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• Remaining woman from IS-linked group returning to Australia within weeks

  25-06-2026 05:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Hodan Abby has been granted permission to return from Syria, but will face “significant and invasive surveillance” upon arrival.
  
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• NDIS might have paid $100 for my disabled sister’s mat. We paid $5

  25-06-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  For all the talk of fraud and fakes, it’s everyday profiteering that threatens this vital scheme. People like my twin sister need precious NDIS dollars to work for them.
  
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• ‘We need to be courageous’: Albanese plans to go harder on teen social media ban

  25-06-2026 09:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister flagged a fresh tightening of the world-first social media restrictions on Thursday amid growing concern about online pornography, “nudify” apps and violent material.
  
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• Liberal calls summons threat to Exclusive Brethren, Advance a ‘political plaything’

  25-06-2026 09:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The parliamentary committee investigating the last election says it’s prepared to summons the Brethren and the lobby group, triggering a dispute over their willingness to attend the inquiry.
  
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• Labor relents on ‘widow tax’ at 11th hour as tax bill passes

  25-06-2026 08:27 via smh.com.au
  
  It is the fifth substantial change that Labor will make to its tax legislation after handing down a contentious budget last month.
  
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• Hanson faces scrutiny as media landscape shifts around her

  25-06-2026 08:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Parliament House has been Pauline's World lately but increased visibility comes with increased scrutiny and this week revealed that One Nation is not untouchable.
  
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• Spender and Steggall have power to handpick teal party candidates

  25-06-2026 04:43 via smh.com.au
  
  While Community Strong Australia will remain leaderless, the party’s constitution says its two MPs oversee who is in and who is out.
  
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• Exclusive Brethren, Advance will be summonsed to election inquiry if they don’t turn up

  25-06-2026 01:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The parliamentary committee investigating the conduct of the election has said it would invite both groups again, but if they continued to resist, would issue a summons.
  
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• Teals Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall form new political party

  25-06-2026 00:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The teal independents have confirmed they are forming a new political party, Community Strong Australia, but are yet to convince crossbench colleagues to join what they call a "responsible alternative" to the major parties.
  
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• Teals Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall confirm plan to form new party

  25-06-2026 00:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The teal independents have confirmed a plan to form a new political party, Community Strong Australia, but are yet to convince any of their crossbench colleagues to join what they call a "responsible alternative" to the major parties.
  
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• Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall confirm plans to form new party

  25-06-2026 00:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The teal independents have confirmed plans to form a new political party, Community Strong Australia, but are yet to convince any of their crossbench colleagues to join what they call a "responsible alternative" to the major parties.
  
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• Remaining woman from IS-linked group set to return to Australia

  25-06-2026 00:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Hodan Abby has been granted permission return from Syria, but will face “significant and invasive surveillance” upon arrival.
  
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• 'ISIS bride' barred from Australia issued permit to return home

  25-06-2026 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The woman, who is an Australian citizen, had been issued a temporary exclusion order and was living in a refugee camp in Syria. 
  
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• 'ISIS bride' barred from Australia issued permit to return

  25-06-2026 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The woman, who is an Australian citizen, had been issued a temporary exclusion order and was living in a refugee camp in Syria. 
  
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• Last remaining woman from IS-linked group set to return to Australia

  24-06-2026 23:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Hodan Abby has been granted permission return from Syria, but will face “significant and invasive surveillance” upon arrival.
  
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• Live: Teal MPs launch new Community Strong Australia party

  24-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Two Sydney teal independent MPs have launched a new centrist political party, with ambitions of picking up seats in the Senate. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Teal independents launch new centrist political party

  24-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Two Sydney teal independent MPs have launched a new centrist political party, with ambitions of picking up seats in the Senate. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Labor's CGT, negative gearing budget bill passes Senate

  24-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The government's signature bills from the budget — changing capital gains tax, negative gearing and amendments to income tax — have passed the Senate. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Labor's CGT, negative gearing budget bill passes federal parliament

  24-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The government's signature budget bill, which includes changes to capital gains tax, negative gearing and a Working Australian Tax Offset (WATO), has passed federal parliament. Follow live.
  
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• Live: IS-linked Australian woman on temporary exclusion order issued permit to return home

  24-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  An Australian woman in Syria with links to Islamic State and who was subject to a Temporary Exclusion Order, has now been issued a permit to return to Australia. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Coalition says it 'beggars belief' so-called ISIS-bride allowed back to Australia

  24-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Shadow Home Affairs Minister Jonathon Duniam says there are questions after a so-called ISIS bride, who was temporarily blocked from returning to Australia, received a permit to come back. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ASIO will use 'full' powers when so-called ISIS bride returns

  24-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Home affairs minister Tony Burke has revealed a so-called ISIS bride, who was temporarily blocked from returning to Australia, has now received a permit to come back. Follow live.
  
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• Labor's CGT, negative gearing budget bill passes federal parliament — as it happened

  24-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The government's signature budget bill, which includes changes to capital gains tax, negative gearing and a Working Australian Tax Offset (WATO), has passed federal parliament. Take a look back at how the day unfolded.
  
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• Former Liberal vice-president Teena McQueen dies after short illness

  24-06-2026 22:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Teena McQueen, who served as the federal Liberal Party vice-president from 2017 to 2023, died on Wednesday after a battle with a short but severe medical condition.
  
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• Pauline for PM? Don’t underestimate Albanese’s supernatural love of being in the top job

  24-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Let us project forward. It’s early 2028, and the unofficial campaign for the federal election, due in May, has well and truly begun. Pauline Hanson is helping rule Victoria and has done well in NSW. Will she ride the wave into the Lodge?
  
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• Hanson's Socceroos own goal should have been a free kick for Taylor

  24-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Pauline Hanson has chosen one of Australia's most popular national sporting brands and visible expressions of cultural diversity in her pitch for a "monoculture". 
  
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• ‘A corruption risk written into law’: Warning over Labor’s union procurement changes

  24-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Barrister Geoffrey Watson SC and business leaders warn that federal laws favouring union-backed businesses for taxpayer-funded work could lead to corruption.
  
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• Teals reveal name, logo and founding principles of new party – but there’s no leader

  24-06-2026 16:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Independents Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender will form a new political party, Community Strong Australia, hoping to gain a spot in the Senate.
  
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• Business use and energy-hungry AI tipped to drive doubling of power grid demand

  24-06-2026 16:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Energy use is being revolutionised on the home front as families adopt solar panels, but massive data centres will contribute to overall grid demand doubling over 25 years.
  
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• Best of cartoons, June 25, 2026

  24-06-2026 14:04 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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