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5.7 Million Aussies Vote Early—Democracy Gets a Head Start

Turns out Aussies can be punctual—at least when it means dodging election-day queues and snagging an early democracy sausage. A record-smashing 5.7 million Australians have...

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Dutton Nukes Climate Budget, Shouts 'Jobs!' Like That’s a Spell

Peter Dutton just announced a $30 billion energy policy and it’s giving “Mad Max with spreadsheets.” The Coalition’s new climate plan cuts clean energy like...

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AUKUS Ain’t It, Mate—We’re Buying Submarines for a War We’ll Watch on...

Let’s get this straight: AUKUS is sold to us like it’s Marvel’s Phase 5 of defence strategy. Nuclear-powered subs, defence tech transfers, joint military operations—it...

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Albo’s Winning by a Landslide, Still Cosplaying Underdog in a High-Vis...

Anthony Albanese is steamrolling the Coalition in every poll like a tradie on a sugar high—84 seats projected to the Coalition’s sad little 47—but you’d...

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Labor Set to Annihilate Coalition Like It's 1946 and Dutton Invented P...

If elections were sporting events, this one’s shaping up like a televised beheading. The latest YouGov poll has Labor annihilating the Coalition in a landslide...

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Dutton Drops $10B Cuts Like It’s a Party Trick and We’re the Piñata

Peter Dutton just pulled a $10 billion disappearing act—and surprise! It’s your public services that got vanished. In the most chaotic budget reveal since someone...

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Albo’s $8B Medicare Blitz: 24/7 Health While Dutton Crashes the Ambula...

Anthony Albanese just went full Oprah on Medicare—“You get a hotline! You get a GP! You get 24/7 bulk billing!”—dropping a cool $8 billion on...

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Clive Palmer's Text Tsunami: Australia's Newest Digital Menace

Clive Palmer is back—like a ghost in your phone plan—blasting out unsolicited political texts with the subtlety of a chainsaw alarm clock. Australians from Broome...

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Albo and Dutton's Defense Duet: Who Can Spend More?

Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese just turned the election into an arms race—literally. With Defence now the hottest campaign accessory, both leaders are hurling billions...

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Dutton Buys 28 Jets, Still Can’t Land a Plan

Peter Dutton just dropped a casual $17 billion on 28 new F-35 fighter jets—a purchase so wildly tone-deaf it might as well have come with...

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Dutton Hits 15th Servo, Still No Policy in Tank

At this point, Peter Dutton’s campaign strategy seems to be: fill up at every servo in Australia and hope voters mistake it for a plan....

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Albanese and Dutton Clash Over National Security Policies Ahead of Ele...

It's a political arm-wrestle over who can flex their national security muscles more convincingly. With the election looming like a bad sequel, Anthony Albanese and...

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Albo and Dutton Trade Insults Like It’s Prime-Time Reality TV

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton faced off last night and honestly, if you tuned in hoping for leadership, you clearly haven't been paying attention. The...

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Trump Claims '200' Tariff Deals, Phone Call with China's Xi in Wide-Ra...

Donald Trump took a break from speedrunning indictments to grant an interview this weekend, where he casually boasted about securing "200" tariff deals and having...

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Micro-Parties Multiply Like Rabbits—Senate Ballot Now a Political Zoo

Australia’s federal election ballot just turned into a chaotic family reunion nobody asked for, starring Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party (which, let’s be honest, is...

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Veterans Told to Ditch Uniforms in Election Campaigns

The Defence Department has politely—but firmly—reminded veteran candidates: politics is not a costume party. In a memo drenched in bureaucratic restraint, military brass told former...

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Nuclear? Yeah Nah, Say Aussies with Glowing Confidence

Peter Dutton might be dreaming of a nuclear-powered Australia, but most Aussies just want their power bills lower without needing a Geiger counter. A brand-new...

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Coalition's EV Tax Break U-Turn: From 'Not Touching' to 'Scrapping' in...

If political backflips were an Olympic sport, the Coalition just stuck the landing with a double-twist EV dismount. Just two days after assuring Australians they...

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Labor's $1.2 Billion Bet on Rocks: Critical Minerals Reserve Announced

Labor’s just invested $1.2 billion into what can only be described as the world’s bougiest rock collection. The government has announced a national stockpile of...

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Dutton's Defence Dollars: $21B Not Just About China, Promise!

Peter Dutton just whipped out a $21 billion defence package and swears—pinky promise—that it’s not all about China. Sure, it includes missile upgrades, cyber capabilities,...

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Leaders' Debate Turns into 'Liar, Liar' Match; Truth Still Missing

Australia tuned in for the third leaders' debate hoping for substance and maybe—just maybe—a policy. Instead, we got a live-action reboot of Mean Girls: Canberra...

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Albanese and Dutton Debate: Who Can Interrupt More Politely?

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton faced off in a debate that was less “vision for the nation” and more “MasterChef: Passive Aggressive Edition.” Albo, clutching...

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Dutton's 'Drugs and Thugs' Crackdown: Coalition's Election Pitch

Peter Dutton is reaching deep into the 1990s playbook, blowing the dust off “law and order” and giving it a steroid injection for 2025. His...

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Dutton Proposes Tax Breaks for Startups

Peter Dutton has dusted off the economic fairy dust and is now pitching himself as the Startup Whisperer. At the Sydney Royal Easter Show—because what...

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Labor Vows to Protect Penalty Rates

In a move that says, “we remember who actually works weekends,” Anthony Albanese has pledged to enshrine penalty rates in law if Labor wins re-election....

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Australia Advocates for Citizen Detained by Russia

When a Melbourne man joins the Ukrainian military and ends up in Russian custody, things get real complicated, real fast. Oscar Jenkins—ex-schoolteacher turned foreign fighter—was...

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Next Leaders' Debate Scheduled

The second leaders' debate between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is set for tonight, April 16, at 8pm AEST. Hosted by...

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Dutton's Right-Wing Shift Draws Comparisons to Trump

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's recent policy positions have drawn comparisons to former U.S. President Donald Trump. Critics point to Dutton's stances on immigration, public service...

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Debate Over Negative Gearing Intensifies

Nothing gets Aussie politicians sweating like someone whispering “negative gearing” into a microphone. The latest debate has flared up like a barbecue at a rental...

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Preferences Could Impact Key Electorates

If you thought your first-choice vote mattered most—bless your heart. In 2025, preferences are the real kingmakers, and they’re messier than a group project at...

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Clive Palmer's New Party Preferences Teal Independents

Clive Palmer has risen from the political ashes once again—now blowing his own “Trumpet of Patriots,” which is either a party name or a rejected...