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• EU proposes using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine

  03-12-2025 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Belgium is pushing back on a European proposal to use frozen Russian assets to help financially support Ukraine.
  
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• Marles says he is 'working through' AUKUS review from the US – as it happened

  03-12-2025 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The acting prime minister says the United States is fully supportive of AUKUS and has thanked it for providing a review.
  
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• Live: Marles says he is 'working through' AUKUS review from the US

  03-12-2025 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The acting prime minister says the United States is fully supportive of AUKUS and has thanked it for providing a review. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Marles says he is 'working through' a AUKUS review from the US

  03-12-2025 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The acting prime minister says the United States is fully supportive of AUKUS and has thanked it for providing a review. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Marles says 'completely supportive' US has sent Australia AUKUS review

  03-12-2025 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The acting prime minister says the United States is fully supportive of AUKUS and has thanked it for providing a review. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Marles says Australia will stay with Ukraine for 'as long as it takes'

  03-12-2025 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says Australia will stay with Ukraine for as long as it takes, after announcing an additional $95 million in military assistance. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Marles says Australia will stay with Ukraine 'as long as it takes'

  03-12-2025 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says Australia will stay with Ukraine for as long as it takes, after announcing an additional $95 million in military assistance. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Coalition urges Burke to explain meeting ahead of women returning from Syria

  03-12-2025 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition urges the home affairs minister to explain a meeting he held with an NGO ahead of the return of women who travelled to Syria with partners of ISIS. Follow live.
  
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• Today marks the unofficial start of the teen social media ban

  03-12-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Today marks the unofficial start of the teen social media ban. Here's everything you need to know.
  
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• The teen social media ban is here. Here’s what you need to know

  03-12-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Today marks the unofficial start of the teen social media ban. Here's everything you need to know.
  
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• Child sexual abuse victims face anxious wait for redress via official scheme

  03-12-2025 19:45 via abc.net.au
  
  An independent audit of the National Redress Scheme has found wait times are increasing and causing significant distress to survivors of child sexual abuse.
  
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• Australia leaves the fate of its ISIS brides to the American army

  03-12-2025 19:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Documents released in Senate estimates show the 37 Australian women and children could be extracted from Syria by the US military with one simple move by Australia.
  
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• Australia leaves the fate of its IS brides to the American army

  03-12-2025 19:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Documents released in Senate estimates show the 37 Australian women and children could be extracted from Syria by the US military with one simple move by Australia.
  
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• Three things show Albanese's score on trust and integrity

  03-12-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite holding a commanding position, Anthony Albanese knows the global trend of sliding trust in government isn't one to be taken lightly.
  
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• Labor set to make major intervention to keep gas in Australia

  03-12-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The government is under pressure to keep ailing smelters, concrete makers and plastics firms alive, as well as keep a lid on household power bills.
  
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• Albanese won the integrity election and delivered a mixed scorecard

  03-12-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite holding a commanding position, Anthony Albanese knows the global trend of sliding trust in government isn't one to be taken lightly.
  
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• WA's surrogacy, IVF laws overhauled as legislation passes parliament

  03-12-2025 12:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Same-sex couples, single people, transgender and intersex West Australians will be able to access assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy, almost a decade after reforms were first promised.
  
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• Best of cartoons, December 4, 2025

  03-12-2025 12:51 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Australia targets Putin’s shadow fleet in bid to starve Russian war machine

  03-12-2025 12:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of oil tankers in Russia’s “shadow fleet” will be hit by Australian sanctions as the federal government announces its first military support package for Ukraine in over a year.
  
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• Fuel security warning as Australia's oil reserves fall short of global standards

  03-12-2025 10:10 via abc.net.au
  
  With just two refineries left and 80 per cent of liquid fuel being imported, experts are warning Australia is increasingly vulnerable to global supply shocks.
  
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• Australia's reliance on fuel imports is leaving the country exposed

  03-12-2025 10:10 via abc.net.au
  
  With just two refineries left and 80 per cent of liquid fuel being imported, experts are warning Australia is increasingly vulnerable to global supply shocks.
  
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• Social media companies warned to comply with upcoming under-16s ban

  03-12-2025 10:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The government today warned social media companies could expect $50 million fines if they fail to kick children off their platforms. Jacob Greber reports. 
  
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• Coalition has 'no confidence' social media ban will work under Labor

  03-12-2025 08:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says Australia's social media ban will not work under Labor, as the federal government rejects YouTube's claim it will make kids "less safe". 
  
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• The optics on these $94,000 flights are terrible, but the timing is even worse

  03-12-2025 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s the simple scandals – the ones voters can explain to each other in a supermarket queue – that bring ministers undone.
  
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• Wells’ Big Apple trip suggests something beginning to rot at the core

  03-12-2025 06:40 via smh.com.au
  
  A ministerial trip to sell Australia’s teen social media ban in the US raises questions about government integrity.
  
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• Anika Wells on whether the social media ban could extend to children aged over 16

  03-12-2025 06:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Communications Minister Anika Wells didn't rule out increasing the age children will be allowed on social media platforms.
  
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• With her eye-watering flight costs, Wells has handed her critics the perfect weapon

  03-12-2025 05:58 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s the simple scandals – the ones voters can explain to each other in a supermarket queue – that bring ministers undone.
  
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• How to prepare yourself and your child for the social media ban on December 10

  03-12-2025 05:34 via abc.net.au
  
  From December 10, young people will lose access to part of their online world. Here's how to support them.
  
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• How to prepare you and your child for the social media ban

  03-12-2025 05:34 via abc.net.au
  
  From December 10, young people will lose access to part of their online world. Here's how to support them.
  
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• Minister refuses to explain $100,000 New York flights to spruik social media ban

  03-12-2025 05:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Taxpayers footed almost $100,000 for flights and $70,000 for an event during Communications Minister Anika Wells’ trip to New York in the days after the Optus outage.
  
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• Could the social media ban increase from 16 to 18?

  03-12-2025 04:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Communications Minister Anika Wells didn't rule out increasing the age children will be allowed on social media platforms.
  
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• War Memorial director blames ‘communication breakdown’ for book-prize saga

  03-12-2025 04:07 via smh.com.au
  
  The War Memorial’s governing council rejected celebrated journalist Chris Masters’ book about war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith despite an independent judging panel choosing him as the winner.
  
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• Economy grows as businesses sink cash into the future

  03-12-2025 02:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s GDP grew by a less-than-expected 0.4 per cent in the September quarter, but there are more signs the private sector is supporting the economy.
  
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• Future Fund under fire for business class hotel research trip and Disneyland visit

  03-12-2025 02:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt sent his executive assistant on a business class trips overseas to inspect hotel rooms.
  
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• Stadium minister Eric Abetz holds press conference with CFMEU

  03-12-2025 01:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's stadium minister and former federal politician Eric Abetz reflects on holding a press conference standing alongside the CFMEU — the construction union he has spent decades in the Senate attacking.
  
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