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The Australian Financial Review (Fri, 07 Aug 2026) - Welcome |
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| Last Post: Carroll must act fast, before the music stops
The Australian (Fri, 07 Aug 2026) - Victorian Premier Ben Carroll tells us what we want to hear but to activate his promises and plans of an entire revamping and clean-up of ingrained state culture within just three months to the election is a bridge too far. Anne Lindsay, Stanthorpe, Qld ... |
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| Is it still business as usual for the ABC after apology to Rinehart?
The Australian (Fri, 07 Aug 2026) - The ABC’s apology to Gina Rinehart falls far short (“ABC says sorry to Gina … 25 days later”, 7/8). To be clear, it’s not funny to be filthy, loathsome, disgusting and cruel. Yet the ABC ombudsman has found that “the film did not breach the ABC’s ... |
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| Democracy under siege as ugly protests force candidates into a security bubble
The Australian (Fri, 07 Aug 2026) - I wonder if our politicians and activists have learned much at all since the initial rise of ‘Hansonism’ in the late 1990s. |
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| Who will stand against a “clear and present danger to press freedom and Australian democracy”?
Croakey (Fri, 07 Aug 2026) - Introduction by Croakey: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is following in the footsteps of United States President Donald Trump in trashing ... in all this is Southern Cross Media. Hanson’s benefactor, Gina Rinehart, is spending upwards of $26 million buying nearly 10 percent of the |
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| The Prime Minister can’t have a bob each way on overdue reform
The Sydney Morning Herald (Fri, 07 Aug 2026) - Karen Middleton writes about Labor’s proposed gambling-ad legislation (“ If PM’s gamble loses, can he still win? ” , August 7), which ... |
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| Cap Raise Crucible: Canaccord, Petra shine in busy cap raise fortnight
Countryman (Fri, 07 Aug 2026) - Australia’s busiest capital raising period of the year delivered more than 60 plus ASX transactions as Australia’s brokers worked the room ... raised $26.25 million through Bell Potter and Morgans Corporate, with Hancock Prospecting tipping in $7.95 million, which is now worth 16 |
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| Channel 7 Spotlight’s botched plan to film Pauline Hanson in Syrian refugee camp exposed in leaked emails
The Toowoomba Chronicle (Fri, 07 Aug 2026) - Leaked emails reveal an Aussie TV program’s botched plan to send Pauline Hanson to a refugee camp in Syria where ISIS brides spent years ... |
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| "Cruel joke": Controversial development Bill gets committee greenlight
The Queensland Conservation Council (Fri, 07 Aug 2026) - Conservationists and regional Queenslanders have expressed dismay after a controversial Bill that would give the State Government ... committee. The State Development and Public Works Organisation (Critical Minerals) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 would |
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| One Nation admits Hanson used party funds on European trip
The Australian Financial Review (Fri, 07 Aug 2026) - Reports emerged on Friday that the minor party’s leader paid $900 a night to stay at the five-star Conrad London St James hotel during her trip to Europe. |