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Australia’s high-speed rail dream is doomed if stations are built in wrong place, ex-MP says

Exclusive: John Alexander pleads with the rail authority to maximise future land value capture by placing Sydney and Gosford stops outside CBDs

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How should Australian media cover the next federal election? Lessons from the US presidential race

Media coverage in Australia of the US presidential election and of the Voice referendum in October 2023 offer some pointers to what we might expect during next year’s federal election campaign.

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Real estate listing gaffe exposes widespread use of AI in Australian industry – and potential risks

Industry expert says technology is already so advanced it is ‘almost science fiction’ and ‘ethical questions need to be asked’

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Four foreign nationals removed from Australia after reportedly being found on remote NT island

Australian government won’t say if four reportedly found on Croker Island have been taken to country of departure, of origin, or to regional processing centre on Nauru

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Trump’s election leaves Coalition bursting with ideas

Liberals and Nationals are scrambling over themselves to roundly adopt or reject Trumpist policies, and this year is (once again) set to be the hottest on record.

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‘It is immoral’: Australian investors warned about ‘cowboys’ promising unrealistic returns on disability housing

Ads and emails making misleading claims about investment in specialist disability accommodation may breach consumer law, watchdog says

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Work to regulate one of Australia’s biggest sources of carbon dioxide stalls, FoI documents reveal

Exclusive: Environmental group says it is ‘concerned’ to hear progress on cleaning up air pollution from diesel-burning may have hit a wall

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‘Take a deep breath on being Trump-esque’: senior Coalition figures reject backbench push to rethink net zero

Nationals senator Matt Canavan and MP Keith Pitt both spoke out about the party’s climate policy in the wake of Donald Trump’s win

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Jim Chalmers tries to reassure voters worried about a Trump economy

The treasurer will try to convince Australians in a speech today that the global impact of Donald Trump will be worse than the local one, and the latest Newspoll continues to show bad news for Anthony Albanese.

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Coming clean: how much can you save on household cleaning products if you shop at Aldi or Bunnings?

Buying premium brands in bulk and avoiding mark-ups at major supermarkets can help circumvent the cost-of-living crisis

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‘I had a full-blown relapse’: problem gambler allowed into Victorian pokies clubs despite self-exclusion

Bree Hughes says state’s safeguards to curb gambling are a ‘joke’ after she realised very few venues checked if she was on the self-excluding list

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NSW regulator chose to reveal content of Sydney’s mystery beach balls on day of US election

After debris balls were widely reported to be tar, testing coordinated with EPA revealed they were consistent with human-generated waste, or ‘likely lumps of fatberg’

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Jamie Oliver apologises after his children’s book is criticised for ‘stereotyping’ First Nations Australians

Exclusive: Publisher takes responsibility for the failure to consult Indigenous groups, who say the fantasy novel trivialises complex and painful histories

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Matt Kean says Australia must take ‘strong and decisive action’ on climate crisis despite Trump re-election

Chair of Climate Change Authority says ‘climate change waits for no one’ as pressure mounts on Coalition to dump net zero commitment

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Up to 29 people freed from Australian immigration detention to have visa breach charges dropped

Exclusive: Non-citizens charged with breaching conditions to be let off after high court rules ankle bracelets and curfews as unconstitutional

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Tanya Plibersek was rebuked by NSW minister for decision to block $900m goldmine, documents reveal

Courtney Houssos says proposed mine would create 860 jobs over its 15-year life and inject $67m annually into local economy

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Burke says government can enforce ankle bracelets and curfews for former immigration detainees despite high court ruling

Home affairs minister says he will introduce new legislation after visa conditions for those released from immigration detention were ruled unconstitutional

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High court quashes Albanese government’s ankle bracelet and curfew regime for former immigration detainees

Court rules in favour of stateless refugee who argued visa conditions breached separation of powers and amounted to punishment

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2GB’s Ben Fordham pulls out of Liberal event, saying he didn’t realise it was fundraiser for party

Nine radio star says he speaks to political organisations, Scouts, charities and preschools but draws the line at political promotion

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Drilling for Sydney to Newcastle high-speed rail begins but Labor accused of uncosted ‘fantasy project’

Two drill rigs, installed on barges, have started work on the Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn and at Brisbane Water near Gosford

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Burning out: how Australia’s bid to cut smoking rates exploded into suburban tobacco wars

With the illicit market worth at least $2bn a year and the rise of illegal vapes, experts say the status quo is failing

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Richard Marles’ chief of staff appeals to Albanese to intervene in employment standoff

Exclusive: Jo Tarnawsky’s lawyer says she remains in ‘the same limbo’ as three weeks ago and calls the situation ‘untenable’

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Victoria to cut more than 130 bushfire forest service jobs – As it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

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Nacc to reconsider whether to investigate robodebt after ‘apprehended bias’ finding against commissioner

Report finds Paul Brereton should have ‘removed himself from related decision-making processes’, but says there was no ‘intentional wrongdoing’

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Albanese’s upgrades scandal engulfs PM

Anthony Albanese will be hoping for good inflation news when the September consumer price index is released today, and Kamala Harris is returning to an infamous Donald Trump rally site for her ‘closing argument’.

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