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• Live: Shadow minister says he backs drop in house prices if it helps young people

  13-07-2026 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg says he supports a drop in house prices if it helps young people get into the housing market. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Angus Taylor says he criticised One Nation with a 'heavy heart'

  13-07-2026 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The Opposition Leader says he reluctantly made a speech criticising Pauline Hanson's One Nation party policies. Follow live.
  
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• Angus Taylor says he criticised One Nation with a 'heavy heart' — as it happened

  13-07-2026 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The opposition leader says he reluctantly gave a speech criticising the policies of Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
  
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• MMA upstart delivers knockout cognac gift to Brisbane Olympic committee

  13-07-2026 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The "schmoozing", revealed exclusively by the ABC today, is part of a wider series of examples of attempted influence-peddling from businesses and sporting bodies before the Games kick off in 2032.
  
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• Mixed martial arts group attempts to gift $82k Cognac to Brisbane Olympic committee

  13-07-2026 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The "schmoozing", revealed exclusively by the ABC today, is part of a wider series of examples of attempted influence-peddling from businesses and sporting bodies before the Games kick off in 2032.
  
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• Gift register reveals incredible largesse heaped on Brisbane Olympic committee

  13-07-2026 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The "schmoozing", revealed exclusively by the ABC today, is part of a wider series of examples of attempted influence-peddling from businesses and sporting bodies before the Games kick off in 2032.
  
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• Tech platforms accused of sexual extortion blind spot

  13-07-2026 21:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Major online platforms are accused of failing to deploy readily available technology to detect well-known blackmail tactics.
  
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• 'I have everything to ruin your life': Sextortion threats on the rise

  13-07-2026 21:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Major online platforms are accused of failing to deploy readily available technology to detect well-known blackmail tactics.
  
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• PM readies major AI announcement, but deadlock remains on billion-dollar tech tussle

  13-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  As One Nation and residents groups ramp up campaigns against data centres, the prime minister will deliver a speech on Wednesday, titled AI in Australia’s interests.
  
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• A growing majority say house prices have to fall. Even owners

  13-07-2026 20:45 via smh.com.au
  
  It was the unwritten rule of Australian politics – house prices must rise. But a new poll shows that’s no longer how everyone thinks.
  
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• Best of cartoons, July 14, 2026

  13-07-2026 14:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Agencies, envoys at odds over push for change to terrorism definition

  13-07-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has backed the current definition for an act of terrorism, but the National Security Monitor thinks it should change.
  
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• One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts praised conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as ‘beacon of hope’

  13-07-2026 09:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The opposition has demanded Pauline Hanson take action against her long-time colleague after he praised the notorious Sandy Hook and 9/11 “truther”, capping off a series of highly conspiratorial statements.
  
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