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Australia news live: three-day manhunt ends as man charged over family axe attack

Follow the day’s news liveGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese dismisses concerns over powers in digital duty of care billAnthony Albanese says the Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, is being “disingenuous” over his criticis…

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One Nation’s Warren Pickering admits to illegal drug use and says he is ‘no angel’ in extraordinary press conference

Victorian One Nation leader says his actions ‘hurt people I loved, and I will live with that forever’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian One Nation leader, Warre…

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Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?

A machete-wielding robber, a ‘tsunami of debt’ … campaigns echoing opposition talking points outspend major partiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man clad in a balaclava and brandishing a machete terrorises a worker at a p…

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Levy secretly added to Victorian public transport fares scrapped as Labor admits it ‘did not pass the pub test’

Premier confirms levy, which was intended to help pay for the multibillion-dollar Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects, will be abolishedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily new…

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Suburban Rail Loop: Victorian government secretly increased public transport fares to help pay for controversial SRL

Labor put ‘levy on all public transport fares in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria’ since January 2025, auditor general finds, as questions raised over premier’s involvement Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our break…

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Liberal plan to split Victorian appeals court attacked as ‘thought bubble’ that would politicise judiciary

Opposition leader Jess Wilson says new dedicated court of criminal appeal would set precedents for tougher sentencesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA radical overhaul of Victoria’s highest court, proposed by the Liberal party…

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