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• Liberal plan to scrap Treaty risks 'sending us back', Aboriginal leader warns

  30-10-2026 21:33 via ABC News
  
  Victorian Indigenous leaders accuse Opposition Leader Jess Wilson of using Treaty as a "political football", warning decades of progress could be lost if the historic agreement is scrapped.
  
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• Make no mistake. Albanese’s subtle RBA sledge is calculated populism

  30-10-2026 19:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  Anthony Albanese’s criticism of the Reserve Bank is designed to ensure that households see he is on their side, not that of faceless bankers.
  
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• Albanese pegs back a Labor hero and sets off after Hawke’s record

  30-10-2026 19:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  As the prime minister surpasses the term of postwar reconstruction prime minister Ben Chifley, he has linked Australia’s current moment of economic and social disruption to the hardship of wartime.
  
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• Albanese distances Labor from RBA, calls rate hikes a ‘blunt instrument’

  30-10-2026 19:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  The under-pressure prime minister spoke candidly about the treacherous domestic and global political environment as the Reserve Bank prepares to hike rates.
  
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• Albanese gives ministers extra staff despite crossbench demands he plays fair

  30-10-2026 05:24 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  The prime minister has awarded three MPs a total staffing package worth up to $550,000 as Pauline Hanson and others call on him to give up such powers.
  
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• Albanese gives ministers extra staff despite crossbench demanding he play fair

  30-10-2026 05:24 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  The prime minister has awarded three MPs a total staffing package worth up to $550,000 as Pauline Hanson and others call on him to give up such powers.
  
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• India's PM cracks down on journalists 'to stamp out the protests'

  30-10-2026 05:06 via ABC News
  
  More than 40 journalists were detained during two days of protests, a media watchdog reports, but government pressure on press freedom dates back much further.
  
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• There’s something odd about the way Anthropic is wooing investors

  30-10-2026 01:30 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  The AI boom is driving the global economy with supporters saying it will transform the world, but even AI companies say it could also end humanity.
  
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• ‘Crazy’ Coalition making huge mistake by opposing EU trade deal: Turnbull

  30-10-2026 00:44 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  The former prime minister said middle powers such as Australia have to build partnerships with each other as the US was unlikely to “snap back” to multilateralism after the Trump era.
  
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