Exclusive: Tony Burke also introduced legislation to add sabotage, promotion of communal violence and serious threats to Australia’s border security to the rules Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news
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Technicalities of case mustn’t stop Albanese government from bold action on emissions before problems of climate change are visited upon communities closer to home Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter
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Only once we invest in compulsory civics, media and digital‑literacy education across our secondary schools should we consider allowing younger people to vote Every few years, Australia resurrects the idea of lowering the voting age to 16 – usually prompted by a
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As the International Court of Justice prepares to deliver a long-awaited climate advisory opinion, the Law Report explores the Federal Court ruling that Australia’s government does not have a legal responsibility to protect Torres Strait islands from the impacts of climate change.
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Voters deserve to know the fight between Gisele Kapterian and Nicolette Boele is being resolved with the fairness integral to Australian elections Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian has appealed her narrow loss to Nicolette Boele in Bradfield to the court of disputed returns.
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Former Queensland judge ‘believed he was acting in the public good’ when he leaked report on Bruce Lehrmann’s prosecution to journalists, court hears Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news
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They don’t do it for money, and pregnancy takes a toll. So why do women lend their wombs to carry a baby for strangers they’ve met online? Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email As I walk out of Hobart airport’s small
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In Australia, ‘what is death’ and other legal definitions, such as what constitutes human tissue, have not kept up with advances in medical science and technology. Read More Law Report
Exclusive: Labor Friends of Palestine concerned by Jillian Segal’s recommendation government adopt IHRA’s contested definition of antisemitism Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A “groundswell” of Labor rank-and-file
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This week the jury in Erin Patterson’s months-long triple-murder trial returned a verdict of guilty on all charges. But rather than draw a line under a case that has fascinated the public, the verdict seems to have only fuelled interest and spawned
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