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• Live: Unions, industry join forces to call for passage of gas reservation scheme

  15-11-2026 21:05 via ABC News
  
  Unions and businesses groups sign an open letter calling for the federal parliament to back the government's proposed gas reservation scheme. Follow live. 
  
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• Tricky trade-offs will show what Labor values most when we can’t have it all

  15-11-2026 19:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  From AI job losses to productivity and tackling climate change, public debate is awash right now with choices between incompatible goals.
  
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• Best of cartoons, November 16, 2026

  15-11-2026 10:40 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• New data points to major inflection point in the fight against illegal tobacco

  15-11-2026 09:50 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  State premiers and conservative parties have been calling for Labor to cut the tobacco excise.
  
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• Drones, intelligence and a bucket of chicken: Australia and the Philippines sign new defence pact

  15-11-2026 08:58 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  A new agreement between Australia and the Philippines aims to strengthen military and intelligence ties as China asserts authority in the South China Sea.
  
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• Repeal budget tax changes now to avoid housing supply crash: Coalition

  15-11-2026 08:04 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  Property analysts have described the combination as a “perfect storm” that would make many new housing developments unprofitable.
  
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• ‘No one was hurt’: Albanese responds after his crude ‘hot mic’ incident

  15-11-2026 05:10 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  The PM and his energy minister were clearly unaware the microphone was on when they joked about where they keep their mobile phones.
  
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• A powerful AI tool was taken away from Australia. This Democrat wants to change that

  15-11-2026 03:54 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  A leading Democrat says Five Eyes intelligence partners like Australia should not be denied access to the most powerful AI models.
  
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• Lambie suggests change to childcare subsidies to cut spending

  15-11-2026 00:56 via ABC News
  
  The independent senator says the government should "means test it all", warning Australians will continue to face economic pressure for the next couple of years.
  
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• Journalist urges federal government to intervene in NT 'social catastrophe'

  15-11-2026 00:25 via ABC News
  
  A veteran journalist has delivered a searing analysis of Northern Territory politics in a new book that chronicles how government policies have worsened life outcomes for Aboriginal people since self-government in 1978.
  
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