Australia

Australia’s free trade deal with Britain set to be derailed

Australia’s much touted free trade deal with the UK promising Aussies cheap cars, clothes and booze is set to be derailed with a British parliamentary committee labelling it hasty, lacking and done in secret. The ambitious deal, which had cricket great Sir Ian Botham as its public face, was supposed to unlock more than $A18 billion in bilateral trade and ...

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Albanese rebukes Bandt over Australian flag move

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on Greens leader Adam Bandt to “reconsider his position” on removing the Australian flag from his press conferences. Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rebuked Greens leader Adam Bandt for his position on the Australian flag and called for him to “reconsider”. Mr Bandt had the Australian flag removed from the background of his ...

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Hobart’s Macquarie Point development progress in 10 years ‘appalling’, PM Anthony Albanese says

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged the Tasmanian government to “get on with” developing prime land on Hobart’s waterfront that he poured tens of millions of dollars into when he was last in government a decade ago. The federal and state Labor governments signed an agreement to develop Macquarie Point in 2012, with Mr Albanese, then the infrastructure minister, committing ...

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Sledges, allegations and scuffle alleged in One Nation senator lawsuit

A former One Nation Senator has told a court he did nothing wrong by firing multiple staff, including one dubbed “numbnut”, publicly naming a woman accusing him of sexual harassment as well as allegedly “goading” another leading One Nation figure before taking out an AVO against him. Former Senator Burston is suing One Nation founder and leader Pauline Hanson for ...

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Albanese promises fresh review to kick Chinese firm out of Darwin Port

A fresh review into the Chinese ownership of the Port of Darwin will be conducted, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, amid ongoing calls from defence experts for the lease to be terminated on national security grounds. The port’s Chinese owner, Landbridge, is facing fresh uncertainty after a Defence Department review commissioned by the Morrison government last year reportedly found no ...

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Tanya Plibersek compares Peter Dutton to Voldemort

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has responded to Tanya Plibersek’s sledge against Coalition leader-in-waiting Peter Dutton, saying he was ‘dead serious’ in wanting a change in Australia’s political discourse. LISTEN NOW Senior fedral Labor MP Tanya Plibersek has made a stunning sledge at the appearance of Coalition leader-in-waiting Peter Dutton, comparing him to a Harry Potter villain. With Queensland-based Mr Dutton ...

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Identities of Alameddines’ alleged ‘Merrylands crew’ before court

More than a dozen alleged members of the “Merrylands crew’’ of the Alameddine crime family have appeared in court, after being arrested and charged during widespread raids. Police claimed they had skewered the ranks of the powerful alleged crime network, marching 18 men into police holding cells following raids on 29 properties across western Sydney. Bail applications were refused for ...

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Anthony Albanese picks up newspaper ahead of TV interviews

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has emerged from his Marrickville home this morning to scoop up a NewsCorp Australia newspaper from his front porch. The new PM donned a playful pair of striped blue Peter Alexander pyjamas with rabbit illustrations – from the luxury sleepwear brand’s 2018 Easter campaign – to pick up a copy of The Australian delivered to his ...

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Penny Wong: China’s Pacific plan is ‘clear’ but so is Australia’s intention to be regional partner of choice

As China pursues Pacific-wide security pact, foreign minister says ‘after a lost decade we’ve got a lot of work to do to regain Australia’s position’ Australia has responded to reports that China is pursuing a Pacific-wide security pact with almost a dozen nations, stating that while Beijing’s intentions were clear “so too are the intentions of the new Australian government” ...

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Anthony Albanese’s ‘very positive’ exchange with French President Emmanuel Macron

Newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has had a “very positive” conversation with the French President in a sign relations between the two countries could be thawing. The freshly-minted Australian leader confirmed while speaking on Sky News on Thursday that Emmanuel Macron reached out shortly are his election victory. Though, he said he would not be “leaking” the details of ...

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