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• One Nation unveils 'breathing space' plan for net-negative migration

  14-09-2026 01:31 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation unveils its plan to slash immigration by 750,000 places over three years, with major cuts targeting international students and the families of skilled migrants.
  
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• One Nation MP open to slashing family visas

  14-09-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation MP David Farley says his party is open to slashing Australia's permanent family visa intake, meaning Australian citizens could be stripped of their right to be reunited with their spouses or children.
  
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• Euro-vision: Could Australia join the European Union? One key minister is open to it

  14-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The EU is reportedly open to Canada becoming its first “associate” member. Australia might be next.
  
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• Cyber chief's AI warning amid global slowdown push

  14-09-2026 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian Signals Directorate director-general Abigail Bradshaw says the nation needs an AI "early warning system" to help defend against the increasingly powerful technology.
  
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• Australia needs AI 'early warning system', cyber security chief says

  14-09-2026 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian Signals Directorate director-general Abigail Bradshaw says the nation needs an AI "early warning system" to help defend against the increasingly powerful technology.
  
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• ‘Crime only happens in Labor seats’: Coalition claims Labor rorting crime grants

  14-09-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  As Anthony Albanese distanced himself on Monday from a golf course that received a $6 million grant, the opposition has unearthed details of the safety program.
  
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• Joyce dismisses threats of 'tanked economy' from negative migration rates

  14-09-2026 14:40 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation's treasury spokesperson Barnaby Joyce says his party is prepared to put the will of the people ahead of the opinions of economists, as he faces claims on ABC's National Forum that net negative migration would "tank" Australia's economy.
  
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• Best of cartoons, September 15, 2026

  14-09-2026 13:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Transport minister accepts lifetime membership to Qantas platinum

  14-09-2026 11:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The gift would usually require the status points garnered from flying Sydney to Melbourne 7500 times.
  
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• Hanson’s migration plan is sloppy, but Albanese has missed the moment

  14-09-2026 11:28 via smh.com.au
  
  Instead of landing on an argument to convince voters that migration was working in the interests of Australians, Albanese has been left making tedious appeals to the diversity-as-strength mantra.
  
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• Hanson calling Hastie a traitor may have created her great nemesis

  14-09-2026 09:35 via smh.com.au
  
  Attacking the former soldier may prove the one Nation leader’s biggest gaffe.
  
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• Hastie: Australia is losing the AI ‘arms race’, risks becoming supplicant nation

  14-09-2026 09:10 via smh.com.au
  
  One of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies has revealed it wants to train its models in Australia as part of the technology “arms race”.
  
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• ‘Weird mates’: Brethren ‘up to their eyeballs’ in far-right election plot, Labor tells parliament

  14-09-2026 09:03 via smh.com.au
  
  A chorus of Labor MPs say revelations in this masthead show sect elders were involved in a dirty tricks operation, paying far-right agitators to harass politicians.
  
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• ‘The jig is up’: Global Exclusive Brethren leaders face grilling over election conduct

  14-09-2026 09:03 via smh.com.au
  
  The church’s head Bruce Hales and his son Gareth are both set to be called before a parliamentary committee after this masthead revealed its links to harassment and stunts on the campaign trail.
  
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• Slash the intake: Majority of Australians demand deeper migration cuts

  14-09-2026 08:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The Resolve Political Monitor has found that two in every three Australians back tough measures to cut migration as One Nation unveils its policies to reduce numbers.
  
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• Everyone’s living standards will fall under GST deal bar one state, review told

  14-09-2026 07:46 via smh.com.au
  
  The Productivity Commission labelled a 2018 deal on GST a mistake. Now a state treasurer says it is going to hurt most people’s living standards.
  
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• Everyone’s living standards will fall under GST deal – bar one state

  14-09-2026 07:46 via smh.com.au
  
  The Productivity Commission labelled a 2018 deal on GST a mistake. Now a state treasurer says it is going to hurt our living standards.
  
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• Hanson swiftly condemned for labelling Indigenous Australians 'primitive race'

  14-09-2026 07:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Politicians have swiftly condemned Pauline Hanson's remarks about Indigenous Australians, labelling them "vile", "divisive" and "derogatory".
  
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• Jacinta Price turns on Pauline Hanson over ‘primitive’ Indigenous comments

  14-09-2026 07:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The Indigenous Coalition senator has drawn a firm line against the One Nation leader, accusing her of dragging legitimate policy debate into “appalling territory”.
  
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• One Nation’s ‘net-negative’ migration plan prompts recession alarm

  14-09-2026 04:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Labor and the Coalition have slammed the proposal, arguing such deep cuts could send an economic wrecking ball through hospitality, agriculture and aged care.
  
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• One Nation migration plan to cut students and migrant worker families

  14-09-2026 01:31 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation unveils its plan to slash immigration by 750,000 places over three years, with major cuts targeting international students and the families of skilled migrants.
  
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• One Nation reveals ‘net-negative’ migration plan that would slash 750,000 visas

  14-09-2026 00:54 via smh.com.au
  
  International students and the families of skilled migrants would be targeted under a policy Pauline Hanson says would put downward pressure on rents, citing the experience of another Commonwealth country.
  
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• Parliament to examine $6m Marrickville Golf Club decision in grants inquiry — as it happened

  13-09-2026 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The Senate has voted to establish an inquiry into an invitation-only Labor grants program that provided $6 million to a golf course in the prime minister's electorate. 
  
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• Live: Parliament to examine $6m Marrickville Golf Club decision in grants inquiry

  13-09-2026 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The Senate has voted to establish an inquiry into an invitation-only Labor grants program that provided $6 million to a golf course in the prime minister's electorate. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: One Nation reveals plan to cut migration by 750k over three years

  13-09-2026 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation will today unveil plans to cut Australia's temporary migration program by targeting international students and families of skilled migrants. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: One Nation plan would 'destroy' regions and cause recession, Labor says

  13-09-2026 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Environment Minister Murray Watt warns One Nation's migration plan would "destroy" regional economies and drive Australia into a recession. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Indigenous Australians minister condemns Hanson's 'primitive race' comments as 'completely racist'

  13-09-2026 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Malarndirri McCarthy "absolutely condemns" the One Nation leader's comments about Indigenous Australians. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Indigenous Australians minister calls on Hanson to apologise over 'racist' comments

  13-09-2026 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Malarndirri McCarthy "absolutely condemns" the One Nation leader's comments about Indigenous Australians. Follow live. 
  
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• Trust in Albanese evaporates with broken promises

  13-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Voters no longer have faith in Labor’s ability to handle the economy, and more mistrust the prime minister.
  
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• Is Hastie a hero for tackling Hanson? It’s complicated

  13-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberal frontbencher says he used to be “respectful of Pauline … And then she came for me”. He saw her nastiness clearly only once he was on the receiving end.
  
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