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HISTORICAL FACTS: 12 - The Untold Story

Japan’s defence minister heads to Australia amid ‘melongate’ controversy

Shinjiro Koizumi’s visit to Australia is expected to focus on growing Australia-Japan security partnership

The Independent UK · Aug 17

'Grubby': Senate debates PM's melon-gate comments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's comments on a podcast have continued to dominate parliamentary debate for a second week.

AAP · Aug 17

Will other states follow NSW into the national gun buy-back scheme – and will it make any difference?

The gun debate in Australia has been dramatically brought back into focus with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns announcing on Sunday that they were in lockstep over a new national gun buyback scheme that is set to start on November 2.

The Conversation · Aug 17

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Another state shoots down funding national gun buyback

Another state has rejected the national gun buyback, saying it won't divert money from core services and cost‑of‑living pressures to a federal scheme.

AAP · Aug 16

'Don't stuff it': Labor relishes One Nation super fight

A call to expand early access to retirement funds to tackle cost-of-living pressures from Pauline Hanson has given the government a boost in a busy week.

AAP · Aug 16

As melon-gate raged, Albanese quietly cut deals in parliament. The PM should make some noise this week

With gambling, the news bargaining incentive and NDIS reform all set to pass, the PM needs to get the focus off fruit and on to policy

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16

Deepfake Anthony Albanese used in celebrity scams duping Australians out of $7.4m, Asic warns

Australia’s corporate watchdog says PM is the figure most commonly used in deepfakes to promote phoney investment opportunities

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16

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Australian state reeling from Bondi shooting to start gun buyback scheme in November

Government says programme is expected to take 274,000 guns out of circulation

The Independent UK · Aug 16

Chalmers rejects Hanson’s call for more super access saying One Nation ‘wants to destroy’ scheme – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 15

Beleaguered gun buyback costly, inaction costlier: PM

A state leader is prepared to fight an election on his decision to sign up to the federal government's beleaguered national gun buyback scheme.

AAP · Aug 15

Australian War Memorial commemorates Kabul anniversary

The Australian War Memorial is commemorating the end of Australia's longest war with concerts featuring a musician who witnessed it.

AAP · Aug 15

Will Labor or the Coalition have the guts to reverse ‘the worst public policy decision’ of the century? Don’t be daft

The Productivity Commission has picked apart Scott Morrison’s 2018 GST deal that gives Western Australia an outsized share of revenue. But there is no prospect of government action

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14

Heart, smarts and pragmatism: why health minister Mark Butler is suddenly a contender as a future PM

Cabinet colleagues say the veteran politician’s carriage of the NDIS firestorm shows his political judgement and collaborative style

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14

Albanese makes fresh pitch to Trump for Australia to be given relief on tariffs

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a fresh plea for Australia to be given relief from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs during a phone call between the two leaders overnight Thursday.

The Conversation · Aug 14

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AAP · Aug 14

Half a million and counting: Aussies power battery boom

Australians have installed more than 500,000 household batteries in a move experts say will keep putting downward pressure on power bills.

AAP · Aug 14

'Over the top': PM urges gambling inducement crackdown

The prime minister has urged for a curtailing of inducements that keep people gambling online, arguing it feeds addictions.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14

The melons rolled quite gently out of the gate – then suddenly became an avalanche for Albanese

Most of the media initially ignored the prime minister’s innuendo as they went to town on his crass Kylie comment. Plus: Victoria drowning in AI

Newcastle Herald · Aug 14

Albanese doesn't believe in admitting he's stuffed up, and it costs him

The PM places pride over pragmatism.

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 14

Australia has been galvanised by ‘melon-gate’. So what is the luxury fruit at the centre of the PM’s controversy?

Shizuoka Crown melons are part of an important cultural gifting practice in Japan, where they are hand-patted by growers to achieve an even shape and texture

AAP · Aug 13

Albanese says his 'melons' hand gestures misinterpreted

The prime minister insists his comments and hand gestures about the Japanese prime minister gifting him two melons have been incorrectly characterised.

AAP · Aug 13

'As a friend': Albanese pushes Trump to axe tariffs

US President Donald Trump will consider the case to remove tariffs on Australian exports, Anthony Albanese says, following a phone call between the leaders.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 13

Finally, bald men like me have their day in the sun

Discard your baseball caps, my fellow baldies, and embrace the light.

The Conversation · Aug 13

Grattan on Friday: Albanese doesn’t believe in admitting he’s stuffed up, and it costs him

How unfortunate that Peter Malinauskas says he is not interested in running for federal politics. This week once again showed the South Australian premier’s class on the policy front when, after a fact-finding visit to the United States, he announced a state royal commission into Artificial Intelligence.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 13

What does the $2.5 billion Tomago deal mean for Hunter families?

"When you've got young kids it makes it pretty hard to plan when you don't know what the future holds.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13

Australia’s largest aluminium smelter to run on renewables by 2033 after Rio Tinto strikes $2.5bn taxpayer bailout deal

Rio Tinto makes power supply deal with federal and NSW government to cut emissions and decarbonise, preventing potential closure

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