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• Wealthier graduates who deserted Dutton warm to Ley but not to Liberals

  26-09-2025 21:11 via smh.com.au
  
  The opposition leader’s jump in approval ratings has not fed through to support for the Coalition, which is now tracking at record lows.
  
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• Anti-net zero MP casts 1975 shadow over Liberal energy policy

  12-11-2025 07:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Liberal MPs met to try and resolve differences over net zero, but a leadership aspirant has stirred divisive old memories.
  
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• These numbers say net zero is doomed – and so is Sussan Ley

  12-11-2025 07:39 via smh.com.au
  
  A text from inside the marathon meeting said 17 Liberals had spoken in favour of keeping net zero, 28 wanted to dump it.
  
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• Conservation group admits AI use and 'errors' in anti-wind farm campaign

  12-11-2025 07:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Rainforest Reserves Australia has faced a Senate inquiry amid allegations of using AI and referencing non-existent projects and groups in submissions against an axed wind farm.
  
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• Flood buyback homes sold at auction for as little as $1

  12-11-2025 06:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Eleven flood buyback homes sell without a reserve price in the NSW Northern Rivers, with more to hit the market before the end of the year.
  
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• Qld minister praises call for children to be jailed over bail breaches

  12-11-2025 06:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The state government has not ruled out the idea, but has stopped short of committing to the proposed reform.
  
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• ‘New era’: Australia, Indonesia strike surprise security treaty

  12-11-2025 05:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia and Indonesia will commit to consult each other if they face a security threat under a landmark treaty agreement.
  
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• Half a million Australians with psychosocial illness without support

  12-11-2025 05:43 via abc.net.au
  
  A scathing Productivity Commission review concludes that Australia's mental health system is failing and needs a rewrite, while warning that 500,000 Australians are unable to access the care that they need. 
  
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• 'No scope' to block neo-Nazis from registering as federal political party

  12-11-2025 05:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Members of the National Socialist Network, a group of neo-Nazis who promote deporting 'non-white' Australians, say they intend to register a political party.
  
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• Japanese ambassador calls for security 'triangle' with Australia, US

  12-11-2025 05:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Japan's ambassador to Australia calls for the two countries to form an "equilateral" security triangle with the United States, while championing the role of gas in the clean energy transition.
  
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• Tasmanian gold mine shut down over unpaid royalties

  12-11-2025 02:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The state government has directed Hellyer Gold Mines to cease operations at its mine in north-west Tasmania. It says the company has significantly fallen behind on its debts.
  
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• ‘Binary argument’: Liberals seek last-minute compromise on net zero debate

  12-11-2025 01:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Members of the Liberal Party’s Right and Moderate factions have in the last two days held high-level discussions to avoid a damaging split.
  
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• Nampijinpa Price asks supporters for $125k in pre-Christmas fundraiser

  12-11-2025 00:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is asking supporters to dig deep ahead of the festive season and help bankroll a $125,000 campaign slush fund three years out from the 2028 federal election.
  
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• Nampijinpa Price asks for $125k in donations to meet 'urgent end of 2025 goal'

  12-11-2025 00:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is asking supporters to dig deep ahead of the festive season and help bankroll a $125,000 campaign fund three years out from the 2028 federal election.
  
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• ASIO boss sounds alarm on ‘devastating, disruptive’ Chinese hacking threat

  11-11-2025 23:37 via smh.com.au
  
  ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess has warned that Australia has “now reached the threshold for high-impact sabotage” as he sounds the alarm on Chinese hackers
  
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• Live: 'Overwhelming' number of Liberals want to ditch net zero, sources say

  11-11-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Liberals have met at Parliament House in Canberra after a marathon meeting to decide on the future of the party's net zero policy.  Follow live.
  
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• Live: 'Overwhelming' number of Liberals want to ditch net zero as marathon meeting ends

  11-11-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Liberals have met at Parliament House in Canberra after a marathon meeting to decide on the future of the party's net zero policy.  Follow live.
  
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• Live: MPs diverted by Qantas incident as Liberals gather for net zero meeting

  11-11-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  A Canberra-bound Qantas plane carrying Liberal MPs is diverted ahead of a party meeting on climate and energy. Follow live. 
   
  
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• Live: Liberals gather in Canberra to thrash out position on net zero

  11-11-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal Liberals have gathered in Canberra to thrash out a policy on net zero, climate and energy ahead of a Coalition meeting on the weekend. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Liberals decide fate of net zero policy in closed-door meeting

  11-11-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Liberals are meeting at Parliament House in Canberra to decide the future of the party's net zero policy. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Australia and Indonesia to sign treaty in 'major extension' of defence cooperation

  11-11-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto have agreed to a new defence treaty.  Follow live.
  
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• Are first home buyers getting a head start in a race to the bottom?

  11-11-2025 19:56 via abc.net.au
  
  It will be some time before the full effects of the government's expanded first home buyer support scheme become clear, but young Australians across the country say it is still a tough market. 
  
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• 5pc deposits a dream for some, but housing nightmare continues for others

  11-11-2025 19:56 via abc.net.au
  
  It will be some time before the full effects of the government's expanded first home buyer support scheme become clear, but young Australians across the country say it is still a tough market. 
  
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• Nationals to send net zero hardliner into talks with Liberals

  11-11-2025 19:36 via abc.net.au
  
  One of the Nationals' most strident opponents of net zero will attend talks on a final Coalition policy position. Before then, the Liberals must decide their own stance — but conservatives are now confident net zero will be dropped.
  
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• Third of voters want net zero gone as Coalition meets to decide position

  11-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Almost one in three Australians want the federal government to dump its commitment to net zero emissions by 2050, as the Coalition meets to decide on its heavily contested climate policy.
  
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• Turkish military cargo plane crashes with at least 20 on board

  11-11-2025 17:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Türkiye's defence ministry said 20 of its personnel were on board, but did not provide any details on whether there were passengers from other nationalities on board.
  
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• 20 Turkish soldiers die in military cargo plane crash

  11-11-2025 17:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Türkiye's defence ministry confirms 20 Turkish soldiers on board were killed in the crash.  
  
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• Best of cartoons, November 12, 2025

  11-11-2025 11:48 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Ley leadership to be put to the test in crunch talks

  11-11-2025 09:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Two Liberals in the nucleus of the opposition said they gauged about a month ago that Ley believed ditching net zero was politically workable.
  
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• Wong, Burke admit to secret meetings with Nauru president

  11-11-2025 08:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Wong’s office said she “raised recent media reports” with Nauru President David Adeang on Monday, but not until after he was photographed entering Parliament House on Tuesday.
  
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