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• Police union warns Labor 'austerity' drive would undermine security

  26-11-2025 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  An apparent request across the public service to find and suspend low-priority spending would undermine security if applied to the AFP, according to its union.
  
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• Woman who paid back debt faces community housing eviction amid 'other factors'

  04-01-2026 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Community housing is seen as a way for the government to tackle the housing crisis, but between limited options and court orders, some people are falling through the cracks.
  
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• As WA resident faces eviction, more questions emerge about community housing

  04-01-2026 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Community housing is seen as a way for the government to tackle the housing crisis, but between limited options and court orders, some people are falling through the cracks.
  
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• Inflation, tariffs, EVs: What the ABC's business experts are watching in 2026

  04-01-2026 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  What are you watching in 2026 when it comes to the economy or markets? That's the question we put to the ABC's experts.
  
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• Inflation, interest rates, EVs: What the ABC's business experts are watching in 2026

  04-01-2026 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  What are you watching in 2026 when it comes to the economy or markets? That's the question we put to the ABC's experts.
  
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• Crossbench MPs demand commission as sporting greats blast government inaction

  04-01-2026 19:14 via smh.com.au
  
  A slew of independent MPs have called for a royal commission into antisemitism, as Labor remains opposed to the growing push for a federal inquiry.
  
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• Crossbench demand commission as sporting greats blast government inaction

  04-01-2026 19:14 via smh.com.au
  
  A slew of independent MPs have called for a royal commission into antisemitism, as Labor remains opposed to the growing push for a federal inquiry.
  
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• Death toll rises in Iran as anti-government protests spread

  04-01-2026 15:47 via abc.net.au
  
  At least 16 people have been killed in a week of demonstrations fuelled by the rising cost of living.
  
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• Best of cartoons, January 5, 2026

  04-01-2026 12:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Venezuelans across the globe divided over US mission to capture Maduro

  04-01-2026 03:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Venezuelan migrants across Latin America and other parts of the world cheered in the streets, supporting the US mission to capture Venezuela's deposed president Nicolás Maduro. 
  
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• Trump has big plans for America's 250th birthday — but not everyone is invited

  03-01-2026 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  It is entirely fitting that the US is so splintered on its semiquincentennial. Division, for the lion's share of its history, has been its default.
  
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• Most researchers miss out on innovation grants while medical fund sits on $25b

  03-01-2026 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Nine in 10 Australian researchers had their “ideas grant” applications rejected last year, even as Australia’s medical investment fund sits on $5 billion more than it was designed to hold.
  
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• America's 250th birthday party will serve up a toxic brew of exceptionalism

  03-01-2026 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  It is entirely fitting that the US is so splintered on its semiquincentennial. Division, for the lion's share of its history, has been its default.
  
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• Prominent sports stars add to push for Bondi royal commission

  03-01-2026 13:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The statement signed by more than 60 sports stars, including Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Lleyton Hewitt, Scott Pendlebury and Isaac Heeney, said: “This is not the Australia we represented.”
  
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• Local government inspector sets sights on City Of Perth amid dysfunction

  03-01-2026 01:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The new role of Western Australia local government inspector Tony Brown includes the ability to send in monitors — as well as legal and financial experts — to stamp out any early signs of trouble.
  
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• Inspector gets powers to probe dysfunctional local governments

  03-01-2026 01:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The new role of Western Australia local government inspector Tony Brown includes the ability to send in monitors — as well as legal and financial experts — to stamp out any early signs of trouble.
  
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• Two truths and a lie: inside the China-Taiwan-US triangle

  02-01-2026 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The US has no intention of abandoning Taiwan. But it also has no intention of binding itself to an automatic war commitment on a timeline it does not control.
   
  
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• Political outlook 'dramatically shifted' after Bondi

  02-01-2026 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  What are you watching in Australian politics in 2026? That's the question we put to the ABC's political journalists and columnists.
  
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• Just six months ago, Albanese was seen as untouchable. Now some say he’s politically shrunk

  02-01-2026 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister’s reputation as a canny strategist is under fire as he resists calling a royal commission.
  
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• Hastie, Price and Advance fundraise for their own anti-immigration campaigns

  02-01-2026 18:34 via smh.com.au
  
  The two politicians are preparing to step up their push for tougher policy settings.
  
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• ‘Utter darkness’ of antisemitism must be examined, says Melbourne archbishop

  02-01-2026 07:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has joined the growing numbers calling for a federal inquiry into antisemitism, but stopped short of advocating for a royal commission.
  
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• Sussan Ley says Ukraine occupied by ‘Soviet Union’

  02-01-2026 05:18 via smh.com.au
  
  In a slip of the tongue, the opposition leader said Ukraine was illegally occupied by “the USSR”, which was formally dissolved over 34 years ago.
  
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• Australia’s biggest industry groups demand an antisemitism royal commission

  02-01-2026 02:40 via smh.com.au
  
  The Business Council of Australia has backed prominentcaptains of industry who petitioned Albanese to reverse his stance on a national inquiry following the Bondi terror attack.
  
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• Gold, coffee and Donald Trump: Australia’s rollercoaster economic year in 10 charts

  02-01-2026 01:30 via smh.com.au
  
  We started 2025 with interest rate cuts and ended it talking about increases. Gold soared, but it wasn’t the most precious of precious metals.
  
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• Zohran Mamdani vows to protect people of NYC at swearing-in ceremony

  01-01-2026 23:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Zohran Mamdani has vowed to protect the people of NYC during a swearing-in ceremony.
  
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• Best of cartoons, January 2, 2026

  01-01-2026 15:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Russia says 20 killed in Ukrainian strike in occupied Kherson region

  01-01-2026 14:26 via abc.net.au
  
  It comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is bringing the conflict "into the new year" with a barrage of drone strikes on the country's energy infrastructure.
  
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• Sydney and Melbourne house values dip on rate fears

  01-01-2026 14:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Finally, the combination of high house prices and the prospect of interest rate cuts may be taking some steam out of the nation’s property market.
  
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• Nation's biggest employer groups now support royal commission into Bondi attack

  01-01-2026 14:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Former Reserve Bank governors and CEOs are among more than 130 business leaders and prominent Australians calling for a Commonwealth royal commission in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
  
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• More than 130 business leaders call for Bondi attack royal commission

  01-01-2026 14:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's peak business lobby group issues a joint statement throwing support behind a federal royal commission into the Bondi terrorist attack.
  
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