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• Live: Joyce backs ban on 'Roman amphitheatre' execution live stream

  11-10-2026 22:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Barnaby Joyce says Australians shouldn't be exposed to a live streamed firing squad execution of a US prisoner. Follow live.
  
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• Australia facing biggest jobless rate rise of developed world

  13-10-2026 06:52 via smh.com.au
  
  New forecasts suggest Australia’s economy will continue to grow next year – but the number of people out of work will also climb.
  
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• Greens split over Ukraine military aid as Sarah Hanson-Young breaks ranks

  13-10-2026 06:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Foreign Minister Penny Wong accused new Greens leader David Shoebridge of “lining up with One Nation and President Putin” by opposing military aid to Ukraine.
  
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• Lukewarm Liberal response to Josh Frydenberg's potential return

  13-10-2026 05:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The former treasurer has teased a return to politics, as his former colleague Barnaby Joyce called for him to "cut the BS" and be up-front about his leadership ambitions.
  
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• Australia facing biggest jobless rate spike of developed world

  13-10-2026 04:00 via smh.com.au
  
  New forecasts suggest Australia’s economy will continue to grow next year – but the number of people out of work will also climb.
  
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• Yolŋu nurse enters parliament, promising 'new era' for NT politics

  13-10-2026 00:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Arnhem Land's new Member for Mulka says poverty is a trap not many people emerge from. As he is sworn in to the NT parliament, he's promising to educate others about what drives it.
  
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• Live: Taxpayers fund $630m pay boost for care workers

  12-10-2026 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Nearly half a million health, disability and community workers will get a taxpayer-funded top-up to their wages, the government has confirmed. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Politicians call potential US execution live stream 'disgusting' and 'repugnant'

  12-10-2026 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor and Liberal frontbenchers label the proposed live stream of a US execution "disgusting" and "repugnant". Follow live.
  
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• Live: PM speaks to ABC's Afternoon Briefing

  12-10-2026 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese joins the ABC's Patricia Karvelas on Afternoon Briefing. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Minister says live streaming of US execution would be 'disgusting'

  12-10-2026 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor frontbencher Murray Watt describes a proposed live streaming of a US execution as "absolutely disgusting" but stops short of committing to legislative change to prevent Australians from watching it. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Liberal frontbencher says PM should be 'stoned in the square' over ATO credit card ban

  12-10-2026 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Angie Bell says the PM and small business minister should be "shamed and stoned in the square" over the tax office's credit card payment ban. Follow live.
  
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• Major parties defend AI inquiry after Pocock warns of 'stitch-up'

  12-10-2026 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor and the Coalition have rejected concerns about undue interference in a parliamentary AI inquiry after the prime minister's office reviewed draft recommendations.
  
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• AI safety, copyright and national security in bipartisan push for reform

  12-10-2026 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  A bipartisan parliamentary committee wants independent experts embedded inside AI companies, backs data centre investment and urges a copyright review.
  
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• AI inquiry urges independent safety watchdogs inside companies

  12-10-2026 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  A bipartisan parliamentary committee wants independent experts embedded inside AI companies, backs data centre investment and urges a copyright review.
  
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• ESafety says it can't prevent Australians from seeing execution live stream

  12-10-2026 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The office of eSafety says it does not have the power to proactively block the live streaming of a US execution in Australia, but online services have the responsibility to protect users from harmful material.
  
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• eSafety says it cannot prevent Australians from seeing execution live stream

  12-10-2026 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The office of eSafety says it does not have the power to proactively block the live streaming of a US execution in Australia, but online services have the responsibility to protect users from harmful material.
  
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• Loophole allowing new coal and gas to avoid stricter climate laws

  12-10-2026 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Climate Council says coal and gas mines are using a "loophole" to expand operations and add new emissions while avoiding stricter emissions laws for new coal and gas.
  
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• ICE raids home of Democratic US congresswoman Ilhan Omar

  12-10-2026 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Democrats accuse Donald Trump of "abusing his power" as immigration agents carry out a pre-dawn raid on the home of Ilhan Omar, a naturalised US citizen born in Somalia.
  
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• ICE carries out raid on home of Democratic US congresswoman

  12-10-2026 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Democrats accuse Donald Trump of "abusing his power" as immigration agents carry out a pre-dawn raid on the home of Ilhan Omar, a naturalised US citizen born in Somalia.
  
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• Smart glasses 'life-changing' for blind and deaf people, despite concerns

  12-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The tenor of the public debate around smart glasses has concerned members of the disability community, who say the devices give them more independence.
  
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• 'Pervert glasses' rhetoric is unfair, disability advocates say

  12-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The tenor of the public debate around smart glasses has concerned members of the disability community, who say the devices give them more independence.
  
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• Labor MPs want to find a way to keep ATO credit card payments

  12-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The surcharge ban and the Tax Office’s resultant refusal to accept credit cards dominated the political brawl in Canberra on Tuesday.
  
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• AI smart glasses a 'game changer' for blind and deaf people

  12-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The tenor of the public debate around smart glasses has concerned members of the disability community, who say the devices give them more independence.
  
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• A grateful son or a relentless self-promoter?

  12-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Josh Frydenberg preaches the need for political candour and hard choices in his new memoir. It’s a pity he won’t answer the most basic question about his own future.
  
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• Best of cartoons, October 13, 2026

  12-10-2026 15:40 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• AI boom could widen income inequality, Labor MP warns

  12-10-2026 13:45 via abc.net.au
  
  AI use in the workforce could see the wage gap shrink, while worsening inequality.
  
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• Penny Wong urges Palestinian Authority to hold elections 'without delay'

  12-10-2026 10:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's foreign minister accuses the Palestinian Authority of undermining the prospect of a two-state solution by postponing its first elections in two decades.
  
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• ‘All the emotions are starting to hit’: son says Australian freed from Iraqi prison overwhelmed

  12-10-2026 09:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Australian engineer Robert Pether has left Iraq after more than five years in detention, but his son says the family did not have to pay the $12million fine.
  
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• Penny Wong ‘deeply disappointed’ by Palestinian election delay

  12-10-2026 08:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The Coalition said Anthony Albanese’s decision to recognise Palestine before key conditions had been delivered showed a “dangerous lack of judgement”.
  
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• ‘Roman amphitheatre stuff’: Big tech, media warned over live-streamed US execution

  12-10-2026 08:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Social media platforms and media outlets have been warned to show caution about broadcasting a planned live-streamed execution in the United States.
  
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