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• Childcare workers scrap plan to walk off job as pay scheme extended

  16-06-2026 22:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Early educators had threatened to walk off the job to keep a federally funded 15 per cent pay subsidy due to end in November.
  
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• Chalmers winds back ministerial powers in bid to clear CGT Senate hurdle

  18-06-2026 09:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Businesses with turnover of up to $10 million will be able to claim 50 per cent off their capital gains tax.
  
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• Greens leader quizzed on her comparison of Jeremy Rockliff with Joseph Stalin

  18-06-2026 08:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff is quizzed about her comparison of Premier Jeremy Rockliff with Joseph Stalin
  
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• Gina Rinehart gifts Pauline Hanson a symbolic orange bulldozer

  18-06-2026 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Gina Rinehart presented Pauline Hanson with a gift at an event in Townsville, saying, "We need an orange bulldozer.”
  
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• Pauline Hanson spoke for 90 minutes. We fact-checked her key claims

  18-06-2026 07:47 via smh.com.au
  
  We break down the major talking points from the One Nation leader’s speech and fiery Q&A.
  
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• ‘Extreme’ risk of yet more cost, construction blowouts at Snowy 2.0

  18-06-2026 07:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The national auditor says the largest renewable energy project in the country is hampered by governance and management failures.
  
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• Sarah Game won't rule out introducing another bill to restrict late term abortion

  18-06-2026 07:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Family First upper house MLC Sarah Game has not ruled out introducing another bill restricting late-term abortion access, after her proposed legislation to restrict abortion after 25 weeks failed in the lower house last night.
  
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• Gina Rinehart asks Bush Summit crowd to make bulldozer noises

  18-06-2026 06:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Billionaire Gina Rinehart gives One Nation leader Pauline Hanson a toy bulldozer at News Corp's summit in Townsville.
  
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• Albanese winds back tax hikes for small businesses, start-ups, testamentary trusts

  18-06-2026 03:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Businesses with turnover of up to $10 million will be able to claim 50 per cent off their capital gains tax.
  
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• ‘Dystopian’: Hanson’s speech slammed as net migration falls

  18-06-2026 03:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Anti-discrimination advocates say Pauline Hanson’s rhetoric puts migrants, women and other groups in danger.
  
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• Breaking: Albanese, Chalmers unveil capital gains carve-outs for small businesses, startups

  18-06-2026 03:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has consulted with small businesses and startups over contentious elements of its budget tax proposal.
  
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• Albanese, Chalmers unveil CGT carve-outs for small businesses, startups

  18-06-2026 03:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has consulted with small businesses and startups over contentious elements of its budget tax proposal.
  
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• Live: PM unveils CGT carve-outs for small businesses from budget measures

  17-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister has unveiled wideranging carve-outs for small businesses from the government's budget changes. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Nationals senator concerned Hanson wants to 'pick and choose' journalists

  17-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Bridget McKenzie says she's concerned Pauline Hanson wants to "pick and choose" which journalists to answer questions from following the One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club yesterday. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Migrants will have to 'manage' their culture under a monoculture, One Nation MP says

  17-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation MP David Farley says migrants would have to "manage" their culture under his party's vision for a monocultural Australia. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: CGT carve-outs will be available to 2.7 million small businesses, treasurer says

  17-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister has unveiled wideranging carve-outs for small businesses from the government's budget changes. Follow live.
  
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• CGT carve-outs will be available to 2.7 million small businesses, treasurer says — as it happened

  17-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister has unveiled wideranging carve-outs for small businesses from the government's budget changes.
  
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• Pauline Hanson's criticism of Guardian reporter labelled an 'assault on free press'

  17-06-2026 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Pauline Hanson's public excoriation of a Guardian journalist questioning her at the National Press Club yesterday is an "assault on the freedom of the press", the media union says, as Labor and Liberal MPs criticise the One Nation leader for getting personal with journalists.
  
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• Pauline Hanson's attack of Guardian reporter labelled an 'assault on free press'

  17-06-2026 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Pauline Hanson's public excoriation of a Guardian journalist questioning her at the National Press Club yesterday was an "assault on the freedom of the press", the media union says, as Labor and Liberal MPs criticise the One Nation leader for getting personal with journalists.
  
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• How the new Australian War Memorial gallery captures the unsettled history of the conflict in Afghanistan

  17-06-2026 20:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian War Memorial is opening a new permanent exhibition that attempts to present Australia’s longest war without shying away from its complexities.
  
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• Hanson's fiery address creates risk for One Nation

  17-06-2026 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  In one press club appearance, we've learned more about where Hanson stands. And that creates risk for One Nation.
  
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• ‘You’d have to be an imbecile’: Clash over new network charges for solar and batteries

  17-06-2026 16:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian Energy Market Commission is proposing a power bill shake-up that experts warn will slug battery owners thousands of dollars.
  
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• Best of cartoons, June 18, 2026

  17-06-2026 13:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• One Nation prepared to cut worker entitlements to shore up struggling small businesses

  17-06-2026 12:05 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation's newly named "treasury spokesman" Barnaby Joyce says the party is prepared to cut worker entitlements to safeguard small businesses struggling to deal with inflation and high power prices.
  
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• Brisbane's Lang Park to undergo largest upgrade in 23 years

  17-06-2026 11:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The LNP government has announced plans for the largest upgrade to Lang Park in 23 years, featuring greater capacity, wraparound screens, and new entertainment zones ahead of next week's budget.
  
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• ‘We must be monocultural’: Hanson demands end to multiculturalism, calls climate change a hoax

  17-06-2026 11:34 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader described four of Australia’s closest allied nations as “absolute s-holes” because of their immigration and crime issues.
  
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• GetUp! stunt at Hanson speech referred to police as One Nation says leader’s safety compromised

  17-06-2026 11:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The National Press Club has referred footage to the AFP after a banner unfurled behind Pauline Hanson during her speech.
  
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• Before we build a statue of Elon Musk, let’s consider what he’s done with his trillions of dollars

  17-06-2026 11:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire. But 150 years ago, a man in Sydney showed what true wealth is about.
  
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• Pauline Hanson spoke for an hour and a half. Here’s the verdict of the press gallery experts

  17-06-2026 10:40 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader’s speech was temporarily disrupted by a banner slamming her opposition to wage rises. Here’s everything else you need to know.
  
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• Breaking: Bill restricting late-term abortions passes SA upper house

  17-06-2026 10:39 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's upper house has passed a bill to restrict access to abortions past 25 weeks. The legislation passed 10 votes to 9 with the support of three newly-elected One Nation MPs.
  
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