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Tony Abbott to be new federal president of the Liberal Party
The former prime minister has been nominated unopposed.
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Do Australians really ‘work half the week’ just to pay their income tax? See for yourself
Do some people work ‘Monday, Tuesday, and half of Wednesday for yourself, and then Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for the government’? No, they don’t.
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Rising rents and ‘death taxes’: why wild claims after the budget don’t actually make sense
Some budget commentators have missed the mark entirely. Let’s bust some myths and set the record straight.
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What should ‘foundational supports’ look like for people ineligible for the NDIS?
A lot has to go right for the $37.8 billion in NDIS savings to be delivered without leaving disabled people to fall through the cracks.
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Why Australia’s cuts to news services in the Indo-Pacific are a failure of soft diplomacy
As authoritarian influence and disinformation grow across the Indo-Pacific, Australia is still failing to back one of its strongest assets: trusted journalism.
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The far right is surging in France, Germany and parts of Europe. What will this mean for Ukraine?
There are long-term questions regarding support for Ukraine if far-right populists win more power in the EU’s most powerful states.
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Mowing the lawn: the colonial ghosts haunting our suburban ritual
In this extract from his newly published essay collection, the author traces the imperial British origins of a quintessential Kiwi chore.
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French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local provincial elections
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The French National Assembly has voted to allow “native” voters to take part in New Caledonia’s local provincial elections scheduled for next month. However, the French parliament’s Lower House also refused to include their “spouses”, just like the Senate did two days earlier. Amid debates in
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Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping, hijacking’ of Gaza flotilla activists
By Beyza Binnur Donmez in Strasbourg Spanish Member of the European Parliament Irene Montero has accused the European Union (EU) of failing to protect European citizens aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israel, directing sharp criticism at the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas during a plenary session on the Middle East. Addressing Kallas in
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AI can design cities, but can it understand what matters to people? 10 ways to keep humans in control
Urban design depends heavily on human judgment and field-based understanding.
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Anzac Day 2026: how the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance
From real to cloth to plastic and now virtual, the poppy demonstrates how material objects become imbued with profound meaning over time.
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Luxon lives on as leader. Public perception is a tougher challenge
Research shows the most effective leaders are good listeners and aware of their own biases. Above all, people must believe they are ‘one of us’.