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• Coalition vows to 'take a chainsaw' to climate laws, offshore wind

  23-09-2026 05:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition has promised a major slowdown of renewables if it wins power, including scrapping most offshore renewables sites, formalising its commitment to unpick Australia's key climate policies.
  
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• How Australia's defence force is turning AI into a 'silicon commander'

  26-09-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Militaries across the world, including Australia, are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence to pilot drones and analyse intelligence. But experts worry "automation bias" could be creeping in. 
  
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• Ghost Bats and Maven Smart: How AI is transforming Defence

  26-09-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Militaries across the world, including Australia, are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence to pilot drones and analyse intelligence. But experts worry "automation bias" could be creeping in. 
  
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• 'Insidious money grab': Aspiring candidates slam One Nation processes

  26-09-2026 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Former One Nation candidates reveal they’re walking away from the party after witnessing its operations behind closed doors.
  
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• Families scramble to find childcare after visa slowdown hits au pairs

  26-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The international au pair industry is the latest to be hit by Labor’s migration changes.
  
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• Albanese got the gong, but misogyny is the real global citizen

  26-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s a brave woman who dares to challenge the left-leaning orthodoxy.
  
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• Albanese’s trip to the UN was more than selfies with leaders. Now he needs to convince voters

  26-09-2026 02:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister has several foreign trips in coming months. He will need to explain to voters why rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders matters.
  
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• Why Australia simply cannot afford to miss this AI wave

  25-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  For future prosperity and security, and to have any real influence over the big beasts of AI, Australia must convince them to train their models here.
  
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• Exclusive Brethren leader calls Jews ‘wicked’, ‘infidel’ as Liberals remain silent

  25-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The leader of the church, which secretly campaigned for the Coalition at the election using neo-Nazi associates, has described Jews as evil in leaked sermons.
  
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• ‘Cooked’: This $1.1b data centre mirrors Melbourne’s much wider conflict

  25-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Victoria’s new data centre rules won’t apply to this city edge proposal, exposing a planning vacuum driving community backlash across outer Melbourne.
  
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• One Nation defends $56k party spent on Ashby shed as ‘unconventional’ fundraiser

  25-09-2026 09:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The minor party’s general manager assured members the “unconventional” endeavour would benefit the party.
  
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• Anti-China Activists Protest Against Xi Jinping’s US Visit

  25-09-2026 04:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Uyghur and pro-Tibet protesters gathered outside the White House where Donald Trump was hosting Xi Jinping. 
  
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• The moment Australia’s immigration program went off the rails

  25-09-2026 03:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Behind the headlines, a little-known legislative instrument was implemented a decade ago that would have a profound impact on Australia’s immigration program.
  
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• Albanese takes aim at AI, tells ‘middle powers’ to unite in half-filled UN assembly

  25-09-2026 03:16 via smh.com.au
  
  In a speech pitching Australia as a voice for smaller nations, the PM said the international system couldn’t allow technology and power to dictate the future.
  
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• Man shot during Trump assassination attempt at 2024 rally dies

  25-09-2026 02:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The 76-year-old was struck in the arm and abdomen at the event in Butler, Pennsylvania — the wounds leaving him with lingering injuries that forced him to walk with a cane.
  
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• Taylor signals support for changing laws to charge OpenAI over hack — as it happened

  24-09-2026 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor has signalled the Coalition would be open to changing laws following the OpenAI hack.
  
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• Live: World must 'embrace change and reform' for a safer world, PM tells UN

  24-09-2026 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister uses his speech to the UN to say the world can only confront the breakdown of international rules and the challenges posed by AI if leaders band together. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Taylor signals support for changing laws to charge OpenAI over hack

  24-09-2026 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor has signalled the Coalition would be open to changing laws following the OpenAI hack. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Albanese to urge world leaders to band together on AI

  24-09-2026 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister will use a speech to the UN to say the world can only confront the breakdown of international rules and the challenges posed by AI if leaders band together. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Albanese addresses UN, urges world leaders to band together on AI

  24-09-2026 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister uses his speech to the UN to say the world can only confront the breakdown of international rules and the challenges posed by AI if leaders band together. Follow live.
  
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• Albanese once criticised rivals for abusing this power. Just look at him now

  24-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese promised to fix the political staffing system when he was elected in 2022. Instead, he’s made it worse.
  
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• The US media boycott hit Trump right where it hurts. Now it’s Hanson’s turn

  24-09-2026 19:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Solidarity? In America? Among the media? It seems astonishing that anything quite so unified could grow from America’s famously polarised soil.
  
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• Best of cartoons, September 25, 2026

  24-09-2026 14:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Western Power employees sacked for backing rapist

  24-09-2026 10:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Three Western Power employees who provided a character reference for a colleague convicted of rape are sacked after an external investigation.
  
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• More than a wolf warrior: China’s top diplomat begins Canberra charm offensive

  24-09-2026 09:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Liu Jinsong’s first Australian speech was not a time to emphasise differences, but to accentuate the positive – and implore both sides to pursue deeper ties. 
  
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• Unemployment just jumped. It’s unlikely to stop a rate hike

  24-09-2026 07:54 via smh.com.au
  
  All four major banks expect the RBA to hike the cash rate for the fourth time this year next Tuesday.
  
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• Judge orders reversal of Trump's White House media ban

  24-09-2026 07:35 via abc.net.au
  
  A federal judge has ordered US President Donald Trump to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
  
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• Breaking: Judge orders reversal of Trump's White House media ban

  24-09-2026 07:35 via abc.net.au
  
  A federal judge has ordered US President Donald Trump to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
  
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• OpenAI ‘climbed the fence’: taskforce scrambles after long delays flagging Medicare hack

  24-09-2026 07:17 via smh.com.au
  
  No penalty has been imposed on US artificial intelligence corporation OpenAI after one of its AI agents infiltrated Medicare in June, as the government scrambles to learn if any laws have been broken.
  
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• Three months for OpenAI to alert Australia on Medicare hack, six days to alert ministers

  24-09-2026 04:51 via smh.com.au
  
  No penalty has been imposed on US artificial intelligence corporation OpenAI after one of its AI agents infiltrated Medicare in June, as the government scrambles to learn if any laws have been broken.
  
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