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• Solomon Islands PM floats Pacific-wide security treaty in sharp pivot

  16-06-2026 03:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Solomon Islands's new prime minister raises the idea of a Pacific-wide security treaty while meeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this month. 
  
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• Jewish group links One Nation to neo-Nazis and antisemitism

  16-06-2026 07:56 via smh.com.au
  
  A submission to the royal commission says there is a “long history of One Nation members endorsing and promulgating antisemitic views”.
  
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• Townsville Mayor Nick Dametto breaks silence on assault investigation

  16-06-2026 07:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland police are investigating an alleged altercation between the 42-year-old councillor and a 28-year-old man. 
  
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• Nick Dametto says reports he was involved in an alleged altercation were "over inflated".

  16-06-2026 07:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Townsville Mayor Nick Dametto says reports he was involved in an alleged altercation were "over inflated".
  
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• Flotilla activist: I was digitally raped, beaten for refusing to kiss Israeli flag

  16-06-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The AFP has begun making enquiries into allegations by detained Australian activists of rape, torture and brutalisation by Israeli forces.
  
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• Reserve Bank keeps interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent

  16-06-2026 06:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The Reserve Bank has kept interest rates on hold for the first time this year.
  
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• Jane Howlett's legal fees now $405,000, confirms Tasmanian premier

  16-06-2026 06:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff is asked in parliament how much now former minister Jane Howlett's legal fees amount to
  
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• ‘Get a breathalyser’: Senior MPs in fiery on-air clash

  16-06-2026 03:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson accused the government of lies and censorship, and the employment minister of needing a breathalyser, in a heated exchange over tax.
  
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• Fiery confrontation between two MPs on live TV

  16-06-2026 02:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Things got heated between Labor's Amanda Rishworth and Liberal Tim Wilson on the Today Show with Wilson suggesting Rishworth needed a breathalyser.
  
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• Gavin Newsom tells Trump to leave his wife out of investigations

  16-06-2026 02:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The Governor of California Gavin Newsom has accused Donald Trump of politically motivated criminal investigations into him and his inner circle.
  
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• 'Extraordinary waste': Accused criminals flown from remote areas as courts close

  15-06-2026 23:14 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Police have been forced to fly some accused criminals out of remote communities since the start of this month due to regional court closures sparked by a security dispute.
  
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• Accused criminals flown out of remote communities as WA regional courts shut

  15-06-2026 23:14 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Police have been forced to fly some accused criminals out of remote communities since the start of this month due to regional court closures, amid a dispute between the Justice Department and WA Police over security. 
  
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• Live: Shadow treasurer says CGT inquiry 'running roughshod over democracy'

  15-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson says the two-day Senate inquiry into the government's budget measures is "running roughshod over democracy". Follow live.
  
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• Live: PM confirms Treasury will release discussion paper for 'further input' on CGT changes

  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". Follow live.
  
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• Live: PM confirms Treasury will release discussion for 'further input' on CGT changes

  15-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese says Treasury will release discussion for "further input" on CGT changes, after Finance Minister Katy Gallagher reveals an extension to the fuel excise cut is under "active consideration". Follow live.
  
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• Live: Extension of fuel excise cut under 'active consideration', minister says

  15-06-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says an extension to the fuel excise cut is under "active consideration". Follow live.
  
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• One in three like Labor’s budget. Taylor has other reasons to hope

  15-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Public assessment of Jim Chalmers’ performance as treasurer has fallen to its lowest level ever as business groups unleash on the May budget.
  
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• Best of cartoons, June 16, 2026

  15-06-2026 13:17 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• AFP begins inquiry into allegations Israeli forces assaulted flotilla activists

  15-06-2026 12:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian Federal Police have begun inquiries into allegations that Israeli defence personnel sexually assaulted Australian activists on a flotilla headed to Gaza, following a meeting with Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
  
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• AFP launches investigation into flotilla activists’ rape, abuse claims against Israel

  15-06-2026 11:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with four Global Sumud flotilla participants in Canberra alongside senior AFP officers to hear their allegations.
  
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• UK plans to ban social media for under-16s

  15-06-2026 09:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Sir Keir Starmer says he will ban social media sites for under-16s and impose restrictions on gaming and live streaming platforms in some of the most far-reaching online restrictions globally.
  
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• Breaking: UK plans to ban social media for under-16s

  15-06-2026 09:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Sir Keir Starmer says he will ban social media sites for under-16s and impose restrictions on gaming and live streaming platforms in some of the most far-reaching online restrictions globally.
  
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• Labor's CGT plan flawed but better than what we have, economists tell inquiry

  15-06-2026 08:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Economists have offered qualified support for the government's plans on day one of a Senate inquiry.
  
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• Labor's capital gains proposal flawed but better than what we have, economists tell inquiry

  15-06-2026 08:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Economists have offered qualified support for the government's plans on day one of a Senate inquiry.
  
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• PM to make fuel excise call early next week

  15-06-2026 08:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government will give Australians "appropriate notice" about the fuel excise rebate, as it continues to monitor the issue.
  
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• Albanese takes swipe at One Nation’s foreign policy credentials

  15-06-2026 08:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister has commented after this masthead’s Resolve Political monitor showed Pauline Hanson ahead of him as preferred PM.
  
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• The spin wars about who wins and loses in the US-Iran 'ceasefire' have begun

  15-06-2026 06:43 via abc.net.au
  
  The US-Iran deal faces five volatile days as questions remain over nuclear weapons and Israel's attacks on Lebanon. 
  
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• Hanson says Coalition out of touch as Taylor ducks dire polling

  15-06-2026 03:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberal leader dodged questions about his prospects after the Resolve Political Monitor showed the Coalition’s primary vote slumping to a record low.
  
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• Property Council hits back at claim tax debate was 'submerged by vested interests' — as it happened

  14-06-2026 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Housing groups have addressed the Senate inquiry into the federal government’s sweeping changes to negative gearing and capital gains. 
  
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• Live: Property Council hits back at claim tax debate was 'submerged by vested interests'

  14-06-2026 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Housing groups have addressed the Senate inquiry into the federal government’s sweeping changes to negative gearing and capital gains. Follow live.
  
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