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'I know it seems a bit weird': Liberals pass motion backing 'noble mission' of the APS

Mark Parton wants to fix the party's messaging.

The Canberra Times

Five things you need to know from the first week of estimates

Estimates restarts on Tuesday after explosive first week.

The Canberra Times

'Out of touch': businesses blast ex-PM's budget backing

Labor luminary Paul Keating has been panned as "out of touch" with the modern realities of owning a business after backing controversial tax changes.

AAP

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Rail project axing pulls 'economic rug' from regions

The Nationals have urged the federal government not to scrap billions of dollars of funding for the inland rail project ahead of the federal budget.

AAP

‘We’re coming after those other seats’: Pauline Hanson jubilant as One Nation wins Farrer byelection

David Farley secures One Nation’s first lower house win after Coalition vote collapses and Angus Taylor says Liberals will take ‘hard lessons’ from result

The Guardian - AU

‘Not a fix’: the three questionable ideas politicians are pitching to solve Australia’s fuel crisis

Excise cuts, coal-to-liquid fuel and greater use of ethanol have been floated as options to combat price and supply pressures – but experts say cutting fossil fuel dependence is key

The Guardian - AU

Coalition calls for cut to fuel tax as price woes mount

Cutting battery and EV subsidies would help pay for a coalition plan to halve the fuel excise amid a surge in oil prices caused by the Iran war.

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Coalition promises 'beautiful' unity after messy splits

New Nationals leader Matt Canavan has promised to work closely with his Liberal counterpart in a reunited coalition, despite possible policy disagreements.

AAP

Afternoon Update: Canavan to lead Nationals; Iranian football squad member changes mind on asylum offer; and the world’s fattest parrot

Matt Canavan wants ‘more Australian everything’ – including babies, farming and fossil fuel-powered barbecues

The Guardian - AU

'Hyper-Australia': Nationals leader targets One Nation

The new leader of the Nationals has outlined his plan to take on One Nation after being elected to the top job following David Littleproud's shock resignation.

AAP

Nationals push for tripling paid parental leave to 18 months and lowering Hecs debt for mothers

Exclusive: The party is trying to shape Coalition policies with attempt to widen appeal to women and young people

The Guardian - AU

Greens urge Labor to stop treating children detained in Syria camp like ‘disposable political pawns’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

'Delaying tactic': fresh bid to save coalition in doubt

The Liberals and Nationals appear to be on the brink of a more permanent break-up, with no compromise reached after days of negotiations.

AAP

Nationals confident Coalition will unite by election

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley continues attempts to reunite the coalition, while the Nationals declare they won't be held to random deadlines.

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Party elder pleads for Nationals to stop the infighting

The Nationals must put aside their grievances and target being an effective opposition, a former deputy prime minister and party leader says.

AAP

Ley's leadership in peril as Nationals jump off wagon

With the coalition breaking up for a second time due to its "untenable position," Sussan Ley's hold on the Liberal leadership appears to be slipping.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Nationals senators resign from frontbench; new poo balls on Sydney beach; and billionaires call for super-rich tax

Opposition leader accepts resignations of Ross Cadell, Bridget McKenzie and Susan McDonald and asks Littleproud to nominate three new frontbenchers

AAP

Nationals quit front bench en masse after policy split

The coalition is on life support after eight Nationals frontbenchers quit the shadow cabinet in protest after the resignation of three of their colleagues.

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The Guardian - AU

Coalition in crisis as entire Nationals frontbench quits after division over Labor’s hate speech laws

David Littleproud and seven other frontbench colleagues resign their positions after Sussan Ley accepted resignations from three Nationals senators

The Conversation

Albanese announces national gun buyback scheme

Australia will see the biggest gun buyback since the 1990s, after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a national scheme on Friday.

AAP

Travel expenses saga takes flight as PM defends rules

A senator's taxpayer-funded travel to a netball match is among the latest travel expenses of federal politicians to go under the microscope.

The Guardian - AU

Jane Hume renews push to lift nuclear energy ban – as it happened

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Kirk the name on many lips at conservative conference

A number of speakers at a Conservative Political Action Conference heartily praised assassinated American activist Charlie Kirk.

The Guardian - AU

Gold bullion, racehorses and a saxophone: the strangest assets declared by Canberra’s new parliament

A handful of politicians have property overseas including Tanya Plibersek, while just 1.8% of parliamentarians declared a Hecs debt

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge

There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown

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