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• ‘Your work will break your soul’: Professor describes masked campus protest

  14-07-2026 05:31 via smh.com.au
  
  A University of Melbourne academic has spoken of the moment he found masked protesters occupying his office and saying he was guilty of genocide.
  
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• Scars of alleged Invasion Day terror attack run deep six months on

  15-07-2026 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The scars left by what police described as a potential "mass-casualty event" which threatened to devastate the crowd of Perth's Invasion Day rally still run deep, even nearly six months later.
  
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• Live: Minister accuses Coalition of being 'juvenile' for AI office criticism

  15-07-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Tim Ayres has accused the Coalition of being "juvenile" for criticising the establishment of an Office of AI in the prime minister's department. Follow live. 
  
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• Fresh condemnation for Malcolm Roberts over notorious antisemitic mural post

  15-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Pressure is mounting over the One Nation senator’s repeated promotion of conspiracy theories after Jewish leaders condemned him for posting and praising a notorious antisemitic mural.
  
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• Albanese rolls out a rule book and a red carpet for AI companies

  15-07-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  If Australia is truly going to coax major AI companies to choose us rather than the other suitor nations with similar ambitions, some tough decisions need to be made soon.
  
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• A generations-long shibboleth about house prices has just been shattered

  15-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Until this week, there was a view shared among almost every member of the federal parliament, the shock jock community and the angry columnists of newspapers and pay TV channels.
  
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• A generations-long belief about house prices has just been shattered

  15-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Until this week, there was a view shared among almost every member of the federal parliament, the shock jock community and the angry columnists of newspapers and pay TV channels.
  
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• PM backs copyright as artists seek voice on AI

  15-07-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The creative sector hopes there is a space to contribute to the Office of AI, given its content powers a lot of these tools.
  
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• Artists seek 'seat at table' in AI office

  15-07-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The creative sector hopes there is a space to contribute to the Office of AI, given its content powers a lot of these tools.
  
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• Best of cartoons, July 16, 2026

  15-07-2026 14:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• ‘Create jobs, not replace them’: PM flags crackdown on data centres and AI copyright

  15-07-2026 10:25 via smh.com.au
  
  As One Nation starts to campaign against data centres, Albanese pledged to “ensure data centres do not increase power prices for Australians”.
  
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• For the true believers: Albanese echoes Pope Leo in his own AI missive

  15-07-2026 09:50 via smh.com.au
  
  As technology threatens to upend life as we know it, Albanese came with a message of reassurance and calm, on a mission to lower the collective heart rate.
  
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• Labor’s reforms harm the people they’re supposed to help: aged care watchdog

  15-07-2026 09:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The outgoing aged care watchdog said user co-payments and long wait times for home care packages were driving people into nursing homes and costing taxpayers.
  
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• ‘I’m sorry’: Uni of Sydney boss apologises to Jewish students over protest camp

  15-07-2026 09:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Mark Scott was questioned intently at the royal commission into antisemitism, where he said removing protesters may have inflamed tensions.
  
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• Albanese flags crackdown on power-hungry data centres and AI copyright theft

  15-07-2026 07:44 via smh.com.au
  
  As One Nation starts to campaign against data centres, Albanese pledged to “ensure data centres do not increase power prices for Australians”.
  
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• Labor takes a stand on data centre rules and AI copyright

  15-07-2026 07:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister unveils Labor's plan for new AI national standards, warning Australia has a narrow window to set AI's "social licence".
  
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• ‘It’s a form of intimidation and unacceptable’: Vice-chancellor grilled on student protesters

  15-07-2026 06:48 via smh.com.au
  
  The vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne was asked about encampments and student protest actions as part of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
  
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• Zempilas declares any Labor loss in WA by-election 'a win for Liberals'

  15-07-2026 06:15 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's Liberal leader says "there is no white flag being waved" in the upcoming Secret Harbour by-election, while indicating any result other than Labor retaining the seat, namely a win by One Nation, will be "a victory for the Liberals".
  
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• 'No white flag' in by-election race with One Nation, Liberal leader says

  15-07-2026 06:15 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's Liberal leader says "there is no white flag being waved" in the upcoming Secret Harbour by-election, while indicating any result other than Labor retaining the seat, namely a win by One Nation, will be "a victory for the Liberals".
  
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• Cricket Australia says anthem dispute ‘incorrect’ after Taylor hits out at ‘woke’ decision

  15-07-2026 06:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Taylor’s push into the cultural conversation comes as his ailing party opens the door to gender quotas after years of internal opposition.
  
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• Taylor hits out at ‘tone deaf, woke’ Cricket Australia over national anthem dispute

  15-07-2026 04:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Taylor’s push into the cultural conservation comes as his ailing party opens the door to gender quotas after years of internal opposition.
  
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• Moira Deeming makes last-ditch plea to Liberal Party to retain candidacy

  15-07-2026 03:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian MP Moira Deeming faces being disendorsed as a Liberal candidate for refusing to apologise to former party leader Matthew Guy, after accusing him of assaulting her at a community event in May.
  
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• Moira Deeming drops court bid against party after last-ditch plea to retain candidacy

  15-07-2026 03:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian MP Moira Deeming faces being disendorsed as a Liberal candidate for refusing to apologise to former party leader Matthew Guy, after accusing him of assaulting her at a community event in May.
  
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• The new political parties hoping to deceive 'useful idiots' in Victoria

  15-07-2026 02:32 via abc.net.au
  
  New political parties are seeking to exploit Victoria's anachronistic electoral system in the upper house, to harvest voters' preferences and funnel them wherever they please.
  
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• New political parties are trying to harvest Victorians' votes

  15-07-2026 02:32 via abc.net.au
  
  New political parties are seeking to exploit Victoria's anachronistic electoral system in the upper house, to harvest voters' preferences and funnel them wherever they please.
  
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• Live: Taylor accuses PM of creating 'office inside his office' to deal with AI

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor says Anthony Albanese is adding to bureaucracy by creating an Office of AI within his department to deal with artificial intelligence policy. Follow live.
  
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• Live: More people will take up smoking if tobacco excise is reduced, minister says

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Clare O'Neil says reducing the tobacco excise to address the rising take-up of illicit tobacco will not help Australians give up smoking. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Minister pushes back on calls to cut tobacco excise as black market grows

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Clare O'Neil says reducing the tobacco excise to address the rising take-up of illicit tobacco will not help Australians give up smoking. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Labor to force data centres to minimise water, underwrite own power

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The PM has announced new artificial intelligence data centres will be forced to underwrite or supply their own power and minimise their use of water under new AI standards to be introduced to parliament. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Anthony Albanese charts AI, data centre future in speech

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The PM is is outlining a national framework to deal with the emergence of artificial intelligence. Follow live.
  
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