Politics
$9.3 billion: Chalmers lands the surplus double in third budget
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will attempt to reduce cost pressures on Australians while investing in a new manufacturing future in his third budget on Tuesday.
- by Shane Wright
Cut reliance on Chinese and Indian students, government tells universities
- by David Crowe and Daniella White
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Asylum seekers
Third boat arrival detected in a week, but no one taken to Nauru
- by Angus Thompson and James Massola
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Labor to unveil university racism review
- by Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion & Perspectives
Cumberland Council should reverse its same-sex library book ban
One councillor against the book ban says it contradicts Cumberland’s motto of “Welcome, Belong, Succeed”.
The Herald's View
Editorial
Both Albanese and Dutton believe they’re on the right track. But one of them must be wrong
The difficulty in politics is that at some point – and you never know when – the risk calculus flips. Tomorrow’s budget might tell us if we’re there yet.
Sean Kelly
Columnist
The overhaul that Australian workplace culture urgently needs
Pregnancy discrimination is not only still occurring, its incidence appears to be increasing.
The Herald's View
Editorial
Federal
Cut reliance on Chinese and Indian students, government tells universities
University chiefs are being told to channel international students into courses that fill Australian skills shortages, deepening a dispute over federal plans to cap their annual intake.
- by David Crowe and Daniella White
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NSW
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NSW Votes
Stolen ballot boxes, corrupt officials: The fake information targeting NSW voters
- by Alexandra Smith
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Political leadership
Liberals’ new game plan to take on teals – and it involves women
- by Alexandra Smith
Victoria
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Victorian budget
Hospitals put on notice: no bailouts if budgets blow out
- by Broede Carmody, Aisha Dow, Kieran Rooney and Annika Smethurst
Pokies will close six hours a day, but gambling losses are expected to increase
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
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Public housing
Building unions, Labor branches clash with state on housing towers demolition
- by Kieran Rooney and Royce Millar
Queensland
Perspective
Government
Queensland’s Aldi version of a supermarket pricing probe takes full flight
- by Matt Dennien
Western Australia
What West Australians think of the state budget
- by Hamish Hastie, Sarah Brookes, Holly Thompson, Jesinta Burton and Peter Milne