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• Live: Labor to extend paid placements to more care industry students

  22-07-2026 23:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese will announce an expansion of the Commonwealth's "paid prac" scheme at Labor's National Conference. Follow live. 
  
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• Australia news LIVE: Albanese to address Labor conference; Trump says US will ‘destroy’ Iranian civilian targets

  22-07-2026 22:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Follow our rolling coverage of the latest developments and news from around Australia and the world.
  
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• Both the Liberals and One Nation refuse to see the contemporary world as it really is

  22-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Bitter rivals? Brothers and sisters in arm? Frenemies? How best to characterise the relationship between the Coalition parties and One Nation?
  
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• How One Nation's winning over the bush

  22-07-2026 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation has some of its strongest support in outback Australia and recent polling shows it could win over 30 regional seats. So what's winning over regional Australians when it comes to Pauline Hanson's party?
  
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• How One Nation is winning over the bush

  22-07-2026 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation has some of its strongest support in outback Australia and recent polling shows it could win over 30 regional seats. So what's winning over regional Australians when it comes to Pauline Hanson's party?
  
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• Visa refusal may prevent ex-ASIO source giving Bondi evidence

  22-07-2026 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The man who previously warned ASIO about the Bondi gunmen won't be able to give sensitive and classified evidence at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
  
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• Ex-ASIO source denied visa to give evidence at Bondi royal commission

  22-07-2026 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The man who previously warned ASIO about the Bondi gunmen won't be able to give sensitive and classified evidence at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
  
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• We feel your pain: PM sets election battle lines with One Nation, pledges cost of living relief

  22-07-2026 14:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Ministers are downplaying the prospect of a tax on gas exports before a fight at its national conference on the popular proposal, signifying tension in Labor ranks.
  
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• Labor powerbrokers cut AI deal for workers

  22-07-2026 14:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor will respond to growing anxiety about the rise of artificial intelligence with a new taskforce to give Australian workers a greater say in how the technology shapes the nation.
  
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• Best of cartoons, July 23, 2026

  22-07-2026 14:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Former Labor MP accuses Josh Burns of acting as ‘human shield for Penny Wong’

  22-07-2026 12:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Infighting over the wording of Labor’s policy platform is threatening to derail hopes for an uplifting moment at the party’s national conference.
  
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• Does One Nation’s migration policy actually add up?

  22-07-2026 11:50 via smh.com.au
  
  More than one third of voters regard One Nation as the best party to handle immigration. But could their policy work in practice?
  
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• Flying the flag for a fight nobody else wanted to have

  22-07-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  As Anthony Albanese smothers every debate before it begins, a union’s radical push to strip the Union Jack from the Australian flag stands out as a rare relic of Labor’s factional warfare.
  
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• ‘Head to your cars quickly, don’t loiter’: How the fear of antisemitism has changed Jewish community life

  22-07-2026 09:09 via smh.com.au
  
  Following the Bondi Beach terror attack, school holiday visits to the pool or movies are no longer an option for Jewish children, a witness has told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
  
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• How much would you pay to see a rock band of politicians? Labor is asking for $1000

  22-07-2026 08:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A band led by Tony Burke, a music buff who is also the arts minister, will play at a secret location in Adelaide on Wednesday – a creative example of Labor’s slick fundraising machine.
  
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• Hanson labels domestic violence 'two-way street'

  22-07-2026 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The One Nation leader said women should not 'put up with' domestic violence, as she highlighted the cost of living pressures on families.
  
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• Peak Jewish group says Labor platform ‘regurgitates one-eyed obsession with Israel’

  22-07-2026 07:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Infighting over the wording of Labor’s policy platform is threatening to derail hopes for an uplifting moment at the party’s national conference.
  
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• Swift backlash after Hanson says domestic violence a ‘two-way street’

  22-07-2026 06:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader was asked to condemn violence against women.
  
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• Minister says Australian IS-linked 'Doctor Jihad' can 'rot' in Iraqi jail

  22-07-2026 06:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Perth paediatrician Tareq Kamleh went to Syria to join the Islamic State group in 2015 and has, until now, been presumed dead.
  
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• Hanson says domestic violence a ‘two-way street’

  22-07-2026 05:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader was asked to condemn violence against women.
  
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• ‘Rot in jail’: Presumed-dead ISIS doctor may try to return to Australia

  22-07-2026 03:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Tareq Kamleh, who was presumed to have been killed, has been revealed to be one of 13 Islamic State-linked men who hope to return to Australia.
  
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• The high drama and budgie smugglers of ALP conferences past

  22-07-2026 03:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Bob Hawke in speedos. Gough Whitlam delivering a keynote in a Hawaiian shirt. A well-stocked bar in “suite 1002”. Labor Party national conferences aren’t what they used to be.
  
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• Unlawful excavation of river cliff disturbs Aboriginal ancestral remains

  22-07-2026 03:02 via abc.net.au
  
  A cliff site in South Australia's Riverland, home to Aboriginal ancestral remains, has been excavated without authorisation. 
  
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