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Tighter travel rules may be on the way, after Albanese seeks advice from watchdog

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears to be starting to move towards some tightening of parliamentarians’ travel entitlements.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Labor’s travel perks troubles widen; Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt; and a flamingo egg cup furore

Prime minister says he has asked expenses watchdog to provide advice on overhauling travel perks for MPs

The Guardian - AU

Labor asks watchdog to advise on overhauling travel perks for politicians as backlash grows

Sussan Ley offers bipartisan truce to work on reform as attorney general Michelle Rowland refers expenses for independent audit

The Guardian - AU

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Smelter's future secured but cost to taxpayers unclear

Australia's largest aluminium smelter has been handed a government lifeline to ensure it keeps running beyond 2028 amid spiralling energy costs.

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PM seeks advice on perks as furore builds over claims

Anthony Albanese has asked the parliamentary expenses watchdog for advice on travel entitlements as the opposition ramps up calls for a minister to resign.

AAP

Funding deal rejected as elderly languish in hospital

State and territory health ministers have rejected a Commonwealth public hospital funding offer, as an ageing population stretches the system beyond capacity.

AAP

Anthony Albanese sidesteps calls for reform amid growing community anger over MP travel perks

The federal opposition and crossbenchers have backed a review of expenses spending rules

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Travel expenses saga takes flight as PM defends rules

A senator's taxpayer-funded travel to a netball match is among the latest travel expenses of federal politicians to go under the microscope.

AAP

Weeks wait for social media ban data to come online

Australians will have to wait a little longer to learn how effective a contentious social media ban has been for the nation's children.

AAP

Australia’s senior politicians can claim ‘unlimited’ travel expenses for their spouse, watchdog rules say

Prime minister defends Anika Wells as controversy over use of taxpayer-funded travel entitlements continues

The Guardian - AU

Australian teens bid farewell to social media as world-first ban comes into force: ‘See you when I’m 16’

Ban requires 10 largest social networks to lock out children under 16 or face hefty fines

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: ‘proud’ PM hails social media ban; Trump fact-checked; and an uninvited bear

Anthony Albanese says the ban would not be perfect from day one, but suggested it would one day be among Australia’s other great reforms

The Guardian - AU

Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed a groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16 as families taking back power from tech giants

The Independent UK

Teens Are Spamming Albo’s TikTok To Prove Social Media Ban Isn’t Working: ‘Still Here’

Teens claiming to be under 16 are spamming Anthony Albanese’s TikTok with “still here” comments after the social media age ban.

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The Guardian - AU

Under-16s who slipped through cracks of social media ban will be ‘booted off in time’, eSafety commissioner says

Julie Inman Grant unconcerned by reports of children bypassing restrictions as Anthony Albanese says commencement of ban a ‘proud day’

AAP

PM won't sack minister as travel expenses saga grows

Federal minister Anika Wells will keep her job in Anthony Albanese's government as more incidents of her travel at taxpayers' expense attract scrutiny.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese says his use of family travel allowance ‘in accordance with the rules’ as MPs call for fresh look at entitlements

The prime minister claimed $2,800 in family travel entitlements coinciding with three major sporting events between 2023 and 2025

The Guardian - AU

Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins

Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban

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The Independent UK

Australia PM tells teens to ‘read a book and stop scrolling’ as social media ban comes into effect

New law forces major platforms to block under-16s as global attention turns to Australia’s experiment

The Guardian - AU

PM farewells ‘colourful’ Graham Richardson at state funeral as Labor chooses to forgive and forget

Anthony Albanese says controversial Labor powerbroker was ‘a man of many facets’ as politicians from both sides of aisle pay tribute

AAP

NRL sets itself as unity force against China in PNG

With a team set to join the NRL in 2028, Papua New Guinea is walking a delicate tightrope between ties to Australia and economic opportunities abroad.

The Conversation

Labor gains in Resolve poll as DemosAU poll has One Nation winning 12 House seats

Labor expanded its national lead in a Resolve poll as a DemosAU MRP poll had One Nation winning 12 House seats. In Victoria, the Coalition has a 51–49 lead in a Resolve poll. As the SA Liberal leader resigned, a new poll gave Labor a 61–39 lead.

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After review, USA going all the way on AUKUS pact

Penny Wong and Richard Marles have met their US counterparts with both nations labelling the AUKUS deal as "full steam ahead".

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PM eulogises corruption-tainted political playmaker

Controversial Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson has been remembered by all corners of Australia's political class after a career defined by ruthlessness.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon

There are two glaring lessons for politicians from the Anika Wells’ entitlements affair.

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