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• Does Pauline Hanson's claim of growing support in the ACT pass the pub test?

  27-06-2026 23:40 via abc.net.au
  The conventional wisdom is that Canberra is a largely left-leaning city, but the national capital is now among places in One Nation's sights as support for the party surges across the country.
  
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• Karl Stefanovic is free! To delete the podcast he made in the name of free speech

  27-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Karl Stefanovic has dressed up a blatant grab for attention as a free-speech crusade. It’s laughable.
  
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• I have a confession to make about One Nation

  27-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Four months ago, as Pauline Hanson’s party surged, I thought it would hit its limits. It kept on surging. But is it risking that by trying to appeal to the middle ground.
  
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• Hanson spawned the silliest semantic beard-stroking in 20 years

  27-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  We've come a long way since it was Pauline Hanson who didn't know the meaning of big words.
  
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• Hanson has perfected a three-step playbook and Liberals played right into it

  27-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  We've come a long way since it was Pauline Hanson who didn't know the meaning of big words.
  
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• Hanson has perfected a three-step playbook and Liberals played into it

  27-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  We've come a long way since it was Pauline Hanson who didn't know the meaning of big words.
  
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• Labor unveils new powers to strengthen social media ban

  27-06-2026 14:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Six months into Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s, the federal government has announced tougher laws that it says will hold big tech to account and keep kids safe online.
  
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• ‘Doing the bare minimum’: Albanese blasts social media giants over age ban enforcement

  27-06-2026 14:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Tech giants will be more harshly investigated and will face $99 million fines if they fail to comply with the government’s social media age limit.
  
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• Steggall hopes fallen teals join party, seeks independents’ support in Senate

  27-06-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Community Strong Australia will seek to bring Zoe Daniel and Kylea Tink back into the fold, and to convince independent MPs to back the party in the Senate.
  
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• Remember Labor promised you $5 extra a week? 14 changes starting July 1, from tax cuts to price hikes

  27-06-2026 06:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The end of a financial year isn’t just the time to cruise the stocktake sales, it also ushers in several substantial legal and financial changes.
  
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• A speeding shadow minister puts the brakes on NT Labor’s rebuild

  27-06-2026 01:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Revelations about an NT shadow minister’s dicey driving history — and the Opposition Leader's failure to disclose it — come as another blow to NT Labor.
  
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