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Critics accuse Anthony Albanese of caving in to bookies and TV networks over proposed reforms on gambling advertising. Now the prime minister faces discontent in his own Labor Party.


The housing market is cooling after Labor’s budget, raising hopes for buyers and risks for a government wary of price politics.


Labor is seizing on signs Pauline Hanson’s surge may have a shelf life, as new polling shows the Coalition sliding and voters cooling on One Nation.


A new NIMBY backlash over data centres threatens to complicate Labor’s bid to position Australia as a global AI infrastructure hub.


A collapsing primary vote, a Pauline Hanson insurgency and persistently shaky Question Time performance have put Angus Taylor on the back foot.


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