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Australia news live: Queensland Labor ahead in Stafford byelection despite large swing

Anthony Albanese,** is in Melbourne today and doing a press conference at about the same

Australia news live: Peter Hollingworth dies aged 91; one dead and four injured in Sydney shooting

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Australia news live: Penny Wong rebukes Israel over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ treatment of flotilla activists

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Australia politics live: speculation teals may form new party; Gaza flotilla activists arrive home

Anthony Albanese](/australia-news/anthony-albanese) - [Angus Taylor](/australia-news/angus-taylor) - [David Pocock](/australia-news/david-pocock) - [Zali Steggall](/australia-news/zali-steggall) - [Allegra Spender](/australia-news/allegra-spender

Labor MPs expect eventual concessions for startups after backlash to CGT changes

Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers. Guardian Australia spoke to a number of Labor MPs nationwide

Soft toys, memes and a movie villain: Labor tries to simplify the message but selling a budget isn’t child’s play

Anthony Albanese and [Jim Chalmers](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/jim-chalmers--australian-politician-) could do worse than following the example

Australian government plans for ‘worst-case scenario’ retail fuel rationing, documents reveal

Anthony Albanese, [publicly ruled out the need for fuel rationing](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/26/australian-petrol-stations-surge-in-fuel-demand-government-plan-for-energy-crisis). Bowen said

State-sponsored apprenticeships and decriminalising cannabis on the bill at Victoria’s Labor conference

Anthony Albanese is expected to attend on Saturday, after missing last year’s event. Meanwhile

Australian flotilla activists arrive home alleging sexual assault and beatings in Israeli detention

Anthony Albanese](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/anthony-albanese). Nine of the 11 Australians who joined more than 400 people

‘Grossly unfair’: Meta slams Australia’s bid to make platforms pay for news

Anthony Albanese unveiled the plans in April, pledging to “back Australian journalists and Australian news

Australian ex-minister launches crowd-funded inquiry into Aukus submarine deal

Anthony Albanese said the government welcomed "appropriate oversight and transparency" of the submarine deal. One of the issues

Jacinta Allan says Pauline Hanson ‘chooses to barrack for bullies’ over ‘ditch the witch’ billboard

Anthony Albanese and the Victoria opposition leader, Jess Wilson, also condemned the billboard. But Hanson

Ed Husic calls on Labor to establish ‘red line’ on Israel’s actions, including treatment of flotilla activists

Anthony Albanese have condemned the actions. Israel has denied allegations of mistreatment, claiming all prisoners

Tony Abbott backs One Nation preference deal and says Liberals can’t just be a ‘little less woke than Labor’

Anthony Albanese, said the Liberals, Nationals and One Nation were now “indistinguishable”. “The problem for [Angus

One Nation, six farcical explanations and no clearer understanding of its housing policy

Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor front up to media interviews and press conferences multiple times

Richard Scolyer, cancer researcher and former Australian of the year, dies aged 59

Anthony Albanese said the world had lost “one of our brightest lights and one of our biggest

Pauline Hanson is becoming a problem for Labor – but her focus on battlers could be her kryptonite

Anthony Albanese](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/anthony-albanese) publicly admitted his “worry” about the rise of One Nation

Has Marles bowed to Trump’s wishes on defence spending? The figures are as clear as mud

Anthony Albanese played down the demands from Washington. Spending decisions, they said, would not be based

Fire breaks out at crucial Australian refinery, raising fuel supply fears

Anthony Albanese, currently visiting Malaysia, said on Thursday that Australia had secured an additional supply

No ‘specific request’ to help US in strait of Hormuz, Marles says, as Trump repeats criticism of Australia

Anthony Albanese, said it was a question for Trump. “There’s been no new requests