Guardian Essential poll: Australians want higher tax on gas exports and extension of petrol excise cut
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Guardian Essential poll: more Australians approve of Hanson’s party leadership than Albanese or Taylor’s
One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groupsGet our...
Australians will call ‘bullshit’ on green energy without clearer benefits, Rudd warns
Former prime minister says policies will lose support without continued lower prices, while Malcolm Turnbull points to some progress in USGet our brea...
Cheap spirits, pricey condoms: how war in the Middle East is shifting the way Australians spend
Beyond cutting back on driving, households are slicing deeper into their budgets, with some even forgoing healthcareFollow our Australia news live blo...
It costs $230 out-of-pocket to see a dermatologist. Many Australians go without – despite soaring skin cancer rates
Exclusive: Report shows cost of first appointment rose $20 in one year, with steeper rises in Western Australia, South Australia and TasmaniaGet our b...
Australians ‘uneasy’ about NDIS cuts amid $53bn in new defence spending, Mark Butler concedes
Minister tells Guardian Australia despite substantial changes to disability scheme, it will remain one of best support services ‘anywhere in the world...
Rental platform unnecessarily collected the data of millions of Australians, privacy commissioner finds
2Apply’s over-collection of personal information adds to the power of the real estate industry in the competitive rental market, Carly Kind saysFollow...
NDIS infiltrated by organised crime gangs using intimidation and threats of violence against Australians
Review recommends better use of NDIS data to identify repeat rorters and a requirement for providers to register with the governmentGet our breaking n...
‘Independent’ group Energy for Australians that ran anti-Labor ads received more than $1m from coal lobby
Coal Australia denies its donations to the ‘community-driven association’ amount to astroturfing, but critics accuse the group of misleading the publi...
