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• The political survivor whose next move could decide the Pacific’s security future

  07-09-2026 09:29 via smh.com.au
  
  One of Australia’s key Pacific allies has fended off a no-confidence motion in a blow to Beijing – and a coup for Anthony Albanese. 
  
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• Joyce says he’s ‘not Jesus Christ’ when pushed on controversial superannuation policy

  07-09-2026 12:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Joyce was pressed on the modelling behind One Nation’s latest superannuation policy by 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson when he issued the proclamation.
  
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• Bringing internet feeds to heel is not suppressing free speech

  07-09-2026 08:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Moves to force social media platforms to remove the algorithms that drive user feeds are facing a rearguard action.
  
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• One Nation’s super raid: inflationary today, impoverishing tomorrow

  07-09-2026 06:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Pauline Hanson’s plan to let Australians dip into retirement savings is the latest example of parties treating superannuation like a magic pudding.
  
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• ‘The people’s money’: Hanson, Joyce defend proposed super shake-up

  07-09-2026 06:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Pauline Hanson wants to allow workers access to 3 per cent of their superannuation contributions – a policy described by the government as “recipe to make Australian workers worse off”.
  
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• One Nation's early access super scheme panned as inflationary

  07-09-2026 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians would be given the option to divert a portion of their superannuation into their take-home pay for up to three years, but one economist has warned it will increase the cost of living in the long term.
  
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• One Nation pushes for early super access for renters and mortgage holders

  07-09-2026 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians would be given a choice to divert a portion of their superannuation to their take-home pay for up to three years. 
  
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• 'Economically disastrous': One Nation's early access super scheme slammed

  07-09-2026 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians would be given the option to divert a portion of their superannuation into their take-home pay for up to three years, but one economist has warned it will increase the costs of living in the long-term.
  
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• One Nation’s ‘super pay boost’ slammed as retirement raid

  07-09-2026 01:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Pauline Hanson wants to allow workers access to 3 per cent of their superannuation contributions for three years.
  
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• Hanson says Chalmers is ‘hysterical’ for super plan opposition

  07-09-2026 01:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Pauline Hanson wants to allow workers access to 3 per cent of their superannuation contributions for three years.
  
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• Tony Burke accuses Coalition of leaving health policy to organised crime — as it happened

  06-09-2026 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Tony Burke has accused the Coalition of leaving health policy to organised crime on the tobacco excise.
  
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• Live: Tony Burke accuses Coalition of leaving health policy to organised crime

  06-09-2026 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Tony Burke has accused the Coalition of leaving health policy to organised crime on the tobacco excise. Follow live.
  
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• Live: One Nation reveals plan to divert superannuation to boost pay

  06-09-2026 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians paying rent or a mortgage would be given a choice to divert a portion of their superannuation to boost their income for up to three years under a One Nation proposal. Follow live.  
  
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• Live: Hanson and Chalmers trade barbs over super plan

  06-09-2026 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The One Nation leader has hit back at the treasurer after he accused her of wanting to end superannuation as we know it. Follow live.  
  
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• Live: Coalition's opt-out algorithm criticism like 'protesting seatbelts', Butler says

  06-09-2026 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor frontbencher Mark Butler is rejecting Coalition claims the introduction of an opt-out algorithm amounts to censorship. Follow live.  
  
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• Veterans to lay down medals in escalation of fight with Albanese government over healthcare cuts

  06-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The provocative ceremony will mark two years since the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide delivered its final report.
  
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• As Labor leaves an opening, Coalition takes the wrong path

  06-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The government has stumbled on tax and immigration. But the opposition is looking in the wrong direction.
  
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• The not-so-golden handcuffs costing workers $2500 a year

  06-09-2026 14:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Non-compete clauses were used by tech companies to protect each other. But they come at a huge cost to workers with plans to end them for people under $190,000.
  
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• Government closes in on $100m social media fines

  06-09-2026 14:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has reservations about freedom of speech and “enormous ministerial discretion around censorship on the internet”.
  
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• Best of cartoons, September 7, 2026

  06-09-2026 12:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• ‘Closer to the red line’: The perfect storm keeping economists awake at night

  06-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Large debt piles and a booming AI sector have combined to create a set of economic conditions that could trigger global financial turmoil.
  
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• Trading 'woke palaces' for 'basic' homes reduces cost but comes with drawbacks

  05-09-2026 22:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The shadow housing minister is spruiking a simpler building code to speed up housing construction, but could cutting back on energy efficiency and accessibility cost more in the long run? 
  
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• Trading 'woke palaces' for 'basic' homes could come with drawbacks

  05-09-2026 22:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The shadow housing minister is spruiking a simpler building code to speed up housing construction, but could cutting back on energy efficiency and accessibility cost more in the long run? 
  
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• PM’s optimism isn’t infectious, but it still makes people sick

  05-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Albo can tell people his government is putting things right, but voters feel it’s not working.
  
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• One Nation, Coalition bank on cheap cigarettes being uncool

  05-09-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition and One Nation will have to prove they believe a generation that has grown up thinking cigarettes are both uncool and expensive will continue to resist when the last of those barriers disappears. 
  
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• Canavan’s bizarre manosphere comments show he should check his own algorithm

  05-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  If Matt Canavan cared about educational outcomes for all our children – male and female – he might formulate a policy to deal with clear problems in our system. But that’s not what this is about.
  
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• ‘Populism 101’: Hanson branded hypocrite over violence claims

  05-09-2026 09:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Labor, Coalition, Greens and independent MPs have all labelled the One Nation leader a hypocrite for casting herself as a victim of political fury.
  
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• Peter Katsambanis remembered as one of Liberal Party's 'finest' warriors

  05-09-2026 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Former Liberal MP Peter Katsambanis, who served in the West Australian and Victorian parliaments, dies, aged 60.
  
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• That viral 'bulls***' moment and how football saved Awer Mabil

  05-09-2026 04:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Socceroos star Awer Mabil says he was just being himself when he called out Pauline Hanson's plan for a "monoculture" in Australia.
  
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• What Labor's safe seat loss to One Nation means for Australian politics

  05-09-2026 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor will be conducting a post-mortem of its crushing defeat in the Secret Harbour by-election to see where it went wrong. But One Nation's win has wider implication for all major parties across Australia.
  
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