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Former strategist for WA Labor Tim Picton’s wife, Priya Brown and daughter Charlotte during the 50th Australian Labor Party (ALP) national convention at the Adelaide Convention Centre, in Adelaide, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING, MICK TSIKAS
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Tim Picton’s widow unveils award in late husband’s name

The widow of former Labor strategist Tim Picton has honoured her late husband as a man who ‘lived his life with remarkable intensity’ in an emotional speech to unveil a new scholar in his name.

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Senior Australian military officials have skipped a celebration of the People’s Liberation Army held at Canberra’s Chinese embassy (pictured). Inset: Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
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An international fracas involving Chinese diplomats has erupted on the sidelines of the Labor Party’s National Conference after The Nightly revealed a Taiwanese representative had been invited to the event. Pictured: Labor National Secretary Paul Erickson.

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Unemployment held steady at 4.4 per cent in June.

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