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Images have emerged of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian holding up the signed Memorandum of Understanding after President Donald Trump signed a physical copy in Versailles.
World
MICHELLE L. PRICE, MATTHEW LEE, JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY and MIKE CATALINI

Iranian leader signs US deal to end war and open strait

Images have emerged of a stony-faced Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signing a physical copy of the Memorandum of Understanding in Tehran.

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Kyle Sandilands reveals he's working with One Nation's Pauline Hanson.
Australia
Zosia Melanczuk

Kyle Sandilands reveals new gig with Pauline Hanson

The ex-radio show host said the senator was one of ‘his favourite people now’.

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If Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his sidekick Jim Chalmers think the Budget backflip announced on Thursday does the job they need to think again.
Politics

Backflip shows how deeply flawed shocker of Budget really is

EDITORIAL: After weeks of deflecting, denying and defending by the Albanese Government, Thursday’s backflip is a monumental confession that they got it wrong all along.

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Donald Trump has repeatedly said that any deal he made with Iran to curtail its nuclear program would be different from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that the Obama administration entered into in 2015.
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The New York Times
The New York Times

Trump’s submission driven by fear of Hoover comparison

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iran emerged from a confrontation with the world’s most powerful military having not only survived, but with much to celebrate.

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Former ABC boss Maurice Newman
TV
Stephen Johnson

Former ABC chief backs Hanson’s plan for subscription model

Former ABC chairman Maurice Newman is backing One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s plan to make the national broadcaster a subscription service in the big cities.

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Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers were forced to retreat on tax rises by a revolt of a class that has wielded little political influence in recent decades: builders, strivers and entrepreneurs.
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Politics
Aaron Patrick

Labor’s war on aspiration suffers a defeat

AARON PATRICK: Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers were forced to retreat on tax rises by a revolt of a class that has wielded little political influence in recent decades: builders, strivers and entrepreneurs.

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Anthony Albanese has walked back divisive changes to the Budget.
Politics
Katina Curtis

What Albanese, Chalmers’ tax backdown means for you

The Government has revealed a raft of carve-outs and amendments to its capital gains tax and negative gearing changes in a bid to clear the barnacles from the legislation it hopes to push through the Senate.

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David Sharaz's membership application to the National Press Club has been denied.
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Politics
Andrew Greene

GetUp, Sharaz punished for National Press Club Hanson stunt

The National Press Club has made a big move after David Sharaz’s GetUp lowered a banner during Pauline Hanson’s Canberra address.

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The stunt GetUp! pulled at the National Press Club this week wasn’t just juvenile, it was stupidly counterproductive.
Opinion
Mark Riley

Activist group’s boneheaded stunt plays into Hanson’s hands

MARK RILEY: Instead of drawing attention to Pauline Hanson’s inconsistencies and misinformation, GetUp!’s stunt has become another rallying cry for her party’s cause.

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US Politics
Max Corstorphan

Why Trump, Iran signed deal early in France

Donald Trump and Iran’s President have shocked the world, rushing through a digital, remote signing of their memorandum of understanding to end the war.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese did not score an invite to the NATO summit.
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Politics
Latika M Bourke

Albo’s big call after NATO snub, as Australia issued warning

EXCLUSIVE: After not scoring an invite for the NATO summit, Anthony Albanese has made a big call on a possible meeting with Donald Trump, as Australia is warned over its position amongst global leaders.

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Anthony Albanese, Jim Chalmers
Politics
Kimberley Braddish and Madeline Cove

Dodgy Budget backdown: Albo, Chalmers walk back hated change

Wrapping up for the day

Former ABC chief backs Hanson’s plan for subscription model

Afghan exhibit will ‘evolve’ amid Ben Roberts-Smith charges

Federal Budget ‘in tatters’ following Labor backdown: Taylor

Cook reacts to Albo’s Budget backflip

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Hanson under fire as Watt blasts divisive agenda.
Politics
Madeline Cove

‘Division and chaos’: Labor launches fierce attack on Hanson

Environment Minister Murray Watt has accused Pauline Hanson of promoting ‘division, chaos and cuts’ after her National Press Club speech on multiculturalism, climate policy and workplace laws.

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release data on net overseas arrivals on Thursday.
Politics
Will Nicholas

Migration figures set to divide nation as debate heats up

Fewer Australians now believe it's good for society to be made up of different cultures, as migration figures are set to be revealed.

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A memorandum signed by US President Donald Trump includes an end to the war including in Lebanon.
US Politics
Staff Writers

Trump drops major warning after ceasefire deal

A senior US administration official has confirmed details of a framework agreement between the United States and Iran due to be formally signed in Switzerland.

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