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• Live: Work on Victoria's Big Build should halt until 'corruption' dealt with: Hume

  28-06-2026 23:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Deputy federal Liberal leader Jane Hume has called for a pause in construction on several major Victorian infrastructure projects until "corruption" is dealt with. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Taylor brushes off low polling and says rebuilding trust takes time

  28-06-2026 23:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says it will take time for the Coalition to win back the trust of voters. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Labor welcomes 'modest' poll turnaround as One Nation support drops

  28-06-2026 23:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor's Tanya Plibersek has welcomed a modest improvement in a pair of opinion polls that suggest support for One Nation has dropped. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: 'It's time': Liberal frontbencher calls for party to rebrand

  28-06-2026 23:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh says her party needs a rebrand after support for the Coalition hit a new low in the latest opinion polls. Follow live. 
  
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• 'It's time': Liberal frontbencher calls for party to rebrand — as it happened

  28-06-2026 23:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh says her party needs a rebrand after support for the Coalition hit a new low in the latest opinion polls.
  
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• Best of cartoons, June 29, 2026

  28-06-2026 21:32 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Post-COVID debt explosion a major challenge for all states, bar one

  28-06-2026 21:31 via smh.com.au
  
  S&P Global predicts service cuts across the country as interest bills on record debts finally start to bite. See how your state compares to the rest.
  
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• Report finds 'extensive' coal and gas presence in schools and children's sport

  28-06-2026 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Santos, BHP, Woodside and others have an "extensive presence" in childhood settings through more than 260 programs, a new report identifies, as senators say classroom programs and lessons written by the industry should be examined through a senate inquiry.
  
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• Coal and gas giants spend tens of millions on school and kids' sport programs

  28-06-2026 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Santos, BHP, Woodside and others have an "extensive presence" in childhood settings through more than 260 programs, a new report identifies, as senators say classroom programs and lessons written by the industry should be examined through a senate inquiry.
  
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• Two things this week gave clues about the global future

  28-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Two things happened last week that give us a much clearer picture of what the world is going to be like from now on.
  
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• ‘Twisted steel, shattered structures’: AUKUS inquiry warned of nuclear disaster risk

  28-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  A crowd-funded probe into the $368 billion submarine pact will hear expert warnings that Australia is completely unprepared for a worst-case radiation emergency at HMAS Stirling.
  
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• Brick by brick, Albanese is finding faith … that voters will see reason

  28-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The PM displays a new optimism – in both the rationality of Australians and his government’s ability to convince them what must change.
  
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• AI and Iran will speed up the energy transition

  28-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Two things happened last week that give us a much clearer picture of what the world is going to be like from now on.
  
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• After being called ‘traitor’ and ‘genocidal maniac’, Mark Dreyfus devised a plan to stop the abuse

  28-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  In a deeply personal account to the antisemitism royal commission, the former federal attorney-general has called for an overhaul of hate speech laws.
  
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• Global recession and the end of the middle class: What ‘AI exuberance’ could do to the world

  28-06-2026 11:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Bank of International Settlements has predicted major economic damage from the AI boom. It’s been correct before.
  
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