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While women express fear and anger over the many already murdered this year, national cabinet’s resolutions have failed to confront the ways in which activities such as sport, gambling and drinking can exacerbate male violence.

As Labor confronts Peter Dutton’s success in the polls, research is shaping how they will characterise him – from his police career to his investment properties to his time as health minister.

Labor is looking past ailing polls as it lays the policy groundwork for the next election, while strategists and pollsters say even a minority government may be tough to secure.

Australia owes its press freedom to a former convict, whose battle with local authorities to publish without censorship ultimately ruined him but paved the way for others.

Albanese hikes Kokoda Track with PNG prime minister. Modi calls India’s Muslims ‘infiltrators’. Trump’s ‘catch and kill’ media strategy.

Having pushed for nuclear power as a signature energy policy, National MPs are now divided over where to build reactors – which will be disproportionately located in their seats.

Two horrific stabbing incidents with two very different explanations – one mental health, the other terrorism – demonstrate the disconnect between how violence affects women and how it is treated by authorities.

The Albanese government’s new defence strategy fails just as badly as previous documents, conflating two unreconcilable responses to China.

As media companies including News Corp prepare for more redundancies following the loss of payments from Facebook, the government fears the platform will leave Australia entirely.