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• Albanese-Trump meeting not linked to AUKUS review: Marles — as it happened

  25-09-2025 22:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese's planned meeting with the US president has "absolutely" no link to the expected finalisation of the Trump administration's review into the AUKUS security pact, Richard Marles says. Take a look back at the day's coverage.
  
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• Spike in food choking deaths exposes systemic failures in residential care

  08-11-2025 06:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Choking deaths more than doubled to 38 in Victoria last year, exposing predictable failures in mealtime care for vulnerable residents.
  
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• Breaking: ALP heavyweight Graham 'Richo' Richardson dies, aged 76

  08-11-2025 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The former Labor powerbroker and political commentator dies aged 76.
  
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• ALP heavyweight Graham 'Richo' Richardson dies, aged 76

  08-11-2025 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The former Labor powerbroker and political commentator dies aged 76.
  
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• A life in pictures – Graham Richardson

  08-11-2025 01:22 via smh.com.au
  
  As leader of the NSW right, Graham Richardson was instrumental in installing Bob Hawke as federal leader, then dumping him in favour of his “mate” Paul Keating.
  
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• Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson dies aged 76

  08-11-2025 00:56 via smh.com.au
  
  2GB Breakfast host Ben Fordham announced the news on Saturday morning, saying he had spoken with Richardson’s family.
  
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• Treasurer vows to get on front foot to defend WA's GST deal

  08-11-2025 00:14 via abc.net.au
  
  When it comes to Western Australia's slice of the GST pie, the state government is making no apologies for ruffling the feathers of other jurisdictions.
  
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• Saffioti says attack the best form of defence in protecting GST deal

  08-11-2025 00:14 via abc.net.au
  
  When it comes to Western Australia's slice of the GST pie, the state government is making no apologies for ruffling the feathers of other jurisdictions.
  
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• The innards and outs of Coalition’s energy policy

  07-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The parties’ trail of gore looks certain to lengthen.
  
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• Liberals’ zero-sum game reaches terminal velocity

  07-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Since John Howard, no leader has fashioned a Liberal brand that could win the party consecutive election victories.
  
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• Fear rules on gambling in Albanese government

  07-11-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
  
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• 'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling

  07-11-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
  
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• ‘We’re not ready yet’: Ley’s enemies refuse to back Henderson’s attack

  07-11-2025 07:23 via smh.com.au
  
  The opposition leader brushed off the senator’s Friday morning broadside, which backfired when Liberals came out to support Ley.
  
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• The three gaffes that fuelled Ley’s nightmare fortnight

  07-11-2025 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Sussan Ley keeps calm and carries on but distrust and paranoia have gripped a fragmenting Liberal party.
  
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• ‘No challenge before Christmas’: Ley brushes off Henderson’s broadside

  07-11-2025 04:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Liberal senator Sarah Henderson would not back Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, saying the party was at its lowest point in over a decade.
  
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• Liberals pour cold water on threat of Ley leadership spill

  07-11-2025 03:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley has refused to bite on speculation about her leadership, after a Liberal colleague suggested she was losing the support of her party.
  
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• Ley won't bite on leadership talk fuelled by 'good senator' Sarah Henderson

  07-11-2025 03:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley has refused to bite on speculation about her leadership, after a Liberal colleague suggested she was losing the support of her party.
  
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• As rates hit the brakes, is 3.6 per cent as low as we should go?

  07-11-2025 01:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Hopes among mortgage holders that interest rates will continue to fall were dashed by the Reserve Bank this week. But should they go any lower?
  
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• I watched history being made, from the best seats in the house

  06-11-2025 23:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The main characters are dead. Some of those still around from the time maintain their rage, which has lasted through the decades, long after that election campaign. 
  
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• ‘I can’t pretend things are good’: Henderson slams Ley’s leadership

  06-11-2025 23:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberal senator could not back in the opposition leader, saying the party was at its lowest point in over a decade.
  
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• Sussan Ley won't remark on 'good senator' Henderson's jab — as it happened

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley would not be drawn on comments from Liberal senator Sarah Henderson who openly declared the Liberal leader was losing support in the party room.
  
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• Live: 'Worst I've ever seen': Liberal senator declares Ley losing support in Liberal party

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal senator Sarah Henderson says Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is losing support in the Liberal party room. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Sussan Ley won't remark on 'good senator' Henderson's jab

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley would not be drawn on comments from Liberal senator Sarah Henderson who openly declared the Liberal leader was losing support in the party room. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Senior Liberals line up behind Sussan Ley after senator unleashes on leader

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal senator Sarah Henderson says Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is losing support in the Liberal party room. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Senior Liberals back Ley's leadership despite Henderson declaring leader losing support

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal senator Sarah Henderson says Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is losing support in the Liberal party room. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Greens say Labor's environment bill has 'big holes'

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says her party is a long way from supporting Labor's environment reform bill which passed the lower house of parliament yesterday. Follow live.
  
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• Live: 'Can't pretend things are good': Liberal senator says Ley losing support in party

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal senator Sarah Henderson says Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is losing support in the Liberal party room. Follow live.
  
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• These charts show the effect of migration on Australia's housing story

  06-11-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The role of migration is one of the most contentious elements to the housing debate. So what does the evidence show?
  
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• Max Chandler-Mather on the Greens, his election loss … and his return to politics

  06-11-2025 20:28 via smh.com.au
  
  For the first time since the federal election, Greens wunderkind Max Chandler-Mather has opened up about losing his seat, the party’s poor 2025 election result and his own political future.
  
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• ‘Not about knocking things down’: City of Sydney prepares for Victoria Barracks sale

  06-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  With the Albanese government poised to release a long-awaited review into the defence estate, the City of Sydney is getting on the front foot.
  
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