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• Live: Coalition expected to cut migration to 100,000 in first year if elected

  05-10-2026 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition is expected to announce it will cut net overseas migration to 100,000 in its first year of government. Follow live. 
  
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• When a Liberal senator, I was asked by the party to meet with some ‘business people’. Nobody told me they were Brethren

  07-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  In the final weeks of the 2025 federal election campaign, I was asked by a senior Liberal Party official to meet two men described to me as small business people who wanted to assist local federal campaigns.
  
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• The cost of cutting foreign workers: Fares spike in Taylor’s migration gamble

  07-10-2026 19:11 via smh.com.au
  
  One feature of the opposition’s plan involves the Home Affairs Department stopping international students violating work rights by working in the gig economy.
  
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• Best of cartoons, October 8, 2026

  07-10-2026 13:16 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Coalition and Greens unite to revolt against Labor’s private health ‘pensioner penalty’

  07-10-2026 10:34 via smh.com.au
  
  The move jeopardises the reform’s passage through parliament and the $3 billion in savings Labor is banking on to fund thousands of aged care beds.
  
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• ‘Pandora’s box’: High Court decision could reopen coal mine approval cases

  07-10-2026 09:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The Coalition and the minerals lobby are calling for urgent new laws to address the decision over a mine in the political battleground of the NSW Hunter region.
  
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• ‘The system is a farce’: Constitutional expert Anne Twomey slams Albanese golf grant as ‘grey corruption’

  07-10-2026 09:22 via smh.com.au
  
  University of Sydney professor emerita Anne Twomey delivered a blistering assessment of the scheme, warning that politicians should take “lessons in both federalism and integrity”.
  
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• Why Albanese will pay a domestic price for his Pacific diplomacy

  07-10-2026 07:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The climate talks were meant to showcase Australia’s leadership. With major world leaders skipping the event, Labor is left defending the $20 million cost.
  
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• Home construction is up but still well short of government targets

  07-10-2026 07:13 via smh.com.au
  
  Rising construction costs and interest rate pressure look set to stall Australia’s building momentum despite a quarterly pick-up in completions.
  
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• ‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions

  07-10-2026 07:04 via smh.com.au
  
  The Coalition and the minerals lobby are calling for urgent new laws to address the decision over a mine in the political battleground of the NSW Hunter region.
  
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• Marrickville Golf Club received closed non-competitive grants on five past occasions

  07-10-2026 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor MPs nominated Marrickville Golf Club for closed, non-competitive grant funding on five previous occasions before it was promised $6 million at the 2025 election by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
  
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• Taylor scoffs at property group’s claim his migration policy a ‘flat tyre’

  07-10-2026 01:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Angus Taylor’s dismissal of “vested interests” comes as one Labor figure describes the Coalition’s new migration policy as looking like it was written by AI.
  
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• Taylor scoffs at business group’s claim his migration policy a ‘flat tyre’

  07-10-2026 01:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Angus Taylor’s dismissal of “vested interests” comes as one Labor figure describes the Coalition’s new migration policy as looking like it was written by AI.
  
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• ATO won't budge on credit card ban after snap meeting with business groups

  07-10-2026 00:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Small business groups say the ATO has indicated it will not be reversing its decision to stop accepting credit card payments.
  
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• ATO won't budge on credit card ban after meeting with business groups

  07-10-2026 00:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Small business groups say the ATO has indicated it will not be reversing its decision to stop accepting credit card payments.
  
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• ATO will not budge on credit card ban after meeting with business groups

  07-10-2026 00:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Small business groups say the ATO has indicated it will not reverse its decision to stop accepting credit card payments.
  
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• ATO convenes snap meeting over credit card ban

  07-10-2026 00:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's tax chief calls a snap meeting with business groups after the tax office faces backlash over its decision to stop accepting credit card payments.
  
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• Live: Taylor says 'vested interests' won't stop Coalition from cutting migration

  06-10-2026 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor has hit back at business sector criticism of the Coalition's plan to bring down net overseas migration. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Confusion over impact to aged care workers under Coalition migration cuts

  06-10-2026 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor says aged care workers will not be impacted by the Coalition's changes to migration despite telling the ABC last night that "some" would be. Follow live.
  
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• Confusion over impact on aged care workers from Coalition migration cuts — as it happened

  06-10-2026 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor says aged care workers will not be affected by the Coalition's migration changes, despite telling the ABC last night that "some" would be.
  
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• More than $1.2bn announced for NSW regional road upgrades

  06-10-2026 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The Albanese government is tipping in $674 million, while the Minns government is investing $610 million towards the upgrades. 
  
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• More than $1.2b announced for NSW regional road upgrades

  06-10-2026 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The Albanese government is tipping in $674 million, while the Minns government is investing $610 million towards the upgrades. 
  
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• You need women like me to have a third child. Here’s how you can convince me

  06-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  I’ve tried valiantly to do my bit by having two children. Naturally, my primary motivation in doing so was to make a future treasurer’s job easier by bolstering the tax-paying workforce.
  
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• You need me to have a third child. Here’s how you can convince me

  06-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  I’ve tried valiantly to do my bit by having two children. Naturally, my primary motivation in doing so was to make a future treasurer’s job easier by bolstering the tax-paying workforce.
  
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• This nation needs me to have a third child. Here’s how you can convince me

  06-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  I’ve tried valiantly to do my bit by having two children. Naturally, my primary motivation in doing so was to make a future treasurer’s job easier by bolstering the tax-paying workforce.
  
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• Taylor concedes aged care workers would be hit by migration plan

  06-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor acknowledges that some aged care workers would be affected by the Coalition's proposed migration changes as business and education groups warn of wider economic damage.
  
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• My ovaries are nearly at extinction point. But I’m open to bribes

  06-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  I’ve tried valiantly to do my bit by having two children. Naturally, my primary motivation in doing so was to make a future treasurer’s job easier by bolstering the tax-paying workforce.
  
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• Labor stripped funding for a crisis directory used millions of times. Now these charities are fighting back

  06-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Ask Izzy handled 9.1 million searches for food, housing and violence support last year. Without ongoing support, 24 charities say it will soon fall out of date.
  
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• ‘Cost-of-living nightmare’: Consumer confidence slumps to historic low

  06-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Households will face “recession-like” conditions next year, a leading forecaster has warned, as evidence shows consumers are losing confidence in the economy.
  
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• Best of cartoons, October 7, 2026

  06-10-2026 11:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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