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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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Iranian negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is expected to attend a signing ceremony in Switzerland.

Picturesque location for peace-deal signing revealed

The signing of a deal between the United States and Iran will take place on Friday.

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Canberra braces for Hanson’s biggest power play.

All eyes on Pauline Hanson as she faces biggest test yet

The One Nation leader will deliver her first ever National Press Club address as her party enjoys surging support.

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Five arrested over alleged White House UFC attack plan.

Chilling terror plot targeting Trump UFC event revealed

Court papers say law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has welcomed the reprieve for mortgage holders after the RBA kept the cash rate on hold. Newswire/ Tertius Pickard

Only recession fears stopped another RBA rate hike

The good news is that after three successive rate rises, the Reserve Bank has decided not to again inflict more pain on borrowers, well not just yet. 

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Labor plan to push the Budget through Senate without carve-outs.

No fast-track for CGT carve-outs as business waits on detail

Anthony Albanese has knocked over suggestions that the government is contemplating fast-tracking carve-outs for start-ups and other small businesses from its changes to capital gains tax discounts.

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Mikhail Petrakov and his wife Irina greet Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian.

What it’s like inside Canberra’s Russian embassy party

Despite being on Putin’s banned list, The Nightly’s National Political Editor was invited by the Russian embassy in Canberra to celebrate the federation’s national day. Here’s what he saw.

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Home borrowers have been spared more pain with the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy board voting to leave rates unchanged.

Relief for Aussies as RBA leaves interest rates on hold

Home borrowers have been spared more pain with the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy board unanimously voting to leave rates unchanged for the first time since December, amid an expected end to the Iran war.

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A couple getting divorced could lose the right to negatively gear an investment property even if they owned it before Budget night, financial advisers fear.

Could divorced couples lose their right to negative gearing?

Financial advisers have raised concerns about divorced couples’ rights to negatively gear investment properties.

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Keir Starmer says countries will look to the UK as the model to follow, as he belatedly embraced a social media ban he said was even better than Australia’s, in what could be one of the final acts of his dying premiership.

UK PM vows to be better than Albo in last-ditch teen ban

The UK Prime Minister has belatedly embraced a social media ban he said was even better than Australia’s, in what could be one of the final acts of his dying premiership.

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