Politics news

• Why the tradwife trend is totally logical

  01-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Why be a frazzled career woman, when you can bake in a nice kitchen while someone else brings home the bacon?
  
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• We’re being sold ‘get-fixed-quick’ schemes. It’s destroying our nation

  01-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Politicians have worked out that voters reward them for the illusion of extra money more than for actually doing the hard things necessary to make you better off.
  
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• Voters are starting to ask a new question about politics, money

  01-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Debate about money in politics has traditionally revolved around whether politicians have broken the rules. But voters are increasingly asking what good judgement looks like.
  
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• Voters are starting to ask a new question about politics and money

  01-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Debate about money in politics has traditionally revolved around whether politicians have broken the rules. But voters are increasingly asking a different question: what does good judgement look like?
  
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• Three unrelated stories tell us something about political power and money

  01-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Debate about money in politics has traditionally revolved around whether politicians have broken the rules. But voters are increasingly asking a different question: what does good judgement look like?
  
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• Savannah was born via a surrogate and couldn’t be more loved. But the system is far from perfect

  01-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  A new regulatory framework will ideally give clarity to parents. It could also turbocharge surrogate births on Australian soil.
  
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• ‘Precious time’: First brain cancer drug in 20 years to be listed on PBS

  01-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  A new PBS listing offers the first breakthrough in 20 years for Australians with rare brain cancer - alongside expanded subsidies for thyroid cancer, lymphoma, and childhood Crohn’s disease.
  
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• Prices to jump at the bowser as fuel excise cut ends tonight

  01-08-2026 20:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The price of unleaded and diesel will climb in the next week as the government's fuel excise cut officially ends. But experts say prices won't go as high as they did due to increased supply. 
  
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• Prices to jump at the bowser as fuel excise cut ends

  01-08-2026 20:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The price of unleaded and diesel will climb in the next week as the government's fuel excise cut officially ends. But experts say prices won't go as high as they did due to increased supply. 
  
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• Wong describes importance of First Nations ties to Pacific

  01-08-2026 10:55 via abc.net.au
  
  On the second day of Garma Festival, Foreign Minister Penny Wong emphasised the strategic importance of ties between First Nations peoples and Australia's Pacific neighbours.
  
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• 'We are not a monoculture and never have been,' Penny Wong tells Garma Festival

  01-08-2026 10:55 via abc.net.au
  
  On the second day of Garma Festival, Foreign Minister Penny Wong emphasised the strategic importance of ties between First Nations peoples and Australia's Pacific neighbours.
  
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• A breathalyser pregnancy test: How AI is sniffing out the next farming revolution

  01-08-2026 05:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The technique could replace the need for a labour-intensive veterinarian test which typically involves elbow-length gloves and a lot of pushing and prodding.
  
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• WA set to fall short of vaccination target as free flu jabs come to an end

  01-08-2026 03:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Before the flu season, the WA government set ambitious targets for its vaccination program, but new data shows it is falling short.
  
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