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• Andrew Hastie wants to be Liberal leader. The question is when

  26-09-2025 21:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The West Australian veteran has a clear vision for the future of the Liberal Party — and he's making it known.
  
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• Best of cartoons, November 18, 2025

  17-11-2025 11:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Under pressure Ley 'guarantees' she will be Coalition leader at next federal election

  17-11-2025 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley may be under siege, but says she has no doubts she will remain party leader until the next federal election.
  
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• Sussan Ley offers stunning guarantee she will remain Liberal leader until next election

  17-11-2025 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley may be under siege, but says she has no doubts she will remain party leader until the next federal election.
  
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• Ley 'guarantees' she will lead Coalition to next election

  17-11-2025 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is under siege, but says she has no doubts she will remain party leader until the next federal election.
  
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• 'Absolutely': Ley guarantees her leadership is safe as she talks down coal

  17-11-2025 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley may be under siege, but says she has no doubts she will remain party leader until the next federal election.
  
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• Rio Tinto shelves $215m green steel project after decade of development

  17-11-2025 10:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining giant Rio Tinto scraps a $215 million research centre and green steel project touted last year as a key staging ground for the world's net zero transition.
  
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• Payman’s office gets racist emails ‘daily’, as man sentenced over death threat to WA senator

  17-11-2025 09:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Independent Senator Fatima Payman said she accepted the court’s sentence, but believed there needed to be more deterrents for racism and hate speech, which her office continued to receive daily.
  
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• ‘We will not stand still’: Wong sets out foreign policy vision for contest with China

  17-11-2025 09:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The government is moving to strike security deals with Tonga, Fiji and Vanuatu following landmark recent agreements aimed at crimping China’s influence.
  
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• New anti-corruption boss edits controversial Japan 'soapland' rort report

  17-11-2025 08:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's new Corruption and Crime Commissioner removes a section of a controversial report written by his predecessor about the state's former trade commissioner in Japan.
  
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• ‘Not an option’: PM puts hard word on Turkey over next year’s climate talks

  17-11-2025 06:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister’s remarks were his most definitive to date, indicating Australia would host the event on its own despite Turkey refusing to withdraw its bid.
  
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• PM issues ultimatum to Turkey on next year’s climate talks

  17-11-2025 06:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister’s remarks were his most definitive to date, indicating Australia would host the event on its own despite Turkey refusing to withdraw its bid.
  
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• Whenever I ask about Australia’s $1 trillion failure, the response is pure anger

  17-11-2025 06:01 via smh.com.au
  
  I spoke to hundreds of people about how Australia’s mishmash of local, state and federal government functions (or doesn’t). Everyone is angry about it, so what’s the solution?
  
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• Ley, scrambling to save her job, turns to Howard for help on migration - and Pauline Hanson

  17-11-2025 05:58 via smh.com.au
  
  A defiant Ley has ordered her shadow ministers to fast track a new migration policy as conservative and Nationals open up a new internal debate on population.
  
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• Qld government denies dingoes could be kept as pets under reclassification

  17-11-2025 05:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland is considering changes that would remove restrictions on keeping dingoes and while the government says that will not mean people can keep them as pets, experts fear it could be an unintended outcome.
  
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• Experts say Queensland government's position on dingoes unclear

  17-11-2025 05:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland is considering changes that would remove restrictions on keeping dingoes and while the government says that will not mean people can keep them as pets, experts fear it could be an unintended outcome.
  
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• Sharing COP presidency with Türkiye 'not an option', says Albanese

  17-11-2025 03:50 via abc.net.au
  
  As Chris Bowen lands in Belém with the clock ticking on a resolution, Anthony Albanese says the rules against co-presidency for the COP are clear.
  
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• Sussan Ley, the travelling saleswoman, is spruiking Hastie’s wares

  17-11-2025 02:13 via smh.com.au
  
  The backbencher is avoiding the hard questions Ley has faced as he writes newsletters that read like a mix of a Western Civilisation course and a combative TikTok feed.
  
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• Weak Liberal Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

  17-11-2025 01:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Any moderate with a shred of self-respect would step off the frontbench in protest at what has unfolded.
  
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• Weak Lib Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

  17-11-2025 01:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Any moderate with a shred of self-respect would step off the frontbench in protest at what has unfolded.
  
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• Thousands protest in Mexico City as gen Z protests gain momentum

  17-11-2025 01:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The demonstration was mostly peaceful but ended with some young people clashing with the police.
  
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• Moderates rally behind Ley's leadership as Albanese labels Liberal energy policy 'nonsensical' — as it happened

  16-11-2025 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley says she is not worried her leadership is on the rocks after a bumpy week for the opposition.
  
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• Live: PM says Australia seeking security in Asia 'more than ever'

  16-11-2025 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to talk up Australia's role a a middle power and herald the success of APEC, while also describing the nation as seeking security in Asia "more than ever". Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Moderates rally behind Ley's leadership as Albanese labels Liberal energy policy 'nonsensical'

  16-11-2025 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley says she is not worried her leadership is on the rocks after a bumpy week for the opposition. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Ley unbothered amid questions her leadership is terminal

  16-11-2025 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley says she is not worried her leadership is on the rocks after a bumpy week for the opposition. Follow live. 
  
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• Tony Abbott reveals reason behind silence in 2011 stare-off with journalist

  16-11-2025 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  In 2011, Tony Abbott was questioned over his use of the phrase "shit happens" when discussing the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan. Instead of responding, he stared at the journalist, fighting the urge to thump him. 
  
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• Abbott addresses unusual 2011 stare-off with journalist

  16-11-2025 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  In 2011, Tony Abbott was questioned over his use of the phrase "shit happens" when discussing the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan. Instead of responding, he stared at the journalist, fighting the urge to thump him. 
  
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• You thought climate was a Coalition problem, but Albanese may rue his enemy’s low ebb

  16-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Before Labor becomes too smug, it should heed the warning of its president, Wayne Swan: Complacency is “the handmaiden of decline”.
  
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• With crises all around, it’s time to reform federalism

  16-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s tax grab will surpass $1 trillion, but it is not buying a better future.
  
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• Mercedes, Ferrari’s future a bargaining chip as Australia talks trade with Europe

  16-11-2025 17:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia is using the lure of critical minerals fuelling BMW and Ferrari’s future production of green vehicles as it tries to land a new trade deal.
  
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