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• Review finds Hobart stadium costs to 'exceed $1 billion'

  03-01-2025 00:57 via abc.net.au
  
  A leading independent economist tasked with reviewing Tasmania's proposal to build an AFL stadium on Hobart's waterfront finds the project is "already displaying the hallmarks of mismanagement" and is likely to exceed $1 billion.
  
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• Why Justin Trudeau could resign this week

  06-01-2025 09:52 via abc.net.au
  
  A decade ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was a shining figure in international diplomacy. Now he's facing a no-confidence vote.
  
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• Prime minister kicks off election year with road funding pledge

  06-01-2025 09:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese is promising to fund 80 per cent of the Bruce Highway upgrade.
  
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• Cost-of-living crisis meets new era of electric cars

  06-01-2025 09:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Customers are voting with their wallets and continuing to buy more clean cars despite a tougher economic outlook.
  
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• ‘Hard to justify’: Albanese lashes Coalition’s handling of 2022 Djokovic detention

  06-01-2025 06:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Tennis star Novak Djokovic has revealed he still feels trauma coming through Australian customs years after being detained for being unvaccinated during the pandemic.
  
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• ‘How can I do better?’ Israeli ambassador’s candid confession

  06-01-2025 01:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The ambassador knows he must do more to tell Israel’s side of the Middle East story and stop a once-close bilateral relationship from spinning out of control.
  
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• ‘How can I do better?’: Israeli ambassador’s candid confession

  06-01-2025 01:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The ambassador knows he must do more to tell Israel’s side of the Middle East story and stop a once-close bilateral relationship from spinning out of control.
  
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• Why Clive Palmer bets you can’t tell black from white. Or yellow from teal

  05-01-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Trying to trademark the word “teal” is just the latest effort by the home-grown billionaire to troll Australia.
  
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• ‘Don’t point fingers at us’: Israeli ambassador’s message to Australians

  05-01-2025 18:13 via smh.com.au
  
  In a rare interview, the Israeli ambassador said he believed many Australians fail to grasp the seriousness of the security threats his nation faces.
  
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• Best of cartoons, January 6, 2025

  05-01-2025 14:13 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Prime minister starts year with a campaign-style blitz

  05-01-2025 12:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese will travel this week to the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia to sell Labor’s message to voters in marginal seats.
  
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• South Korean protesters block Seoul streets demand arrest of president

  05-01-2025 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  South Korea’s anti-corruption agency is demanding the presidential security team to stand down and allow the arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol.
  
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• US plans $13 billion arms sale to Israel, US officials say

  04-01-2025 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Joe Biden informs Congress of an $US8 billion ($13 billion) arms sale to Israel, according to US officials.
  
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• Israeli air strikes kill 31 in Gaza despite truce talks resuming

  04-01-2025 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Israel's defence minister tells the family of one of the Israeli hostages captured by Hamas that negotiations are underway between the two sides.
  
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• Tectonic events are reshaping global politics

  04-01-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A succession of foreshocks and aftershocks are reshaping the geopolitical landscape. How will the global politics of 2025 be defined?
  
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• Plutocracy, kakistocracy or anocracy: We are living in hard-to-decipher times

  04-01-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A succession of foreshocks and aftershocks are reshaping the geopolitical landscape. How will the global politics of 2025 be defined?
  
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• Albanese government ‘failed to act’ on reforming foreign influence laws: Coalition

  04-01-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Coalition spokesman for home affairs and cybersecurity James Paterson said the government has taken too long to introduce reforms for foreign influence laws.
  
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• 2025: The year of the unknown

  04-01-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A succession of foreshocks and aftershocks are reshaping the geopolitical landscape. How will the global politics of 2025 be defined?
  
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• Shorten says NDIS would be safe with Coalition

  04-01-2025 06:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The outgoing minister has delivered parting words designed to defuse a political fight over the $47 billion program ahead of the federal election.
  
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• ‘No longer a problem child’: Shorten says he’s shored up NDIS beyond election

  04-01-2025 06:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The outgoing minister has delivered parting words designed to defuse a political fight over the $47 billion program ahead of the federal election.
  
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• 'Unconditional discharge' likely as Donald Trump faces sentencing

  04-01-2025 05:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Donald Trump is likely to escape jail time for his criminal convictions as the judge indicates an 'unconditional discharge' is possible.
  
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• Started a new year health kick? Beware the ‘subscription trap’

  04-01-2025 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Gyms, streaming services and meal-kit providers are being targeted by proposed new laws that will crack down on unfair business practices.
  
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• Will Korean authorities try to arrest President Yoon?

  04-01-2025 01:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Protesters have camp out overnight in Seoul after Korea's anti-corruption agency failed to arrest the President. 
  
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• Questions over whether authorities will try to arrest Korea President Yoon

  04-01-2025 01:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Protesters have camp out overnight in Seoul after Korea's anti-corruption agency failed to arrest the President. 
  
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• Investigators forced to suspend attempt to arrest Korean President Yoon

  03-01-2025 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Following hours of long confrontation with presidential security, investigators have failed in their attempt to arrest the impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. 
  
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• Republican Mike Johnson re-elected as US House speaker

  03-01-2025 22:31 via abc.net.au
  
  US House speaker Mike Johnson has kept his job in the new US Congress in a very tight vote. 
  
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• Drive-in movies, croc pool upgrades to lure tourists back to caravan parks

  03-01-2025 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The $10 million funding comes amid a drop in the number of caravanning trips in recent years as the number of grey nomads heading on overseas holidays increases.
  
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• Croc pool upgrade, Tassie tiger and drive-in movie boost for caravan parks

  03-01-2025 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The $10 million funding comes amid a drop in the number of caravanning trips in recent years as the number of grey nomads heading on overseas holidays increases.
  
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• Sink or swim: Why victory is a huge leap for leaden Albanese and Dutton

  03-01-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  If Labor loses just three seats, it will lose majority government, but the Coalition must win 21 seats for an outright win. Prepare for a cliffhanger 2025 election.
  
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• International student numbers hit record highs last year, but a shift is underway

  03-01-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The past year has seen the international education sector thrown into turmoil, as Labor targeted students in their plan to drive down migration. That uncertainty is set to continue into 2025. 
  
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