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• Rents spike up to 80 per cent as people are pushed from houses to units

  22-08-2026 21:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Surging rental costs have been conscripted into the political fight over the nation’s property market, while new data shows there are areas where they have fallen 30 per cent.
  
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• Rents spike up to 80 per cent as people are pushed from homes to units

  22-08-2026 21:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Surging rental costs have been conscripted into the political fight over the nation’s property market, while new data shows there are areas where they have fallen 30 per cent.
  
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• Why people are 'giving up' rather than fighting the aged care algorithm

  22-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.
  
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• Why can't clinicians override inaccurate algorithm decisions?

  22-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.
  
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• Why can't clinicians override inaccurate aged care algorithm decisions?

  22-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.
  
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• They're not politicians, but critics say they wield real power in Canberra

  22-08-2026 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Inside Parliament House, hundreds of lobbyists freely roam the corridors advocating for corporate interests. Critics say it's a problem.
  
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• Their job is to influence politicians. An MP warns they can be powerful enemies

  22-08-2026 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Inside Parliament House, hundreds of lobbyists freely roam the corridors advocating for corporate interests. Critics say it's a problem.
  
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• Tony Abbott backs Pauline Hanson’s High Court racial vilification bid

  22-08-2026 11:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Federal Court upheld a judgment that Hanson had racially vilified Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi when she told her to “piss of back to Pakistan”.
  
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• For years, one man spearheaded a Nigerian government agency that didn't exist

  22-08-2026 07:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The Nigerian government has opened investigations into two government agencies after they were both found to be fake.
  
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• From Nhulunbuy to New York, the rare politician torn between two worlds

  22-08-2026 00:49 via abc.net.au
  
  From Arnhem Land to Northern Territory parliament, independent MLA Yiŋiya Guyula resigned from politics this week after taking his people's fight to the world.
  
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