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• 150,000 words, zero guarantees: Bullock’s high-stakes interest rate revolution

  27-09-2026 20:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Michele Bullock has faced 22 press conferences, answered 600 questions and uttered 150,000 words since becoming RBA governor. One word matters most.
  
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• Treasurer defends inflation record as 15-year interest rate high looms

  28-09-2026 06:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The government has celebrated a deficit $6 billion lower than the May forecast but warned there are tough times ahead for households.
  
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• Live: Treasurer unveils $6b budget improvement ahead of expected rate hike

  27-09-2026 23:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers unveils a $6 billion improvement to the federal government's forecast deficit. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Treasurer to unveil $6 billion improvement to federal budget ahead of expected interest rate hike

  27-09-2026 23:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers will today unveil a $6 billion improvement to the federal government's forecast deficit. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Treasurer to unveil $6 billion improvement to federal budget

  27-09-2026 23:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers will today unveil a $6 billion improvement to the federal government's forecast deficit. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Chalmers warns of difficult months ahead

  27-09-2026 23:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers unveils a $6 billion improvement to the federal government's forecast deficit. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Chalmers warns difficult months ahead as rate rise expected

  27-09-2026 23:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers unveils a $6 billion improvement to the federal government's forecast deficit. Follow live. 
  
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• The ‘new Byron Bay’ favoured by Pauline Hanson and her most powerful aide

  27-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader owns property locally and billed taxpayers for two visits this year. But it is home turf for her party director - and future pilot - James Ashby.
  
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• Is anybody really in charge? Why Angus Taylor might be ready to seize his last chance

  27-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Between the wildfires of AI and inflation, voters are left with a sense that no one is in command. Inflation, in particular, could work as Taylor’s ally.
  
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• Australian preacher linked to notorious Sydney cleric urges followers to ‘take up arms’

  27-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The emergence of a preacher linked to Wissam Haddad, who was associated with Bondi gunman Naveen Akram, will place renewed focus on extremism 10 months after one of Australia’s worst terror attacks.
  
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• Best of cartoons, September 28, 2026

  27-09-2026 13:36 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Chalmers to announce $6b budget boost as interest rates set to hit 15-year high

  27-09-2026 11:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The Reserve Bank is widely expected to make its fourth hike of the year on Tuesday, raising the cash rate to 4.6 per cent to address sticky inflation.
  
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• Chalmers to announce $6b budget boost as interest rates set to hit 15-year-high

  27-09-2026 11:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The Reserve Bank is widely expected to make its fourth hike of the year on Tuesday, raising the cash rate to 4.6 per cent to address sticky inflation.
  
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• Labor senator’s extra staffer told to pay back $12,000 hire car bill

  27-09-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  A senior adviser that some backbenchers think shouldn’t be working for senator Tammy Tyrrell has been audited by parliament’s expenses watchdog.
  
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• OpenAI breach proves need for more data centres, major parties say

  27-09-2026 03:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor, Coalition agree OpenAI's Medicare breach proves the need for Australia to secure "a seat at the AI table" by rolling out data centres nationally.
  
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• How Australia's defence force is turning AI into a 'silicon commander'

  26-09-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Militaries across the world, including Australia, are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence to pilot drones and analyse intelligence. But experts worry "automation bias" could be creeping in. 
  
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• Ghost Bats and Maven Smart: How AI is transforming Defence

  26-09-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Militaries across the world, including Australia, are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence to pilot drones and analyse intelligence. But experts worry "automation bias" could be creeping in. 
  
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• 'Insidious money grab': Aspiring candidates slam One Nation processes

  26-09-2026 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Former One Nation candidates reveal they’re walking away from the party after witnessing its operations behind closed doors.
  
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• Families scramble to find childcare after visa slowdown hits au pairs

  26-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The international au pair industry is the latest to be hit by Labor’s migration changes.
  
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• Albanese got the gong, but misogyny is the real global citizen

  26-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s a brave woman who dares to challenge the left-leaning orthodoxy.
  
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• Albanese’s trip to the UN was more than selfies with leaders. Now he needs to convince voters

  26-09-2026 02:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister has several foreign trips in coming months. He will need to explain to voters why rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders matters.
  
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• Why Australia simply cannot afford to miss this AI wave

  25-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  For future prosperity and security, and to have any real influence over the big beasts of AI, Australia must convince them to train their models here.
  
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• Exclusive Brethren leader calls Jews ‘wicked’, ‘infidel’ as Liberals remain silent

  25-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The leader of the church, which secretly campaigned for the Coalition at the election using neo-Nazi associates, has described Jews as evil in leaked sermons.
  
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• ‘Cooked’: This $1.1b data centre mirrors Melbourne’s much wider conflict

  25-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Victoria’s new data centre rules won’t apply to this city edge proposal, exposing a planning vacuum driving community backlash across outer Melbourne.
  
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• One Nation defends $56k party spent on Ashby shed as ‘unconventional’ fundraiser

  25-09-2026 09:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The minor party’s general manager assured members the “unconventional” endeavour would benefit the party.
  
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• Anti-China Activists Protest Against Xi Jinping’s US Visit

  25-09-2026 04:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Uyghur and pro-Tibet protesters gathered outside the White House where Donald Trump was hosting Xi Jinping. 
  
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• The moment Australia’s immigration program went off the rails

  25-09-2026 03:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Behind the headlines, a little-known legislative instrument was implemented a decade ago that would have a profound impact on Australia’s immigration program.
  
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• Albanese takes aim at AI, tells ‘middle powers’ to unite in half-filled UN assembly

  25-09-2026 03:16 via smh.com.au
  
  In a speech pitching Australia as a voice for smaller nations, the PM said the international system couldn’t allow technology and power to dictate the future.
  
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• Man shot during Trump assassination attempt at 2024 rally dies

  25-09-2026 02:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The 76-year-old was struck in the arm and abdomen at the event in Butler, Pennsylvania — the wounds leaving him with lingering injuries that forced him to walk with a cane.
  
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• Taylor signals support for changing laws to charge OpenAI over hack — as it happened

  24-09-2026 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor has signalled the Coalition would be open to changing laws following the OpenAI hack.
  
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