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Police allowed Nazi rally outside NSW parliament More than 60 people attended Saturday morning’s rally after notifying police more than a week ago. The police commissioner said he had no idea it was going to happen.

NSW Police and the state government are investigating how neo-Nazis were allowed to hold a rally against Jewish groups outside parliament on Saturday morning, after the group first notified police of their plans more than a week ago.

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Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia

More good news, for aussies this time 🦘

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Australia news live: SA police wind up search for missing four-year-old; US politicians ‘evangelical’ about Aukus, Conroy says Follow live

"At a congressional level, I was meeting with senior leaders who were evangelical about the importance of #AUKUS"

Oh FFS, Conroy. *Of course* the yanks love a 'deal' where we pay billions, and they can give us nada.

To quote Trump: "suckers and losers". #auspol
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Call this a geriatric rant if you wish, but at 90, I’ve decided enough is enough I’m fond of King Charles but, on my significant birthday, I must declare: I am not his subject. I owe him no allegiance.

NO KINGS!
The Australian perspective... "The British themselves would not accept an Australian as a head of state, and it is time we declared at that level who we are, at last."

Thank you,Thomas Keneally!
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The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the PRRT.

‘Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free higher education… we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.’

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Thousands of Australian uni students will now receive $331 a week for practical placements. But not everyone’s happy Teaching, nursery, midwifery and social work students to benefit, as government urged to expand eligibility and increase pay to minimum wage

Nursing, midwifery, social work and teaching students will receive government support while on prac placements from 1.7.25.

It's a great idea to support young people while they undertake mandatory training - sometimes hundreds of kms from home.
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In Australia, Donald Trump’s 1986–87 bid to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected after police warned the New South Wales government of potential ties to organized crime, according to cabinet records revealed in 2017.

1 July changes: minimum wage, Centrelink payments, parental leave, road fines and everything else coming for the 2025-26 financial year New financial year means improved benefits for the less well off, and cameras that can see drivers using their phones * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A wage increase for low-paid workers, changes to superannuation and significant reforms to the pension are part of sweeping changes being made on 1 July. The end of the financial year is typically when state and federal governments change a range of legislation, implementing new policies. This year there is a lot happening so let’s take a look at the big-ticket items. Continue reading...

1 July changes: minimum wage, Centrelink payments, parental leave, road fines and everything else coming for the 2025-26 financial year

Australia’s trade minister says Trump plan to double steel and aluminium tariffs to 50% ‘not the act of a friend’ Don Farrell says US president’s latest tariffs announcement ‘an act of economic self harm’ and he will continue to advocate for their removal * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s trade minister, Don Farrell, has described Donald Trump’s trade tariffs as “unjustified and not the act of a friend”, after the US president announced he would double import duties on steel and aluminium to 50%. Trump told a steelworkers rally in Pittsburgh that raising the tariff would “even further secure the steel industry in the United States. Nobody is going to get around that.” Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Australia’s trade minister says Trump plan to double steel and aluminium tariffs to 50% ‘not the act of a friend’

Boards have a tougher choice to make from today if they get hacked Ransom payments to cybercriminals will now have to be disclosed via a government portal, putting companies under extra pressure.

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Well done Australia 🇦🇺👏👏👏

Australia's largest gas project approved for operation to 2070 The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf proje...

Australia's largest oil and gas project will continue until 2070, making a complete mockery of fake aspirations for "net zero emissions" by 2050.

This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago.

Nobody voted for this.

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China is now the biggest debt collector in the developing world, report says Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report from Australia's Lowy Institute.

Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report from Australia's Lowy Institute.

🧵Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 21 April to 4 May 2025

🔹COVID notification rates highest in NSW, lowest in WA

🔹Hospital admissions increased: COVID +25.8%, flu +22.5%, RSV +39.3%

🔹COVID was the leading cause of deaths across 2023-2025

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Australia is set to be a renewables nation. After Labor’s win, there’s no turning back Under a Labor government, coal and gas have a fast-declining role to play in Australia’s energy mix – and nuclear has none at all.

