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Hundreds of high-risk children placed in care without full safety checks
The state inquiry into child safety has found one-third of young people in residential care are still with potentially unqualified care providers in 2026.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
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Marles hits out at ‘washed-up bureaucrats’ amid accusations of accounting tricks
Richard Marles warned Australia stands “at the foothills of a new nuclear arms race” in the Indo-Pacific and needed to spend more to defend itself.
- Matthew Knott
- Exclusive
- Middle East at war
Bigger fuel reserves, EV trucks on Labor’s agenda after ‘major shock’ prompts rethink
Energy Minister Chris Bowen said in an exclusive podcast interview with this masthead that the energy crisis was “more complicated and nuanced than drill, baby, drill”.
- Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
Cowardly and racist: Paul Keating assails Angus Taylor’s migration policy
The former prime minister has launched a scathing attack on Angus Taylor and the Coalition’s migration policy, saying it is racist and grounded in cowardice.
- Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
- Opinion
- Victorian election
What’s old can be new again in politics. Just ask Jacinta Allan ... and Goethe
New solutions is a buzz phrase littered through Jacinta Allan’s public statements. London to a brick says it will be Labor’s campaign slogan in November.
- Chip Le Grand
- Analysis
- Immigration
Tony Burke has chosen to take on Angus Taylor. It shows Labor also has stakes in this migration debate
Burke’s press conference, which delivered a point-by-point rebuttal of Taylor, was a rare move for a home affairs minister who tends to steer clear of the cameras.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Albanese offers Brunei food for fertiliser, fuel as farmers stop planting
The prime minister has used Australia’s food exports in a bid to boost fuel and fertiliser imports, as up to half of the nation’s grain growers may not plant a crop this season due to unprecedented price rises.
- Mike Foley
- Exclusive
- Sydney councils
Yvonne wanted to make a difference. Her mother’s dying wish inspired her to make a change
The City of Sydney’s first Aboriginal councillor tried unsuccessfully to topple Lord Mayor Clover Moore. Now she is eyeing a tilt at state or federal politics.
- Megan Gorrey
Australia joins strait-talking summit with France and UK, and without the US
Australia will join a summit organised by France and Britain, but excluding the US, to organise a coalition to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Matthew Knott and Michael Koziol
Queensland parliament under fire after MP’s death
The major parties trade accusations over the treatment of former MP Jimmy Sullivan and claims Queensland parliament became toxic.
- Cameron Atfield