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• Britain's defence strategy under fire while global nuclear spending surges

  12-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The prospect of nuclear weapons being used in either Ukraine or the Middle East, rather than being fired between Moscow, Washington or Beijing has risen.
  
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• Tony Abbott is back in town and the fallout is biblical

  12-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Tony Abbott has been back in the political cycle for barely a fortnight and already the air is redolent with garment-rending, ancient feuds, biblical comeuppance and a listening tour.
  
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• This is the moment Tony Abbott and Pauline Hanson's feud began

  12-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Tony Abbott has been back in the political cycle for barely a fortnight and already the air is redolent with garment-rending, ancient feuds, biblical comeuppance and a listening tour.
  
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• Like Trump, Hanson’s rise is beyond politics. That’s why she’ll be hard to stop

  12-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  She plays the suffering outsider, yet she’s an insider now saying she could be prime minister.
  
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• Abbott takes a 'hold your nose and accept the preferences' approach to One Nation

  12-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Tony Abbott has been back in the political cycle for barely a fortnight and already the air is redolent with garment-rending, ancient feuds, biblical comeuppance and a listening tour.
  
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• ‘Watch your back’: Hanson’s family succession plan leaves Barnaby as a spare heir

  12-06-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader’s suggestion that her daughter could succeed her has prompted Coalition MPs to warn her about Barnaby Joyce’s leadership plans.
  
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• Stalled Ukraine security pact could leave Australia ‘fighting with one hand behind its back’

  12-06-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s ability to tap into Ukraine’s expertise in drones and other advanced technologies is being hampered by delays in striking a security pact.
  
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• Senior Liberal warns party to stop talking about One Nation as Hanson hits back at PM

  12-06-2026 10:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader posted a report about its fundraising campaign on social media after Albanese questioned its veracity, Hanson saying it proved the money was “ridgy-didge”.
  
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• Parton says Canberrans are 'more vulnerable' after budget's release

  12-06-2026 09:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The Canberra Liberals and the ACT Greens issue their responses to the ACT budget, criticising the government's fiscal plan, principally around cost of living, transport and overall management of the territory's finances.
  
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• One Nation's Melbourne fundraiser moved over protest concerns

  12-06-2026 06:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A One Nation fundraiser in Melbourne has been moved to an undisclosed location after several protest groups vowed to demonstrate outside, the party says.
  
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• One Nation denies Melbourne fundraiser was moved due to protest concerns

  12-06-2026 06:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A One Nation fundraiser in Melbourne has been moved after several protest groups vowed to demonstrate outside, according to police.
  
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• Breaking: One Nation's Melbourne fundraiser moved over protest concerns

  12-06-2026 06:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A One Nation fundraiser in Melbourne has been moved to an undisclosed location after several protest groups vowed to demonstrate outside, the party says.
  
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• NT government says Claravale land-clearing dispute is now settled

  12-06-2026 05:05 via abc.net.au
  
  For years, the Northern Territory government has been locked in a legal battle with Claravale Station over allegations its owners cleared hundreds of hectares without a permit. But it is not the first time the government has announced the settlement deal.
  
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• Hanson scoffs at Albanese’s scepticism of One Nation fundraising, releases audit

  12-06-2026 03:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader posted the report on social media and said it proved the millions raised in her Fire the Liar campaign were “ridgy didge”.
  
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• Decades of secrecy to end with Parliament House lobbyists unmasked

  12-06-2026 03:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A major overhaul of the parliamentary pass system will force the public disclosure of business representatives roaming private corridors.
  
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• Live: NDIS inquiry told 240,000 people to be 'exited' from scheme

  11-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A Senate inquiry into the government's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) changes has been told 240,000 people will be "exited" from the scheme. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Angus Taylor brushes away questions on One Nation preference deal

  11-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has brushed away questions on a preference deal with One Nation. Follow live.
  
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• Angus Taylor brushes away questions on One Nation preference deal — as it happened

  11-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The opposition leader has brushed away questions on a preference deal with One Nation at the next election.
  
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• What happens next for Madeleine Ogilvie's legal fee saga?

  11-06-2026 21:20 via abc.net.au
  
  It's been two weeks since Madeleine Ogilvie resigned from Tasmanian cabinet, and the saga is reaching a tipping point. What could happen when parliament returns?
  
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• How One Nation could disrupt Australia's progressive stronghold

  11-06-2026 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The idea that One Nation could come close to the government benches was absurd six months ago, but it is a prospect Victorian Labor MPs and insiders are increasingly discussing. 
  
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• Why One Nation can win the next federal election

  11-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  People keen to write off One Nation as the party of angry, old, white men are now demonstrably wrong in the same way Democrats were wrong about Donald Trump in 2024.
  
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• Labor ramps up Hanson attacks, as Taylor rebukes ally in phone call

  11-06-2026 14:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Coalition has also gone on the attack about Pauline Hanson’s admission on the Inside Politics podcast that her party was being “infiltrated by extremists”.
  
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• Best of cartoons, June 12, 2026

  11-06-2026 12:38 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• ‘Simply wrong’: former Queensland premier says Hanson was not jailed in a ‘witch hunt’

  11-06-2026 11:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader on Thursday accused Beattie and Liberal Party president Tony Abbott of orchestrating a “political witch hunt” that led to her 11-week imprisonment.
  
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• One Nation can be defanged by some truth-telling. But only one other major party’s doing that

  11-06-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Can Pauline Hanson’s momentum be stopped? Only if her political opponents get fair dinkum with the electorate.
  
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• Australians face 'binary choice' as One Nation soars, says Chalmers

  11-06-2026 11:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers hits out at Pauline Hanson's ties to Gina Rinehart and questions whether she actually stands for battling Australians.
  
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• Australians face a 'binary choice' as One Nation soars, says Chalmers

  11-06-2026 11:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hit ut at Pauline Hanson's ties to Gina Rinehart and questioned whether she actually stands for battling Australians.
  
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• Shorten’s Trump fears on AUKUS revealed

  11-06-2026 10:02 via smh.com.au
  
  The former Labor leader raised concerns about the prospect of Donald Trump being elected and compromising the AUKUS deal in a cabinet meeting in 2023.
  
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• Pauline Hanson emotional as she speaks on brief stint in jail

  11-06-2026 10:02 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation leader Pauline Hanson gets emotional as she speaks about her brief stint in jail.
  
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• Breaking: BHP bracing for strike after WA workers back industrial action

  11-06-2026 09:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Unionised workers at BHPs operations in Port Hedland could walk off the job as soon as next week after endorsing protected industrial action.
  
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