy Cormack
Australia should demand US release of Assange,says Carr

Australia should demand US release of Assange,says Carr

Former NSW premier and foreign minister Bob Carr is calling on his former federal Labor colleagues to help a citizen facing a lifetime in prison.

  • byDavid Crowe
Escape from Kabul:one woman’s perilous path to freedom

Escape from Kabul:one woman’s perilous path to freedom

Rescuing Arifa Hakimi from Afghanistan was a three-month mission in which she narrowly avoided a deadly bombing,disguised herself and faced a dangerous border crossing.

  • byMichael Ruffles
Our hard-ball next PM? Peter Dutton signed up ‘to play tackle,not touch’

Our hard-ball next PM? Peter Dutton signed up ‘to play tackle,not touch’

The Defence Minister tells Peter FitzSimons about his regrets,what he would do if he led the Liberals,and how to stand up to China.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
The professor is in:Bob Carr on life,the universe,everything

The professor is in:Bob Carr on life,the universe,everything

Former foreign minister and NSW premier Bob Carr talks about philosophy,literature and the attributes and shortcomings of today’s politicians.

  • byMichael Ruffles
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Barnaby Joyce avoids Nationals rebuke after party room apology

Barnaby Joyce avoids Nationals rebuke after party room apology

The Deputy PM used a private meeting with his Nationals colleagues to admit he damaged the government by sending a text message that called Scott Morrison a liar.

  • byDavid Crowe
‘I sure as hell want it’:Bob Carr changes mind,supports assisted dying laws
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‘I sure as hell want it’:Bob Carr changes mind,supports assisted dying laws

The former premier,who led arguments against voluntary euthanasia in NSW in the 1990s,said other Australian states had proven that voluntary assisted dying laws could work.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Everybody’s scared’:The first mention in Australian media of global warming could only gesture to the future

‘Everybody’s scared’:The first mention in Australian media of global warming could only gesture to the future

In an ABC TV studio in 1971,so much ahead was unimaginable.

  • byBob Carr
Bob Carr appeals to UNESCO over Warragamba Dam

Bob Carr appeals to UNESCO over Warragamba Dam

Bob Carr,a former NSW premier and Australian foreign minister,has appealed to UNESCO to send a team to survey the threats to the World Heritage status of the Blue Mountains.

  • byPeter Hannam
Albanese slams ‘counterproductive’ Labor motion calling for boycott of Israel

Albanese slams ‘counterproductive’ Labor motion calling for boycott of Israel

The Opposition Leader has slammed a Labor motion backed by former NSW premier Bob Carr calling for a boycott of Israel over its treatment of Palestinians.

  • byAnthony Galloway