3 h. ago As Coalition slumps to new low, poll shows minor party reaping the benefits

The Resolve Political Monitor has found that Labor has slipped from its stratospheric highs and the Coalition is plumbing the depths of political unpopularity.

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3 h. ago As Coalition slumps to new low, poll shows one minor party is reaping the benefits

The Resolve Political Monitor has found that Labor has slipped from its stratospheric highs and the Coalition is plumbing the depths of political unpopularity.

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5 h. ago Sloane rules out leadership spill despite Speakman’s Kiama shock

Seen by many Liberals as the future leader of the party, the Vaucluse MP has stifled speculation of a leadership challenge after a disastrous Kiama byelection result.

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7 h. ago Australia invites US to use WA to maintain its nuclear submarines

The move to let the US use the Henderson facility, which the federal government has committed $12 billion to build, could help buttress the AUKUS pact.

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7 h. ago Grieving in public view, Erika Kirk blends the personal and political to further her husband’s cause

For years, she built her own conservative following while helping her husband build his. Now she is sharing her grief with her millions of followers, who have tuned in to her message of family first.

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8 h. ago NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman is on borrowed time. He knows this and so do his colleagues

NSW Liberal Leader Mark Speakman was not responsible for his party’s byelection loss, but he will wear the blame.

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11 h. ago How Charlie Kirk’s social media machine rewired a generation’s politics

When news broke that Taylor Swift was engaged, Charlie Kirk took to TikTok: “Submit to your husband, Taylor. You’re not in charge,” he said in a video viewed 7.5 million times. It shows how Kirk harnessed the attention economy to build a political empire that has shattered the left’s grip on young voters.

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16 h. ago ‘She’s making big trouble’: Why Jacinta Price is losing favour in her family’s hometown

For the second part of our series on Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, we travel to the tiny outback town of Yuendumu, where the senator has strong family ties but is deeply unpopular.

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16 h. ago Price wasn’t racist, but she did expose what turns off voters

By suggesting the ALP is importing Indians to vote Labor, the Liberal senator was making a lame excuse for Coalition losses. Voters see a navel-gazing Coalition obsessed with political games.

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16 h. ago ‘She’s making big trouble’: Why Jacinta Price is losing favour in her family’s home town

For the second part of our series on Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, we travel to the tiny outback town of Yuendumu, where the senator has strong family ties but is deeply unpopular.

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23 h. ago Government pledges $12b to nuclear submarine precinct ahead of PM’s US visit

The Henderson Defence Precinct will receive billions of dollars as Albanese hopes to secure a meeting with Trump in New York.

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27 h. ago Tense wait for Labor frontrunner as polls close in Kiama byelection

A Liberal loss in Kiama could be the trigger for “mischief-makers” in the party to heap pressure on Opposition Leader Mark Speakman.

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32 h. ago How much you’ll pay for a trip from Sydney Airport to the city revealed

Travellers will be greeted with a flat fare from Kingsford-Smith International Airport to the CBD, joining cities such as New York and Paris, in a bid to stamp out rip-offs.

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34 h. ago ‘Independent’ voters, 13 candidates and the spectre of Ward: Polls open in the battle for Kiama

Labor appears to be favourite as voters head to the polls, while a Liberal loss will spell trouble for Mark Speakman’s leadership.

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40 h. ago Jury taken behind the scenes of famed outback pub in trial of former manager

The trial has heard allegations of drug-taking, forged payslips and sexualised banter as the Roebuck Bay Hotel’s former manager stands accused of rape and indecent assault.

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40 h. ago Treaty is a substantial step towards reconciliation and justice

The establishment of a treaty between the state government and First Peoples is welcome. Reconciliation will never come without bold political action and genuine leadership.

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45 h. ago Teens to be sent to bootcamp, police given new powers under Liberal crime plan

Troubled youths would be sent to a bootcamp-style program under a $100 million election promise from the Victorian Liberals.

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51 h. ago ‘Inappropriate to be a minister’: Labor seizes on Gerber staff turnover

Labor has seized on revelations that Laura Gerber, who has the crucial youth justice portfolio, had recently lost her third chief of staff since December.

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52 h. ago Charlie Kirk’s influence on Joel Jammal and Australian conservative Christian politics

Conservative Christian Joel Jammal says he greatly admired American conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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53 h. ago I surfed the same breaks as Mercury. I hate to see politics trawl this tragedy

Mercury Psillakis died after being bitten by a shark last weekend. Sadly, politics soon intervened, even while the family and community grieved.

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