Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 1 week ago
Successive governments have increased the tax on cigarettes and tobacco to drive down smoking rates — but having helped with one problem, it has contributed to another.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 1 week ago
The former SA opposition leader pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying or administering a drug that wasn't cannabis to another person.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 1 week ago
This week's story about Washington's group chat mix-up has prompted debate over what constitutes "war plans" and whether the material was classified. The Atlantic has now published the full chat.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 1 week ago
The Russian President reportedly wants Ukraine to cede territory his troops have never occupied as part of negotiations taking place to end the war, which continues to rage despite multiple summits.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 1 week ago
The White House expects the tariffs will raise $US100 billion in revenue annually and foster more domestic manufacturing.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 1 week ago
Politics is about principles and the opposition leader's decision to say no to a tax cut sends a signal.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 1 week ago
The opposition says it would repeal Labor's legislated tax cuts and instead halve the fuel excise for a year. Here's how that would work.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 1 week ago
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told radio hosts he will call a federal election "pretty imminently", adding that Australians — plus his caucus colleagues — are keen to "get on with it".
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 1 week ago
The journalist was added to a group chat that had officials in it, discussing a planned military operation in Yemen earlier this month.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation » 1 week ago
The Bureau of Meteorology says people in Giru, south of Townsville, should expect the Haughton River to top its major flood level — again — and keep rising as slashing rain continues across Queensland.
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