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• Do Liberals still identify as conservative? And what does that even mean any more?

  08-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Long-understood labels like “liberal” and “conservative” don’t apply to modern politics. What happens now?
  
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• One Nation part of global populist movement in politics, Barnaby Joyce says

  08-12-2025 13:07 via abc.net.au
  
  In his first interview since formally joining One Nation, Barnaby Joyce says he sees comparisons between his new party and Britain's far-right Reform UK party under populist leader Nigel Farage.
  
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• Ghost Bat drones take flight in $1 billion bid to modernise military

  08-12-2025 12:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The successful firing of an air-to-air missile on an aerial target in test exercises has paved the way for a major investment in the Ghost Bat program.
  
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• Best of cartoons, December 9, 2025

  08-12-2025 11:21 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Wells charged taxpayers $1000 for car to wait while she watched tennis – for seven hours

  08-12-2025 08:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Daily revelations about Wells’ use of travel entitlements have dogged the minister since last Wednesday, eclipsing Labor’s agenda.
  
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• Albanese’s words from 2015 that reveal tension at the heart of Wells scandal

  08-12-2025 08:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Parliamentary entitlement scandals exploded 10 years ago, leading to a change in the rules. What Anthony Albanese said then is instructive.
  
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• Wells spent nearly $9000 of taxpayer money to bring husband to three AFL grand finals

  08-12-2025 06:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Sports Minister Anika Wells spent close to $9000 on family reunion flights and travel entitlements so her husband could attend three AFL grand finals with her.
  
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• Coalition puts heat on Wells over trips to cricket and AFL with family

  08-12-2025 04:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition is applying more heat to Sport Minister Anika Wells over flights she claimed for herself and her husband to attend two Boxing Day cricket test matches in recent years, and several AFL Grand Final events.
  
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• Government will not extend energy bill relief

  08-12-2025 03:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers says the end to the "temporary" subsidy was a "hard" decision but recognises pressures on the budget.
  
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• Breaking: Government will not extend energy bill relief

  08-12-2025 03:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers says the end to the "temporary" subsidy was a "hard" decision but recognises pressures on the budget.
  
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• Chalmers ends energy rebates as budget bites

  08-12-2025 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  The Albanese government’s $300 power bill subsidy will be scrapped at the end of the year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced.
  
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• Joyce says he'll join 'fellow traveller' Pauline Hanson in One Nation

  08-12-2025 03:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Barnaby Joyce's defection gives One Nation its first lower house seat since 1998.
  
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• Joyce says he will join 'fellow traveller' Pauline Hanson in One Nation

  08-12-2025 03:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Barnaby Joyce's defection gives One Nation its first lower house seat since 1998.
  
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• Urgent closure of notorious youth jail recommended after 16yo's death

  08-12-2025 03:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's first recorded death in youth detention was predictable, a coroner finds, declaring the care of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd was "inhumane" and "reminiscent of 19th century jails". WARNING: This story contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died.
  
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• Coroner wants urgent closure of notorious youth facility after 16yo's death

  08-12-2025 03:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's first recorded death in youth detention was predictable, a coroner finds, declaring the care of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd was "inhumane" and "reminiscent of 19th century jails". WARNING: This story contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died.
  
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• Breaking: Coroner wants urgent closure of notorious youth facility after 16yo's death

  08-12-2025 03:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's first recorded death in youth detention was predictable, a coroner finds, declaring the care of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd was "inhumane" and "reminiscent of 19th century jails". WARNING: This story contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died.
  
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• Breaking: Cleveland Dodd's care in youth detention 'inhumane', coroner finds

  08-12-2025 03:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's first recorded death in youth detention was predictable, a coroner has found, finding the care of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd was "inhumane" and "reminiscent of 19th century jails". WARNING: This story contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died.
  
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• Swords, extremist material and Nazi salutes: Three men charged as part of federal police blitz

  08-12-2025 02:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Police have hit three men with Nazi related charges and seized swastika-bearing swords as part of a week-long crackdown.
  
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• Man charged with Nazi salute as part of federal police blitz

  08-12-2025 02:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Police have also seized swastika-bearing swords, charged a British man with hate crimes and a 21-year-old with possessing extremist material as part of a week-long crackdown.
  
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• Wells billed taxpayers to fly husband to two Boxing Day Tests, three Grand finals

  08-12-2025 02:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Sports Minister Anika Wells spent close to $9000 on family reunion flights and travel entitlements so her husband could attend three AFL grand finals with her.
  
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• This week was supposed to be a triumph for Wells. Instead, it is a trial

  08-12-2025 02:00 via smh.com.au
  
  While the polls are still terrible for the Coalition, the developing furore Wells’ use of expenses is a reminder of how quickly politics can change gears.
  
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• Joyce makes switch to One Nation as Hanson travels to Tamworth for announcement

  08-12-2025 01:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Joyce had been dangling the prospect of defecting to One Nation for weeks since this masthead reported in early October that he was in negotiations with Hanson.
  
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• How would your social feed look if you controlled what you saw?

  07-12-2025 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Sexual violence prevention group Teach Us Consent is pushing for Australians to have the choice to "opt-in" to social media algorithms.
  
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• Less than a third of parents will enforce social media ban, new poll finds

  07-12-2025 22:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Nearly 70 per cent of voters back the world-leading policy, but most are sceptical it can even work.
  
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• Hanson travels to Joyce’s hometown as One Nation switch looms

  07-12-2025 22:13 via smh.com.au
  
  Joyce has been dangling the prospect of defecting to One Nation for weeks since this masthead reported in early October that he was in negotiations with Hanson.
  
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• Live: Ministers support Wells amid family travel entitlements criticism

  07-12-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Government ministers throw their support behind Communications Minister Anika Wells amid criticism of her use of a family travel entitlement. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Minister defends Anika Wells's use of taxpayer money to attend events with family

  07-12-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth defends Anika Wells's use of taxpayer money to bring her family with her on work trips. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Barnaby Joyce joins One Nation, weeks after leaving Nationals

  07-12-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined One Nation after leaving the Nationals. Follow live.
  
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• Barnaby Joyce joins One Nation weeks after leaving Nationals — as it happened

  07-12-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined One Nation after leaving the Nationals.
  
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• Wells billed taxpayers to fly husband to two Boxing Day Tests

  07-12-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Sports Minister Anika Wells charged taxpayers more than $4000 in flights for her husband to join her at two Boxing Day Tests and at a Sydney event at the PM’s residence.
  
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