Australian politics
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Greens acrimony: Bob Brown unloads on Lee Rhiannon and NSW partyFormer Greens leader says NSW Greens are lagging behind other parts of the country and the party needs to ‘move on’ from Rhiannon
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Katharine Murphy on politics Hurt feelings: why did Malcolm Turnbull send Kevin Rudd mixed messages?
The PM was given the final call on Rudd’s candidacy for the UN job and he lined up with conservatives. It’s quite the flipHurt feelings: why did Malcolm Turnbull send Kevin Rudd mixed messages? -
Kevin Rudd says Malcolm Turnbull reneged on previous support for UN jobRudd releases letters he says show the prime minister had supported his candidacy for UN secretary general, before ultimately refusing to back him
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Australia's PM fails to endorse predecessor Kevin Rudd for UN jobRudd was hoping to succeed Ban Ki-moon as UN secretary general but PM Malcolm Turnbull says he is not suited to the role
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Former chief justice named as head of Northern Territory juvenile detention inquiryCommission to report by 31 March on treatment of children in the youth detention system and whether its oversight was adequate
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Turnbull to make captain's pick on whether to nominate Rudd for UN secretary generalCabinet has decided the prime minister can make the call on whether or not to endorse the former Labor prime minister to lead the United Nations
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Tasmanian Senate result an early indicator of eventual upper houseFinal result suggests preferences will be critical in other states, with One Nation poised to benefit, and allays concern voters would vote just one
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New Zealand experts warn Australia data-driven welfare 'abuses and brutalises'In 2012 New Zealand introduced a new welfare system based on data collection. Australia is now planning to do the same, to the horror of experts who say it harms rather than helps the most needy
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Malcolm Turnbull signals likely challenge in Herbert after Labor claims victoryPrime minister says ‘there may well be’ a challenge to the result in Queensland seat during interview with Alan Jones
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Josh Frydenberg: Australia's use of coal is falling 'and that is not a bad thing'The new energy and environment minister tells Katharine Murphy the market can be trusted to cut emissions without more changes to Direct Action
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Abbot Point coal terminal ownership still missing from Adani Ports' annual reportAdani Ports disowns $2bn port for third year in a row despite it being registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
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Northern Territory detention inquiry must address racism, say Indigenous advocatesAmnesty says it’s ‘not a mistake that this is happening to Indigenous children’, and that Aboriginal people have been raising abuse concerns for decades
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NT royal commission 'should also include children in immigration detention'Human rights advocates say inquiry should be expanded to including ‘all children deprived of their liberty by the Australian government’
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Immigration detention doctors challenge Border Force Act's secrecy clause in courtSection 42 carries a two-year jail term for anyone who makes an ‘unauthorised disclosure’ about conditions in the camps
Heart of modern politics is on the city fringes, says Turnbull's urban thinker