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The Sydney Morning Herald

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smh.com.au > national > nsw > hastie-the-answer-for-struggling-coalition-but-not-just-yet-20260913-p60wva.html

Hastie the answer for struggling Coalition but not just yet

26+ min ago   (210+ words) I’m no supporter of Andrew Hastie, but his standing up to Gina Rinehart and her sidekick Pauline Hanson is a big tick in his favour. Pauline Hanson visited the Bondi memorial for those murdered in the December shooting atrocity. Many…...

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smh.com.au > politics > federal > debt-fears-grip-voters-as-albanese-s-approval-rating-slides-20260913-p60wv8.html

Debt fears grip voters as Albanese’s approval rating slides

56+ min ago   (934+ words) September 13, 2026 — 6:00pm Voters’ faith in Labor to manage the economy has crashed, with 74 per cent concerned about the federal debt and 48 per cent demanding the government slash spending. After a week in which former prime minister Kevin Rudd warned that Australia…...

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smh.com.au > politics > federal > they-haven-t-seen-anything-yet-hastie-says-war-on-one-nation-is-just-beginning-20260913-p60wv5.html

‘Way out of her league’: Emotional PM defends late mother from Hanson’s attack

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (904+ words) Updated September 13, 2026 — 5:19pm,first published 10:03am Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned Pauline Hanson’s personal attack on his late mother after the minor party leader criticised her in a podcast this year for living in public housing for decades. Hanson also drew…...

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smh.com.au > politics > federal > don-t-insult-me-labor-luminary-unleashes-over-falling-house-prices-real-wages-20260910-p60w5h.html

‘Don’t insult me’: Labor luminary unleashes over falling house prices, real wages

13+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1208+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Bill Kelty, a mastermind of reforms that set up Australia’s modern economy, says Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers are fuelling One Nation and “insulting” voters by welcoming lower house prices as they preside over a fall in real wages…...

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smh.com.au > national > pm-stunned-over-pauline-hanson-s-attack-on-his-late-mother-20260913-p60wx6.html

PM ‘stunned’ over Pauline Hanson’s attack on his late mother

5+ hour, 29+ min ago   (67+ words) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was stunned after Pauline Hanson attacked his late mother for living in public housing, saying she was “way out” of the One Nation leader’s league. September 13, 2026 — 1:26pm...

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smh.com.au > national > victoria > why-one-nation-s-rise-in-victoria-is-good-for-democracy-20260911-p60whi.html

Why One Nation’s rise in Victoria is good for democracy

13+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1032+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:01am As psephologists gradually realise that a clairvoyant has more chance of predicting the Victorian election, there’s one direct benefit to the political uncertainty: the much mocked, disliked, analysed and confusing beast that is One Nation has improved the contest…...

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smh.com.au > national > it-s-the-vibe-why-hanson-s-candidate-with-a-drug-taking-past-will-win-20260911-p60wm3.html

It’s the vibe: Why Hanson’s candidate with a drug-taking past will win

13+ hour, 56+ min ago   (760+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am More importantly, some AfD representatives have past or present associations with fully fledged neo-Nazi groups rather than parroting online antisemitic conspiracies. Yet despite their differences, both parties have found themselves in the political niche termed populism. Which is, I’m…...

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smh.com.au > national > victoria > urban-sprawl-wins-again-why-labor-s-plan-to-infill-middle-melbourne-is-falling-short-20260908-p60vhn.html

Urban sprawl wins again: Why Labor’s plan to infill middle Melbourne is falling short

13+ hour, 56+ min ago   (988+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Almost half of Melbourne’s new housing approvals are concentrated in the city’s outer growth corridors, despite Labor’s push to prioritise building new homes in established suburbs and curb urban sprawl. There were 20,252 dwellings approved across Melbourne’s seven growth-area municipalities…...

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smh.com.au > national > refugees-must-not-be-judged-as-a-cost-item-in-a-balance-sheet-20260911-p60wjf.html

Refugees must not be judged as a cost item in a balance sheet

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (557+ words) September 12, 2026 — 1:30pm No spreadsheet could capture how it felt to be one of the 150 Hazara men, women and children stepping down onto the deck of the Norwegian cargo boat MV Tampa in 2001, after their rapidly sinking refugee boat was rescued in…...

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smh.com.au > national > nsw > liberal-chivalry-lost-at-griffin-door-20260906-p60uu9.html

Liberal chivalry lost at Griffin door

21+ hour, 56+ min ago   (30+ words) Politicians so often seem to think that much of our current situation is linked to what is happening now, without considering previous policies of theirs. September 12, 2026 — 9:00pm...