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• Billions going unspent from Australia’s $24b medical research fund

  27-09-2025 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Costings commissioned by independent MP Monique Ryan reveal the government could double how much funding it gives to innovative health research each year.
  
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• ‘A partisan ambush’: Albanese maintains the Whitlam rage

  10-11-2025 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese has marked the 50th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam government by describing it as a partisan ambush.
  
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• Nampijinpa Price pulls out of rally with far-right activist Tommy Robinson

  10-11-2025 08:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was due to speak at the Put Australia First event later this month alongside Tommy Robinson, a one-time member of a fascist political party. 
  
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• Who is Australia's new top diplomat in the UK?

  10-11-2025 07:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's next high commissioner to the United Kingdom's time in politics was defined by consultative leadership, pizza politics and a gatecrashed press conference.
  
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• ‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC

  10-11-2025 07:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
  
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• Revolt of the mods: Kovacic, Ruston, Wilson could quit frontbench if net zero dumped

  10-11-2025 05:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Three allies of embattled Opposition Leader Sussan Ley could walk from the shadow ministry if net zero is dumped.
  
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• Energy relief on the cards as cost of living bites

  10-11-2025 05:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Federal energy subsidies worth $75 a quarter are due to end this year. But there is a push for them to continue into 2026.
  
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• Why Whitlam’s dismissal was a blow to women’s rights

  10-11-2025 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Gough Whitlam’s policies transformed many women’s lives. His legacy lives on.
  
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• South Korea's former president accused of provoking military conflict with North Korea

  10-11-2025 04:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Yoon Suk Yeol attempted to provoke military conflict between South and North Korea in order to declare martial law, a prosecutor's spokesperson tells a briefing.
  
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• Review to ensure prison guards 'are not punching bags for criminals'

  10-11-2025 03:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Commissioner of Corrective Services will undertake a review of inmate classifications after the assault of four prison guards earlier this year. 
  
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• Guard bashing prompts NSW government to review inmate classifications

  10-11-2025 03:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Commissioner of Corrective Services will undertake a review of inmate classifications after the assault of four prison guards earlier this year. 
  
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• PM picks former Labor premier for top diplomatic role in UK — as it happened

  09-11-2025 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese announces the next high commissioner to the United Kingdom, a former South Australian premier. Look back at our coverage today.
  
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• Live: Net zero has become a 'loaded' term: Liberal MP

  09-11-2025 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  A Liberal MP has warned the term net zero has become "loaded" and Australians have different views on what it means as an internal spat over the emissions target continues. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Joyce labels renewable energy a 'total swindle'

  09-11-2025 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has labelled renewable energy a "total swindle" and has refused to say whether he would support an extension of energy rebates. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Albanese picks former Labor premier for top diplomatic role in UK

  09-11-2025 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces the next high commissioner to the United Kingdom, a former South Australian premier. Follow live.
  
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• 'Act of total madness': Liberal insider's message to those gunning for Ley

  09-11-2025 19:44 via abc.net.au
  
  As the federal Liberal Party embarks on more self-harm over climate change policy this week, the idea seems to have set in among some that tearing down its first ever female leader could be a low-consequence affair.
  
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• Liberal net zero decision unlikely to heal divide and could 'destroy' Ley

  09-11-2025 19:32 via abc.net.au
  
  As Liberals descend on Canberra to settle a climate policy, conservatives and moderates remain opposed on the question of net zero, threatening a deeper rupture. 
  
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• Show us what you really believe, Albanese: This lesson in politics stretches 50 years

  09-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Gough Whitlam and New York’s mayor-elect illustrate a curious point: Sometimes, voters are more interested in conviction than what a politician is convinced about.
  
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• Joyce division: Why Ley’s arch-conservative rivals are cutting through

  09-11-2025 18:29 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s tough times for centrists as the polls show Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie’s likeability improving, while Pauline Hanson is really popular.
  
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• Best of cartoons, November 10, 2025

  09-11-2025 11:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• From solar panels to urine samples: The steep cost of Australia’s safety standards revealed

  09-11-2025 11:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Retailers, labs, tradies and others pay hundreds of millions a year to access rules and regulations across 9000 standards. The customer ultimately covers the cost.
  
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• Paying for services that didn't exist: Reality of Pacific spending exposed

  09-11-2025 10:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Top public servant Derek Elias has blown the lid on alleged corrupt payments.
  
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• Voters don’t punish Liberals for infighting, but Albanese on notice over rising costs: poll

  09-11-2025 08:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Two out of three voters say they’re cutting back on Christmas this year, while three out of five said they couldn’t afford any unexpected major expenses.
  
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• Infighting and backbiting fail to dent Coalition: poll

  09-11-2025 08:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Two out of three voters say they’re cutting back on Christmas this year, while three out of five said they couldn’t afford any unexpected major expenses.
  
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• Neo-Nazis 'spewing out hatred': Speakman

  09-11-2025 07:35 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW Police should have gone to court to stop a neo-Nazi stunt outside Parliament House, Opposition Leader Mark Speakman says.
  
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• Neo-Nazis 'spewing out hatred': NSW opposition

  09-11-2025 07:35 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW Police should have gone to court to stop a neo-Nazi stunt outside Parliament House, Opposition Leader Mark Speakman says.
  
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• ‘We have a serious problem’: fears for Liberal future as gender quotas rejected

  09-11-2025 04:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The party’s review into its historic drubbing found Peter Dutton and his team spent years acting like a cautious government-in-exile and presented a dire policy agenda.
  
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• This man wants to lead the Liberal Party. He won’t if he keeps savaging the ‘liberal’ bit

  09-11-2025 03:45 via smh.com.au
  
  As Andrew Hastie seeks to build his reputation as a conservative thinker, he needs to be careful of the company he keeps.
  
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• ‘You can’t have a fatwa on two words’: Bragg insists Liberals must keep net zero

  09-11-2025 02:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Asked if he would quit the frontbench if the party ditched net zero and the Paris Agreement, the opposition housing spokesman said sure, but doubted it could happen.
  
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• Bragg will quit frontbench if Coalition walks away from net zero, Paris Agreement

  09-11-2025 02:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Asked if he would quit the frontbench if the party ditched the policy and the Paris Agreement, the opposition housing spokesman said he would, but he doubted it could happen.
  
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