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• The Labor MPs chasing promotions after Vic leadership spill

  31-07-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  New Victorian Premier Ben Carroll is expected to announce his new-look ministry on Monday, with a handful of Labor MPs now jostling for promotions following the resignation of Jacinta Allan.
  
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• Who broke the Liberal Party?

  31-07-2026 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Paul Kelly sits down with David Speers to unpack the decade that broke the Liberal Party. 
  
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• Pauline Hanson as PM? The maths versus the mirage

  31-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  It takes a mammoth effort to win a single seat in the House of Representatives. One Nation would need to seize at least 39 seats.
  
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• One bold, fiscal move would ease our economic anxiety. Does the PM have the nerve?

  31-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Balancing the federal budget would reduce Australia’s risks, improve stability, and lift confidence. But it will require political courage.
  
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• Labor in high-stakes negotiations with Trump admin to unlock superpowered AI

  31-07-2026 20:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The talks, confirmed by three government officials, could give the government and critical businesses susceptible to hacking privileged access to top-tier AI models such as Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos.
  
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• We’ve never known the size of the trans community. That’s about to change

  31-07-2026 10:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Following a Labor backdown and years of advocate lobbying, new questions on gender and sexuality will be included in the August 11 census.
  
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• Most teens are still on social media despite the ban. They say sites haven’t asked for their age

  31-07-2026 09:53 via smh.com.au
  
  More than eight in 10 teenagers were still using social media three months after the government’s landmark ban for under-16s, the country’s internet regulator has found.
  
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• NT chief minister's Garma town promise on land rights anniversary

  31-07-2026 09:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Lia Finocchiaro uses her first Garma Festival speech to promise land and fuel security in north-east Arnhem Land after its main employer, Rio Tinto, leaves town.
  
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• NT chief minister pledges future for remote town after Rio Tinto closure

  31-07-2026 09:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Lia Finocchiaro uses her first Garma Festival speech to promise land and fuel security in north-east Arnhem Land after its main employer, Rio Tinto, leaves town.
  
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• Solomon MP Luke Gosling addresses the media outside the Darwin Local Court where a judge varied his bail on Friday.

  31-07-2026 09:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Member for Solomon Luke Gosling has faced the Darwin Local Court for the first time since being charged with two counts of assaulting Northern Territory Administrator David Connolly.
  
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• Courts hears details of Labor MP’s alleged assault of NT administrator

  31-07-2026 08:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling is alleged to have struck the King’s representative in the NT with a hip-and-shoulder charge before later elbowing him during a Darwin cultural festival, a court has heard.
  
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• Meet the ex-Liberal couple crafting One Nation’s campaign strategy

  31-07-2026 07:20 via smh.com.au
  
  They once worked for moderate Liberals. Now they’ve been hired by the party’s greatest threat.
  
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• Leeser says Albanese has 'lost his direction' on Indigenous affairs

  31-07-2026 06:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Shadow Indigenous Australians Minister Julian Leeser has accused the federal government of being "adrift" on Indigenous affairs during his speech at the Garma Festival.
  
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• ‘Cautious, concerned and insecure’: Australians too scared to move jobs

  31-07-2026 06:04 via smh.com.au
  
  In a vibrant economy, workers freely move jobs searching for better conditions and pay. But Australians aren’t prepared to do that.
  
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• Pauline Hanson's no 'good' Muslims comments not hate speech, police say

  31-07-2026 04:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Senator Hanson's offensive comments, made during an interview in February, had been widely condemned by politicians and Islamic leaders as un-Australian. 
  
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• Australia news as it happened: Board of Peace reaches Gaza disarmament deal, Trump says; Anthropic’s Claude AI hacks three organisations during testing

  31-07-2026 03:48 via smh.com.au
  
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• Labor ignored internal report revealing toll of scrapping Baby Boomer health rebate

  31-07-2026 02:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The government is under fire for scrapping the premium private health insurance rebate for over 65s.
  
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• Australia news LIVE: Board of Peace reaches Gaza disarmament deal, Trump says; Anthropic’s Claude AI hacks three organisations during testing

  31-07-2026 01:42 via smh.com.au
  
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