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Sussan Ley commits to offering income tax cuts at the election

Opposition leader Sussan Ley will commit the opposition to taking a plan to cut personal income ...

Barnaby Joyce is doing again what he does best – disrupting

Barnaby Joyce is a natural-born disruptor. He also always wants to be the head of the pack, and in t...

What does Anthony Albanese hope to achieve from a meeting with Donald Trump?
When Australia’s Prime Minister meets the U.S. President, the stakes are high. In the upcoming O…
Why has support for One Nation surged since the 2025 federal election?
At the 2025 federal election in May, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation recorded[1] a primary vote of 6…
AI ‘workslop’ is creating unnecessary extra work. Here’s how we can stop it
Have you ever used artificial intelligence (AI) in your job without double-checking the qualit…
As social media age restrictions spread, is the internet entering its Victorian era?
A wave of proposed social media bans for young people has swept the globe recently, fuelled by…

A government review wants schools to respond to bullying complaints within 2 days. Is this fair? What else do we need?

Over the weekend, the federal government released[1] its rapid review into school bullying. Authored by clinical psychologist Charlotte Keating and suicide prevention expert Jo Robinson, the review[2] received more than 1,700...

Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud - Weekend Today

WEEKEND TODAY TRANSCRIPT WITH HOST ALISON PIOTROWSKI AND COMMENTATOR GUS WORLAND; BARNABY JOYCE; ANTHONY ALBANESE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETING; MARIAH CAREY AND CHRISTMAS SONGS. ALISON PIOTROWSKI Welcome back to Weekend Today. ...

Applications open for Future Cotton Leaders Program 2026
Applications have opened for the 2026 intake for the Australia Future Cotton Leaders Program (AFCLP), the cotton industry’s premier leadership development initiative. It is anticipated that the ap…
Banning combustion engine cars by 2035 will be necessary to get Australia moving on electric vehicles
Australia’s sluggish electric vehicle transition has begun to accelerate. In the first half of the year, more than 72,000[1] battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles were sold. That’s about …
The government wants more of us living in high rises. Here’s why Australians don’t want to
Australia was once a nation where the great Australian dream was owning a home with ample space for a lawn and a garden. But by the 1990s, the dream had shifted, at least politically, with…
Is violent online abuse turning women off local politics?
In her final speech[1] as Wellington mayor, Tory Whanau spoke candidly about the relentless online abuse she faced during her term, much of it racist and sexist. None of it would have been reass…

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