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• Regulating AI is like catching smoke, warns Christopher Pyne

  17-07-2026 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Former Defence Minister Christopher Pyne tells David Lipson artificial intelligence is the most significant development since the nuclear weapon.
  
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• When Hanson’s supporters examine all her policies, what they find could ‘horrify’ them

  19-07-2026 05:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Even Hanson’s “devotees” may think twice about voting for her after reading the fine print.
  
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• In 1947, the census asked if you had a flushing toilet. This is what it will ask this year

  19-07-2026 04:52 via smh.com.au
  
  Every five years, Australia goes through a national headcount. Seven years of planning has gone into the August 11 census.
  
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• Some of WA's key policies are up in the air with minister's resignation

  19-07-2026 03:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents in WA's north have been left with a slew of unanswered questions relating to crime and justice in the wake of long-serving WA government minister Paul Papalia's resignation.
  
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• Senior Liberal rubbishes Abbott's 'failed' multiculturalism claim

  19-07-2026 03:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Senator Andrew Bragg says he "strongly" disagrees with the recently elected Liberal Party president, who claims diversity is "not a strength". 
  
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• Interview with Andrew Bragg

  19-07-2026 02:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Patricia Karvelas interviews Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg on multiculturalism, Pauline Hanson’s stance on transgender people’s rights, AI, negative gearing, housing prices and immigration. 
  
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• Future of AI

  19-07-2026 02:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a new policy framework to address concerns about AI. 
  
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• The strange case of One Nation’s ‘living soul’, Malcolm Roberts

  18-07-2026 22:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Long before Malcolm Roberts became a One Nation senator, he was referring to himself as a “living soul” and arguing he wasn’t required to obey Australian laws.
  
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• Millions of solar panels go to landfill. Why aren’t they recycled?

  18-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The federal government has been slammed for allowing an “indefinite delay” to in its push to reuse the valuable components that currently are junked.
  
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• Hanson faces rough political seas beyond the Mediterranean

  18-07-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Many voters are unhappy with the hand they feel successive governments have dealt them and no one has tapped into that better than Pauline Hanson.
  
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• Egalitarianism faces a new threat, and it may be too late to stop it

  18-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  With artificial intelligence invading every aspect of our lives, the only guiding political principle now is that nothing is certain.
  
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• Countdown begins for the census. Fingers crossed it goes well

  18-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Every five years, Australia goes through a national headcount. Seven years of planning has gone into the August 11 census.
  
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• Albanese’s Labor has created a fortress in Canberra. Some within the party don’t like it

  18-07-2026 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Labor’s national conference will take place late next week. It’s a far cry from the event it once was.
  
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• Albanese once took on his own frontbench. Now he’s in charge, that would never happen

  18-07-2026 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Labor’s national conference will take place late next week. It’s a far cry from the event it once was.
  
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• Government baulks at removing religious motivation from terror laws in Islamophobia response

  18-07-2026 04:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The government has overlooked some of the most contentious recommendations to tackle Islamophobia.
  
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• Nothing artificial about Albanese’s intelligent intervention, and the urgency is real

  17-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The PM’s first high-level attempt to set out the principles that will be imposed on the AI revolution by Australia has won praise at home and, crucially, in the US.
  
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• Malcolm Roberts falsely claimed COVID-19 vaccines caused miscarriages

  17-07-2026 20:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The One Nation senator made the previously unreported remarks during a live stream discussion with three prominent Australian anti-vaccine mandate activists.
  
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• Anonymity for antisemitic acts overused, commission hears

  17-07-2026 09:09 via smh.com.au
  
  A university professor has told the royal commission that social media-influenced political polarisation has made it more difficult for universities to teach their students to have hard, but respectful, conversations.
  
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• Hanson blasted for White Australia comments after attending lavish Italian fashion show

  17-07-2026 08:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Images have emerged of Hanson mingling with celebrities and Gina Rinehart earlier this week at a lavish Dolce & Gabbana fashion show in Sicily.
  
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• Taking violence seriously is more complex than a royal commission

  17-07-2026 07:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts are divided about whether there should be a royal commission into violence against women but say the solutions to the problem are already known and need funding. 
  
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• Antisemitism a symptom of increasingly polarised society, commission hears

  17-07-2026 06:31 via smh.com.au
  
  A university professor has told the royal commission that social media-influenced political polarisation has made it more difficult for universities to teach their students to have hard, but respectful, conversations.
  
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• Hanson laments end of White Australia policy on Tommy Robinson podcast

  17-07-2026 01:24 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has blamed the end of the White Australia policy for migration issues in the country during a controversial podcast appearance with a far-right activist in the UK.
  
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• Hanson blames migration issues on end of White Australia policy

  17-07-2026 01:24 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has blamed the end of the White Australia policy as the start of migration issues in the country during a controversial podcast appearance with a far-right activist in the UK.
  
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• The unanswered question in the rush for Queensland's hidden oil jackpot

  17-07-2026 00:32 via abc.net.au
  
  An expert is warning that the push to fast-track approvals for the proposed Taroom Trough lacks crucial detail.
  
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• Live: Hanson tells far-right podcast she laments end of White Australia policy

  16-07-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The One Nation leader sits down for a podcast conversation with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Hanson spotted at Dolce & Gabbana fashion show with Gina Rinehart

  16-07-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Hanson was spotted at the Italian fashion house's show, an exclusive event, which was held in the Sicilian town of Taormina a couple of days ago. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Hanson says daughter Lee is the 'future', has 'potential' to run One Nation

  16-07-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Pauline Hanson says her daughter Lee Hanson is the "future" and has the "potential" to lead One Nation. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: 'Great mates': Joyce shuts down talk of rift with Hanson after far-right podcast

  16-07-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Barnaby Joyce has defended his relationship with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson after she sat down for a podcast conversation with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: 'Great mates': Joyce shuts down speculation of rift with Hanson after podcast

  16-07-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Barnaby Joyce has defended his relationship with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson after she sat down for a podcast conversation with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Follow live. 
  
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• Hanson spotted at Dolce & Gabbana fashion show with Gina Rinehart — as it happened

  16-07-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Hanson was spotted at the Italian fashion house's show, an exclusive event, which was held in the Sicilian town of Taormina a couple of days ago.
  
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