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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook at Apple Park in Cupertino, California in United States, Saturday, September 19, 2026.
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Latika M Bourke

PM refuses to comment on child welfare issue during US trip

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has tried to avoid questioning over his record on Indigenous welfare by claiming not to talk about domestic politics during his visit to the US and UN General Assembly.

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Labor’s popularity as slumped to a near-record low as minor party One Nation holds firm as the most popular party in the nation, new polling has shown. Pictred: Pauline Hanson and Anthony Albanese.

Labor’s popularity slumps to near record low, polls show

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The Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney, where people who overstay tourist and student visas will be detained until they are deported.

Albanese accused of reviving Abbott-era onshore detention

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Margaret Febey and her mother Alison Batt, whose Traralgon home was burgled in August, and her antique brooch and car stolen.
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The state revealed as Australia’s home burglary capital

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One Nation’s policy is like using a chainsaw to prune a bonsai.
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Why Pauline Hanson’s blunt migration cuts won’t work

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The President’s ban of three media outlets from the White House fits a pattern of using the apparatus of government to crack down on his perceived enemies.
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Trump was losing before turning to a familiar target

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US military strike kills ‘narco-terrorists’ on boat

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CNN reporter Betsy Klein says her access to the White House has been revoked. (AP PHOTO)

Trump’s ‘fake news’ ban comes into effect

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President Donald Trump says he wants three "fake news" outlets barred from the White House. (AP PHOTO)

Trump’s brazen ban of ‘fake news’ reporters from White House

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Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree previously blamed Saudi Arabia for "criminal ​attempts" in Yemen. (EPA PHOTO)

Houthis claim credit for brutal attack on Saudi capital

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Supreme National Security Council head Mohsen Rezaei says Iran wants an end to war ?on ?all fronts. (EPA PHOTO)

Iran launches new attempt to end war with US

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The US sanctions against Russia, signed into law by Donald Trump, have been in the works for a year. (AP PHOTO)

US security deal with Greenland falls short of ownership

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has hosted an inaugural summit of the "Carpathian Eight". (EPA PHOTO)

‘Start of a movement’: Zelensky rallies leaders in Ukraine

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