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Budget to include extra $2bn for infrastructure – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Strong winds overturn boats in Hobart – As it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

The Guardian - AU

David Speers to host new ABC panel show with first episode to explore Jewish Australian experiences

ABC National Forum will feature experts and politicians discussing pressing news topics after Q+A’s 18-year run ended

The Guardian - AU

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Crisafulli declares end to ‘cannoli diplomacy’ with Albanese over lack of hospital funding – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Australian PM contender’s run unravels over climate crisis question

Albanese said Dutton’s remarks ‘stunned’ him

The Independent UK

8 Key Takeaways From The 2nd Federal Election Debate: Housing, Power Bills & Protests

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton took part in the second leaders’ debate of the 2025 federal election campaign. Here are the key takeaways.

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Election Diary: there were a couple of ‘moments’ in second Albanese-Dutton encounter

Two “moments” stuck out in Wednesday’s leaders’ debate, the second head-to-head of the campaign.

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Second leaders’ debate is a tame affair befitting a ‘deeply uninspiring’ campaign

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have had their second showdown of the 2025 federal election campaign. The debate, hosted by the ABC, was moderated by David Speers in the national broadcaster’s studios in Western Sydney.

The Conversation

PM and Dutton trade barbs in mid-campaign showdown

Humility and some hostility was on show as the prime minister and opposition leader returned to the stage for their second election debate.

AAP

ABC admits video of Australian soldiers firing from helicopter in Afghanistan was ‘incorrectly edited’

News director Justin Stevens confirms in Melbourne Press Club speech broadcaster has removed the clip and is ‘looking into how this happened’

The Guardian - AU

Then and now: what Peter Dutton and the Coalition used to say about a 2030 emissions target

The rhetoric has swung 180 degrees since ministers in Scott Morrison’s government were haranguing Labor over the Paris agreement

The Guardian - AU

Dutton’s plan to save Australia with nuclear comes undone when you look between the brushstrokes

The dystopian picture of renewables painted by the opposition leader is full of inconsistencies, partial truths and misinformation

The Guardian - AU

NSW declares natural disaster areas – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

PM says Dutton’s team ‘dominated by blokes’ – as it happened

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Mike Bowers: ‘We wrote the idea for Talking Pictures on a coaster – thank goodness because we’d had a few drinks’

On a pub crawl in Belgium with Barrie Cassidy two decades ago, the photographer had a brilliant idea

The Guardian - AU

How to watch the Indigenous voice referendum results

Public broadcasters the ABC, SBS and NITV as well as Sky News will follow the count live, as commercial channels keep coverage to a minimum

The Canberra Times

Your chance to meet ABC Canberra's star-studded line-up

You can even grab a selfie on the Insiders set.

The Guardian - AU

Insiders host David Speers takes on expanded role of national political lead at ABC

ABC says the move is unrelated to former political editor Andrew Probyn being made redundant several weeks ago

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The Guardian - AU

Insiders the only ABC current affairs show to grow broadcast audience as Q+A numbers collapse

Exclusive: Program hosted by David Speers bucks trend of declining audiences for broadcast TV, according to internal documents

The Guardian - AU

ABC’s Insiders moving to Canberra after 21 years in Melbourne

Exclusive: Political discussion show to move to nation’s capital, in move expected to save on travel budget

The Guardian - AU

Jacinta Price calls for federal takeover of child protection, claims Indigenous kids being sent back to abusers

Coalition senator echoed Peter Dutton’s accusations of child sexual abuse in Alice Springs and reiterated her opposition to the voice

The Guardian - AU

News boss admits ABC has ‘a way to go’ on diversity after Stan Grant criticises election coverage

Q+A host says presenter Jeremy Fernandez was reduced to a ‘cameo’ role on an otherwise ‘entire white panel’

ABC News

Medibank hack a 'dog act', cybersecurity expert tells Q+A, before suggesting sometimes paying ransoms needs to be considered

Twitter is labelled Elon Musk's "cesspool" on Q+A as Malcolm Turnbull's former cybersecurity advisor says hackers deserve to face harsh penalties, but that hacking targets sometimes should consider paying up to protect exposed customers.

The Guardian - AU

Crikey and Lachlan Murdoch’s lawyers have first day in court as judge warns of ‘hyperbole’

Murdoch’s barrister moves to strike out parts of Crikey’s defence calling it ‘embarrassing and irrelevant’. Plus: Speers moves to the capital

ABC News

Aishwarya Aswath's chances of survival low even with earlier intervention, expert tells inquest

An inquest into the death of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath at Perth Children's Hospital hears her infection was so advanced that her odds of survival would have been low even if staff had acted sooner.

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