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Australia's top law officers aim to set nationally consistent standards for working with children.
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Andrew Brown

Fresh crackdown targets child safety loopholes

The nation's attorneys-general will meet to determine minimum standards for a person to be barred from holding working with children checks.

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Brittany Higgins and Katy Gallagher.
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Higgins scandal finally closes after destroying lives

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Tony Burke has rubbished Pauline Hanson’s proposed law to block ISIS fighters from returning to Australia, saying it ‘would last 30 seconds in High Court’.

‘Last 30 seconds’: Burke rebukes Hanson’s ISIS return bill

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A controversial ABC sketch depicting violence against Gina Rinehart has been referred to the Ombudsman.

‘Unacceptable’: ABC’s Rinehart clip referred to Ombudsman

Australia
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RBA governor Michele Bullock has attempted to cut through interest rate speculation with a blunt message to Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the nation’s productivity plight.
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Rates prediction contests mask real economic problems

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In a late-June meeting with more than a dozen of the nation’s top defense technology firms, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an urgent message: The Pentagon needed their help to rapidly replenish America’s weapons arsenal.

Shrinking weapons stockpile is tests Pentagon’s new strategy

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The intimate thoughts of Dr Anthony Fauci, the infectious diseases expert who led the US through COVID, have been laid bare after his pandemic diary was released by Republican adversaries. Pictured inset with Julia Roberts (above) and Sir Elton John (below).

Doctor and his diary: What Fauci’s private musings reveal

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Donald Trump launches fresh assault on Iran.

Trump unleashes fresh strikes as Iran war escalates

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Dr Anthony Fauci refused to answer questions from a Senate committee.

US’s top COVID expert stonewalls hostile Republicans

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Poland's military says an object entered the country's airspace in early hours of Thursday. (EPA PHOTO)

‘Reckless’: Missile hits NATO nation amid Ukraine attacks

World
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Renewed attacks by the Houthi rebels are making the Bab al-Mandab Strait export route less secure.

Saudi Arabia forms Red Sea alliance as fighting escalates

Middle East
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In a late-June meeting with more than a dozen of the nation’s top defense technology firms, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an urgent message: The Pentagon needed their help to rapidly replenish America’s weapons arsenal.

Shrinking weapons stockpile is tests Pentagon’s new strategy

The Washington Post
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The U.S. naval blockade against Iran remains in full effect.

U.S. hits dozens more targets in Iran as violence widens

The Washington Post
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