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• Moderates rally behind Ley's leadership as Albanese labels Liberal energy policy 'nonsensical' — as it happened

  16-11-2025 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley says she is not worried her leadership is on the rocks after a bumpy week for the opposition.
  
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• Live: PM says Australia seeking security in Asia 'more than ever'

  16-11-2025 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to talk up Australia's role a a middle power and herald the success of APEC, while also describing the nation as seeking security in Asia "more than ever". Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Moderates rally behind Ley's leadership as Albanese labels Liberal energy policy 'nonsensical'

  16-11-2025 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley says she is not worried her leadership is on the rocks after a bumpy week for the opposition. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Ley unbothered amid questions her leadership is terminal

  16-11-2025 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley says she is not worried her leadership is on the rocks after a bumpy week for the opposition. Follow live. 
  
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• Tony Abbott reveals reason behind silence in 2011 stare-off with journalist

  16-11-2025 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  In 2011, Tony Abbott was questioned over his use of the phrase "shit happens" when discussing the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan. Instead of responding, he stared at the journalist, fighting the urge to thump him. 
  
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• Abbott addresses unusual 2011 stare-off with journalist

  16-11-2025 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  In 2011, Tony Abbott was questioned over his use of the phrase "shit happens" when discussing the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan. Instead of responding, he stared at the journalist, fighting the urge to thump him. 
  
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• You thought climate was a Coalition problem, but Albanese may rue his enemy’s low ebb

  16-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Before Labor becomes too smug, it should heed the warning of its president, Wayne Swan: Complacency is “the handmaiden of decline”.
  
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• With crises all around, it’s time to reform federalism

  16-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s tax grab will surpass $1 trillion, but it is not buying a better future.
  
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• Mercedes, Ferrari’s future a bargaining chip as Australia talks trade with Europe

  16-11-2025 17:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia is using the lure of critical minerals fuelling BMW and Ferrari’s future production of green vehicles as it tries to land a new trade deal.
  
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• Overgoverned, overtaxed and overcomplicated: How Australia was set up to fail

  16-11-2025 17:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Our three levels of government will collect a record $1 trillion in taxes this year, but the federation is failing.
  
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• What is the point of moderates in the Liberal Party?

  16-11-2025 09:30 via smh.com.au
  
  No one would pretend that resigning from the frontbench is an easy decision to take. But as Julian Leeser proved, you can come back.
  
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• ‘I didn’t agree to that’: The proposal that triggered uproar in the Coalition party room

  16-11-2025 08:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The fossil fuel quarrel emerged as the final battle for Moderates in their failed campaign to save net zero emissions targets. 
  
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• Yes, your energy bills have gone up. Turning net zero into a culture war will send them higher

  16-11-2025 05:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Some politicians may want to pretend that climate change isn’t happening. But the costs of not acting are only going to keep rising.
  
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• Yes, your energy bills have gone up. No, a culture war won’t bring them down

  16-11-2025 05:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Some politicians may want to pretend that climate change isn’t happening. But the costs of not acting are only going to keep rising.
  
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• Yes, your energy bills have gone up. A phony culture war won’t bring them down

  16-11-2025 05:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Some politicians may want to pretend that climate change isn’t happening. But the costs of not acting are only going to keep rising.
  
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• Yes, your bills have gone up. A bogus culture war won’t bring them down

  16-11-2025 05:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Some politicians may want to pretend that climate change isn’t happening. But the costs of not acting are only going to keep rising.
  
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• Yes, your bills have gone up. A bogus culture war on net zero won’t bring them down

  16-11-2025 05:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Some politicians may want to pretend that climate change isn’t happening. But the costs of not acting are only going to keep rising.
  
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• Coalition plans to strip climate from energy operator's objectives

  16-11-2025 05:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition would reduce emissions "year on year" considering the "real performance" of other developed countries and strip climate from the objectives of the nation's energy operator under a plan negotiated between the Liberals and Nationals.
  
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• Government considers dramatic intervention to save Tomago smelter

  16-11-2025 04:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government is considering a power-purchase agreement with Tomago to supply electricity at a stable price, after warnings the smelter may need to close because of rising power costs.
  
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• Wong won't put price tag on COP31 as final host decision looms

  16-11-2025 01:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Foreign Minister Penny Wong has refused to say how much it would cost Australia to hold the COP31 climate conference, as negotiations over hosting rights enter the final stages.
  
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• More than 10,000 children poisoned by free school meals in Indonesia

  16-11-2025 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite thousands of cases of food poisoning, Indonesia's government intends to expand a controversial program giving schoolchildren free meals.
  
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