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• AI execs pledge quicker warnings of rogue agent hacks — as it happened

  05-10-2026 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Executives from Anthropic and OpenAI have been questioned about how they would handle future accidental hacking incidents, such as OpenAI's Medicare hack earlier this year. 
  
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• Ben Roberts-Smith joins politicians, veterans as Albanese marks Australia’s 25 years in Afghanistan

  11-10-2026 06:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Roberts-Smith said his appearance was “not about my service”, but about the contribution of others to Australia’s longest campaign, as he signed autographs and spoke to families.
  
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• ‘We are talking billions’: Burke demands costings on Coalition deportation plan

  11-10-2026 03:55 via smh.com.au
  
  As the government launched a new attack on Angus Taylor’s migration plan, Burke would not say whether Labor had made mistakes on migration management.
  
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• Ben Roberts-Smith joins 600 veterans as Albanese marks Australia’s 25 years in Afghanistan

  11-10-2026 03:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister honoured those who served in Afghanistan, the 47 Australian personnel who died as a result of their service and the families who continue to live with their loss.
  
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• Taylor says he would welcome return of Frydenberg to politics

  11-10-2026 02:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says former Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg has a "role to play" and should be mobilised at the next election.
  
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• 'Cockroach Party' protesters vow to return after hundreds detained in Delhi

  10-10-2026 23:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Chaos erupts in India's capital New Delhi as police detained hundreds of protesters during demonstrations over the Election Commission's move to drop some 130 million names from the voter list.
  
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• Inside the conservative conference where Angus Taylor comes second to Pauline Hanson

  10-10-2026 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor is the first Liberal leader to attend the Australian Conservative Political Action Conference, but Pauline Hanson is still the favourite.
  
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• At CPAC, Angus Taylor faced the reality of Pauline Hanson's growing appeal

  10-10-2026 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor is the first Liberal leader to attend the Australian Conservative Political Action Conference, but Pauline Hanson is still the favourite.
  
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• At CPAC, Angus Taylor faced reality of Pauline Hanson's growing appeal

  10-10-2026 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor is the first Liberal leader to attend the Australian Conservative Political Action Conference, but Pauline Hanson is still the favourite.
  
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• Angus Taylor came to CPAC, but it was Pauline Hanson's crowd

  10-10-2026 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor is the first Liberal leader to attend the Australian Conservative Political Action Conference, but Pauline Hanson is still the favourite.
  
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• I was a Liberal premier. The party’s latest move is economically weak and socially irresponsible

  10-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  When mainstream parties blame a range of problems on migration, they invite Australians to accept much darker propositions about the causes of the nation’s problems.
  
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• Taylor was billed as CPAC’s keynote speaker. He looked more like Hanson’s support act

  10-10-2026 09:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Pauline Hanson’s fans were moved to tears at the Conservative Political Action Conference – a far cry from the reception for Angus Taylor.
  
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• Albanese dips toe back into comedy after ‘melon’ podcast gaffe

  10-10-2026 04:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister is ploughing ahead with his social media strategy to reach more voters in a fragmented environment.
  
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• ‘Smarmy management consultant’: Hanson attacks Taylor, Liberals in fiery CPAC speech

  10-10-2026 04:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said the next election would be a “spiritual fight” for the soul of the nation, in the first address from a sitting Liberal leader.
  
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• Homelessness camp in Perth's south tip of iceberg

  10-10-2026 02:45 via abc.net.au
  
  More people, from all walks of life, including dual income families, are becoming homeless, sector workers say, as rising rents and the cost of living bites. 
  
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• Ridiculous ideas are having a moment. Here’s why the doomsayers are wrong

  09-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself at the pointy end of a poll.
  
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• Labor's surcharge headache exposes a government on the back foot

  09-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  After furious backlash from small businesses, the electorate and some of his own colleagues, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rapidly reversed two major government decisions. But is it enough?
  
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• Going hard is all the rage. Ridiculous ideas are having a moment

  09-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself at the pointy end of a poll.
  
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• Going hard is all the rage. Now is the moment for ridiculous ideas

  09-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself once an election is called.
  
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• Extremism is all the rage. But there’s a moment that will truly test Shoebridge and Hanson

  09-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself once an election is called.
  
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• Chalmers reversed course on surcharges but the damage was done

  09-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  After furious backlash from small businesses, the electorate and some of his own colleagues, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rapidly reversed two major government decisions. But is it enough?
  
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• Chalmers’ credit card back-down unedifying and concerning

  09-10-2026 10:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The Albanese government will fund surcharge costs to delay the ATO credit card payment ban.
  
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• Monique Ryan says Frydenberg focused on the past, amid accusations of a ‘toxic’ campaign

  09-10-2026 06:54 via smh.com.au
  
  As Frydenberg readies to launch his memoir, Liberal frontbenchers are backing him for a potential rematch with Ryan in the affluent inner-Melbourne seat of Kooyong.
  
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• Albanese talked up cheaper coffee, but Chalmers has to swallow his pride

  09-10-2026 05:55 via smh.com.au
  
  A plan to cut credit card surcharge fees for consumers turned, somehow, into a tale of government hypocrisy and an attack on small business.
  
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• Breaking: ATO credit card ban delayed as government backs down after business backlash

  09-10-2026 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warned that losing the payment option would put them under pressure.
  
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• Breaking: ATO credit card ban delay as government backs down after business backlash

  09-10-2026 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warned that losing the payment option would put them under pressure.
  
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• ATO delays credit card ban as government backs down after business backlash

  09-10-2026 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warn that losing the payment option will put them under pressure.
  
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• ATO credit card ban delay as government backs down after business backlash

  09-10-2026 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warned that losing the payment option would put them under pressure.
  
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• Caucus dismay as economists issue stark inflation warning on surcharge ban

  09-10-2026 02:55 via smh.com.au
  
  As the treasurer stepped in to delay the tax office’s credit card ban, his colleagues are alarmed by the backlash over the surcharge ban they championed.
  
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• Caucus dismay as economists issue inflation warning on surcharge ban

  09-10-2026 02:55 via smh.com.au
  
  As the treasurer stepped in to delay the tax office’s credit card ban, his colleagues are alarmed by the backlash over the surcharge ban they championed.
  
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