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• Labor is finding ways to fight One Nation's unrelenting fickleness

  21-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Pauline Hanson has a knack for jettisoning positions no longer deemed politically useful without blowback but Labor is getting more deliberate about how it fights a fickle One Nation.
  
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• Live: One Nation defends migration policy blunder

  23-08-2026 23:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Barnaby Joyce says One Nation's policy has been 130,000 net migration and has been "all along." Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Joyce claims One Nation consistent 'all along' despite migration mop up

  23-08-2026 23:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Barnaby Joyce says One Nation's policy has been 130,000 net migration and has been "all along." Follow live. 
  
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• ‘Never mind the Nazis’, Coalition says to the Brethren. ‘Just show us the money’

  23-08-2026 22:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Revelations that a group of so-called Christians had paid neo-Nazis to sway an election have not shaken the Coalition’s public support for a significant donor.
  
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• Brethren feed Angus Taylor, Tony Abbott days after Nazi revelations

  23-08-2026 21:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The pair are enjoying the hospitality of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church despite evidence its elders paid neo-Nazi affiliates to bully politicians at the last election.
  
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• Senator rejects calls to apologise for saying Labor ‘captured by Zionist interests’

  23-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Coalition’s push to extend the antisemitism royal commission has failed to attract the support of key Jewish community leaders.
  
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• 'He has inside knowledge': MPs sound alarm over defence industry lobbying

  23-08-2026 20:51 via abc.net.au
  
  New analysis by Four Corners shows the scale of Canberra's revolving door, where former government officials accept lucrative jobs in lobbying or the defence industry.
  
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• Dozens of defence insiders now lobbying for the industry, analysis shows

  23-08-2026 20:51 via abc.net.au
  
  New analysis by Four Corners shows the scale of Canberra's revolving door, where former government officials accept lucrative jobs in lobbying or the defence industry.
  
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• 'AUKUS is like a feast': MPs sound alarm over defence industry lobbying

  23-08-2026 20:51 via abc.net.au
  
  New analysis by Four Corners shows the scale of Canberra's revolving door, where former government officials accept lucrative jobs in lobbying or the defence industry.
  
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• Best of cartoons, August 24, 2026

  23-08-2026 13:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• ‘Unbelievable’: Hanson intervenes after One Nation MP claims migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s

  23-08-2026 06:51 via smh.com.au
  
  David Farley sought to redefine the meaning of net overseas migration in an interview on Sunday morning – but he and his boss were about 100,000 people apart.
  
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• ‘Unbelievable’: Hanson intervenes after One Nation MP concedes migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s

  23-08-2026 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  David Farley sought to redefine the meaning of net overseas migration in an interview on Sunday morning, arguing there was a “true form” of the figure.
  
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• One Nation pursuing migration rate 'not too different' to Labor

  23-08-2026 02:29 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation MP David Farley also told Insiders One Nation would seek to redirect immigration to regional areas and away from cities.
  
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• Hanson intervenes after MP says migration plan 'not too different' to Labor

  23-08-2026 02:29 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation MP David Farley told Insiders One Nation would pursue cuts to migration "not too different" to Labor. Pauline Hanson has stepped in to say the party's policy would actually slash immigration by about half current rates.
  
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• ‘Unbelievable’: One Nation immigration policy in chaos as MP concedes target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s

  23-08-2026 02:17 via smh.com.au
  
  David Farley sought to redefine the meaning of net overseas migration in an interview on Sunday morning, arguing there was a “true form” of the figure.
  
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• One Nation MP concedes migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s

  23-08-2026 02:17 via smh.com.au
  
  David Farley sought to redefine the meaning of net overseas migration in an interview on Sunday morning, arguing there was a “true form” of the figure.
  
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• WA by-election puts One Nation's growing appeal to the test

  23-08-2026 02:16 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation's popularity is skyrocketing in opinion polls across the east coast. But next Saturday's Secret Harbour by-election will be the first clear test of whether that momentum is extending across the Nullarbor.
  
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• Rents spike up to 80 per cent as people are pushed from houses to units

  22-08-2026 21:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Surging rental costs have been conscripted into the political fight over the nation’s property market, while new data shows there are areas where they have fallen 30 per cent.
  
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• Rents spike up to 80 per cent as people are pushed from homes to units

  22-08-2026 21:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Surging rental costs have been conscripted into the political fight over the nation’s property market, while new data shows there are areas where they have fallen 30 per cent.
  
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• Why people are 'giving up' rather than fighting the aged care algorithm

  22-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.
  
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• Why can't clinicians override inaccurate algorithm decisions?

  22-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.
  
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• Why can't clinicians override inaccurate aged care algorithm decisions?

  22-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.
  
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• They're not politicians, but critics say they wield real power in Canberra

  22-08-2026 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Inside Parliament House, hundreds of lobbyists freely roam the corridors advocating for corporate interests. Critics say it's a problem.
  
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• Their job is to influence politicians. An MP warns they can be powerful enemies

  22-08-2026 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Inside Parliament House, hundreds of lobbyists freely roam the corridors advocating for corporate interests. Critics say it's a problem.
  
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• Tony Abbott backs Pauline Hanson’s High Court racial vilification bid

  22-08-2026 11:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Federal Court upheld a judgment that Hanson had racially vilified Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi when she told her to “piss of back to Pakistan”.
  
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• For years, one man spearheaded a Nigerian government agency that didn't exist

  22-08-2026 07:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The Nigerian government has opened investigations into two government agencies after they were both found to be fake.
  
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• From Nhulunbuy to New York, the rare politician torn between two worlds

  22-08-2026 00:49 via abc.net.au
  
  From Arnhem Land to Northern Territory parliament, independent MLA Yiŋiya Guyula resigned from politics this week after taking his people's fight to the world.
  
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• It’s not just the bookies hailing the new gambling laws as a win

  21-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Albanese government looks fearless when taking on big tech but spineless on gambling reform. There’s a reason for that.
  
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• Israel's impunity has been virtually unaffected by collective concern

  21-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Even the United States is now criticising Israel's ongoing settler violence in the West Bank as Benjamin Netanyahu, once the 'Trump whisperer', becomes the Trump ignorer. 
  
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• How much does it cost to fight Pauline Hanson? Labor has options

  21-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Pauline Hanson has a knack for jettisoning positions no longer deemed politically useful without blowback but Labor is getting more deliberate about how it fights a fickle One Nation.
  
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