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Labor has promised fast action to cut student debt, but arts students will have to wait for lower fees

Labor says the debt reduction will apply before 3.2% indexation is applied to HELP loan balances on June 1 this year.

Death of the public university and the leadership crisis

No wonder both the public and public reason are pushed to the peripheries of policymaking.

Why Anthony Albanese’s presence at Pope Leo’s inauguration is shrewd politics

Albanese has lately spoken of “reconnecting” with his Catholic heritage. He called the election of the US-born pontiff “momentous” for believers and non-believers alike.

India’s strategic decimation of Pakistan resets global geo-political military matrix despite legacy media propaganda

Having enemy assets embedded within the media establishment could prove disastrous if the war was to ever reach home.

Likely final House seat outcome: 94 Labor, 44 Coalition, 12 Others

Bad as this result is for the Coalition, they would be lucky to win three seats (Longman, Bradfield and Goldstein) by less than a 50.2–49.8 margin.

Soon, your boss will have to pay your wages and super at the same time. Here’s how everyone could benefit

The Super Members Council claims one in four Australians are missing out on the correct amount of superannuation contributions.

From nuclear to nature laws, here’s where new Liberal leader Sussan Ley stands on 4 energy and environment flashpoints

Ley has argued Australia needs to keep gas in the system for longer, rather than “trying to do everything with renewables.

Truth, trauma, and the power of remembering: Fiji’s path to healing

The legacy of that system still lives in the bones and bloodlines of Fiji’s people, shaping identity, relationships, and national narratives.

Dumped minister Ed Husic labels Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles ‘factional assassin’

Husic, the only Muslim in the cabinet, in part blamed his outspokenness on Gaza for his demotion.

India’s military and diplomatic win with Operation Sindoor sets the tone for new doctrine against terrorism

It appears that the successful strikes by India on important military bases like Rahim Yar Khan and Sarghoda was perhaps the final nail in the coffin for Pakistan to stop its dangerous and escalatory behaviour.

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Roshena Campbell emerges frontrunner for Liberal Western Metro ticket as Dinesh Gourisetty decides not to contest

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Pauline Hanson loses Federal Court appeal in Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi’s racial discrimination case

The judges acknowledged that political debate often involves robust language but said that does not exempt public commentary from Australia's anti-discrimination laws.

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