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A sustainable Australia depends on what happens in our cities – that's why we need a national urban policy

Australia has not had a national urban policy since the Rudd government. A troika of Liberal PMs followed. Tony Abbott wasn’t interested. Malcolm Turnbull didn’t quite live up to the hype but delivered cross-governmental City Deals and the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program. Scott Morrison at best presided over a…

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The top-secret leak that led to a spying scandal, infuriating Indonesia – and Tony Abbott

Lenore Taylor looks back at Guardian Australia’s first big scoop and its far-reaching repercussions

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Trade Minister Don Farrell given surprise Forbidden City tour, China's foreign minister to visit Australia

Senator Farrell says he is "very privileged to be invited here to this iconic site" as a former Chinese diplomat describes the unexpected invitation as a "very high-level welcome from Beijing".

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'Attack on religion': Dutton slams ACT government's Calvary takeover

Mr Dutton said he was "shocked" by the proposal.

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Opposition will ‘use every tactic’ to block bill – as it happened

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‘People shook my hand’: the Indigenous man who spoke his mind at Liberal MP’s voice forum

Former NRL player Phil Dotti says he ‘spoke for the Aboriginal people’ when he walked on stage at a public discussion hosted by MP Jenny Ware in Sydney

The Guardian - AU

‘Simply No Time’: Liberal MP Denied First Nations Man Chance To Speak On All-White Voice Panel

“Four times, the mic went around. I kept putting my hand up. It’s like it was all played out that First Nations people weren’t going to have a voice that night.”

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese enjoys London limelight while Chalmers sweats in budget spotlight

The timing of history. How Anglophile and monarchist Tony Abbott would love to have been the prime minister attending the coronation. To say nothing of John Howard, a key figure in fending off an Australian republic in 1999.

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Liberal MP tells voice discussion ‘simply no time’ to hear from Indigenous speaker

Discussion with Tony Abbott and News Corp columnist Joe Hildebrand, hosted by Coalition MP Jenny Ware, shut down after Indigenous man takes to stage

The Guardian - AU

Not so fast: Tony Abbott calls for the Voice referendum to be cancelled

Tony Abbott entered the debate on this year’s Indigenous Voice referendum on Monday just as had been predicted.

The New Daily

Tony Abbott hits out at proposed Voice to Parliament, attracting a rebuke from Noel Pearson

Former prime minister Tony Abbott offers a staunch criticism of a proposed constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament, just hours after getting into a spat with a parliamentary committee investigating the looming referendum.

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Indigenous Voice is ‘wrong and potentially quite dangerous’: Abbott

Tony Abbott has told an inquiry the Indigenous Voice will divide Australia and is “wrong in principle and potentially quite dangerous".

The New Daily

Holiday horrors happen, but life's too short

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Newcastle Herald

Hell hath no fury like a former PM – but it wasn't always so

In a television interview with Phillip Adams in 1999, Paul Keating remarked that he retained much influence on the international stage.

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Former PM Tony Abbott buys house at Port Stephens

John Howard is not the only former Liberal prime minister to fall in love with Port Stephens.

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Abbott urges PM to restart Indigenous voice process

Tony Abbott says the upcoming referendum on an Indigenous voice will leave Australia 'embittered and divided', whether or not the proposal is successful.

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Medicare has been under pressure for years. So is it broken and can it be fixed?

These experts say Medicare is at breaking point and it's time for major reform.

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Peter Dutton: Public servants will be the only real winners if the Voice gets up

Peter Dutton has claimed the only sector of Australian society likely to benefit from the proposed Voice to Parliament will be public servants

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Sydney Theatre Company's Julia powerfully imagines the life and emotions of the woman behind the 'misogyny speech'

Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives to deliver one of the most unforgettable political speeches in recent memory.

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Dutton defies calls for change, with Liberals tipped to reject Voice proposal

Peter Dutton appeared to hold firm against calls to bring the party towards lost seats in metropolitan Australia.

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Andy Yin complains to Human Rights Commission after being rejected by Liberal Party as Strathfield candidate for NSW election

The Human Rights Commission is investigating a complaint by a high-profile Chinese-Australian, who claims the New South Wales Liberal Party rejected his nomination to run in Saturday's state election on racial grounds.

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The UK copying Australia's refugee policy is a bad idea, refugee advocates say

The United Kingdom's latest migration crackdown, its toughest yet, is almost a replica of Australia's asylum seeker policy. Refugee advocates warn the Australian system should be a cautionary tale, not a blueprint.

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Michael Pascoe: Hurt feelings overwhelm media’s ability to weigh Paul Keating’s substance

Paul Keating opened the door to the unexamined question of how we arrived at this point, both nationally and within the Labor Party.

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan: Could Josh Frydenberg still have a path to the Liberal leadership?

Frydenberg hasn’t declared whether he will run again for Kooyong, but he hasn’t lost his political ambition., Michelle Grattan writes.

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Grattan on Friday: Could Josh Frydenberg still have a path to the Liberal leadership?

One of those closely watching the extraordinary legal face-off between independent Monique Ryan and her former high-profile staffer, Sally Rugg, will be Josh Frydenberg, who lost Kooyong to the “teal” at last year’s election.

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