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Angus Taylor’s 80pc tobacco tax gamble to crush crime.
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Madeline Cove

Liberal leader vows to ‘smash’ crime with tobacco tax cut

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has defended an 80 per cent tobacco excise cut as the key to stripping organised crime of its lucrative illegal cigarette market.

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An international flight bound for Sydney has been thrown into chaos after passengers were forced to tied a man to his seat after he allegedly began acting erratically.

Chaos on Sydney flight, man zip-tied to seat

Australia
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Researches are in phase two of a clinical trial for a cure to coeliac disease.

Miracle drug changing the lives of 1 in 70 Australians

Australia
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Pete Hegseth gives a thumbs up as he welcomes Australia Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles during an honour ceremony at the Pentagon.

Australia must invest in its own security: Pentagon boss

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Visa changes will impact Australians visiting popular Thai holiday destinations.

Major visa change to impact Aussies visiting South East Asia

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The former TV host turned secretary of war’s latest purge of the department has claimed the army’s great reformer.

How Pete Hegseth is conquering the Pentagon

The Economist
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As the on-again, off-again war in Iran flares up again, Donald Trump seems bogged down in a conflict that he cannot control or move past, despite his declarations of total victory.
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Trump goes back to the same playbook as Iran war flares up

World
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Donald Trump has scolded Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, declaring he was ‘happy’ to see the couple return to the UK.

‘Nasty’: Trump scolds Meghan, Harry in brutal UK return jab

Royals
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Donald Trump has set his sights on another major landmark on the world map, suggesting the Strait of Hormuz should be renamed “Trump Strait” as fighting with Iran in the region continues. 

‘Nice ring to it’: Trump sets sights on wild Hormuz rebrand

US Politics
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The former TV host turned secretary of war’s latest purge of the department has claimed the army’s great reformer.

How Pete Hegseth is conquering the Pentagon

The Economist
3 Min Read
As the on-again, off-again war in Iran flares up again, Donald Trump seems bogged down in a conflict that he cannot control or move past, despite his declarations of total victory.
analysis

Trump goes back to the same playbook as Iran war flares up

World
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Iranian media says the US hit a wedding celebration, killing 18 people including women and children.

‘Heavy attack’: US-Iran tensions flare as fire exchanged

Middle East
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Donald Trump has set his sights on another major landmark on the world map, suggesting the Strait of Hormuz should be renamed “Trump Strait” as fighting with Iran in the region continues. 

‘Nice ring to it’: Trump sets sights on wild Hormuz rebrand

US Politics
2 Min Read