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The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, has described paid leave for those suffering family and domestic violence as “ridiculous” and suggested the issue is taking police away from “real crime”.
In an unearthed interview, Hanson said the advancements of women’s rights in the family law system over decades had become “broken” because courts favoured women and were now “suppressing the males all the time”.
The comments, made on a November 2025 podcast and first reported by the Nine newspapers, resurfaced after Hanson was criticised over her suggestions domestic violence was a “two-way street”.
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“Labor has a chance to be able to show, particularly to the broader public, that it’s got what it takes, that it’s got the steel in the spine …” – Ed Husic
The Labor backbencher said he would join other delegates at Labor’s national conference in pushing the government to raise tax on gas exports – just hours after Anthony Albanese ruled out adopting the policy in the near future.
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Fans of Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan and Morgan Wallen are showing up to concerts in nappies, defecating outside stadiums and urinating on other concertgoers as hard-won spots in front rows become more and more coveted.
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Today’s starter word is: TEA. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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