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Morning Mail: Labor to cut medicine costs, Bob Carr’s Aukus warning, Rowling sparks Harry Potter feud

Labor to cap PBS-listed prescription costs at $25 as Coalition searches for policy hit; former foreign affairs minister criticises Aukus

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Minns says alleged Islamophobic threats against Lakemba mosque ‘truly disgusting’ – as it happened

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Chronic patients get most relief in medicine cost cut

Patients could save almost $7 on each prescription as the government promises to make medicines cheaper in a move supported by the coalition.

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Youth crime prevention programs face axe as Victorian government funding dwindles

Exclusive: Labor criticised for failing to address root causes of young people’s offending amid deep cuts to spending

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The Perth tradie: ‘Do I keep grinding through 12-hour days?’

Brent Daylight works two jobs as he tries to establish his own business. He worries about climate change and rejects Peter Dutton’s stance on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags

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Albanese to rush through new laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal challenge

Labor will push the contentious bill through parliament next week despite concerns about the extinction of the Maugean skate

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Health portfolio quartet join nation's newest ministry

A third-time elected state government has backed splitting its health portfolio four ways as the ink dried at its swearing-in ceremony.

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Government kicks can down the road on climate target

Labor has refused to reveal Australia's 2035 emissions reduction target before the election, despite it being the subject of cabinet debate for over a year.

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Avoiding the doctor due to cost is at a 10-year high. Here’s why GP bulk billing needs to change

Labor has pledged $8.5bn to help increase bulk-billing rates and the Coalition matched its promise – but the issue won’t go away. Here is what the funding aims to achieve

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barbara Pocock on the Greens’ policy priorities

The Greens have heaped a lot of pressure on the government during this term, from issues of the environment, housing, and Medicare, to the war in the Middle East.

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Health split as premier targets economy in new cabinet

Fresh from a massive election win in his own right, Premier Roger Cook has stamped his authority on the Labor cabinet with new portfolios and a reshuffle.

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Victorian Liberal leader faces backlash after saying he was visiting cyclone-hit parents while also going on cruise

Opposition MPs vent anger after revelation Brad Battin was on a Queensland cruise holiday when Labor announced tough new bail laws

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Liberal supporters launch election ad campaign against Peter Dutton’s plan to build nuclear power plants

Liberals Against Nuclear say the policy would increase bureaucracy and impose ‘massive taxpayer-backed risk’

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Guardian Essential poll: Albanese scores highest approval rating in almost 18 months as support for Dutton slips

PM’s approval rating increases to 46%, up four percentage points since the last poll, as Labor and Coalition run neck-and-neck on a two-party preferred basis

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Afternoon Update: Dutton calls for crackdown on CFMEU ‘corruption’; ABC hit by radio outage; and how to avoid the White Lotus effect

Labor rubbishes demands for new legislation and says Coalition approach would jeopardise ongoing investigations

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Labor rubbishes ‘reckless’ Coalition plan to crack down on CFMEU after latest allegations

Murray Watt says deregistering union’s construction division would jeopardise ongoing investigations and that new US-style laws are unnecessary

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Anti-salmon protest fills beach amid mass farm deaths

More than one thousand people have protested at a remote beach in opposition to salmon farms which have experienced unprecedented mass deaths.

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Coalition backs AUKUS as sub concerns rise to surface

The coalition reaffirms its support for the AUKUS partnership as voices on both sides of politics raise concerns about the multibillion-dollar defence pact.

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Shoppers and treasurer try to stretch budget dollar

Checkout price pain is acknowledged by the treasurer as he prepares the federal budget with research showing grocery spend at a record high.

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Mafia-style laws mooted to stop construction 'rip-off'

The opposition wants US-style laws to jail organised crime bosses it says are pulling the strings of alleged construction sector corruption.

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Gains for Labor as they lead in three of last five polls

A national Freshwater poll for The Financial Review, conducted March 13–15 from a sample of 1,051, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead by respondent preferences, a one-point gain for Labor since the late February Freshwater poll.

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New $5 banknote to honour First Nations connection to Country; Dutton calls for crackdown on CFMEU ‘corruption’ – as it happened

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Australia’s next government may well be in minority. Here’s how that can be a good outcome for the country

Two months out from an Australian federal election, the polling is pointing to a very tight race between the two major parties. This means, if the polls are correct, neither party will likely win enough seats to command a parliamentary working majority.

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Independent to confront major parties on crunch issues

Standing up to the major parties is a bigger part of the re-election campaign for former Wallabies captain turned independent senator David Pocock.

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Victoria’s about-turn on bail laws reflects the age-old conflict between reform and reaction. How did we get here again?

Stoking moral panics about youth crime has won reactionaries elections in the NT and Queensland, and the rest of Australia seems to be learning the lesson

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