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15 Australians aged 11-63 vanish in Nepal floods; PM offers help, but numbers remain unclear, so it's a bit of a guessing game.
The Guardian
Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn finally watched her zero-point Olympic breakdance routine and, in a stunning display of optimism, declared it 'not as bad as I thought!'
The Guardian
Australia's first home buyers are thriving under a government scheme while investors step back, proving that sometimes policy actually does what it says on the tin.
The Guardian
Japan's defence minister visits Australia to talk frigates, while a melon-related hand gesture controversy threatens to overshadow everything.
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Pauline Hanson wants Australians to raid their retirement savings for groceries, while the PM talks guns. Priorities, people.
The Guardian
Coalition backbenchers want tougher gambling laws, but the real scandal is Albanese's melon gift. Priorities, people.
The Guardian
Nikki Osborne drops a rhyming response to the 'shag, marry, date' controversy, calling it recreational outrage while Australia spirals over other news.
The Guardian
Albanese breaks Garma promise, Telstra investigates death during outage, and politicians clarify they want to get rid of the government, not join it.
The Guardian
Australia's PM Albanese offers CGT exemptions to 2.7 million small businesses after backlash, costing $475 million but buying some peace.
The Guardian
Fifteen years after Julia Gillard was called a witch on a sign, a truck-mounted billboard in Melbourne brings the same tired trope back, complete with AI-generated warts and a brothel ad sponsorship.
The Guardian
Commonwealth Bank says the government's tax changes will hit house prices twice as hard as Treasury predicted, while Albanese and Chalmers spend the morning yelling at Trump's tariffs and the youngest murderer in Australian history gets sent back to…
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Treasury modelling says 90% of young Australians win under Labor's tax reforms; the other 10% are probably property investors with a podcast about negative gearing.
The Guardian
Question time gets spicy with a suspension, the NACC boss resigns amid bias claims, and stranded Australians in Syria finally book plane tickets home - all while the PM masterfully dodges a question about gas lobbyists.
The Guardian
Queensland minister refers himself to federal police over electoral allegations; PM plays coy on fuel excise; Avalon Airport evacuated over suspicious item.
The Guardian
PM denies Gen Z voters influenced budget tax tweaks, Coles faces discount deception verdict, and a royal commission defines antisemitism - just another Tuesday in Australian politics.
The Guardian
Australia's budget debate features shouting matches, a senator who can't rule out conspiracy theories without a spreadsheet, and bank stocks taking a dive because property speculators might actually have to pay tax.
The Guardian
Julie Bishop resigns as ANU chancellor amid ongoing turmoil, Anika Wells repays $10k for travel oopsies, and the PM defends both while plugging a $3.8bn train project.
The Guardian
Australia's federal budget is about to shovel another $3.8 billion at Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop - a project so controversial and expensive it has its own fan club of critics.
The Guardian
Australia tells gas companies to share 20% of exports with locals, because apparently the free market needed a little nudge.
The Guardian
A Jewish woman tells a royal commission that the Bondi attack has left her family terrified, Westpac warns of recession, Pauline Hanson eyes a lower-house run, and Japan’s PM trades AC/DC records for melons with Albanese.
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