<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Politics - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Politics news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-au</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[How changes to self-managed super funds are driving new property fears]]></title><description><![CDATA[The budget contained a string of measures aimed at the property market. But builders believe one that affects self-managed super funds will hurt construction.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/how-changes-to-self-managed-super-funds-are-driving-new-property-fears/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/how-changes-to-self-managed-super-funds-are-driving-new-property-fears/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor’s duty of care policy will extend to big AI firms. Here’s what it means]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labor wants to appear front-footed ahead of the party&rsquo;s national conference, when activists will seek AI intervention.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/labors-duty-of-care-policy-will-extend-to-big-ai-firms-heres-what-it-means/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/labors-duty-of-care-policy-will-extend-to-big-ai-firms-heres-what-it-means/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best of cartoons, July 20, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/best-of-cartoons-july-20-2026/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/best-of-cartoons-july-20-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three key policies up for debate at Labor’s national conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government will consider a change to energy policy that would save $2.5 billion a year while debating Labor&rsquo;s stance on the Israeli government.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/three-key-policies-up-for-debate-at-labors-national-conference/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/three-key-policies-up-for-debate-at-labors-national-conference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Hanson’s supporters examine all her policies, what they find could ‘horrify’ them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even Hanson&rsquo;s &ldquo;devotees&rdquo; may think twice about voting for her after reading the fine print.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/when-hansons-supporters-examine-all-her-policies-what-they-find-could-horrify-them/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/when-hansons-supporters-examine-all-her-policies-what-they-find-could-horrify-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1947, the census asked if you had a flushing toilet. This is what it will ask this year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every five years, Australia goes through a national headcount. Seven years of planning has gone into the August 11 census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/in-1947-the-census-asked-if-you-had-a-flushing-toilet-this-is-what-it-will-ask-this-year/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 04:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/in-1947-the-census-asked-if-you-had-a-flushing-toilet-this-is-what-it-will-ask-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of WA's key policies are up in the air with minister's resignation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residents in WA's north have been left with a slew of unanswered questions relating to crime and justice in the wake of long-serving WA government minister Paul Papalia's resignation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/some-of-was-key-policies-are-up-in-the-air-with-ministers-resignation/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/some-of-was-key-policies-are-up-in-the-air-with-ministers-resignation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senior Liberal rubbishes Abbott's 'failed' multiculturalism claim]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senator Andrew Bragg says he "strongly" disagrees with the recently elected Liberal Party president, who claims diversity is "not a strength".&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/senior-liberal-rubbishes-abbotts-failed-multiculturalism-claim/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/senior-liberal-rubbishes-abbotts-failed-multiculturalism-claim/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview with Andrew Bragg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Patricia Karvelas interviews Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg on multiculturalism, Pauline Hanson&rsquo;s stance on transgender people&rsquo;s rights, AI, negative gearing, housing prices and immigration.&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/interview-with-andrew-bragg/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/interview-with-andrew-bragg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Future of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a new policy framework to address concerns about AI.&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/future-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/future-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strange case of One Nation’s ‘living soul’, Malcolm Roberts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long before Malcolm Roberts became a One Nation senator, he was referring to himself as a &ldquo;living soul&rdquo; and arguing he wasn&rsquo;t required to obey Australian laws.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/the-strange-case-of-one-nations-living-soul-malcolm-roberts/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/the-strange-case-of-one-nations-living-soul-malcolm-roberts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions of solar panels go to landfill. Why aren’t they recycled?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal government has been slammed for allowing an &ldquo;indefinite delay&rdquo; to in its push to reuse the valuable components that currently are junked.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/millions-of-solar-panels-go-to-landfill-why-arent-they-recycled/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/millions-of-solar-panels-go-to-landfill-why-arent-they-recycled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanson risks losing everyday Australians while busy with the richest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many voters are unhappy with the hand they feel successive governments have dealt them and no-one has tapped into that better than Pauline Hanson.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/hanson-risks-losing-everyday-australians-while-busy-with-the-richest/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/hanson-risks-losing-everyday-australians-while-busy-with-the-richest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanson faces rough political seas beyond the Mediterranean]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many voters are unhappy with the hand they feel successive governments have dealt them and no one has tapped into that better than Pauline Hanson.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/hanson-faces-rough-political-seas-beyond-the-mediterranean/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/hanson-faces-rough-political-seas-beyond-the-mediterranean/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egalitarianism faces a new threat, and it may be too late to stop it]]></title><description><![CDATA[With artificial intelligence invading every aspect of our lives, the only guiding political principle now is that nothing is certain.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/egalitarianism-faces-a-new-threat-and-it-may-be-too-late-to-stop-it/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/egalitarianism-faces-a-new-threat-and-it-may-be-too-late-to-stop-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Countdown begins for the census. Fingers crossed it goes well]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every five years, Australia goes through a national headcount. Seven years of planning has gone into the August 11 census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/countdown-begins-for-the-census-fingers-crossed-it-goes-well/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/countdown-begins-for-the-census-fingers-crossed-it-goes-well/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albanese’s Labor has created a fortress in Canberra. Some within the party don’t like it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labor&rsquo;s national conference will take place late next week. It&rsquo;s a far cry from the event it once was.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/albaneses-labor-has-created-a-fortress-in-canberra-some-within-the-party-dont-like-it/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/albaneses-labor-has-created-a-fortress-in-canberra-some-within-the-party-dont-like-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albanese once took on his own frontbench. Now he’s in charge, that would never happen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labor&rsquo;s national conference will take place late next week. It&rsquo;s a far cry from the event it once was.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/albanese-once-took-on-his-own-frontbench-now-hes-in-charge-that-would-never-happen/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/albanese-once-took-on-his-own-frontbench-now-hes-in-charge-that-would-never-happen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government baulks at removing religious motivation from terror laws in Islamophobia response]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government has overlooked some of the most contentious recommendations to tackle Islamophobia.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/government-baulks-at-removing-religious-motivation-from-terror-laws-in-islamophobia-response/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 04:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/government-baulks-at-removing-religious-motivation-from-terror-laws-in-islamophobia-response/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regulating AI is like catching smoke, warns Christopher Pyne]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former Defence Minister Christopher Pyne tells David Lipson artificial intelligence is the most significant development since the nuclear weapon.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/regulating-ai-is-like-catching-smoke-warns-christopher-pyne/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/politics/regulating-ai-is-like-catching-smoke-warns-christopher-pyne/</guid></item></channel></rss>