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• Peter Dutton’s electorate office vandalised, again

  18-04-2025 05:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s Dickson electorate office has been vandalised, with the words “maggot” and “scum” written in black paint at the Arana Hills shopfront, two weeks out from election day.
  
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• Best of cartoons, May 15, 2025

  14-05-2025 13:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Nationals rail against renewables despite Ley declaring climate wars over

  14-05-2025 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Climate change Minister Chris Bowen has rubbished the Liberal leader’s truce claim as the Coalition reconsiders its commitment to net zero.
  
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• Dreyfus was dumped. If he quits, party bosses want the PM’s election guru to replace him

  14-05-2025 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus was unceremoniously dumped from cabinet and might quit his seat.
  
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• Ferguson concerned by influencers who accept payment from politicians

  14-05-2025 10:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Political commentator Hannah Ferguson also told the National Press Club of her intention to seek a Senate seat at the next federal election.
  
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• NT ICAC commissioner Michael Riches resigns suddenly

  14-05-2025 10:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The Northern Territory's Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, Michael Riches, has resigned from his role, the NT chief minister has announced.
  
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• These are the two seats still too close to call – and 18 that changed hands

  14-05-2025 09:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Two seats across the nation remain too close to call – while 18 changed hands.
  
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• The Greens have no one frontrunner to lead them. It might be a job-share

  14-05-2025 07:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The minor party is weighing the option of a power-sharing leadership model after its devastating election losses.
  
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• The Greens have no frontrunner to lead them. It might be a job-share

  14-05-2025 07:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The minor party is weighing the option of a power-sharing leadership model after its devastating election losses.
  
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• Labor factions dealt Ed Husic in, he can’t complain when they deal him out

  14-05-2025 07:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Ed Husic has fallen foul of the numbers. Should he change the spelling of his name?
  
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• Why a historic water treaty is a flashpoint between India and Pakistan

  14-05-2025 07:32 via abc.net.au
  
  In a sharp escalation, New Delhi has suspended its water-sharing treaty with Pakistan and accelerated the construction of four dams — moves that legal experts warn could weaponise water in an already volatile region.
  
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• In Kashmir's shadow, a water war brews between India and Pakistan

  14-05-2025 07:32 via abc.net.au
  
  In a sharp escalation, New Delhi has suspended its water-sharing treaty with Pakistan and accelerated the construction of four dams — moves that legal experts warn could weaponise water in an already volatile region.
  
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• Victoria hot seats LIVE results: Kooyong gave us a full-blown political melodrama; the Victorian seats yet to be called; Tim Wilson’s lead in Goldstein narrows and Daniel yet to concede

  14-05-2025 04:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Voters in the seat of Flinders still don’t know the likely result, Calwell in northern Melbourne is also a tight-run race, and Liberal Tim Wilson’s lead over Zoe Daniel has narrowed in Goldstein as counting continues.
  
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• Jacinta Price ‘chickened out’ of deputy vote, say infuriated and blindsided Angus Taylor backers

  14-05-2025 04:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price shocked the allies who brought her into the Liberal Party when she did not put her hand up to run as deputy leader.
  
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• Australian feared dead fighting with foreign legion in Ukraine

  14-05-2025 01:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The labourer from Gladstone travelled to fight with Ukraine’s forces after being rejected by the Australian Army.
  
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• Trump lifts sanctions on Syria, signs $219b arms deal with Saudi Arabia

  13-05-2025 23:26 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has confirmed he will remove crippling sanctions on Syria, saying it is the country’s ‘time to shine’.
  
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• Nationals senator says Coalition needs 'deep' assessment of campaign — as it happened

  13-05-2025 23:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie says both parties in the Coalition need to engage in negotiations and make an "honest" assessment of the campaign.
  
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• Live: PM heads to Indonesia for first talks since re-election

  13-05-2025 23:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese is jetting to Indonesia for his first trip since his thumping re-election win. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Labor's super changes to impact 'tiny sliver' of population, Chalmers says

  13-05-2025 23:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers has been questioned about Labor's superannuation changes, with the treasurer saying they are "modest" and affect a "tiny sliver" of people. Follow live.
  
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• NSW opposition leader in state of 'shock' over abortion debate tactics

  13-05-2025 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman takes aim at a prominent anti-abortion campaigner who threatened his leadership in an email this week.
  
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• Bill expanding access to abortion passes NSW lower house

  13-05-2025 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  MPs were given a conscience vote on the bill brought by Greens MP Amanda Cohn, which will allow nurse-practitioners and endorsed midwives to prescribe abortion medication for early stage pregnancies.
  
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• Highlights of Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia

  13-05-2025 21:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman personally welcomes Donald Trump when the US President touches down in Riyadh.
  
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• Donald Trump applauded for removing sanctions on Syria

  13-05-2025 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The US president receives a standing ovation from the audience at a speaking event in Saudi Arabia.
  
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• Women have won the Liberal Party battle, now we need to win the war

  13-05-2025 21:30 via smh.com.au
  
  This is not the first time our party has been at this crossroads. But it is the first time we have turned in the right direction.
  
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• The 2025 election aftermath has been a split-screen sort of affair

  13-05-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  For a campaign that was widely derided as dull and uninspiring, the aftermath of the federal election has a kick like a seriously shirty mule.
  
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• Exclusive Brethren made nearly a million calls for the Liberal Party

  13-05-2025 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberal Party provided members of the secretive Christian religious sect access to the party’s tightly held and sensitive voter information software.
  
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• As Plibersek moves out, Mr ‘Fix It’ takes on plagued environment job

  13-05-2025 20:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Warring mining and environmental lobbies said they were willing to compromise to get the Environment Protection Act up under the new minister.
  
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• Australian tradie who wanted to 'push himself' in Ukraine feared dead

  13-05-2025 20:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Military figures in Ukraine believe a young Australian was killed in the contested Kharkiv region but his remains have not been located.
  
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• Ley to go slow on shadow cabinet with Nationals stoush first on agenda

  13-05-2025 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who did not run for deputy Liberal leader after Angus Taylor lost the leadership ballot, says Mr Taylor should be on winner Sussan Ley's frontbench.
  
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• 'Show us something special': US to drop all sanctions on Syria

  13-05-2025 18:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The US president says he was convinced of the idea after discussions with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
  
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