Numerous hurdles block Dutton’s nuclear pathway
Letters

Numerous hurdles block Dutton’s nuclear pathway

The CSIRO/AEMO GenCost report has said for years,including during the time of Coalition governments,that wind and solar are the cheapest form of new energy for Australia,even when considering additional integration costs such as energy storage and transmission. Nothing has changed.

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Coalition meltdown casts doubt on Dutton’s nuclear plan
Editorial
Nuclear energy

Coalition meltdown casts doubt on Dutton’s nuclear plan

Paul Sakkal reports that the Liberal and National parties are at odds over the selection of six sites for proposed nuclear facilities,delaying the release of the Coalition’s policy blueprint.

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Sliding to a crisis:These numbers show Labor cannot win on the vibe
Analysis
Australia votes

Sliding to a crisis:These numbers show Labor cannot win on the vibe

The old assumption about a Labor victory at the next election is well and truly out of date. The government is clearly losing the fight to hold wavering voters.

  • byDavid Crowe
Coalition rift emerges over Dutton’s nuclear plans
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Nuclear energy

Coalition rift emerges over Dutton’s nuclear plans

Concerns over political risk have slowed the opposition energy plan,casting doubt on the Coalition’s previous aim of announcing six possible nuclear sites before the May budget.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Labor vote falls to new low as Australians buckle under cost-of-living pressure
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Political leadership

Labor vote falls to new low as Australians buckle under cost-of-living pressure

Australians have cut their support for the federal government as they feel the financial damage from rising prices and higher interest rates,according to the Resolve Political Monitor.

  • byDavid Crowe
Zahid Safi was warned about the Liberals. Now,he is a candidate
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Australia votes

Zahid Safi was warned about the Liberals. Now,he is a candidate

The Afghan-born former refugee had only just arrived in Australia when he was told the man in a suit at his mosque was a candidate for the Liberals and they were against immigrants. A decade on,he wants to be the party’s first Muslim MP in federal parliament.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
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Musk’s X ignores Australia’s legal threats to take down ‘distressing’ stabbing content
Social media

Musk’s X ignores Australia’s legal threats to take down ‘distressing’ stabbing content

Political pressure on tech giants has grown throughout the week and leaders are fuming as misinformation and violent content continues to spread like “wildfire”.

  • byPaul Sakkal
For pity’s sake,it’s time to bring Assange saga to an end
Editorial
Assange saga

For pity’s sake,it’s time to bring Assange saga to an end

Julian Assange has always polarised opinion. Now,for some,his plight has evoked a sense of pity.

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Dozens of bouquets and hundreds of moments of sorrow:Inside Westfield Bondi Junction
Bondi Junction attack

Dozens of bouquets and hundreds of moments of sorrow:Inside Westfield Bondi Junction

Silence befell Westfield Bondi Junction on Thursday as its doors opened to the public for the first time since Saturday’s horror knife attack that killed six and injured more than a dozen.

  • byAnthony Segaert
MPs urge calm as attack brings up trauma for scarred migrant communities
Crime

MPs urge calm as attack brings up trauma for scarred migrant communities

As the nation remains in shock over the weekend’s Bondi murders,Peter Dutton on Tuesday wrote to Anthony Albanese offering rare bipartisan co-operation.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Reynolds breaks silence over Lehrmann judgment,vows to pursue Higgins
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Defamation

Reynolds breaks silence over Lehrmann judgment,vows to pursue Higgins

Former Coalition minister Linda Reynolds has vowed to proceed with her own civil case against Brittany Higgins and her partner David Sharaz.

  • byAngus Thompson andJesinta Burton