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• As Albanese rejects America's rhetoric, Hastie sounds decidedly Trumpian

  25-09-2025 21:39 via abc.net.au
  
  As the government rejects Trump's UNGA rhetoric, Liberal leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie sounds decidedly Trumpian.
  
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• Working with children check tracker established amid pressure on child care

  13-11-2025 12:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Almost a decade after one was recommended by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. 
  
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• Best of cartoons, November 14, 2025

  13-11-2025 11:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Backbencher hopes WA government's Dion Barber compensation appeal fails

  13-11-2025 09:54 via abc.net.au
  
  A Labor MP says he hopes the state's appeal of a multi-million-dollar compensation payout to a child sexual abuse survivor fails, amid mounting criticism from legal experts and advocates.
  
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• Sussan Ley showed up with a steely tone and strong message but forgot one group

  13-11-2025 09:20 via smh.com.au
  
  With mounting talk of her terminal leadership, the Liberal leader has been looking for a lifeline. She grabbed one by siding with the net zero naysayers, but it may prove costly.
  
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• Ley buys time by dumping net zero targets as Nationals declare victory

  13-11-2025 08:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberal leader pledged to keep coal plants online, mirroring Nationals policy as she fights to keep the Coalition together and campaign on cheaper power bills.
  
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• Sussan Ley faces hard questions

  13-11-2025 08:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The opposition leader defended the Liberals decision to abandon a pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
  
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• Moderates threatened to quit the Liberal frontbench over net zero. Here’s what they say now

  13-11-2025 08:04 via smh.com.au
  
  After their faction was hollowed out by successive election defeats, many Moderates appear to have fallen in line behind Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s abandonment of net zero.
  
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• Murray-Darling Basin stoush looms over more water buybacks

  13-11-2025 07:57 via abc.net.au
  
  More water rights in the Murray-Darling Basin will be purchased from farmers and irrigators in a renewed push by the federal government to return 450 gigalitres of water to the environment.
  
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• No net zero – but what exactly is in the Liberal energy plan?

  13-11-2025 06:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The policy unveiled at Sussan Ley’s press conference was much larger in scope than the Paris Agreement targets.
  
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• Liberal Party formally abandons net zero by 2050 climate target

  13-11-2025 03:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The decision brings the party closer to the Nationals, which ditched its support for the target earlier this month amid internal turmoil over the Coalition's policy.
  
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• Liberals decide to formally dump net zero but won’t pull out of Paris Agreement

  13-11-2025 02:34 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberal Party has formally agreed to dump the 2050 net zero target but will remain open to a carbon-neutral future as a “welcome outcome”.
  
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• China lodges complaint over ‘irresponsible’ ASIO speech

  13-11-2025 02:04 via smh.com.au
  
  China’s Foreign Ministry has lodged complaints over ASIO Director Mike Burgess for calling out Beijing for state-sponsored hacking.
  
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• Live: Liberals to reveal fate of net zero policy after shadow cabinet meeting

  12-11-2025 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The Liberals are set to reveal the fate of their net zero policy following a partyroom meeting yesterday paving the way for the target to be scraped. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Liberals to dump net zero by 2050, shadow ministers decide

  12-11-2025 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A meeting of Liberal shadow ministers ends with a decision to dump the net zero by 2050 target, following a party room meeting yesterday. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Liberals' shadow ministry agrees to dump net zero by 2050

  12-11-2025 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A meeting of Liberal shadow ministers ends with a decision to dump the net zero by 2050 target, following a party room meeting yesterday. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Liberals commit to reduce emissions in line with 'comparable countries'

  12-11-2025 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A meeting of Liberal shadow ministers ends with a decision to dump the net zero by 2050 target, following a party room meeting yesterday. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Liberal says colleagues who want to dump net zero to win votes are 'wrong'

  12-11-2025 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A Liberal senator says colleagues who think dumping net zero will win the Coalition votes are "wrong". Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Liberal says colleagues who think dumping net zero will win votes are 'wrong'

  12-11-2025 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A Liberal senator says colleagues who think dumping net zero will win the Coalition votes are "wrong". Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Liberal decision to dump net zero will 'let climate change rip': Climate Council

  12-11-2025 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A meeting of Liberal shadow ministers ends with a decision to dump the net zero by 2050 target, following a party room meeting yesterday. Follow live.
  
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• Liberals commit to reduce emissions in line with 'comparable countries' — as it happened

  12-11-2025 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A meeting of Liberal shadow ministers ends with a decision to dump the net zero by 2050 target, following a party room meeting yesterday. 
  
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• Construction workforce must double within two years to meet new demand

  12-11-2025 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A record pipeline of infrastructure projects will require more workers and a more efficient building sector, according to the peak federal government agency.
  
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• Construction workforce must double within two years to meet bulging pipeline

  12-11-2025 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A record pipeline of infrastructure projects will require more workers and a more efficient building sector, according to the peak federal government agency.
  
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• Construction workforce must double within two years to build major projects

  12-11-2025 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A record pipeline of infrastructure projects will require more workers and a more efficient building sector, according to the peak federal government agency.
  
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• What will Indonesia gain from its 'good neighbours' treaty with Australia?

  12-11-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Details of an upgraded security treaty between Indonesia and Australia are yet to be made public, and the practical impact it will have on relations between the two countries depends on who you ask. 
  
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• Prabowo's foreign policy hints at what Indonesia gains from treaty with Australia

  12-11-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Details of an upgraded security treaty between Indonesia and Australia are yet to be made public, and the practical impact it will have on relations between the two countries depends on who you ask. 
  
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• Prabowo's foreign policy hints at what Indonesia gains from Australia treaty

  12-11-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Details of an upgraded security treaty between Indonesia and Australia are yet to be made public, and the practical impact it will have on relations between the two countries depends on who you ask. 
  
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• The Liberals want to pause net zero, but the IEA says it wins on cost

  12-11-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The most authoritative snapshot of where the global energy transition is going has just been released at a most opportune moment for any politician weighing which direction Australia should pursue.
   
  
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• Liberals want to pause net zero but the IEA says it wins on cost

  12-11-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The most authoritative snapshot of where the global energy transition is going has just been released at a most opportune moment for any politician weighing which direction Australia should pursue.
   
  
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• Liberals want to pause net zero but IEA says it wins on cost

  12-11-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The most authoritative snapshot of where the global energy transition is going has just been released at a most opportune moment for any politician weighing which direction Australia should pursue.
   
  
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