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  • The image shows a woman charging an electric vehicle.

    Buying your first electric vehicle in Australia? Here’s what you should know

  • Fatima Payman sitting alone in the senate

    Fatima Payman’s exit reveals ‘chasm’ between Labor and traditional base over Palestine, party insiders say

    Senator’s departure disappointing to ‘thousands of rank-and-file ALP and union members and Labor supporters’
  • king charles and queen camilla cuddle koalas

    Hands off the koala: why cuddling Australia’s iconic marsupial could soon be a thing of the past

    Countless famous faces have been snapped snuggling up to koalas in Australia. But it’s a practice animal activists hope will become extinct

  • Pippa White’s parents vow their daughter’s death ‘will not be for nothing’ while still waiting for answers

  • What does it mean for patients if St Vincent’s and NIB fail to reach a funding deal?

  • Abolished cashless debit card still divides, two years after Labor ordered its demise

  • Dutton says ‘Australia can learn’ from new British PM’s nuclear stance – as it happened

  • ‘Million dollar views, baby’: Victorian minister praises train station’s ‘fantastic’ Dandenongs vista

  • Afternoon Update: Labour wins UK election in landslide; Usman Khawaja accuses Dutton of ‘fuelling Islamophobia’; and bird flu in Canberra

  • Man charged over alleged theft of Garry the gorilla

Australian politics

  • Greens leader Adam Bandt speaks at a press conference in Parliament House, Canberra

    Adam Bandt on Fatima Payman, toeing the party line and the war in Gaza – Australian Politics podcast

  • Karen Middleton Political editor

    These are testing times for political faith in both broad churches

    Karen Middleton Political editor
  • Australian cricket player Usman Khawaja

    Cricketer Usman Khawaja accuses Peter Dutton of ‘fuelling Islamophobia’ over Muslim candidates comments

  • Pro-Palestine protesters unfurl banners over Parliament House

    ‘False phone calls’ diverted police from Gaza war protest at Parliament House, AFP chief alleges

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Opinion & analysis

  • Jordyn Beazley

    How hard is it to live off cash alone in Australia? I tried for a weekend and this is what happened

    Jordyn Beazley
  • CostOfLivingHackspixie

    Send your pets to work! And other cost of living hacks you can use every day

  • Judith Whelan headshot

    Judith Whelan was a leader in journalism and a beloved friend and mentor to me

    Lisa Davies
  • Graham Readfearn

    Dick Smith enters nuclear debate but CSIRO analysis shows his argument in meltdown

    Graham Readfearn
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Video

  • Fatima Payman quits the Labor party: the moments leading up to her decision – video

  • While the exchange between McKenzie and Wong was happening, Payman watched quietly and impassively from a crossbench seat at the back of the chamber

    2:31

    Fatima Payman leaves Senate chamber after 'brutal' questioning and heckling from Coalition - video

    While the exchange between McKenzie and Wong was happening, Payman watched quietly and impassively from a crossbench seat at the back of the chamber
  • The WA senator has told a press conference she does not believe her principles align with Labor leadership over Palestine

    4:15

    Fatima Payman resigns from Labor party 'with a clear conscience' and moves to crossbench – video

    The WA senator has told a press conference she does not believe her principles align with Labor leadership over Palestine
  • Richard Marles says the cloud computing capability will house top-secret information across the commonwealth

    1:40

    Australian defence minister announces $2bn 'top-secret cloud' with Amazon – video

  • Activists on the roof of Australia's parliament throw down paper planes with 'war crimes' emblazoned on one side and a statement of grievances on the other

    1:14

    Pro-Palestine protesters hang banners from Parliament House roof in Canberra – video

  • The government’s anti-vaping legislation has kicked in today, it is now illegal to sell vapes other than for therapeutic reasons.

    1:10

    Health minister ‘deadly serious’ about enforcing new laws as vapes ban kicks in – video

  • Ellen Dwyer, an incident controller in the rescue team, says they are 'pleased' they have been able to remove a significant amount of weight and rope from the whale

    Rescue team cuts 800kg of tangled ropes and buoy from humpback whale off Gippsland coast – video

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