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  • The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan

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    Australia politics live: Jacinta Allan warns Coalition against being ‘hard in our hearts and minds in the pursuit of politics’ on Palestinian visas

  • Alex Harman, 10, from Levendale in Tasmania, with a Precision stud alpaca at the Bendigo showgrounds

    Fleece de résistance: the Australian alpaca national show – in pictures

    About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas were on show in the three-day event, along with art, craft and photography
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    Doubts over Reynolds aide’s health may change date for Higgins evidence in defamation trial

    Senator Linda Reynolds former chief of staff Fiona Brown had been due to give evidence about the aftermath of Higgins’ alleged rape

  • Home linked to underworld figure among Melbourne properties set ablaze in suspicious fires

  • Chatbot interrupts Google executive during Australian Senate hearing on AI – video

  • Booktopia resumes trading after being sold to owner of online camera store digiDirect

  • Logies 2024 ceremony: the best moments and red carpet looks – in pictures

  • Morning Mail: Asic’s crypto site crackdown, Sydney Metro extension opens, Larry Emdur’s golden moment

  • Sydney Metro welcomes commuters aboard new underground city section

  • Gambling levy proposed to help wean Australian media companies off betting ad addiction

Australian politics

  • Plestia Alaqad in Gaza

    I fled Gaza to Australia not by choice but as a matter of survival. How can I be a security risk?

    Plestia Alaqad
  • An aerial shot shows part of the extinguished wildfire area at the Anzac Cove beach

    PM thanks Turkish firefighters protecting Anzac Cove graves – as it happened

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    Dutton invokes Nazi comparison in defending stance on Palestinian visas

  • solar panels being installed on a roof

    Labor pumps $160m into Westpac fund offering lower-interest loans for household energy upgrades

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Opinion & analysis

  • Paul Karp

    The door to an Australian tech tax is clearly ajar. Can Labor make it happen?

    Paul Karp
  • Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock

    Australia’s productivity riddle – and what it might mean for interest rates

  • ‘It’s not until we hit the Hunter Valley with its duplicated tracks that the Xplorer achieves a constant speed, and we pulled into Sydney’s Central station just before 5pm.’

    Regional trains in NSW are old, slow and half-empty – but I still enjoy the ride

    Michael Burge
  • Minister for Housing Clare O’Neil

    Australians are in chronic housing stress. Can Clare O’Neil fix it?

    Intifar Chowdhury
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Video

  • People hold Gold Coast vigil for 10-year-old allegedly killed by her mother – video

  • Dorinda Cox says the recommendations put forward are open to interpretation and not connected to outcomes

    1:59

    Greens senator says report on murdered Indigenous women doesn't offer many solutions – video

    Dorinda Cox says the recommendations put forward are open to interpretation and not connected to outcomes
  • 'I really appreciate the positivity and I’m glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives'

    2:19

    'I worked my butt off': breaker Raygun responds to 'devastating' online hate – video

    'I really appreciate the positivity and I’m glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives'
  • Anthony Albanese relates story of Dr Mona Kaskeen, a neurosurgeon who fled Gaza to Sydney, after Nationals MP Michael McCormack asked whether people issued visas 'from the Gaza war zone' had undergone rigorous testing

    2:46

    'They want to live in peace': PM tells story of surgeon who fled Gaza amid visa debate – video

  • ‘The Palestinian people of Gaza, like my family and friends in Israel, did not choose this war and we must maintain our humanity and respect human rights for all,' says Labor MP Josh Burns

    2:47

    Labor MPs hit back at Dutton's proposed Palestine visa ban with family stories of asylum – video

  • 'We heard you in silence. You can hear me in silence. Stop being racist!' independent MP says

    2:23

    Zali Steggall tells Peter Dutton to ‘stop being racist’ in response to Palestinian visas – video

  • Debate follows earlier comments from the opposition leader that Palestinians fleeing the Gaza war zone should not be allowed to Australia 'at the moment' due to an unspecified 'national security risk'

    3:01

    Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton clash on Palestinian visas in question time – video

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