Category: Labor party

Epstein files reveal Peter Mandelson supported campaign to undermine then-Australian PM Kevin Rudd’s mining super profits tax

Former UK Labour minister wrote ‘pressure needs to be maintained’ against Australian Labor’s proposed tax in email sent two weeks before Rudd was replaced as PMFollow our Australia news live blog for latest...

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Australia’s social media ban launched with barely a hitch – but the real test is still to come

The policy to cut off social media access for more than 2 million under-16s remains popular with Australians, while other countries look to follow suitOn the lawns of the prime minister’s Kirribilli residence in Sydney,...

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Labour conference: Starmer calls Reform’s policy on immigration ‘racist’ and says Farage’s party would ‘tear country apart’ – as it happened

PM calls Reform’s policy immoral but says people who want to vote for them are not racist but frustratedKuenssberg ended her interview by asking about Andy Burnham, and the leadership.Starmer said Burnham was doing a very...

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Australian PM shrugs off questions about Donald Trump as other world leaders congratulate him

Anthony Albanese gets back to work after celebratory brunch in Sydney – saying, ‘We’ve got a big job to do’Australian federal election 2025 LIVE – latest Australia news and updatesElection 2025...

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Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win

Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seatAnthony Albanese profile: the Australian PM who led Labor to victoryAustralia’s centre-left prime...

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Australian federal election 2025 live: Labor wins election; Anthony Albanese to be returned as Australia PM; Peter Dutton trailing in Dickson – latest news and updates

Coalition leader Peter Dutton trails ALP candidate in his seat of Dickson. Follow today’s news liveElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsListen to the latest episode of our new...

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Australian federal election date: Anthony Albanese calls poll for 3 May

Albanese visits governor-general to kickstart five-week election campaign, with polls suggesting Labor is in a tight contest with Coalition under Peter DuttonAustralian election campaign 2025: live updatesSee all our Australian...

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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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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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Kevin Rudd says Australian politicians ‘frightened’ of ‘Murdoch media beast’ in Senate inquiry

Former PM says his fear of the Murdoch empire persisted during his time in office and only subsided after he leftThe former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has declared that Australian politicians are frightened of Rupert...

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