
Josh Butler
Reporter at The Guardian Australia
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Josh Butler
America’s “retreat” from its role on the global stage on issues such as climate change and foreign aid is reshaping the world’s political order, Anthony Albanese says, warning it is unclear what the consequences would be for the Pacific region and Australia. In an expansive interview with Guardian Australia’s Full Story podcast, Albanese pledged his second-term government would go further on addressing gambling harms and violence against women if re-elected at the 3 May poll.
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theguardian.com | Nour Haydar |Josh Butler |Allison Chan |Miles Herbert |Camilla Hannan |Hannah Parkes | +1 more
Presented by Nour Haydar with Josh Butler. Produced by Allison Chan and Miles Herbert. Additional production by Eelemarni Close-Brown Sound design and mix by Camilla Hannan. The Executive producer is Hannah ParkesThu 17 Apr 2025 06.36 EDTWith two weeks to go until polling day, the prime minister speaks to Full Story.
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theguardian.com | Josh Butler
Two and a half weeks into the campaign, two and a half to go, two TV debates down, and we still have question marks about how Peter Dutton would act as prime minister. Trailing in the polls and slipping further behind Anthony Albanese, Dutton needs to start nailing the few nationally-televised media opportunities he gets, in order to colour in some of the details the voting public wants to know about him.
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theguardian.com | Josh Butler |Ariel Bogle
Anthony Albanese and his team were confronted by two men associated with the fringe rightwing “freedom” movement at their Melbourne hotel overnight, with one man who claimed responsibility saying they just “walked straight through the lobby door”.
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theguardian.com | Josh Butler |Tory Shepherd
Anthony Albanese has accused Peter Dutton of “verballing” Indonesia’s president around questions over Russian military encroachment in the region, slamming the Liberal leader for “extraordinary overreach” before the facts were clear. Senior ministers also came out swinging against the opposition leader on Wednesday for “reckless” comments, with the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, saying Dutton had “fabricated” a statement from the Indonesian president, Prabowo Subianto.
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