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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took a jab at the WA Liberals for ‘promoting division’

Federal PoliticsCommentsPM slams WA Liberals as ‘insensitive’ for Price fundraiser

Anthony Albanese has slammed the WA Liberals as “insensitive” for headlining senator Jacinta Price at a fundraiser in an Indian community centre after she made controversial remarks about the diaspora.

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Jacinta Price at the Indian Community Centre, Willeton

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Price addresses ‘clumsy’ comments at Perth fundraiser

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has admitted her comments about the Indian community were ‘clumsy’, days after she was dumped from the Coalition frontbench over the controversy.

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Pacific Island leaders including Australias Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (front row, 2nd from right) pose for the family photo in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

CLIMATECommentsPM says he’ll ‘act in Australia’s interest’ on gas project

Anthony Albanese has rejected suggestions approving a major gas project off WA will jeopardise Pacific relations and declared he will ‘act in Australia’s interests’ despite criticism from Vanuatu.

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Ms Ley dumped Senator Price from the Opposition frontbench on Wednesday evening.

Federal PoliticsComments‘Knives not being sharpened’ for Ley, insists Hastie

Liberal leadership contender Andrew Hastie insists ‘the knives are not being sharpened’ for Sussan Ley as his colleagues openly telegraph their desperation to move on from the Jacinta Price debacle.

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Sussan Ley said there was a ‘longstanding, bipartisan, (and) non-discriminatory’ approach to migration, and appeared to reject senator Jacinta Price’s comments. NewsWire/ Martin Ollman

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsLey apologises to Indian community for Jacinta Price saga

It comes after more than a week of fallout from the Northern Territory Senator making controversial remarks claiming Labor were bringing in Indian migrants to boost their vote. 

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Federal PoliticsCommentsIs Albanese set to backtrack on Pacific climate plan?

Anthony Albanese has used the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum to hint his Government may pursue less ambitious reductions in his soon-to-be released 2035 climate target.

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Anthony Albanese is set to double down on his economic record in a fresh effort to win over business heavyweights.

PoliticsCommentsAlbanese says he’ll lead a ‘focused, reforming government’

Anthony Albanese has told Australia’s largest employers that he plans to lead a ‘focused, reforming government’ of ‘delivery’ but stressed that reforms must be clearly justified and proven to deliver benefits.

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Minister for Aged Care and Seniors, Sam Rae.

Federal PoliticsSam Rae dodges questions on home care overhaul

Aged Care Minister Sam Rae has avoided repeated questions whether the Federal Government’s initial delay in rolling out desperately-needed home care packages was due to financial pressures. 

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The Opposition Leader branded a senator’s claims Labor was taking in Indian migrants to shore up their supporter base as ‘wrong’.

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsLiberal’s internal row heats up over Price’s Indian remarks

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has accused the Liberal party of undermining women as internal row heats up over controversial remarks she made about the Indian diaspora. 

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Richard Marles and Penny Wong have arrived in Tokyo for high-level talks with Japan, marking the twelfth engagement between Australian and Japanese defence and foreign ministers.

DEFENCECommentsWong says Australia-Japan must lead Indo-Pacific coalition

Richard Marles and Penny Wong have arrived in Tokyo for high-level talks with Japan, marking the twelfth engagement between Australian and Japanese defence and foreign ministers.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken with Donald Trump for the fourth time since the US President was re-elected.

Federal PoliticsVideoCommentsAlbanese’s call with Trump ‘warm and constructive’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken with Donald Trump for the fourth time since the US President was re-elected, but there’s still no word of a meeting.

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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price poses with an Australian Flag at Parliament House in Canberra.

Federal PoliticsCommentsLey distances Liberals from Jacinta Price rows

New Liberal recruit Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has sparked twin controversies over migration and patriotism, leaving leader Sussan Ley and colleagues to answer about her conduct.

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