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Dutton’s son tells press conference he can’t afford a house; Albanese picks Adelaide to host 2026 climate conference

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Dutton’s son tells press conference he can’t afford a house; Albanese picks Adelaide to host 2026 climate conference

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‘I should’ve done the elbow bump’: Plibersek and Albanese brush off awkward greeting at Labor election campaign launch

Trump administration briefing
Deep confusion as president signals new tariffs on smartphones and computers

The housing policies of both major parties are bad for Australia’s aspiring homebuyers

Saul Eslake

Universities
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained

Federal election

Election
Israel-Gaza war looms large over Labor’s hold on Melbourne seats of Macnamara and Wills

Jewish and Muslim communities are unhappy with Labor’s position, for opposite reasons. But no one can be sure whether that will drive votes to the Liberals or Greens – or both

ALP
Ten things we learned from Albanese’s speech at the Labor party campaign launch

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Labor and the Coalition have announced big new housing policies. But will they make homes cheaper?

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Headlines

Australia election 2025 live
Dutton’s son tells press conference he can’t afford a house; Albanese picks Adelaide to host 2026 climate conference

Follow live

Perth
‘I should’ve done the elbow bump’: Plibersek and Albanese brush off awkward greeting at Labor election campaign launch

Trump administration briefing
Deep confusion as president signals new tariffs on smartphones and computers

The housing policies of both major parties are bad for Australia’s aspiring homebuyers

Saul Eslake

Universities
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained

Golf
Rory McIlroy relieved to finally lift decade-long ‘burden’ with dramatic Masters win

The rural network

Education
‘It just leaves us without anything’: why was Wodonga left reeling by sudden primary school closure?

‘There was really no communication,’ Daniel Dickinson says. ‘We found it out through the school and the media’