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Pauline Hanson’s address to the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra was interrupted by a protest banner.

Fed cops to investigate ‘embarrassing’ Hanson GetUp stunt

The Australian Federal Police will investigate how left-wing activists were able to smuggle a protest banner inside the building to disrupt Pauline Hanson’s highly anticipated address to journalists.

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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson showed why she is one of Australia’s most popular political leaders.

Hanson shows why she’s a threat to mainstream parties

AARON PATRICK: The One Nation leader showed why she is one of Australia’s most popular political leaders with a speech combining critiques of economic policy with attacks on the media and immigration.

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Australians are cutting back on using their car and visiting the doctor to cope with high inflation.

Aussies cut back on car use, doctor visits

New data has revealed what Australians are being forced to cut back on to cope with high inflation.

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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

FULL SPEECH: Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club address

In a fiery National Press Club address, Pauline Hanson has unleashed on the Albanese Government warning that One Nation is rising because Australians are ‘mad as hell’ and ready to take their country back.

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Europe’s alliance with the United States may still be on the rocks, but on the first full day of a Group of 7 summit, the leaders showed they remained ready to behave politely toward Donald Trump.

European leaders play nice with Trump after bitter split

Europe’s alliance with the United States may still be on the rocks, but on the first full day of a Group of 7 summit, the leaders showed they remained ready to behave politely toward Donald Trump.

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Childcare workers had faced a looming pay cliff just before Christmas this year.

Strike averted after $3.6b top-up to childcare wage rises

Childcare educators will keep their government-funded pay rises for another two years after Anthony Albanese stepped in to plug a looming shortfall he was warned about months ago.

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Everything you need to know about the leaders attending the G7 Summit.

Everything you need to know about the G7 Summit’s attendees

Each of the leaders has come to this week’s summit in France bearing their own burdens and pressing their own agendas.

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Barnaby Joyce has criticised the Liberal Party’s prosecution of the federal budget.

Barnaby confirms new One Nation role, blasts Liberals

Barnaby Joyce has revealed which One Nation policy portfolio he will take up while taking a brutal swipe at his former colleagues.

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Major travel warning update for Aussies after peace deal.

Travel warning update for Aussies heading to Europe

The Government has scaled back its travel warnings across parts of the Middle East, but cautioned the security situation remains unpredictable.

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Environment Minister Murray Watt has dismissed the campaign in an interview with Sunrise.

Labor shrugs off State of Origin attack ad

‘It’s embarrassing ... imagine how everyone who voted for the Labor Party at the last election feels.’

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Dire $3/L fuel prediction as peace deal looms.

Petrol could be heading for a brutal surge

The price of filling up could become significantly more expensive if the US-Iran ceasefire stalls, with economists warning of flow-on impacts across the economy.

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Workers are trying to clean green algae from Washington's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Trump’s ‘American flag blue’ pool turns green

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has an algae bloom, a little over a week after it was repainted a colour dubbed ‘American flag blue’ by the President.

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G7 leaders have discussed the thorny issue of AI.

Trump may open AI doors to hand-picked allies

Leaders at the G7 have discussed a ‌path around restrictions on non-American use of advanced AI after Anthropic disabled access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

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Under proposed changes, the capital gains tax discount will be replaced with inflation indexation.

Could the new tax changes see the end of start-ups?

Investors are warning some of Australia's most successful companies wouldn't exist under proposed tax changes, as Labor pushes ahead with its planned reform.

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