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• 'That's Barnaby': Hanson laughs off Joyce interview interruption — as it happened

  20-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Pauline Hanson has said she was not advocating for the White Australia policy when referencing it in an interview with far-right podcaster Tommy Robinson last week.
  
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• Former Labor MP accuses Josh Burns of acting as ‘human shield for Penny Wong’

  22-07-2026 12:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Infighting over the wording of Labor’s policy platform is threatening to derail hopes for an uplifting moment at the party’s national conference.
  
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• Does One Nation’s migration policy actually add up?

  22-07-2026 11:50 via smh.com.au
  
  More than one third of voters regard One Nation as the best party to handle immigration. But could their policy work in practice?
  
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• Flying the flag for a fight nobody else wanted to have

  22-07-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  As Anthony Albanese smothers every debate before it begins, a union’s radical push to strip the Union Jack from the Australian flag stands out as a rare relic of Labor’s factional warfare.
  
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• ‘Head to your cars quickly, don’t loiter’: How the fear of antisemitism has changed Jewish community life

  22-07-2026 09:09 via smh.com.au
  
  Following the Bondi Beach terror attack, school holiday visits to the pool or movies are no longer an option for Jewish children, a witness has told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
  
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• How much would you pay to see a rock band of politicians? Labor is asking for $1000

  22-07-2026 08:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A band led by Tony Burke, a music buff who is also the arts minister, will play at a secret location in Adelaide on Wednesday – a creative example of Labor’s slick fundraising machine.
  
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• Hanson labels domestic violence 'two-way street'

  22-07-2026 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The One Nation leader said women should not 'put up with' domestic violence, as she highlighted the cost of living pressures on families.
  
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• Peak Jewish group says Labor platform ‘regurgitates one-eyed obsession with Israel’

  22-07-2026 07:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Infighting over the wording of Labor’s policy platform is threatening to derail hopes for an uplifting moment at the party’s national conference.
  
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• Swift backlash after Hanson says domestic violence a ‘two-way street’

  22-07-2026 06:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader was asked to condemn violence against women.
  
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• Minister says Australian IS-linked 'Doctor Jihad' can 'rot' in Iraqi jail

  22-07-2026 06:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Perth paediatrician Tareq Kamleh went to Syria to join the Islamic State group in 2015 and has, until now, been presumed dead.
  
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• Hanson says domestic violence a ‘two-way street’

  22-07-2026 05:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The One Nation leader was asked to condemn violence against women.
  
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• ‘Rot in jail’: Presumed-dead ISIS doctor may try to return to Australia

  22-07-2026 03:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Tareq Kamleh, who was presumed to have been killed, has been revealed to be one of 13 Islamic State-linked men who hope to return to Australia.
  
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• The high drama and budgie smugglers of ALP conferences past

  22-07-2026 03:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Bob Hawke in speedos. Gough Whitlam delivering a keynote in a Hawaiian shirt. A well-stocked bar in “suite 1002”. Labor Party national conferences aren’t what they used to be.
  
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• Unlawful excavation of river cliff disturbs Aboriginal ancestral remains

  22-07-2026 03:02 via abc.net.au
  
  A cliff site in South Australia's Riverland, home to Aboriginal ancestral remains, has been excavated without authorisation. 
  
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• Taylor calls on Labor to stop IS doctor from returning home — as it happened

  21-07-2026 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor has called on the government to stop an Islamic State-linked Australian doctor from returning home.
  
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• Live: Taylor calls on Labor to stop ISIS doctor from returning home

  21-07-2026 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor has called on the government to stop an ISIS-linked Australian doctor from returning home. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Taylor calls on Labor to stop IS doctor from returning home

  21-07-2026 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor has called on the government to stop an Islamic State-linked Australian doctor from returning home. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Penny Wong raises missile test with Chinese foreign minister

  21-07-2026 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Penny Wong has raised China's missile test and detention of Australian democracy activist Dr Yang Hengjun with the Chinese foreign minister. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Minister says constitution limits ability to block return of IS-linked doctor

  21-07-2026 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Murray Watt says there are constitutional limits on what the government can do to prevent the return of an Islamic State-linked doctor. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Minister issues secret phone warning ahead of national alert test

  21-07-2026 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Emergency Management Minister Kristy McBain urges people with secret or concealed mobile phones to turn them off or put them on aeroplane mode ahead of Monday's national alert test. Follow live.
  
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• Signature Labor housing policy at risk of falling thousands of homes short of target

  21-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The government’s prospects of meeting its affordable and social homes target have been questioned despite it spending more than $770,000 on each new house over the next 25 years.
  
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• Labor’s millions in gambling donations revealed amid last-ditch push for reform

  21-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Labor Party collected more than $4 million in gambling donations over the last five years, including $1.5 million around the last election.
  
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• Albanese's career mirrors Howard's in two important ways

  21-07-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese has been in near-fatal vehicle accidents not once, but three times. Politically, his is also a story of survival against the odds.
  
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• Best of cartoons, July 22, 2026

  21-07-2026 12:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Taylor kills One Nation merger talk as Hanson ally claims COVID deaths ‘staged’

  21-07-2026 09:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Well behind Pauline Hanson in the polls, the opposition leader has been trying to put a spotlight on her muddled policy agenda and the fringe views of One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts.
  
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• Taylor kills One Nation merger talk as claim surfaces of Hanson ally saying COVID deaths ‘staged’

  21-07-2026 09:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Well behind Pauline Hanson in the polls, the opposition leader has been trying to put a spotlight on her muddled policy agenda and the fringe views of One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts.
  
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• Police confirm investigation involving incident with NT administrator

  21-07-2026 09:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Former army commando turned Labor MP, Luke Gosling, has denied involvement in an alleged incident with King Charles's representative in the NT.
  
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• Federal MP Luke Gosling 'categorically denies' incident with NT administrator

  21-07-2026 09:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The former army commando turned Labor MP has denied involvement in an alleged incident with King Charles’s representative in the NT.
  
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• Federal MP Luke Gosling ‘categorically denies’ incident with NT administrator

  21-07-2026 09:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The former army commando turned Labor MP has denied involvement in an alleged incident with King Charles’s representative in the NT.
  
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• Israel accused of ‘extraordinary’ intervention in Labor politics

  21-07-2026 08:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Intense discussions are under way ahead of Labor’s national conference after a call for Hamas to disarm was scrubbed from the draft policy platform.
  
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