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One Nation dumps Victorian election candidate who praised Adolf Hitler as ‘GOAT’
Party disendorses Preston candidate Franco Guardiani after social media posts emerge
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Victorian Liberals do preference deal with One Nation as Labor snubs Greens in key inner-city seat
Labor to run open ticket in Prahran, hurting Greens’ chances, as Coalition and One Nation plan to preference each other above Labor
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Californians reject wealth tax for billionaires
Proposition 40 targeted Californian billionaires with a 5% tax on their total wealth, including assets such as shares as well as income.
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California voters defeat billionaire tax proposal that divided Democrats
The novel proposal would have charged billionaires a one-time 5% tax on most of their overall wealth, including their ownership in companies.
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Donald Trump doubles down on defense of Pete Hegseth and attacks fresh effort to impeach him – as it happened
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California voters fail to pass proposed one-time tax on billionaires’ wealth
Campaign over Prop 40, as measure was known, was most expensive in state history, flush with Silicon Valley dollars
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Senate advances bill to speed up projects from gas pipelines to clean energy
Key environmental groups come out against bipartisan Baaja bill over fears it could spur datacenters and ICE jails
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Cameroon sets date for twice-delayed legislative and local elections
President Paul Biya, the world's oldest leader, sets February 7 for Cameroon's delayed legislative and local polls.
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Senate advances bill to speed up permit reviews for infrastructure projects
Chamber voted 73-25 to formally take up bill that will shorten timelines to start energy and datacenter projects
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Chris Bowen faces a titanic task at Cop31. What will it take for the world to make the climate crisis its top priority?
Whether the global community can bring itself to name fossil fuels as the cause of the climate emergency will be at the centre of debate in Antalya
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US supreme court clears way for Trump’s border wall in Texas’s Big Bend
Ruling said law enacted by Congress reflects preference for border control over environmental and recreational harm
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Trump says US war in Iran ‘effectively over’ as he plays down escalation concerns
President, after talks with Qatari PM, suggests end to war coming ‘fairly soon’ and military escalation not needed
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