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• World leaders missing in action as UN warns of climate target breach

  02-09-2026 10:47 via abc.net.au
  
  A new UN report warns the world is likely to overshoot warming of 1.5C as world leaders shun Australia's pre-COP talks in Fiji.
  
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• Live: Hegseth thanks Australia for 'matched' defence capabilities

  02-09-2026 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth thanks Australia for its ongoing friendship and the need to "ensure our capabilities match and are complementary". Follow live.
  
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• Live: Coalition unveils plan to slash tobacco tax by 80 per cent

  02-09-2026 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The plan would reduce the excise on a standard packet of 20 cigarettes from around $30 to around $6.  Follow live. 
  
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• Hanson risks accusations she's using a security issue for political points

  02-09-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  By speaking publicly about the threats she's facing, the One Nation leader has shone a light on a growing problem facing our democracy but pinning them on routine political rhetoric risks accusations of political point-scoring.
  
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• Earth to Albo: your radar malfunctioned again. The PM can’t afford many more mistakes

  02-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese is suffering from severe “meloncholia”. His only silver cloud is that One Nation’s rise is doing even more damage to Angus Taylor and the Coalition.
  
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• Australia’s massive data centres to be built away from homes as Trump attacks AI critics

  02-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president’s intervention in the data centre debate showed how fierce the US backlash has become. Anthony Albanese, and huge AI companies, want to avoid the same fate in Australia.
  
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• AUKUS makes Australia a nuclear target, top experts warn

  02-09-2026 20:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Prominent former public servants, including Michael Keating and Mike Pezzullo, sound the alarm over Australia’s lack of veto power and exposure to great-power war under the tripartite deal.
  
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• Best of cartoons, September 3, 2026

  02-09-2026 15:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Albanese bristles at pre-COP questions as UN delivers sobering report

  02-09-2026 10:47 via abc.net.au
  
  A new UN report warns the world is likely to overshoot warming of 1.5C as world leaders shun Australia's pre-COP talks in Fiji.
  
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• Revealed: The 13 Australians who could face the death penalty in Iraq

  02-09-2026 09:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Thirteen Australian men are in an Iraqi prison after surviving the fall of Islamic State in 2019. One was just 12 when his family took him to Syria.
  
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• Albanese lashes out at questions about low turnout for Bowen’s Pacific summit

  02-09-2026 09:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The event was organised as part of a compromise deal between Australia and Turkey – but barely any nations are turning up.
  
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• Some people won't drink the water in this state. Fixing the infrastructure could cost $5b

  02-09-2026 09:01 via abc.net.au
  
  In Australia's most decentralised state, water infrastructure is failing, leading residents in one town to rely on the bottled variety, but it comes at a cost.
  
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• Brown and foul tasting: This town's water may be the tipping point of a crisis

  02-09-2026 09:01 via abc.net.au
  
  In Australia's most decentralised state, water infrastructure is failing, leading residents in one town to rely on the bottled variety, but it comes at a cost.
  
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• Brown and foul tasting. This town's water may be the tipping point of a crisis

  02-09-2026 09:01 via abc.net.au
  
  In Australia's most decentralised state, water infrastructure is failing, leading residents in one town to rely on the bottled variety, but it comes at a cost.
  
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• Chalmers backs assault on big tech as Contos sounds alarm on manosphere

  02-09-2026 08:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The treasurer slammed social media giants as consent campaigners push to return online platforms to simple chronological feeds.
  
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• Chalmers admits tax reforms helped drag down house prices

  02-09-2026 08:21 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian economy grew by 0.4 per cent in the June quarter as consumers spent more on electric vehicles as they deal with the fallout from the war against Iran.
  
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• Australians’ splurge on EVs keeps the economy ticking

  02-09-2026 03:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian economy grew by 0.4 per cent through the June quarter as consumers spent more on electric vehicles as they deal with the fallout from the war against Iran.
  
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• ‘Shemozzle’: Just five non-Pacific leaders to attend Australia’s global climate event

  02-09-2026 03:48 via smh.com.au
  
  The event was organised as part of a compromise deal between Australia and Turkey – but barely any nations are turning up.
  
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• Just five nations outside the Pacific to attend Australian climate event

  02-09-2026 03:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The event was organised as part of a compromise deal between Australia and Turkey – but barely any nations are turning up.
  
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• Live: Four more Australians confirmed safe in Nepal-Tibet flood disaster

  01-09-2026 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Four more Australians have been confirmed safe after the Nepal-Tibet flood, with the number of unaccounted-for Australians revised down to 38. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Four Australians confirmed safe in Nepal-Tibet flood disaster

  01-09-2026 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Four Australians have been confirmed safe after the Nepal-Tibet flood, with the number of unaccounted-for Australians revised down to 38. Follow live.
  
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• Four more Australians confirmed safe in Nepal-Tibet flood disaster — as it happened

  01-09-2026 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Four more Australians have been confirmed safe after the Nepal-Tibet flood, with the number of unaccounted-for Australians revised down to 38.
  
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• The unnoticed rule change that has Penny Wong entitled to the PM’s salary

  01-09-2026 20:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A quiet change to parliamentary pay rules means the foreign minister could draw Australia’s highest political wage while filling in for Anthony Albanese.
  
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• The unnoticed rule change that has Penny Wong earning the PM’s salary

  01-09-2026 20:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A quiet change to parliamentary pay rules means the foreign minister will draw Australia’s highest political wage while filling in for Anthony Albanese.
  
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• Australia’s ‘shameful’ cocaine habit prompts $600m Pacific package

  01-09-2026 14:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia is funding a Pacific-wide plan to crack down on record numbers of narco-subs full of cocaine – many of which are headed to our shores.
  
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• Best of cartoons, September 2, 2026

  01-09-2026 12:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Authorities investigate reports former ADF soldier killed in Ukraine

  01-09-2026 10:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The soldier, known by the nickname "Mozzie", was serving as a combat medic with Ukraine's 1st Foreign Legion Squadron.
  
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• Labor MP has 'no recollection' of serious car crash

  01-09-2026 10:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Backbencher Ed Husic returns to work after suffering a concussion and fractures as a result of the collision.
  
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• Minister tells Hanson to look in mirror over political violence claim

  01-09-2026 09:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has called on Senator Pauline Hanson to reflect on her own behaviour after she accused the prime minister of inciting political violence. 
  
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• Attorney-General calls on Pauline Hanson to reflect on her own behaviour

  01-09-2026 09:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has called on Senator Pauline Hanson to reflect on her own behaviour after she accused the prime minister of inciting political violence. 
  
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