18 August 2026
One Nation’s reform is economic vandalism dressed up as compassion smh. com. au
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18 August 2026
Labor’s bill to restrict gambling ads is set to pass this week, with the Greens calling the agreement ‘cowardly’ Two Coalition MPs have crossed the floor after a deal between the major parties to pass Labor’s new restrictions on betting advertising and inducements, which the MPs say are too “weak” and place “too much faith in the hands of the gambling companies”. Anthony Albanese and the communications minister, Anika Wells, secured the support of the opposition to pass the bill, with amendments including tweaks to ad timing rules and some restrictions on inducements .
18 August 2026
Students strike against One Nation Latrobe Valley Express
18 August 2026
Student protests against Pauline Hanson reveal a hard lesson we are failing to teach our teenagers The Institute Of Public Affairs - IPA
18 August 2026
A seafarer has been killed in the latest attack on merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran is claiming to have detained a UAE-owned tanker for failing to comply with Tehran’s new transit regime. The 76,801 dwt, Liberia-flagged panamax Minoan Dignity was struck by an unknown projectile yesterday evening while transiting around five …
18 August 2026
California is home to many billionaires. Soon, it will vote on a proposed wealth tax.
18 August 2026
The family of a Palestinian-American man remain holed up in his West Bank home for more than a week, after Israeli settlers laid siege to the house and the Israeli army then turned it into a closed military area.
18 August 2026
In 1845, a Crown grant stated a tenth of all land used for the Nelson settlement would be reserved in a trust for the customary owners, but this did not happen.
