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• Government seeks to claw back $56k legal bill from former LGH boss

  25-09-2025 06:50 via abc.net.au
  
  A review has found three Tasmanian public servants did not act in good faith during the state's child abuse commission of inquiry and recommends clawing back up to $76,000 in legal fees.
  
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• ‘We’re not ready yet’: Ley’s enemies refuse to back Henderson’s attack

  07-11-2025 07:23 via smh.com.au
  
  The opposition leader brushed off the senator’s Friday morning broadside, which backfired when Liberals came out to support Ley.
  
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• The three gaffes that fuelled Ley’s nightmare fortnight

  07-11-2025 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Sussan Ley keeps calm and carries on but distrust and paranoia have gripped a fragmenting Liberal party.
  
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• ‘No challenge before Christmas’: Ley brushes off Henderson’s broadside

  07-11-2025 04:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Liberal senator Sarah Henderson would not back Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, saying the party was at its lowest point in over a decade.
  
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• Liberals pour cold water on threat of Ley leadership spill

  07-11-2025 03:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley has refused to bite on speculation about her leadership, after a Liberal colleague suggested she was losing the support of her party.
  
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• Ley won't bite on leadership talk fuelled by 'good senator' Sarah Henderson

  07-11-2025 03:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley has refused to bite on speculation about her leadership, after a Liberal colleague suggested she was losing the support of her party.
  
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• As rates hit the brakes, is 3.6 per cent as low as we should go?

  07-11-2025 01:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Hopes among mortgage holders that interest rates will continue to fall were dashed by the Reserve Bank this week. But should they go any lower?
  
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• I watched history being made, from the best seats in the house

  06-11-2025 23:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The main characters are dead. Some of those still around from the time maintain their rage, which has lasted through the decades, long after that election campaign. 
  
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• ‘I can’t pretend things are good’: Henderson slams Ley’s leadership

  06-11-2025 23:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberal senator could not back in the opposition leader, saying the party was at its lowest point in over a decade.
  
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• Sussan Ley won't remark on 'good senator' Henderson's jab — as it happened

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley would not be drawn on comments from Liberal senator Sarah Henderson who openly declared the Liberal leader was losing support in the party room.
  
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• Live: 'Worst I've ever seen': Liberal senator declares Ley losing support in Liberal party

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal senator Sarah Henderson says Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is losing support in the Liberal party room. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Sussan Ley won't remark on 'good senator' Henderson's jab

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley would not be drawn on comments from Liberal senator Sarah Henderson who openly declared the Liberal leader was losing support in the party room. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Senior Liberals line up behind Sussan Ley after senator unleashes on leader

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal senator Sarah Henderson says Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is losing support in the Liberal party room. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Senior Liberals back Ley's leadership despite Henderson declaring leader losing support

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal senator Sarah Henderson says Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is losing support in the Liberal party room. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Greens say Labor's environment bill has 'big holes'

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says her party is a long way from supporting Labor's environment reform bill which passed the lower house of parliament yesterday. Follow live.
  
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• Live: 'Can't pretend things are good': Liberal senator says Ley losing support in party

  06-11-2025 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal senator Sarah Henderson says Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is losing support in the Liberal party room. Follow live.
  
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• These charts show the effect of migration on Australia's housing story

  06-11-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The role of migration is one of the most contentious elements to the housing debate. So what does the evidence show?
  
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• Max Chandler-Mather on the Greens, his election loss … and his return to politics

  06-11-2025 20:28 via smh.com.au
  
  For the first time since the federal election, Greens wunderkind Max Chandler-Mather has opened up about losing his seat, the party’s poor 2025 election result and his own political future.
  
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• ‘Not about knocking things down’: City of Sydney prepares for Victoria Barracks sale

  06-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  With the Albanese government poised to release a long-awaited review into the defence estate, the City of Sydney is getting on the front foot.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi to retire from Congress, ending long career in US politics

  06-11-2025 17:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Ms Pelosi was the first woman to serve as US Speaker of the House of Representatives, and her decision will bring to an end a political career spanning four decades.
  
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• Best of cartoons, November 7, 2025

  06-11-2025 11:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Liberal’s fury over last-minute recall to Canberra to resolve ‘crazy’ net zero debate

  06-11-2025 10:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley will haul her MPs back to Canberra on Wednesday next week for a crunch meeting to land the energy policy.
  
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• Liberal MP angered over last-minute recall to Canberra to resolve net zero debate

  06-11-2025 10:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley will haul her MPs back to Canberra on Wednesday next week for a crunch meeting to land the energy policy.
  
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• Mamdani's triumph in New York is making waves around the world

  06-11-2025 08:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The blistering rise of New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has captured global attention. So what's going on and what does his win say about the American political climate?
  
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• Tax on truth: Coalition, Greens team up to block Labor’s controversial laws

  06-11-2025 08:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Coalition and Greens senators are set to reject the bill once it reaches the Senate.
  
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• Jane Hume laments ‘crazy’ net zero debate as Liberals race towards crunch talks

  06-11-2025 08:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley will haul her MPs back to Canberra on Wednesday next week for a crunch meeting to land the energy policy.
  
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• Katt and the hat: Portrait celebrates Katter’s 50 years – from Joh to Albo

  06-11-2025 07:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Early rumours that Katter would attend the event in his inflatable pig suit were dashed, but the veteran MP still provided colour.
  
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• Liberals recalled to parliament to thrash out net zero problem

  06-11-2025 07:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal MPs will return to parliament on Wednesday to thrash out a position on the party's net zero commitment ahead of a joint party room meeting with the Nationals next Sunday.
  
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• Australia’s electric vehicle revolution stalls as sales plummet

  06-11-2025 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Peak petrol car sales appears to have arrived, but the slow rate of change to EVs is putting the nation’s climate targets at risk.
  
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• Incumbent, scholar, new challenger or dark horse: Who could be leading the Liberals in 2028?

  06-11-2025 04:36 via smh.com.au
  
  While Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s leadership is not under formal threat, the ambition of the men who sit behind her could challenge her tenure.
  
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