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• PM invites Arab retail 'hypermarket' chain to take on Coles and Woolworths

  29-09-2025 11:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has invited Emirati 'hypermarket' chain LuLu Group to set up shop on Australia's shores and take on supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths.
  
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• Roblox promises age checks as Australia's under-16 social media ban looms

  18-11-2025 16:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The company says age verification checks will start in early December, around the same time Australia's social media ban for under-16s is set to come into effect.
  
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• Ukrainians working for Moscow suspected of Polish rail line sabotage

  18-11-2025 14:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Polish authorities say "everything indicates" Russian involvement in a blast along a railway line used to transport goods to Ukraine, as they identify two people believed responsible for the attack.
  
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• Poland says Russia likely behind 'unprecedented' railway sabotage

  18-11-2025 14:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Polish authorities say "everything indicates" Russian involvement in a blast along a railway line used to transport goods to Ukraine, as they identify two people believed responsible for the attack.
  
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• It’s been 10 years since his dire message was delivered to the world. In hindsight, it wasn’t gloomy enough

  18-11-2025 14:20 via smh.com.au
  
  One of Australia’s top foreign policy experts argues Australia needs to strive for a more influential role on the world stage, beginning with Donald Trump.
  
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• Prime Minister hails WA role in critical minerals deal with US

  18-11-2025 10:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits the future West Australian gallium processing plant site, central to the United States critical minerals deal, heralding it as a "game changing" project.
  
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• Australia won’t block Turkey’s bid for COP as Albanese shifts focus

  18-11-2025 09:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared Australia would not veto Turkey’s bid under UN rules that require unanimity, dealing a hammer blow to South Australia’s hopes of hosting the event.
  
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• Senator calls on prime minister for support amid torrent of online abuse

  18-11-2025 08:45 via abc.net.au
  
  After the man who threatened her life via email was sentenced in court earlier this week, Senator Fatima Payman is being targeted by online abuse.
  
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• Heads of biggest banks intervene in nation’s migration debate

  18-11-2025 08:17 via smh.com.au
  
  As the Coalition spoils for a fight over the issue, the boss of the Commonwealth Bank told parliament that the government should set a target to provide certainty for infrastructure planning.
  
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• ‘Sussan has been undermined from day one’: Former Liberal MP quits party in protest

  18-11-2025 08:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Hollie Hughes resigned her membership of the party she spent six years with in the Senate on Tuesday with a furious spray at her former colleagues.
  
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• Immigration policy is no place for a banker

  18-11-2025 07:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Immigration is one of the most contested political debates in the world. Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn ventured into the lion’s den.
  
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• Moderate Liberals beg supporters ‘don’t give up on the party’

  18-11-2025 06:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Nationals MPs are demanding Opposition Leader Sussan Ley abandon her resistance to subsidising new coal plants.“We should build some,” says Matt Canavan.
  
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• National Guard cannot be deployed to Memphis, judge rules

  18-11-2025 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  A Tennessee judge has blocked the use of the National Guard in Memphis, but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal.
  
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• ‘I want him on board’: Hanson invites Joyce for home-cooked dinner

  18-11-2025 01:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader is planning to court the out-of-favour Nationals MP in the final sitting week of parliament, as her party’s popularity soars.
  
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• CBA boss wants major cut to migration level to aid home affordability

  18-11-2025 01:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The boss of the country’s biggest bank told parliament that the government should set a target to provide certainty for infrastructure planning.
  
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• Wong says Laos methanol deaths investigation 'not good enough' — as it happened

  17-11-2025 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Penny Wong has demanded "full accountability" and "transparency" from Laos over the methanol deaths of two Australian women last year.
  
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• Live: Wong says Laos methanol deaths investigation 'not good enough'

  17-11-2025 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Penny Wong has demanded "full accountability" and "transparency" from Laos over the methanol deaths of two Australian women last year. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Parents of methanol victims launch new Schoolies alcohol awareness campaign

  17-11-2025 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The families of two young Australians who died after drinking methanol-laced drinks in Laos will be part of a new federal alcohol awareness campaign designed to help keep school leavers safe on their overseas travels. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Coalition 'followed our lead' on climate and migration: Hanson

  17-11-2025 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says her party led the opposition to come out against net zero and propose a cut to migration. Follow live. 
  
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• Businesses urge Labor and Coalition to 'work together' on environmental reform

  17-11-2025 20:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The next few days are viewed as critical to landing a deal on the proposed reforms to update the EPBC Act, amid hopes the Liberals will be more motivated to bolster their environmental credentials after ditching net zero.
  
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• Farmers defy compulsory access powers to block VicGrid staff

  17-11-2025 20:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Farmers thwart VicGrid in its first attempt to use compulsory access powers to enter their properties.
  
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• Who should we blame for power price hikes?

  17-11-2025 19:37 via abc.net.au
  
  A decade and a half after an energy company CEO outlined his greatest fears for Australia's economic future — no carbon price — the nation again appears set for a renewed battle over climate policy and power generation. 
  
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• What price power? How electricity became a political weapon

  17-11-2025 19:37 via abc.net.au
  
  A decade and a half after an energy company CEO outlined his greatest fears for Australia's economic future — no carbon price — the nation again appears set for a renewed battle over climate policy and power generation. 
  
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• Here’s why next week’s killing season is probably not Ley’s final curtain

  17-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Ley’s rivals for the Coalition leadership don’t want to challenge her next week, but things can move fast if there’s a trigger.
  
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• Australia’s $1 trillion tax problem fuels one battle after another. But it can be solved

  17-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s falling apart at the seams, but there are ways to save the federation – and improve the living standards of all Australians.
  
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• BBC 'determined to fight' Trump lawsuit over documentary edit

  17-11-2025 15:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The US president says he could sue the British national broadcaster for as much as $US5 billion.
  
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• Best of cartoons, November 18, 2025

  17-11-2025 11:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Under pressure Ley 'guarantees' she will be Coalition leader at next federal election

  17-11-2025 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley may be under siege, but says she has no doubts she will remain party leader until the next federal election.
  
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• Sussan Ley offers stunning guarantee she will remain Liberal leader until next election

  17-11-2025 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley may be under siege, but says she has no doubts she will remain party leader until the next federal election.
  
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• Ley offers guarantee she will be Liberal leader until election

  17-11-2025 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley may be under siege, but says she has no doubts she will remain party leader until the next federal election.
  
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