Category: Australian politics

Malcolm Turnbull condemns UK’s ‘extraordinary’ hypocrisy over Spycatcher affair

Exclusive: Former Australian PM witnessed ‘shocking act of perjury’ and says MI5 are still trying to hide somethingThe former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused the UK government of hypocrisy and...

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Australia rejected millions of face masks provided by PPE Medpro suppliers

Exclusive: Suppliers for firm linked to UK peer Michelle Mone helped source Covid masks for Australian government that were found unusableSuppliers of PPE for a company linked to the Conservative peer Michelle Mone were also...

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Australia Commonwealth Games 2026: Victoria cancels event after costs blow out to $7bn

State government had estimated the Games would cost $2.6bn to host across five regional sitesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news...

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Outrage as Australians discover former prime minister secretly gave himself five additional ministries

Incumbent prime minister says he ‘cannot conceive of the mindset’ that enabled Scott Morrison to appoint himself to additional positions while PMScott Morrison secretly appointed himself to five additional ministries...

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Morning mail: Boris Johnson refuses to quit, Kyrgios makes Wimbledon semi-finals, veggies to buy this month

Thursday: Covid-19 led Australia to record 3,105 more deaths than expected in January and February. Plus: UK prime minister told to step down by his own ministersWant to get the morning mail to your email inbox every weekday?...

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Julian Assange: what is Australia’s position on his extradition, and what options does it have?

Anthony Albanese ‘stands by’ his opposition to pursuit of WikiLeaks co-founder but is unlikely to take a more forthright public positionFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app;...

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Labor increasingly likely to form majority government as Liberals descend into turmoil

Anthony Albanese and his senior leadership and economics team will be sworn in on Monday as PM-elect declares he wants to ‘change the country’Australia federal election 2022 LIVE – latest news and...

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Australia election: conservative government voted out after nearly a decade

Anthony Albanese’s Labor party defeats the ruling Coalition, but may lack the numbers to form majority governmentElection 2022 results: LIVE votes tracker, federal seat countsFederal election seat counts: what we know so...

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Novak Djokovic to be deported from Australia after losing appeal against visa cancellation

Federal court upholds decision of Australian immigration minister who argued the Serbian tennis player’s presence might stoke anti-vax sentimentFollow our live blog for latest developmentsNovak Djokovic will be deported...

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