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• Government documents reveal AI could train on data without paying creators

  15-09-2026 07:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Leaked government documents reveal AI companies would be allowed to train their models on online content without paying its creators as long as they struck deals with enough rights holders.
  
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• Live: ASIO chief says media, politicians should have done more to call out antisemitism

  17-09-2026 23:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Mike Burgess tells a podcast that he, media and politicians should have done more to call out antisemitism following the October 7 attacks. Follow live.
  
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• Low, moderate, critical: ASIO boss sounds alarm on urgent upgrade of Australia’s terror warnings

  17-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The domestic spy boss said he had warned Jewish leaders that Iran may try to assassinate them, and singled out China as a major risk for hacking.
  
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• ‘Go back abroad’: Phillip Ruddock urges radical fix for international student visa program

  17-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s longest serving immigration minister warned that public confidence in the integrity of the immigration system was at risk.
  
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• ‘Go back abroad’: Philip Ruddock urges radical fix for international student visa program

  17-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s longest serving immigration minister warned that public confidence in the integrity of the immigration system was at risk.
  
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• Barnaby Joyce is indeed not Jesus Christ. He doesn’t need to be

  17-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s becoming clear that raw political expediency trumps economic wisdom when people feel this angry.
  
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• Minister says detaining visa overstayers will not lead to ICE-style raids

  17-09-2026 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Migration experts slap down a Greens claim that the Border Force crackdown on visa overstayers will be akin to ICE raids in the United States, saying it was an uncontroversial procedure that occurred regularly until 2015.
  
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• Border force shuts depots in illicit tobacco crackdown

  17-09-2026 20:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Border Force has ousted two major freight handlers from the import system amid a massive contraband bust, as political pressure mounts over the booming black market for illicit nicotine.
  
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• Australia could follow Canada as EU 'associate member', parliament president says

  17-09-2026 18:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has welcomed the prospect of Canada becoming the first "associate member" of the European Union, as the president of the European Parliament has hinted Australia and New Zealand could follow.
  
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• Albanese puts cyber safety at heart of bid for UN Security Council seat

  17-09-2026 14:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The government also confirmed the PM would meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the UN, where they are expected to announce a bilateral security agreement.
  
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• Best of cartoons, September 18, 2026

  17-09-2026 13:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Burke’s immigration plans are solid, but they’re not the antidote to Hansonism that Labor needs

  17-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Tony Burke ticked all the right boxes and made all the right noises at the National Press Club, yet his plans won’t win over many voters tempted by Pauline Hanson’s simplistic message.
  
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• Labor’s tough new migration rules target backpackers, foreign students and overstayers

  17-09-2026 10:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Tony Burke will try to stem bleeding to One Nation by balancing economic needs with a crackdown on those who “seek to rort or defraud the system”.
  
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• Australia’s population hits 27.9 million as newborn numbers dip

  17-09-2026 08:24 via smh.com.au
  
  The nation’s population growth rate continues to slow and the government still faces a battle to hit its net overseas migration forecast.
  
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• Australia to apologise to LGBTQ veterans as it drops controversial healthcare cap

  17-09-2026 08:11 via smh.com.au
  
  The $5000 threshold for allied health treatments is “off the table” after it was announced in the May budget.
  
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• Reza Pahlavi accepts Coalition invitation to visit Australia

  17-09-2026 08:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The exiled son of Iran's last shah says he wants to be a "bridge" to democracy in Iran, not a candidate to lead the country.
  
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• Burke says the quiet part out loud: immigration and housing are linked

  17-09-2026 07:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The sands have shifted rapidly in Australia’s migration debate and Labor has sniffed the wind.
  
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• Labor unveils migration cuts targeting students, backpackers and overstayers

  17-09-2026 07:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor will restrict international student families, cap longer backpacker stays and target visa overstayers as it seeks greater control over migration.
  
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• What are Labor’s new migration rules for Australia?

  17-09-2026 07:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced a major shake-up of migration settings on Thursday as Labor faces off against One Nation and the Coalition.
  
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• Disgraced MP who fraudulently claimed public money avoids jail

  17-09-2026 07:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Former South Australian MP Fraser Ellis has avoided jail for deliberately rorting a parliamentary allowance, but maintains his actions showed a "casualness" or "recklessness" and "certainly not criminality".
  
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• US Air Force officer faces jail for Trump administration protest

  17-09-2026 05:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Major Jason Watson staged a lone protest in uniform on the steps of the Capitol. He could go to jail, lose his pension and his job.
  
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• Australia immigration changes LIVE updates: International students’ families barred, backpacker ballot system announced as Burke attacks One Nation’s net-negative migration policy in Press Club speech

  17-09-2026 05:46 via smh.com.au
  
  We will bring you the latest live news updates as Labor reveals its new migration policy.
  
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• As it happened: International students’ families barred, backpacker ballot system announced as Burke attacks One Nation’s net-negative migration policy in Press Club speech

  17-09-2026 05:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Rolling coverage of Labor’s new migration policy.
  
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• Australia immigration announcement LIVE updates: International students’ families barred, backpacker ballot system announced as Burke flags major migration system changes in National Press Club speech

  17-09-2026 05:11 via smh.com.au
  
  We will bring you the latest live news updates as Labor reveals its new migration policy.
  
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• Labor migration plan revealed: Burke to ramp up deportations and bring in backpacker ballot

  17-09-2026 04:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Tony Burke will try to stem bleeding to One Nation by balancing economic needs with a crackdown on those who “seek to rort or defraud the system”.
  
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• Australia immigration announcement LIVE updates: Net overseas migration continues to slow amid Burke’s major reforms in National Press Club speech

  17-09-2026 03:59 via smh.com.au
  
  We will bring you the latest live news updates as Labor reveals its new migration policy.
  
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• How 12 people you probably don’t know knocked down Donald Trump

  17-09-2026 03:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president complained loudly about the Federal Reserve’s decision to lift interest rates. But in the end, he couldn’t stop it.
  
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• Government bows to pressure to scrap allied health cap for veterans

  17-09-2026 02:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The proposal would have imposed an "annual monetary limit" on services such as physiotherapy and dentistry, with veterans able to access more funding if they "demonstrated clinical need".
  
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• Albanese dumps controversial veterans’ health cap amid fierce criticism

  17-09-2026 01:27 via smh.com.au
  
  The $5000 threshold for allied health treatments is “off the table” after it was announced in the May budget.
  
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• Slash red tape and go hard on tax: IMF pushes Albanese to act

  17-09-2026 01:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The federal government has been told that to lift living standards, it has to be bolder on tax, on housing, on cutting red tape.
  
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