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Pauline Hanson has seized on Tony Burke’s delayed immigration speech, accusing Labor of bowing to internal pressure as she vows to crack down on migration.

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Hanson blasts ‘scared’ Labor amid immigration ‘scam’ promise

Labor’s ‘widow’s tax’ problem not quite dead yet

Bird flu fears grow after dead seal washes up

Wells downplays speculation over Labor’s gambling reforms

ABC apologises after Gina Rinehart joke ‘fell short’

Aussie stock market sets fresh intraday record high

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Trump signals Hormuz headway as negotiators near deal

Donald Trump says the Strait of Hormuz could reopen ‘very soon’ after an ‘all-day negotiation’ with Iran, as Tehran and Oman finalise a draft agreement to establish new shipping lanes through the waterway.

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Zelensky issues urgent plea as missile stocks dwindle

The head of the NATO military alliance has spoken with Ukrainian ‌President Volodymyr Zelensky about the country accessing more air defence interceptors.

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As President Trump heads to the West Coast to talk to Americans about the economy, the war in Iran is driving up costs and polls show the already unpopular conflict is losing support.

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Iran’s murky power structure stumps another US President

Donald Trump’s angry claim that Iran was being “unbelievably duplicitous” in its dealings with the United States was just the latest sign of his struggle to understand his rivals in Tehran.

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05 Aug 2026

Labor promises huge solar cost cuts for businesses

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‘It’s on me’: Bowen won’t shy from energy responsibility

Build it and you can come is Albo’s new migration directive

The Labor minister broken by an aggressive union leader

Labor accused of trying to detonate ‘widow’s tax’ landmine

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Major breakthrough claimed in US-Iran standoff

Mediators including Qatar, Pakistan and Oman are working to exchange draft peace proposals between the United States and Iran, officials say.

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Iran and Oman close in on deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz

For US President Donald Trump, the deal, if it happened, could address his most urgent political problem allowing ships to flow again.

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04 Aug 2026

NAB slashes property price forecasts

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AARON PATRICK: Anthony Albanese’s $900 billion hit to aspiration

Jewish Liberal MP worried about Christian conservatives

Cop claims Opera House protest hyped by media

Backlash grows as Marles defends ‘slow’ war crimes probe

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04 Aug 2026

Trump warns ‘last chance’ for Iran deal amid talks claim

Donald Trump has declared Iran has a ‘last chance’ to reach a nuclear agreement, claiming talks ‘are going on right now’.

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04 Aug 2026

Hanson bans ABC, Guardian as One Nation candidates revealed

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One Nation to slash treaty with Indigenous Australians in Victoria: Pauline Hanson

Motorists told to ‘shop smarter’ after excise cut wound back

ANDREW GREENE: What Garma snub says about Albanese’s priorities

Pauline Hanson greeted by protestors at Melbourne event

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03 Aug 2026

Trump flags Iran talks after calling off ‘massive attack’

Donald Trump has announced talks with Iran will resume on Monday after he said he called off a ‘massive attack’ on the nation.

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Trump calls off Iran attack after shock deal claim

Donald Trump claims a last-minute deal with Iran has halted a planned US military strike and reopened hopes for diplomacy.

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03 Aug 2026

Trump vows Iran will ‘pay’ as war edges toward new phase

There were no US strikes on Iran overnight, but Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it had struck another two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Trump’s missile U-turn stuns Ukraine

US President Donald Trump has struck a cautious tone on the possible granting of licences to Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles.

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Facing death, a commando discovered how to value life

The lieutenant-colonel has published a memoir celebrating danger in military life and the many ways he almost died during a career that has lasted two decades.

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01 Aug 2026

Trump flags ‘complete disarmament’ of Hamas in Gaza

Donald Trump said the agreement envisioned Hamas disarming in stages, with the Israeli military pulling out of the territory gradually and being replaced by an international stabilisation force.

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31 Jul 2026