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Australian Opposition Leader Sussan Ley addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Bold Opposition Leader big on rhetoric, short on answers

NICOLA SMITH: Opposition Leader Sussan Ley promised a radical overhaul of the Coalition but stopped short of committing to the steps needed to achieve her goal.

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Liberal MPs will meet on Friday to set up structures to develop policies in other areas, with Ms Ley saying it was imperative they act like the alternative government they were.

Liberals enter their Ley era as leader eyes adding women

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has set herself apart from Peter Dutton’s leadership and vowed to be a ‘zealot’ about recruiting more women into Liberal Party ranks.

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The City of Sydney is cracking down on bins being left on footpaths.

Major city pushes for strict new bin rule

Garbage bins in one of Australia’s major council areas may soon need to be registered and stickered, after a pitch for a new bin rule passed unanimously through council.

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Gareth Ward is accused of plying a teenager with drinks before indecently assaulting him.

Teen 'could not move' during alleged assault by MP

An 18-year-old man ‘shrivelled up’ inside himself when he was being indecently assaulted by a state MP, a jury has been told.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.NewsWire Photos. MAY 11, 2025. Stock and generic images of Flu vaccine advertising  in Melbourne . NewsWire/Ian Currie

Australia’s child vaccines ‘trending in wrong direction’

Australia had the sixth highest number of unvaccinated children among high-income countries in 2023, according to alarming new data released on Wednesday. 

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NICOLA SMITH: Ripple effects of America’s involvement in the Middle East conflict are already being felt across the Indo-Pacific 

Region’s Asia focus amid China criticism of US action

NICOLA SMITH: Ripple effects of America’s involvement in the Middle East conflict are already being felt across the Indo-Pacific.

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Details of a magistrate's decision against former MP Daryl Maguire have been released.

Premier's ex-partner spun 'deviated' yarn on $48m deal

The partner of a former state premier attempted to mislead a corruption probe stating that he had ‘never asked for a dollar’ from a $48 million property sale.

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Israeli soldiers and a rescue team search for survivors amid the rubble of residential buildings.

Trump’s moment of truce lasts less than three hours

Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, said Iran had ‘completely violated’ the ceasefire, brokered by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning, AEST, and Israel in response would ‘respond forcefully’. 

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NICOLA SMITH: Australia needs more clarity from leaders after Donald Trump’s game-changing decision to bomb Iran.

We deserve more than deafening silence from PM on Iran

NICOLA SMITH: The seismic events reshaping the Middle East have unleashed many unknowns for an anxious Australian public, and Anthony Albanese has been short on answers to reassure them.

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Crowds holding Iranian flags gather in the Revolution Square in the capital Tehran to protest the US attacks on three nuclear facilities in Iran/.

PM backs Trump’s Iran hit but doubles down on de-escalation

Mr Albanese refused to say whether Australia had received advance notice like the United Kingdom had, saying Australia was ‘not a central player in this conflict’.

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong has said Australia supports the US’ strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Australia’s big call on Iran strikes

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has finally confirmed the Australian Government’s stance on the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

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Deputy PM Richard Marles says the Government is ‘deeply concerned’ about Australians caught up in the conflict.

Government accused of ambiguity after US hits on Iran

Anthony Albanese has come under criticism for remaining silent after key ally United States launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, with no senior Labor figures responding publicly.

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