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• Labor and Coalition draw different battle lines over social media fight

  12-09-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  As fresh battle lines were drawn up over Labor’s proposed digital duty of care this week, another ongoing war entered a new phase.
  
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• Best of cartoons, September 30, 2026

  29-09-2026 14:11 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• To avoid another rate rise, things might have to get worse

  29-09-2026 11:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Unemployment is climbing and house prices are sinking, so the RBA knew this rate rise would need a lot of explaining.
  
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• She’s an Australian law professor. Her husband says they ‘don’t do consent’

  29-09-2026 11:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Dr Joanna Howe, a Rhodes scholar, has become one of Australia’s most recognisable, prolific, and aggressive anti-abortion activists.
  
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• RBA governor warns there could be further rate hikes, even if it tips Australia into recession

  29-09-2026 10:36 via smh.com.au
  
  In a blunt message that challenges Labor’s argument that inflation was driven primarily by the war, Bullock said domestic pressures had a role.
  
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• Greens leadership showdown: Faruqi and McKim take on Hanson-Young as members demand a say

  29-09-2026 09:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Greens firebrand Max Chandler-Mather has urged the MPs to give all its grassroots members a say in choosing their next leader.
  
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• Second brick plant no quick fix for WA housing shortage

  29-09-2026 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Taxpayers are funding the reopening of the Austral factory, which the government hopes will help address the shortage of bricks plaguing the construction industry.
  
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• Brick shortage prompts $4 million sweetener to get factory reopened

  29-09-2026 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Taxpayers are funding the reopening of the Austral factory, which the government hopes will help address the shortage of bricks plaguing the construction industry.
  
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• These rate hikes will hit harder than 2023, and the PM can’t spend his way out of it

  29-09-2026 07:58 via smh.com.au
  
  With a depleted budget, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will find it harder to pull out his election spending playbook.
  
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• RBA hikes interest rates to 4.6 per cent in 15-year high, open to further hikes

  29-09-2026 06:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The board’s decision will add about $91 a month to repayments on a typical $600,000 mortgage with 25 years remaining.
  
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• Sarah Hanson-Young to run for Greens leadership ahead of vote this week

  29-09-2026 06:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Greens communications spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young is the first MP to put her hand up to become the next leader of the federal party.
  
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• RBA hikes interest rates to 4.6 per cent in 15-year high

  29-09-2026 06:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The board’s decision will add about $91 a month to repayments on a typical $600,000 mortgage with 25 years remaining.
  
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• Greens leadership showdown to occur at two-day retreat

  29-09-2026 04:00 via smh.com.au
  
  All but two senators have ruled themselves out of contention. Some have called for a consensus to be reached before this week’s vote.
  
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• Greens leader showdown to occur at Sydney retreat

  29-09-2026 04:00 via smh.com.au
  
  All but two senators have ruled themselves out of contention. Some have called for a consensus to be reached before this week’s vote.
  
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• Greens leader showdown this week at Sydney retreat

  29-09-2026 04:00 via smh.com.au
  
  All but two senators have ruled themselves out of contention. Some have called for a consensus to be reached before this week’s vote.
  
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• OpenAI apologises as extent of Medicare breach revealed — as it happened

  28-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  OpenAI releases a blog post saying it will "do better" after an AI agent breached a government system. 
  
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• Live: OpenAI apologises as extent of Medicare breach revealed

  28-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  OpenAI releases a blog post saying it will "do better" after an AI agent breached a government system last week. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Chalmers does not want to see workers 'carry the can' for Middle East war

  28-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he does not want to see Australian workers "carry the can" for the consequences of the Middle East war. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Canavan says rate hike could be 'straw that breaks the camel's back'

  28-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Matt Canavan says a further interest rate hike could be the "straw that breaks the camel's back" for families, blaming government spending for inflation. Follow live. 
  
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• Reporting rogue AI won't be enough to keep Australia safe, expert warns

  28-09-2026 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is looking to impose a dual notification requirement under tougher new standards enforced after OpenAI's breach of a Medicare website.
  
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• OpenAI's delayed warning drives tougher approach to rogue AI

  28-09-2026 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is looking to impose a dual notification requirement under tougher new standards enforced after OpenAI's breach of a Medicare website.
  
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• Hanson, Spender both call for crack down on hate preachers

  28-09-2026 20:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Fresh debate over hate speech laws, which have long been a thorny issue in Australian politics, has come on the same day that British authorities foiled an alleged terror plot.
  
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• Best of cartoons, September 29, 2026

  28-09-2026 13:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader due to illness

  28-09-2026 12:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The party will hold a secret ballot of its MPs later this week to elect a new leader.
  
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• Breaking: Greens leader Larissa Waters steps down due to illness

  28-09-2026 11:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The Greens have revealed that the leader has been dealing with a pre-existing medical condition, which has worsened.
  
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• Near-record tax take, rising rates: Chalmers blames war as RBA hike looms

  28-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Treasurer says petrol prices are fuelling inflation as a near-record tax haul adds to scrutiny of Labor’s economic management.
  
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• Labor pushes to boost Pacific workers as Joyce says some Australians ‘bung lazy’

  28-09-2026 09:02 via smh.com.au
  
  One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce says backpackers should be quarantined from cuts because some Australians “are just bung lazy” and won’t do the same jobs.
  
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• Treasurer defends inflation record as 15-year interest rate high looms

  28-09-2026 06:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The government has celebrated a deficit $6 billion lower than the May forecast but warned there are tough times ahead for households.
  
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• Live: Treasurer unveils $6b budget improvement ahead of expected rate hike

  27-09-2026 23:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers unveils a $6 billion improvement to the federal government's forecast deficit. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Treasurer to unveil $6 billion improvement to federal budget ahead of expected interest rate hike

  27-09-2026 23:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers will today unveil a $6 billion improvement to the federal government's forecast deficit. Follow live. 
  
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