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• Libs face fresh confusion over possible One Nation coalition

  27-07-2026 08:03 via smh.com.au
  
  A senior Liberal moderate insisted on Monday it “shouldn’t be controversial” for his party to team up with One Nation. Angus Taylor thinks otherwise.
  
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• Inflation spike: Oil prices could derail economy, Treasury warns

  27-07-2026 16:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Oil prices have soared 28 per cent since the US and Iran renewed hostilities. Treasury fears this will come with a large economic price tag.
  
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• Three storeys everywhere: The radical plan to drive down house prices

  27-07-2026 14:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Suburban sprawl would be upended under a proposal by the Productivity Commission to allow townhouses anywhere and high-rises near transport hubs.
  
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• Not satire: The Utopia-style regulations holding Australia back from building homes

  27-07-2026 14:30 via abc.net.au
  
  A new report from the Productivity Commission has called on governments to embrace a "build mindset" to make housing more affordable.
  
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• Australia's first new oil refinery in decades touted for WA

  27-07-2026 14:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The proposed facility would be built by Perdaman and be the first new large-scale petrol refinery built in Australia since the 1960s.
  
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• Best of cartoons, July 28, 2026

  27-07-2026 13:27 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Sally McManus shook up the union movement. The question now is what she leaves behind

  27-07-2026 12:01 via smh.com.au
  
  She was arguably the most politically effective union leader in a generation, securing a historic sweep of workplace reforms. Yet Sally McManus leaves the ACTU facing the same existential crisis she inherited.
  
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• ‘Give the money back’: Taylor, Hanson home in on PM’s Point Piper fundraiser

  27-07-2026 10:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Both Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson say Anthony Albanese has questions to answer.
  
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• Give the money back: Taylor, Hanson home in on PM’s Point Piper fundraiser

  27-07-2026 10:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Both Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson say Anthony Albanese has questions to answer.
  
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• Missing messages no barrier to government declaring trial of new national emergency test a success

  27-07-2026 09:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The Albanese government says it will take time to figure out how many phones received the message as it investigates reports many missed out.
  
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• Missing messages no barrier to government declaring trial of new national emergency alert a success

  27-07-2026 09:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The Albanese government says it will take time to figure out how many phones received the message as it investigates reports many missed out.
  
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• Leadership contest could leave Victorian Labor in 'nightmare scenario'

  27-07-2026 06:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan's leadership is on a knife's edge, with Labor MPs moving to replace her in spill tomorrow. Here's how the challenge could play out.
  
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• Leadership contest could leave Victorian Labor in a 'nightmare scenario'

  27-07-2026 06:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan's leadership is on a knife's edge, with Labor MPs moving to replace her in spill tomorrow. Here's how the challenge could play out.
  
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• How Victorian Labor's leadership challenge could play out

  27-07-2026 06:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan's leadership is on a knife's edge, with Labor MPs moving to replace her in spill tomorrow. Here's how the challenge could play out.
  
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• MPs meet with Jacinta Allan to urge premier to step down

  27-07-2026 02:23 via abc.net.au
  
  A delegation of Labor ministers and MPs has met with Jacinta Allan to urge her to step down, but the Victorian premier has vowed to fight any leadership challenge.
  
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• Jacinta Allan says she won't step aside as future hangs in the balance

  27-07-2026 02:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan says she will fight any leadership challenge, after factional power brokers met last night and agreed that she does not have the support of caucus.
  
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• Deputy premier tells Allan he will run for Victorian Labor leadership

  27-07-2026 02:23 via abc.net.au
  
  A delegation of Labor ministers and MPs has met with Jacinta Allan to urge her to step down, but the Victorian premier has vowed to fight any leadership challenge.
  
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• Deputy premier confirms he will run for Victorian Labor leadership

  27-07-2026 02:23 via abc.net.au
  
  A delegation of Labor ministers and MPs has met with Jacinta Allan to urge her to step down, but the Victorian premier has vowed to fight any leadership challenge.
  
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• There's a chance your local MP doesn't live in your neighbourhood. Does that matter?

  26-07-2026 23:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The Secret Harbour by-election – in which none of the key candidates live in the electorate – has raised an interesting question: should MPs live in the area they represent?
  
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• Taylor hoses down Liberal senator's suggestion of coalition with One Nation — as it happened

  26-07-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Angus Taylor rejects a Liberal senator's suggestions of a Liberal-One Nation coalition after the next election.
  
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• Live: Taylor hoses down Liberal senator's suggestion of coalition with One Nation

  26-07-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Angus Taylor rejects a Liberal senator's suggestions of a Liberal-One Nation coalition after the next election. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Plibersek defends PM's attendance at dinner hosted by billionaire family

  26-07-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek has defended the prime minister's attendance at an intimate dinner hosted by a billionaire family. Follow live. 
  
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• The test coming to all mobile devices and what to know before it lands

  26-07-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is about to get its first taste of a new nationwide emergency warning system, where millions of devices across the country are expected to sound off simultaneously later today.
  
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• Hear that siren? That was the first test of a national emergency alert

  26-07-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia gets its first taste of a new nationwide emergency warning system as millions of devices across the country sound off simultaneously. 
  
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• Get ready for the AusAlert emergency warning test

  26-07-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is about to get its first taste of a new nationwide emergency warning system, where millions of devices across the country are expected to sound off simultaneously later today.
  
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• Why Albanese barely mentions Libs, but speaks his true enemy’s name

  26-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  It is clear that Labor has decided not to ignore the threat of One Nation – and it will involve significant changes to address voters’ genuine worries.
  
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• ‘Dead in the water’: Navy’s flagship ‘drone ship’ program in doubt

  26-07-2026 12:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The government insists it still plans to acquire six large optionally crewed surface vessels, but developments in the US have called that into question.
  
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• Best of cartoons, July 27, 2026

  26-07-2026 11:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• ‘Ulterior motives’: Bad blood simmers within Labor over Israel policy

  26-07-2026 10:42 via smh.com.au
  
  South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said he hoped Ed Husic was not looking “to garner attention for ulterior motives”.
  
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• Albanese grilled on attendance at Point Piper dinner

  26-07-2026 05:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denies knowing ATO allegations of deceit against the father of controversial entrepreneur Felix Lee, with whom he attended a private dinner.
  
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