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Michelle Griffin

Michelle Griffin is Federal Bureau Chief

Anika Wells seeks urgent meeting with Roblox over predator claims

The popular online platform was carved out of Australia’s social media bans even though police have said it has been used by sadistic gangs and extremists.

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Nationals leader David Littleproud and Liberals frontbencher Tim Wilson.

Wilson compares Littleproud gamble to Joyce lying on Canberra footpath

Liberal frontbencher Tim Wilson says David Littleproud’s decision to take the Nationals out of the Coalition has fallen flat, likening it to Barnaby Joyce’s drunken night on a Canberra footpath two years ago.

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A majority of Australians now support Australia Day remaining on January 26, a change from two years ago.

Even Gen Z wants to keep Australia Day date: poll

Support for January 26 as the national day has climbed over the past three years and seven in 10 Australians now want to keep the date.

  • Nick Newling and Michelle Griffin
Kevin Rudd in Washington in October.

Labor insiders jostle for plum US posting after Rudd resignation

Frontrunners for the post include former ministers Joel Fitzgibbon and Stephen Conroy, who once called Trump “moronically stupid”.

  • Matthew Knott, Michael Koziol and Michelle Griffin
Elon Musk’s net worth rebounded after he left the White House following a public falling-out with Trump.

Time to get off X, prime minister. It’s repulsive

Now would be a great time for the federal government and the opposition to review their use of the platform they condemn.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Chalmers ends energy rebates as budget bites

The Albanese government’s $300 power bill subsidy will be scrapped at the end of the year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced.

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Katter has served as the member for Kennedy (earlier named Flinders) for 50 years.

Katt and the hat: Portrait celebrates Katter’s 50 years – from Joh to Albo

Early rumours that Katter would attend the event in his inflatable pig suit were dashed, but the veteran MP still provided colour.

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Julian Leeser

Pro-Voice Liberal says referendum defeat gave the party ‘a false sense of confidence’

Julian Leeser, who campaigned for the Yes vote, says he was shocked the Coalition kept campaigning on the Voice when Australians just wanted to move on.

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Who will die on season three of the White Lotus: (clockwise from left) Belinda (Natasha Rothwell), Greg/Gary (Jon Gries), Victoria (Parker Posey), Gaitok (Tayme Thapthimthong), Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Timothy (Jason Isaacs).

Goodbye Gaitok or bye-bye Belinda: Who will die in The White Lotus’ final episode?

For seven episodes, season three of The White Lotus has kept audiences captivated with its central murder mystery. But who did it and who dies? We take a guess.

  • Meg Watson, Karl Quinn, Thomas Mitchell, Michelle Griffin, Michaela Whitbourn and Katherine Scott
Grace Tame (right) greets Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancee, Jodie Haydon, at the Lodge while wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan “F--- Murdoch”.

Albanese criticises Grace Tame for her ‘F--- Murdoch’ T-shirt

The prime minister says the abuse activist and former Australian of the Year took the focus away from this year’s nominees.

  • Michelle Griffin and Millie Muroi