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• Zohran Mamdani vows to protect people of NYC at swearing-in ceremony

  01-01-2026 23:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Zohran Mamdani has vowed to protect the people of NYC during a swearing-in ceremony.
  
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• Best of cartoons, January 2, 2026

  01-01-2026 15:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Russia says 20 killed in Ukrainian strike in occupied Kherson region

  01-01-2026 14:26 via abc.net.au
  
  It comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is bringing the conflict "into the new year" with a barrage of drone strikes on the country's energy infrastructure.
  
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• Sydney and Melbourne house values dip on rate fears

  01-01-2026 14:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Finally, the combination of high house prices and the prospect of interest rate cuts may be taking some steam out of the nation’s property market.
  
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• Nation's biggest employer groups now support royal commission into Bondi attack

  01-01-2026 14:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Former Reserve Bank governors and CEOs are among more than 130 business leaders and prominent Australians calling for a Commonwealth royal commission in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
  
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• More than 130 business leaders call for Bondi attack royal commission

  01-01-2026 14:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's peak business lobby group issues a joint statement throwing support behind a federal royal commission into the Bondi terrorist attack.
  
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• More than 120 business leaders call for Bondi attack royal commission

  01-01-2026 14:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Former Reserve Bank governors and CEOs are among 125 business leaders now calling for a Commonwealth royal commission in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
  
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• More than 100 business leaders call for Bondi attack royal commission

  01-01-2026 14:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Former Reserve Bank governors and CEOs are among more than 130 business leaders and prominent Australians now calling for a Commonwealth royal commission in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
  
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• ‘A national crisis’: Scores of business leaders unite to back Bondi royal commission

  01-01-2026 13:59 via smh.com.au
  
  More than 100 prominent figures have signed an open letter calling for a national inquiry, heaping more pressures on the prime minister.
  
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• Albanese says security agency chiefs were the experts who advised against a royal commission

  01-01-2026 04:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s current Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay is the first government-appointed official to publicly back demands from the Jewish community and more than 200 former judges and barristers.
  
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• Australia demands China respect trade deal after shock beef tariffs

  01-01-2026 03:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s trade and agriculture ministers have condemned China’s decision to impose new tariffs that could cost the beef industry $1 billion a year.
  
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• Australia ‘deeply concerned’ about China’s live fire drills as Xi calls reunification ‘unstoppable’

  01-01-2026 01:02 via smh.com.au
  
  The Chinese president gave a New Year’s Eve speech calling for reunification after a week of expansive live fire drills.
  
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• Human Rights Commissioner backs royal commission into antisemitism

  01-01-2026 00:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s current Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay is the first government-appointed official to publicly back demands from the Jewish community and more than 200 former judges and barristers.
  
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