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• PM confirms Treasury will release discussion paper for 'further input' on CGT changes — as it happened

  15-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese says Treasury will release a discussion paper for "further input" on CGT changes, after Finance Minister Katy Gallagher reveals an extension to the fuel excise cut is under "active consideration". 
  
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• Albanese winds back tax hikes for small businesses, start-ups, testamentary trusts

  18-06-2026 03:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Businesses with turnover of up to $10 million will be able to claim 50 per cent off their capital gains tax.
  
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• ‘Dystopian’: Hanson’s speech slammed as net migration falls

  18-06-2026 03:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Anti-discrimination advocates say Pauline Hanson’s rhetoric puts migrants, women and other groups in danger.
  
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• Breaking: Albanese, Chalmers unveil capital gains carve-outs for small businesses, startups

  18-06-2026 03:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has consulted with small businesses and startups over contentious elements of its budget tax proposal.
  
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• Albanese, Chalmers unveil CGT carve-outs for small businesses, startups

  18-06-2026 03:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has consulted with small businesses and startups over contentious elements of its budget tax proposal.
  
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• Live: PM unveils CGT carve-outs for small businesses from budget measures

  17-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister has unveiled wideranging carve-outs for small businesses from the government's budget changes. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Nationals senator concerned Hanson wants to 'pick and choose' journalists

  17-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Bridget McKenzie says she's concerned Pauline Hanson wants to "pick and choose" which journalists to answer questions from following the One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club yesterday. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Migrants will have to 'manage' their culture under a monoculture, One Nation MP says

  17-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation MP David Farley says migrants would have to "manage" their culture under his party's vision for a monocultural Australia. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: CGT carve-outs will be available to 2.7 million small businesses, treasurer says

  17-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister has unveiled wideranging carve-outs for small businesses from the government's budget changes. Follow live.
  
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• Pauline Hanson's criticism of Guardian reporter labelled an 'assault on free press'

  17-06-2026 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Pauline Hanson's public excoriation of a Guardian journalist questioning her at the National Press Club yesterday is an "assault on the freedom of the press", the media union says, as Labor and Liberal MPs criticise the One Nation leader for getting personal with journalists.
  
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• Pauline Hanson's attack of Guardian reporter labelled an 'assault on free press'

  17-06-2026 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Pauline Hanson's public excoriation of a Guardian journalist questioning her at the National Press Club yesterday was an "assault on the freedom of the press", the media union says, as Labor and Liberal MPs criticise the One Nation leader for getting personal with journalists.
  
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• How the new Australian War Memorial gallery captures the unsettled history of the conflict in Afghanistan

  17-06-2026 20:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian War Memorial is opening a new permanent exhibition that attempts to present Australia’s longest war without shying away from its complexities.
  
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• Hanson's fiery address creates risk for One Nation

  17-06-2026 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  In one press club appearance, we've learned more about where Hanson stands. And that creates risk for One Nation.
  
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• ‘You’d have to be an imbecile’: Clash over new network charges for solar and batteries

  17-06-2026 16:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian Energy Market Commission is proposing a power bill shake-up that experts warn will slug battery owners thousands of dollars.
  
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• Best of cartoons, June 18, 2026

  17-06-2026 13:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• One Nation prepared to cut worker entitlements to shore up struggling small businesses

  17-06-2026 12:05 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation's newly named "treasury spokesman" Barnaby Joyce says the party is prepared to cut worker entitlements to safeguard small businesses struggling to deal with inflation and high power prices.
  
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• Brisbane's Lang Park to undergo largest upgrade in 23 years

  17-06-2026 11:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The LNP government has announced plans for the largest upgrade to Lang Park in 23 years, featuring greater capacity, wraparound screens, and new entertainment zones ahead of next week's budget.
  
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• ‘We must be monocultural’: Hanson demands end to multiculturalism, calls climate change a hoax

  17-06-2026 11:34 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader described four of Australia’s closest allied nations as “absolute s-holes” because of their immigration and crime issues.
  
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• GetUp! stunt at Hanson speech referred to police as One Nation says leader’s safety compromised

  17-06-2026 11:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The National Press Club has referred footage to the AFP after a banner unfurled behind Pauline Hanson during her speech.
  
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• Before we build a statue of Elon Musk, let’s consider what he’s done with his trillions of dollars

  17-06-2026 11:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire. But 150 years ago, a man in Sydney showed what true wealth is about.
  
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• Pauline Hanson spoke for an hour and a half. Here’s the verdict of the press gallery experts

  17-06-2026 10:40 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader’s speech was temporarily disrupted by a banner slamming her opposition to wage rises. Here’s everything else you need to know.
  
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• Breaking: Bill restricting late-term abortions passes SA upper house

  17-06-2026 10:39 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's upper house has passed a bill to restrict access to abortions past 25 weeks. The legislation passed 10 votes to 9 with the support of three newly-elected One Nation MPs.
  
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• Breaking: Bill restricting late-term abortions fails to pass SA lower house

  17-06-2026 10:39 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's lower house has voted against a bill to restrict access to abortions past 25 weeks. The legislation was defeated 36 votes to 9. 
  
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• Bill restricting late-term abortions passes SA upper house

  17-06-2026 10:39 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's upper house has passed a bill to restrict access to abortions past 25 weeks. The legislation passed 10 votes to 9 with the support of three newly-elected One Nation MPs.
  
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• Bill restricting late-term abortions fails to pass SA lower house

  17-06-2026 10:39 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's lower house has voted against a bill to restrict access to abortions past 25 weeks. The legislation was defeated 36 votes to 9. 
  
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• GetUp stunt at Hanson speech referred to police as One Nation says leader’s safety compromised

  17-06-2026 09:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The National Press Club has referred footage to the AFP after a banner unfurled behind Pauline Hanson during her speech.
  
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• GetUp stunt at Hanson speech referred to police as One Nation says leader safety compromised

  17-06-2026 09:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The National Press Club has referred the footage to the federal police after a banner unfurled behind Pauline Hanson during her speech.
  
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• Is naming-and-shaming shops allegedly selling illegal vapes, smokes working?

  17-06-2026 09:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Authorities say a recent two-week compliance blitz results in them seizing $11 million of illegal product like cigarettes and vapes, but how much is it disrupting the lucrative industry?
  
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• Hanson pledges to end multiculturalism as police investigate GetUp stunt

  17-06-2026 09:27 via abc.net.au
  
  A banner interrupted the senator’s first address at the National Press Club in 30 years, in which she laid out a vision for an Australian "monoculture". 
  
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• She wasn’t slick, but Hanson’s formidable Press Club performance proved her enemies wrong

  17-06-2026 08:28 via smh.com.au
  
  Hanson’s strategy is not really to persuade the mainstream any more, it is to bypass it.
  
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