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• Live: Taylor plays down concerns migration policy could deter foreign students

  07-10-2026 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor has played down concerns the Coalition's migration policy could deter international students from studying in Australia. Follow live.
  
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• Taylor was billed as CPAC’s keynote speaker. He looked more like Hanson’s support act

  10-10-2026 09:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Pauline Hanson’s fans were moved to tears at the Conservative Political Action Conference – a far cry from the reception for Angus Taylor.
  
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• Albanese dips toe back into comedy after ‘melon’ podcast gaffe

  10-10-2026 04:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister is ploughing ahead with his social media strategy to reach more voters in a fragmented environment.
  
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• ‘Smarmy management consultant’: Hanson attacks Taylor, Liberals in fiery CPAC speech

  10-10-2026 04:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said the next election would be a “spiritual fight” for the soul of the nation, in the first address from a sitting Liberal leader.
  
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• Homelessness camp in Perth's south tip of iceberg

  10-10-2026 02:45 via abc.net.au
  
  More people, from all walks of life, including dual income families, are becoming homeless, sector workers say, as rising rents and the cost of living bites. 
  
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• Ridiculous ideas are having a moment. Here’s why the doomsayers are wrong

  09-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself at the pointy end of a poll.
  
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• Labor's surcharge headache exposes a government on the back foot

  09-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  After furious backlash from small businesses, the electorate and some of his own colleagues, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rapidly reversed two major government decisions. But is it enough?
  
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• Going hard is all the rage. Ridiculous ideas are having a moment

  09-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself at the pointy end of a poll.
  
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• Going hard is all the rage. Now is the moment for ridiculous ideas

  09-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself once an election is called.
  
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• Extremism is all the rage. But there’s a moment that will truly test Shoebridge and Hanson

  09-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself once an election is called.
  
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• Chalmers reversed course on surcharges but the damage was done

  09-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  After furious backlash from small businesses, the electorate and some of his own colleagues, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rapidly reversed two major government decisions. But is it enough?
  
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• Chalmers’ credit card back-down unedifying and concerning

  09-10-2026 10:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The Albanese government will fund surcharge costs to delay the ATO credit card payment ban.
  
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• Monique Ryan says Frydenberg focused on the past, amid accusations of a ‘toxic’ campaign

  09-10-2026 06:54 via smh.com.au
  
  As Frydenberg readies to launch his memoir, Liberal frontbenchers are backing him for a potential rematch with Ryan in the affluent inner-Melbourne seat of Kooyong.
  
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• Albanese talked up cheaper coffee, but Chalmers has to swallow his pride

  09-10-2026 05:55 via smh.com.au
  
  A plan to cut credit card surcharge fees for consumers turned, somehow, into a tale of government hypocrisy and an attack on small business.
  
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• Breaking: ATO credit card ban delayed as government backs down after business backlash

  09-10-2026 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warned that losing the payment option would put them under pressure.
  
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• Breaking: ATO credit card ban delay as government backs down after business backlash

  09-10-2026 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warned that losing the payment option would put them under pressure.
  
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• ATO delays credit card ban as government backs down after business backlash

  09-10-2026 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warn that losing the payment option will put them under pressure.
  
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• ATO credit card ban delay as government backs down after business backlash

  09-10-2026 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warned that losing the payment option would put them under pressure.
  
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• Caucus dismay as economists issue stark inflation warning on surcharge ban

  09-10-2026 02:55 via smh.com.au
  
  As the treasurer stepped in to delay the tax office’s credit card ban, his colleagues are alarmed by the backlash over the surcharge ban they championed.
  
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• Caucus dismay as economists issue inflation warning on surcharge ban

  09-10-2026 02:55 via smh.com.au
  
  As the treasurer stepped in to delay the tax office’s credit card ban, his colleagues are alarmed by the backlash over the surcharge ban they championed.
  
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• Is Australia saving too much for retirement?

  09-10-2026 02:43 via smh.com.au
  
  With contributions set at 12 per cent, people will, on average, have more cash income per year in their retirement than they did during their working life.
  
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• Chalmers steps in: ATO credit card ban delayed after business uproar

  09-10-2026 02:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The ATO ban was the latest shockwave felt from the move to ban credit card surcharges.
  
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• Chalmers steps in: ATO credit card ban delayed a year after business uproar

  09-10-2026 02:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The ATO ban was the latest shockwave felt from the move to ban credit card surcharges.
  
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• Officials forced to break law to keep mentally impaired man in prison

  08-10-2026 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  A mentally impaired man is kept in jail illegally because of a chronic lack of beds in Western Australia's only psychiatric facility caring for prisoners.
  
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• Man kept in jail illegally amid psychiatric facility bed shortage

  08-10-2026 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  A mentally impaired man is kept in jail illegally because of a chronic lack of beds in the state’s only psychiatric facility caring for prisoners.
  
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• Taylor calls for Labor to scrap, not delay, ATO credit card ban — as it happened

  08-10-2026 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor has unleashed on the treasurer, saying the tax office's ban on credit card payments should be scrapped altogether.
  
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• Live: Wong says government cannot force tax office to accept credit card payments

  08-10-2026 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Penny Wong says the government does not have the power to direct the tax office to reverse its decision to stop accepting credit card payments. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Taylor calls for Labor to scrap, not delay, ATO credit card ban

  08-10-2026 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor has unleashed on the treasurer, saying the tax office's ban on credit card payments should be scrapped altogether. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Minister moves to smooth over government response to ATO payment change

  08-10-2026 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Pat Conroy has tried to smooth over the federal government's response to the ATO's decision to end credit card payments. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Coalition vows to push back against ATO credit card ban despite delay

  08-10-2026 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The treasurer is expected to announce more funding for the ATO to delay its ban on credit card payments for up to a year. Follow live.
  
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