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Rule-breaking AG to repay taxpayers for family holiday

Australia's top law officer will reimburse taxpayers after a family holiday was ruled outside guidelines, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers says she should not resign.

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Australia’s senior politicians can claim ‘unlimited’ travel expenses for their spouse, watchdog rules say

Prime minister defends Anika Wells as controversy over use of taxpayer-funded travel entitlements continues

The Guardian - AU

Albanese says his use of family travel allowance ‘in accordance with the rules’ as MPs call for fresh look at entitlements

The prime minister claimed $2,800 in family travel entitlements coinciding with three major sporting events between 2023 and 2025

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Labor minister Don Farrell claimed $9,000 for family travel during sports events and theatre showings

Minister says family travel expenses, including those claimed around the time of AFL grand final and a sunset dinner at Uluru, are ‘in line with relevant rules’

The Guardian - AU

Age-check fears mount ahead of child social media ban

Tech giants face accuracy flaws in the under-16 social media bans, as age-scan errors risk letting teens slip through or wrongly lock them out of platforms.

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Labor has brushed aside concerns over the social media ban. But what if it doesn’t work as promised?

If Meta, the world’s biggest social media company, expects problems after a year of preparation, then what should the rest of us be expecting?

The Guardian - AU

Social media ban lacks teeth, former executive warns

Social media giants earning billions in revenue will view penalties under Australia's ban for under-16s as "peanuts", a former Facebook executive says.

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Backers hose down Hastie's fiery email to supporters

Liberal MPs have tried to clarify renegade member Andrew Hastie's remarks after he made another cryptic suggestion about his future within the party.

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Labor 'dreaming' with Gaza claim, activists vow rallies

The opposition has ridiculed the government's claim that Australia's recognition of Palestine has helped build momentum towards peace in Gaza.

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Albanese says banning children from social media ‘not going to be easy’ as key questions unanswered

Onus on platforms to design simple solutions and there are ‘lots of ways’ tech firms could verify age of users, says communications minister

The Guardian - AU

Liberal figures rubbish push for US-style primaries as ‘ridiculous’ distraction from gender quotas

Senior figures including shadow attorney general say preselection contests ‘level the playing field’ for women, but others label proposal a ‘distraction’ from discussion of quotas

The Guardian - AU

Tony Burke says Melbourne synagogue fire an ‘attack on Australia’ as NSW man charged over incident

Burke defends Labor’s efforts to curb antisemitism but says job of making sure it is eliminated ‘belongs to every single one of us’

The Guardian - AU

Culture change urged as issues threaten Liberal women

Unless the Liberal Party shakes up its culture, female candidates will continue to be pushed out of parliament, a coalition MP has warned.

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Celebrity chef Peter Russell-Clarke dies aged 89 – as it happened

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Why history might hold the answer for stricken Liberals

As the Liberal Party looks for answers after a resounding election loss, it must learn the lessons from another crushing defeat.

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Palpable anger in the suburbs sets up poll battleground

For the first time pundits' eyes will be on two safe seats on election night as fallout from the Gaza war ignites a serious electoral challenge for ministers.

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Liberals back Ruston after party pre-selection antics

Senior Liberals have started to come out of the woodwork to support Anne Ruston after a show of force from Alex Antic led to her demotion on the Senate ticket.

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Opposition reshuffles shadow ministry after underwhelming Dunkley byelection result

There have been internal calls for the Coalition to announce more policy in the lead-up to the next election

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Coalition reshuffle portfolios after by-election loss

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has unveiled his shadow leadership team, rejigging portfolios to fill vacant spots in portfolio allocations.

The Guardian - AU

Labor accuses no campaign of a ‘flat out lie’ after volunteer phone scripts revealed

Guide suggests callers identify themselves as representing Fair Australia rather than the no campaign against the Indigenous voice to parliament

The Guardian - AU

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley spared preselection challenge after opponent blocked from running

Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he supports Ley along with other Liberals facing challenge, including Alex Hawke, Paul Fletcher and Melissa McIntosh

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton says NSW preselections will ‘roll out’ as Sussan Ley, Alex Hawke and Melissa McIntosh threatened

Opposition leader says members should be re-endorsed by Liberal party despite challenges facing Ley and colleagues

The Guardian - AU

Alex Hawke and Sussan Ley among Liberal MPs facing preselection challenges

Nominations for first batch of federal NSW seats reveal Scott Morrison allies Hawke and Melissa McIntosh face contest as does Paul Fletcher

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Long COVID research pledge prompts push to consider mystery links to other illness

Byron McIntosh first began to wonder if something was wrong with him when no amount of water would quench his insatiable thirst. A subsequent diabetes diagnosis raised questions about a link to COVID.

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At least 12 MPs and senators yet to complete Jenkins review sexual harassment training

About a dozen federal politicians are yet to complete the safe and respectful workplace training recommended by the Jenkins review, nine months on from the federal election.

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