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• Inside a squalid house linked to a suspected NDIS fraudster

  05-04-2025 23:09 via abc.net.au
  
  People with mental illness are getting lost in the NDIS system, isolated from friends and family and abandoned while their lucrative government funding is drained. This is how they're living.
  
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• Trump wants them. China needs them. So Albanese has a $1b scheme to stockpile them

  23-04-2025 14:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Labor has pledged to create a stockpile for critical minerals, which are coveted by US president Donald Trump while supply is controlled by China.
  
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• ‘Living through hell’: Coalition pledge to rescue jailed Australians

  23-04-2025 14:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The pledge to take more assertive action to tackle “hostage diplomacy” has been welcomed by Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who spent years in an Iranian prison.
  
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• Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Far-right agitators crash Kooyong forum, police called after clash with attendees; Anti-lockdown campaigner rebuked at Kooyong refugee forum

  23-04-2025 13:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Follow our rolling in-depth coverage of key Victorian seats in this federal election campaign.
  
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• Best of cartoons, April 24, 2025

  23-04-2025 13:24 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Swing against Dutton redraws battleground map as Albanese targets Liberal seats

  23-04-2025 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Labor has gone on the offensive against the Coalition in key marginal seats after gaining a boost in published opinion polls.
  
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• Coalition frontbencher ‘shocked’ by allegations against a migration agent. But he had been warned

  23-04-2025 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Jason Wood tried to appoint migration agent Jack Ta to a government advisory group, but relented after his own department warned him of “serious integrity concerns”.
  
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• Suspended WA council CEO resigns as workplace probe continues

  23-04-2025 11:17 via abc.net.au
  
  The Shire of Coolgardie has confirmed the resignation of long-standing chief executive James Trail as an investigation into issues at the council continues.
  
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• Dutton reverses pledge on EV tax break two days after saying he would keep it

  23-04-2025 10:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Just two days after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said he would not touch Labor’s tax break for electric vehicles, the Coalition announced it would get rid of it.
  
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• Comparing Albanese and Dutton on healthcare

  23-04-2025 10:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Both major political parties want to make healthcare easier to access for Australians, but they have different plans on how to do it.
  
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• Federal election 2025 as it happened: Half a million votes cast on first day of early voting; Trump tariff war to blow $13b hole in economy

  23-04-2025 10:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Follow live as we bring you all the news of week four of the election campaign.
  
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• ‘Voldemort policy’: Labor, Coalition deny hiding energy plans in nuclear election

  23-04-2025 08:45 via smh.com.au
  
  An earthquake shook a region slated for one of Peter Dutton’s nuclear plants and the PM visited another after a campaign in which the energy debate has been quietly shifted off stage.
  
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• Australians rush to cast early votes in record numbers

  23-04-2025 07:41 via smh.com.au
  
  More than half a million people are voting daily already - up 72 per cent on the last election - without information on how much each party’s policies will cost.
  
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• North shore teal distances herself from antisemitic posts

  23-04-2025 05:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Bradfield independent Nicolette Boele, who was debating Liberal rival Gisele Kapterian, said a former campaign volunteer published the comments on social media.
  
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• North shore teal distances herself from allegedly antisemitic posts

  23-04-2025 05:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Bradfield independent Nicolette Boele, who was debating Liberal rival Gisele Kapterian, said a former campaign volunteer published the comments on social media.
  
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• Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Half a million votes cast on first day of early voting; Trump tariff war to blow $13b hole in economy

  23-04-2025 02:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Follow live as we bring you all the news of week four of the election campaign.
  
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• First day of early voting smashes 2022 record

  23-04-2025 01:25 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 500,000 votes were cast in the first day of early voting on Tuesday, as the trend continues of more Australians heading to the ballot box before the official polling day.
  
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• Early voters smash first day record

  23-04-2025 01:25 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 500,000 votes were cast in the first day of early voting on Tuesday, as the trend continues of more Australians heading to the ballot box before the official polling day.
  
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• Why is Australia running out of gas?

  23-04-2025 01:20 via abc.net.au
  
  For the first time, and in spite of Australia's position as one of the world's biggest gas exporters, the country is preparing to do something that was once unthinkable.
  
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• For more than 40 years, whoever wins this seat wins the election

  23-04-2025 00:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Housing affordability weighs heavily on voters in a NSW Central Coast seat that has been won by the party that goes on to form government at every election since 1983.
  
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• Children's housing futures key in longest-running bellwether seat

  23-04-2025 00:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Housing affordability weighs heavily on voters in a NSW Central Coast seat that has been won by the party that goes on to form government at every election since 1983.
  
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• PM has been brandishing a Medicare card and Dutton is reaping what he sowed

  22-04-2025 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Time and time again, the Coalition has been forced to deny claims about plans to privatise Australia's healthcare system.
  
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• Labor's trying to revive Mediscare as Peter Dutton reaps what he sowed

  22-04-2025 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Time and time again, the Coalition has been forced to deny claims about plans to privatise Australia's healthcare system.
  
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• AEC says federal election voting in WA won't have same problems as state poll

  22-04-2025 23:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is confident there will be no repeat of the issues that plagued WA's recent state election at the May 3 federal poll.
  
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• AEC moves to allay voter fears in WA after state election problems

  22-04-2025 23:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Electoral Commission is confident there will be no repeat of the issues that plagued Western Australia's recent state election when it comes to the May 3 federal poll.
  
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• Live: Labor pledges to fast track tradie qualifications in bid to boost construction workforce

  22-04-2025 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  About 6,000 tradies would have their qualifications fast-tracked under a Labor plan to bolster the construction workforce. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Labor pledges to fast-track trade training in construction boost

  22-04-2025 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  About 6,000 tradies would have their qualifications fast-tracked under a Labor plan to bolster the construction workforce. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Dutton suggests repeal of tax cuts would fund extra defence spend

  22-04-2025 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  About 6,000 tradies would have their qualifications fast-tracked under a Labor plan to bolster the construction workforce. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Coalition quizzed on defence spending plan

  22-04-2025 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  About 6,000 tradies would have their qualifications fast-tracked under a Labor plan to bolster the construction workforce. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Coalition defence policy a 'bumper sticker', Labor MP says

  22-04-2025 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition has committed to repealing Labor's tax cuts to pay for defence. Follow live.
  
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