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‘Melons’ joke erupts into headache for Prime Minister.
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Albo slammed over ‘insulting’ Japanese PM joke

Anthony Albanese’s bizarre ‘melons’ exchange has come back to haunt him, with a former ambassador accusing the PM of mocking a crucial ally.

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The Coalition has revealed behind-the-scenes negotiations over Labor’s gambling reforms.
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Backroom talks could unlock gambling crackdown

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Brisbane rugby player’s desperate search for life-saving stem cell donor after leukaemia diagnosis

His cancer treatment failed. Now Rowan needs a stranger to step forward

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Hancock Prospecting has repeated calls for changes to the ABC’s editorial standards after the broadcaster issued a belated apology over a video segment that featured violent references against Gina Rinehart.

ABC’s standards face reckoning after belated Gina apology

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Julian Leeser says the Census should include a box option for Judaism.

Jewish MP criticises Census for excluding Judaism option

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The Coalition has revealed behind-the-scenes negotiations over Labor’s gambling reforms.
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Backroom talks could unlock gambling crackdown

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President Donald Trump says the US is only semi-negotiating with Iran.

Major breakthrough looms in Iran oil route showdown

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Former US President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread beyond his bones and is very painful, his son, Hunter Biden says.

‘Very painful’: Sad update in Joe Biden’s cancer battle

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Iran has outlined a list of tough demands it wants the US to meet before an agreement can be made to open the Strait of Hormuz.

‘Loudly proclaimed’: Iran reveals demands to unlock Hormuz

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A former top diplomat says Australia's "modest new normal" relationship with China might not endure.

Conflict ‘always a possibility’, former China diplomat says

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The Coalition has revealed behind-the-scenes negotiations over Labor’s gambling reforms.
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Backroom talks could unlock gambling crackdown

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A five-month-old baby and a woman drowned after an evening boat trip turned to tragedy.

Mum, baby killed in horror night-time boat capsize

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Iran has outlined a list of tough demands it wants the US to meet before an agreement can be made to open the Strait of Hormuz.

‘Loudly proclaimed’: Iran reveals demands to unlock Hormuz

Middle East
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