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• Zelenskyy says he will step down as president after Ukraine war ends

  25-09-2025 16:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Ukraine's president has been in office since 2019, with elections slated for last year suspended by martial law as a result of Russia's ongoing invasion.
  
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• Nats, conservative Libs cause new immigration headache for Ley

  14-11-2025 08:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The opposition leader used a question from former prime minister John Howard to declare immigration levels were too high, but conservatives want to lead the debate.
  
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• Republic support surges to record level, but we still like King Charles despite Andrew furore

  14-11-2025 08:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Australians have shifted in favour of becoming a republic after the recent royal scandal, despite many still thinking that King Charles is doing a good job.
  
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• Premier concedes 'it's over' after 16-hour debate on workers' comp

  14-11-2025 06:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Minns government has been unable to break an impasse after six months of trying to pass the legislation.
  
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• 'It's over': NSW workers' comp changes defeated after 16-hour debate

  14-11-2025 06:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Minns government has been unable to break an impasse after six months of trying to pass the legislation.
  
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• Sussan Ley moves ahead of right flank to start migration fight

  14-11-2025 06:24 via smh.com.au
  
  The opposition leader used a question from former prime minister John Howard to declare immigration levels were too high.
  
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• ‘Put the brakes on’: Record $40b investor blitz has banking regulator on high alert

  14-11-2025 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The value of mortgages taken out by property investors has soared more than a third in just six months. It could force new rules to curb their enthusiasm.
  
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• New Liberal energy policy breaches Paris climate agreement, backs in coal

  14-11-2025 02:29 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberals’ no net zero energy policy raises questions on Australia’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and power bills.
  
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• Russian Embassy loses its land, its cool and all sense of irony

  14-11-2025 01:36 via smh.com.au
  
  The Russian Federation has finally lost the land on which it was planning to build a new embassy in Canberra. The Australian government feared the embassy would be a nest of spies.
  
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• Turnbull says Liberals have 'memory of goldfish and diet of piranhas' — as it happened

  13-11-2025 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Liberals have the "memory of goldfish and diet of piranhas" after dumping net zero by 2050. 
  
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• Live: Turnbull says Liberals have 'memory of goldfish and diet of piranhas'

  13-11-2025 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Liberals have the "memory of goldfish and diet of piranhas" after dumping net zero by 2050. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Sussan Ley 'absolutely' expects moderate Liberal to remain on frontbench

  13-11-2025 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she "absolutely" expects Liberal frontbencher Tim Wilson will remain in his shadow ministry role after the Liberals decided to dump net zero. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Ley says affordability behind Liberal decision to dump net zero

  13-11-2025 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley uses a speech in Sydney to say energy affordability is behind the reason the Liberals dropped the party's commitment net zero emissions by 2050. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Ley 'absolutely' expects moderate Liberal to stay on frontbench

  13-11-2025 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she "absolutely" expects Liberal frontbencher Tim Wilson will remain in his shadow ministry role after the Liberals decided to dump net zero. Follow live. 
  
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• Trump officials say a 50-year mortgage may be a 'gamechanger'. Others aren't sure

  13-11-2025 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The average first-time home buyer in the US is older than ever, but a new proposal could leave them paying off a mortgage until old age.
  
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• Trump officials float 50-year 'gamechanger' mortgages. Others aren't sure

  13-11-2025 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The average first-time home buyer in the US is older than ever, but a new proposal could leave them paying off a mortgage until old age.
  
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• Trump has floated the idea of a 50-year mortgage. Here's how it could work — or not

  13-11-2025 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The average first-time home buyer in the US is older than ever, but a new proposal could leave them paying off a mortgage until old age.
  
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• Questions raised over plan for coal and gas to bring down power bills

  13-11-2025 19:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Energy experts have cast doubt over the Liberal Party's central claim that it can bring down power prices by backing coal and gas, while questioning how the party plans to actually reduce emissions.
  
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• Doubts Liberal coal and gas push can cut prices — or emissions

  13-11-2025 19:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Energy experts have cast doubt over the Liberal Party's central claim that it can bring down power prices by backing coal and gas, while questioning how the party plans to actually reduce emissions.
  
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• Will Victoria's new First Nations treaty be the first of many?

  13-11-2025 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of treaties exist between First Nations people and governments around the world. One state in Australia just became one of them.
  
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• Victoria's treaty is here. What does it mean? And is one coming to my state?

  13-11-2025 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of treaties exist between First Nations people and governments around the world. One state in Australia just became one of them.
  
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• We may well be witnessing the disintegration of the Liberals

  13-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Like Malcolm Turnbull, Sussan Ley has appeased the conservatives - who don’t want her to be leader anyway - and let down the moderates.
  
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• Mamdani’s New York win is like One Nation’s surge here. Both offer false hope

  13-11-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Zohran Mamdani and Pauline Hanson are prospering on opposite sides of one of the most defining divides in modern politics: city versus country.
  
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• Epstein email says Andrew had photo taken with accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre

  13-11-2025 18:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The former prince has repeatedly denied ever meeting Ms Roberts Giuffre, including during an infamous interview with the BBC in 2019.
  
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• Epstein email says Andrew had photo taken with accuser Virginia Giuffre

  13-11-2025 18:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The former prince has repeatedly denied ever meeting Ms Giuffre, including during an infamous interview with the BBC in 2019.
  
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• Working with children check tracker established amid pressure on child care

  13-11-2025 12:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Almost a decade after one was recommended by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. 
  
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• Best of cartoons, November 14, 2025

  13-11-2025 11:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Backbencher hopes WA government's Dion Barber compensation appeal fails

  13-11-2025 09:54 via abc.net.au
  
  A Labor MP says he hopes the state's appeal of a multi-million-dollar compensation payout to a child sexual abuse survivor fails, amid mounting criticism from legal experts and advocates.
  
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• Sussan Ley showed up with a steely tone and strong message but forgot one group

  13-11-2025 09:20 via smh.com.au
  
  With mounting talk of her terminal leadership, the Liberal leader has been looking for a lifeline. She grabbed one by siding with the net zero naysayers, but it may prove costly.
  
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• Ley buys time by dumping net zero targets as Nationals declare victory

  13-11-2025 08:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberal leader pledged to keep coal plants online, mirroring Nationals policy as she fights to keep the Coalition together and campaign on cheaper power bills.
  
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