The election result also means the debate about energy policy is now, in broad terms, over. Australia’s energy future is wind and solar, backed by storage.

Australia is set to be a renewables nation. There is no turning back now.

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3h ago 06.50 AEST Flu vaccination rates ‘dire’, expert warns Natasha May Natasha May Experts are urging people to get vaccinated for the flu this season with cases already relatively high for this time of year in all jurisdictions. Prof Julie Leask from the University of Sydney said the flu is the “underdog of infectious diseases”, in that people underestimate its severity. As a result, flu vaccination coverage remains perpetually low, with current data showing the national rate for people above 65 years of age receiving flu vaccines is only 62%, and far lower for other age groups. These vaccination rates are “dire” and not improving, Leask says. Flu vaccination needs to be a habit for Australians, with data showing once they receive a vaccine one year, they tend to continue it the next, so it is important for healthcare workers to encourage patients to initiate that habit, Leask said. Prof Patrick Reading, the director of WHO collaborating centre for reference and research on influenza based at the Peter Doherty Institute for infection and immunity, said flu case numbers in Australia between January and April have already been higher than usual in all jurisdictions. However, experts cannot predict the severity of the upcoming flu season as the virus is so unpredictable that an early peak does not always predict greater severity, Reading said. Leask said “it’s always a bad flu season because it results in hospitalisations and deaths”, but the more people can receive recommendations, reminders, and easy access to flu vaccines, the better.

Australia: Flu vaccination rates ‘dire’, expert warns.

"Current data showing the national rate for people above 65 years of age receiving flu vaccines is only 62%, and far lower for other age groups."

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Nothing stands the way of Labor and ambitious, progressive reform The big question now is whether the second term Labor government will make the big changes that Australians clearly want and need.

What the Liberals do next is important to them & irrelevant to Australia. ALP has a big majority in the House, and with the Greens have a majority in the Senate. The Liberals are a minor party in waiting

It’s time to crack on and get big stuff done. My column
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How did the cost of living get so bad? These graphs show how prices skyrocketed The election may be over, but cost of living is still front of mind for Australians. These graphs show how we got here and what the new government has to do to rein in rising prices.

No, "Australia" is in not in "a cost-of-living nightmare".
For many, inflation is no biggie.

We're in a poverty and inequality nightmare.

If the media and political class only focus on the cost of things, and not structural problems, we'll never properly tax wealth.
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a blue flag with red white and blue stars is flying in the wind ALT: a blue flag with red white and blue stars is flying in the wind

Nice job, Australia!

See you soon 🦋💙

I'm on my way. >>> Australia

#BREAKING 🚨 6 News projects Labor will win the most seats and be returned to government in either minority or majority

Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seat

NEWS: Labor Party has won Australia's national elections today, defeating their conservative opponents.

So Labor will continue leading the country for a second term. The right was leading in the polls in 2024 and early 2025, when the lead reversed — in part due to Trump, just like in Canada.

Australia federal election live: PM Albanese hails 'vote for Australian values' after landslide election win Anthony Albanese's left-leaning Labor Party has won an outright majority in parliament, according to the latest counting

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Let's not mess this up #Australia 🤞

Federal election 2025 live: Australia polls open, voting begins; Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton on election day campaign for Labor and Coalition – latest news Voting booths open across Australia as last polls suggest Albanese set to be re-elected as Australian prime minister. Follow today’s news live * Polls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorer * Party policies; Micro parties explained; Full election coverage * Listen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Under a perfect blue sky perhaps more reminiscent of home than the customary grey of London, ex-pats in Britain have been queueing up to vote at Australia House. The wait to cast a ballot has been up to 30 minutes with the line snaking out of the entrance and up and down the pavement. Continue reading...

Federal election 2025 live: Australia polls open, voting begins; Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton on election day campaign for Labor and Coalition – latest news

Every Australian should be concerned about the activities of these Brethrens - and exactly what they are expecting in return for the assistance they give to the LNP #auspol

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