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Anika Wells addresses the National Press Club in Canberra.
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Wells admits ‘stumbling blocks’ in scaled back safety laws

Anika Wells has admitted proposed ministerial powers in the Government’s digital safety laws became a ‘stumbling block’ for other parties, forcing changes to the legislation.

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NSW Premier Chris Minns and his Treasurer Daniel Mookhey.

NSW Labor breaks ranks from Albanese on new trust tax

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Sam Wood is being held at Wolston Correctional Centre under a safety order following his arrest.

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Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and CPSU national secretary Rebecca Fawcett.

Aussie public servants offered 9 per cent pay rise

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Australian Robert Pether (far right), who was jailed in Iraq, will reunite with his family. (HANDOUT/DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE)

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A firefighter at a compound hit by a strike in Kharkiv, northern Ukraine, on October 12, 2026.

Zelensky defies Trump in return to Russian refinery strikes

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US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. Trump spoke at a campaign event in Tennessee after a three-judge panel dismissed another challenge to Tennessee’s new congressional district map that carves up what was the Republican-controlled state’s sole left-leaning minority district. Photographer: Ron Sachs/CNP/Bloomberg
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Pentagon no longer livestreaming shooter’s execution: Trump

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Starlink terminal camouflaged with a net near the eastern frontline in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in the summer of 2023.

Ukraine on brink as Starlink restricted amid Russia strikes

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The White House says it asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as US ambassador to Greece. (EPA PHOTO)

Trump ally forced out amid explosive misconduct claims

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Yashar party Gadi Eisenkot has argued Hamas will remain in power as long as Benjamin Netanyahu does.

Netanyahu’s rival makes election promise to crush Hamas

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A firefighter at a compound hit by a strike in Kharkiv, northern Ukraine, on October 12, 2026.

Zelensky defies Trump in return to Russian refinery strikes

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US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. Trump spoke at a campaign event in Tennessee after a three-judge panel dismissed another challenge to Tennessee’s new congressional district map that carves up what was the Republican-controlled state’s sole left-leaning minority district. Photographer: Ron Sachs/CNP/Bloomberg
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Pentagon no longer livestreaming shooter’s execution: Trump

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Trump’s priorities questioned in rare rebuke as war rages

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