Does Pauline Hanson's claim of growing support in the ACT pass the pub test?
By Harry Frost
The conventional wisdom is that Canberra is a largely left-leaning city, but the national capital is now among places in One Nation's sights as support for the party surges across the country.
Labor unveils new powers to strengthen social media ban
Six months into Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s, the federal government has announced tougher laws that it says will hold big tech to account and keep kids safe online.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-27/labor-unveils-powers-to-strengthen-social-media-ban/106851242
Hanson spawned the silliest semantic beard-stroking in 20 years
By Annabel Crabb
We've come a long way since it was Pauline Hanson who didn't know the meaning of big words.
#GovernmentandPolitics #PoliticalParties #OneNation #AustralianFederalElections #FederalGovernment #FederalParliament #Liberals #Elections #CommunityandSociety #AnnabelCrabb
A speeding shadow minister puts the brakes on NT Labor’s rebuild
By Matt Garrick
Revelations about an NT shadow minister’s dicey driving history — and the Opposition Leader's failure to disclose it — come as another blow to NT Labor.
Can the Victorian Liberal Party avoid falling apart again?
By Richard Willingham
The Victorian Liberal Party is competitive in the polls just months out from the November state election. But will party infighting blunt its winning edge?
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Defence home loan subsidy to change after veterans left worse off
By Tom Lowrey
Critics say the scheme, which offers subsidised home loans, lumps Defence members and veterans with uncompetitive rates.
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Why hasn't the global economy completely collapsed?
By Laura Tingle
An unfortunate side effect of the incompetent and erratic negotiating tactics of the Trump administration is that some of the underlying stories in the global economy can get overlooked.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-27/strait-of-hormuz-oil-global-economy-iran-trump-war/106847646
#BusinessEconomicsandFinance #WorldPolitics #OilandGas #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #GovernmentandPolitics #FinancialMarkets #Currency #Industry #LauraTingle
Wagga Wagga homeless told to leave camp or face enforcement action
By Rachel Holdsworth, Jess Scully, and Jostina Basta
Homeless people in Wagga Wagga's Wilks Park camping area have been ordered to remove all personal belongings by July 7.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-26/move-on-order-issued-for-wagga-homeless-camp/106847180
#Homelessness #HousingPolicy #LocalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #CommunityOrganisations #RachelHoldsworth #JessScully # #JostinaBasta
Disunity but not death for Basil Zempilas and WA Liberals after MP quits
By Keane Bourke
There are plenty of questions for Basil Zempilas and the WA Liberals after Jonathan Huston quit the party over a policy row — not least, whether it removes a rogue before too much damage is done.
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Stefanovic's move to outsider politics follows a well-worn lucrative path
By Virginia Trioli
Listening to the culture war showman schtick he has so quickly adopted, Stefanovic is now less a newsman than an ideological performer.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-26/karl-stefanovic-today-outsider-politics/106844360
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