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• ‘Outrageous’: Payman asks if PM is waiting for attack on her in bitter staff feud

  26-10-2026 23:13 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  Senator Fatima Payman invoked the attack on independent MP Helen Haines while asking Senator Don Farrell why she’d been denied extra staff to deal with threats.
  
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• One Nation to vet cartoons 'more often' after content concerns raised — as it happened

  26-10-2026 21:06 via ABC News
  
  Barnaby Joyce tells the ABC that One Nation will vet its Please Explain cartoon "more often" from now on.
  
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• Live: PM considers new safety measures for politicians following attack on Helen Haines

  26-10-2026 21:06 via ABC News
  
  Anthony Albanese tells colleagues more investment is needed to improve safety, including upgrades to electorate offices and funding for the AFP. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: One Nation to vet cartoons 'more often' after content concerns raised

  26-10-2026 21:06 via ABC News
  
  Barnaby Joyce tells the ABC that One Nation will vet its Please Explain cartoon "more often" from now on. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Nine politicians get electorate office security upgrades after Haines attack

  26-10-2026 21:06 via ABC News
  
  Nine parliamentarians will receive security upgrades to their electoral offices after raising concerns in the wake of the alleged attack on Helen Haines last week. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Department rejects PM's claim golf club grant was to fix sewerage issue

  26-10-2026 21:06 via ABC News
  
  Department officials have rejected Anthony Albanese's claim that a $6 million grant to the Marrickville Golf Club was partly designed to fix sewerage issues. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Albanese to raise free trade backpacker deal with British PM

  26-10-2026 21:06 via ABC News
  
  Anthony Albanese says he'll raise the issue of an influx of UK backpackers when he next meets with his counterpart Andy Burnham. Follow live. 
  
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• Almost half of all comments on MPs' social media flagged as abusive

  26-10-2026 19:00 via ABC News
  
  Labor MPs are turning to an AI tool to strip numerous abusive comments and threats from their pages, but they want social media companies to take responsibility.
  
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• Best of cartoons, October 27, 2026

  26-10-2026 15:59 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• AI supercharges cyberattacks on Australia, with superannuation savings in the firing line

  26-10-2026 12:30 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  Australia’s cybercop is dealing with an 80 per cent surge in attacks as criminals and foreign governments use new AI to target the country.
  
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• In inflation battle, Taylor gambles on retreat from climate policy

  26-10-2026 08:57 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  Markets are pricing in a fifth rate hike next week after the RBA’s chief economist Sarah Hunter told 60 Minutes the bank was “not quite” done with tackling inflation.
  
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• Parliament in grief as cardboard cockatoo serves as Helen Haines tribute

  26-10-2026 08:47 via ABC News
  
  As parliament suspended business to offer messages of support for attack victim MP Helen Haines, an orange cockatoo was poignantly perched in her empty seat in the House of Reps.
  
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• Parliament grieves as cardboard cockatoo serves as Helen Haines tribute

  26-10-2026 08:47 via ABC News
  
  As parliament suspended business to offer messages of support for attack victim MP Helen Haines, an orange cockatoo was poignantly perched in her empty seat in the House of Reps.
  
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• MPs urged to 'let light win' as cockatoo sits in for Helen Haines

  26-10-2026 08:47 via ABC News
  
  As parliament suspended business to offer messages of support for attack victim MP Helen Haines, an orange cockatoo was poignantly perched in her empty seat in the House of Reps.
  
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• MPs urged 'let light win' as cockatoo sits in for Helen Haines

  26-10-2026 08:47 via ABC News
  
  As parliament suspended business to offer messages of support for attack victim MP Helen Haines, an orange cockatoo was poignantly perched in her empty seat in the House of Reps.
  
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• The cardboard cockatoo, the empty seat and a parliament’s reckoning with rage

  26-10-2026 07:56 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  Last week’s rare act of violence against one parliamentarian has prompted the rest of them to interrogate what’s holding Australia’s democracy together.
  
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• Travellers warned of upheaval as new Perth Airport terminal plans unveiled

  26-10-2026 07:00 via ABC News
  
  Perth Airport's chief executive has warned passengers the facility is set for major upheaval as it moves to consolidate its four terminals, with construction work meaning people will have to allow for delays. 
  
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• As Sydney gets a brand new airport, will Perth's ever be upgraded?

  26-10-2026 07:00 via ABC News
  
  Perth Airport's chief executive has warned passengers the facility is set for major upheaval as it moves to consolidate its four terminals, with construction work meaning people will have to allow for delays. 
  
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• Coalition says cuts to climate, housing and more would save $31b

  26-10-2026 06:55 via ABC News
  
  Angus Taylor publishes fresh costings for proposed cuts to Labor's climate and housing policies.
  
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• Coalition says cuts to climate, housing and more would save $31 billion

  26-10-2026 06:55 via ABC News
  
  Angus Taylor publishes fresh costings for proposed cuts to Labor's climate and housing policies.
  
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• My dad was PM once or twice. Somewhere along the way a politician’s job changed dramatically

  26-10-2026 05:30 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  We’ve begun to confuse the right to hold politicians accountable with carte blanche to make their lives unbearable.
  
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• WA Liberals lay out their path forward at their 2026 state conference

  26-10-2026 04:19 via ABC News
  
  Basil Zempilas hints his party’s return to government could involve One Nation, urging colleagues to take “the road less travelled”.
  
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• Zempilas eyes 'road less travelled' as WA Liberals face two diverging paths

  26-10-2026 02:39 via ABC News
  
  The WA Liberals must make a difficult choice as they confront the threat of One Nation, and leader Basil Zempilas left no doubt about it while selling his vision for victory to the party faithful.
  
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• Zempilas echoes 'The Road Not Taken' as WA Liberals face difficult choice

  26-10-2026 02:39 via ABC News
  
  The WA Liberals must make a difficult choice as they confront the threat of One Nation, and leader Basil Zempilas left no doubt about it while selling his vision for victory to the party faithful.
  
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• Lidia Thorpe rebukes defiant Hanson over bus attack cartoon

  26-10-2026 01:52 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has defended a cartoon showing independent senator Lidia Thorpe being run over by a bus.
  
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