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Travel warning for Jewish visitors to Australia after synagogue attack
Anthony Albanese announced a new taskforce to tackle antisemitism, but a US-based Jewish human rights organisation still issued a warning.
- by Chip Le Grand, Paul Sakkal and James Massola
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The Indigenous flag is an easy target for Dutton when he’s kicking down
The opposition leader’s decision to start a debate about the Indigenous flag comes just as he is about to reveal the cost of his nuclear policy. That timing is revealing.
- by David Crowe
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Wong defends criticism of Israel, rebukes Dutton
Penny Wong says Australia expects Israel to comply with international law in the same way it expects authoritarian regimes such as Russia and China to do so.
- by Matthew Knott, Josefine Ganko and Nick Bonyhady
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Immigration
Voters back migration cuts as Dutton retreats on target
Labor seized on the move to accuse Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of dumping a promise he made in May.
- by David Crowe
‘Lost his voice’: Dutton criticises Jewish MP over government’s antisemitism response
Labor’s Josh Burns said he “couldn’t care less” about Peter Dutton’s remarks, and they would not stop him standing up for the Jewish community.
- by James Massola and Josefine Ganko
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Dutton takes the lead, but is he defying gravity?
The opposition leader is now ahead in the opinion polls at a time of deep unrest over the cost of living when he has no significant public plan to fix the problem.
- by David Crowe
Political split: Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres go their separate ways
Bedrock political couple call time after more than 15 years.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
The Coalition told the CSIRO to redo its nuclear report. It’s bad news for Dutton
Peter Dutton’s Coalition wanted new modelling on the cost of nuclear energy. The CSIRO obliged, but the opposition leader won’t like the results.
- by Mike Foley
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Antisemitism
‘I fear the next attack will be worse’: former Labor minister’s warning on antisemitism
PM Anthony Albanese said he personally believed the firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue was a terrorist attack, as he hit back at claims he had failed to tackle antisemitism.
- by Matthew Knott
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The PM says Labor has your back. Most voters don’t believe him
Almost 60 per cent of voters also believe they are worse off than when Labor came to power at the last election.
- by David Crowe
Father of the year joins teals as independents target 30 seats
Ben Smith will aim to become the first male teal MP at the next federal election, as Climate-200 backed independents seek to claw more power from the major parties.
- by Paul Sakkal