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Liberal frontbencher quits politics

Shadow Home Affairs Minister Jonathon Duniam will leave politics by the end of the year, prompting a reshuffle of the shadow ministry and another blow to the Coalition.What we know:Read more: Inside Angus Taylor’s immigration strategy (The Saturday Paper).

Shadow Home Affairs Minister Jonathon Duniam will leave politics by the end of the year, prompting a reshuffle of the shadow ministry and another blow to the Coalition.

What we know:

Read more: Inside Angus Taylor’s immigration strategy (Th...
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Budget makes it through lower house

Labor’s controversial budget bill has been pushed through the lower house, with the Coalition and the Greens considering teaming up to extend inquiries into changes before they hit parliament.What we know:Read more: Is this an ambitious budget? (The Saturday Paper).

Labor’s controversial budget bill has been pushed through the lower house, with the Coalition and the Greens considering teaming up to extend inquiries into changes before they hit parliament.

What we know:

Read more: Is this an a...
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Tax changes to benefit 90% of young Australians

Labor introduced its controversial tax bill to the Senate on Thursday, revealing modelling that shows it will have significant benefits for young Australians.What we know:Read more: Is this an ambitious budget? (The Saturday Paper).

Labor introduced its controversial tax bill to the Senate on Thursday, revealing modelling that shows it will have significant benefits for young Australians.What we know:

Read more: Is this an ambitious budget? (The Saturday Paper).
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Trump proposes 12.5% tariff on Australia

Australia is among dozens of countries faced with a potential US tariff for what the Trump Administration claims is a failure to prevent the use of forced labour.What we know:Read more: What the new US ambassador brings to Australia (The Saturday Paper).

Australia is among dozens of countries faced with a potential US tariff for what the Trump Administration claims is a failure to prevent the use of forced labour.

What we know:

Read more: What the new US ambassador brings to Australia (The Sa...
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Walk for Truth finishes in Canberra

Travis Lovett has completed a more than 900km walk from Melbourne to Canberra calling for a formal truth-telling commission.What we know:Read more: Anzac Day exposed the unwelcome realities of Australian racism (The Saturday Paper).

Travis Lovett has completed a more than 900km walk from Melbourne to Canberra calling for a formal truth-telling commission.What we know:

Read more: Anzac Day exposed the unwelcome realities of Australian racism (The Saturday Paper).
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Labor to announce major employment system overhaul

Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth is expected to announce today a major overhaul of the “one size fits all” employment services model for the first time in 30 years.What we know:Read more: Exclusive: Government warned over ‘legal basis’ of welfare system (The Saturday Paper).

Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth is expected to announce today a major overhaul of the “one size fits all” employment services model for the first time in 30 years.What we know:

Read more: Exclusive: Government war...
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ASIO fronts antisemitism commission

ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess has given evidence to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, which entered its second block of hearings in Sydney.What we know:Read more: ‘It’s unimaginable what we as a community have just experienced’ (The Saturday Paper).

ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess has given evidence to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, which entered its second block of hearings in Sydney.What we know:

Read more: ‘It’s unimaginable what we...
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Mixed reactions to tax inquiry

A two-day inquiry into Labor’s tax and negative gearing reforms began on Monday, gaining support from leading economists but facing backlash from business groups.What we know:Read more: Why economists want negative gearing reform (The Saturday Paper)

A two-day inquiry into Labor’s tax and negative gearing reforms began on Monday, gaining support from leading economists but facing backlash from business groups.

What we know:

Read more: Why economists want negative gearing reform (The Saturday...
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Protest stunt at Hanson’s first press club address

Activist group GetUp staged a demonstration during One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson’s first National Press Club address, where she called for an end to multiculturalism.What we know:Read more: Exclusive: Inside Pauline Hanson’s $219 million payday (The Saturday Paper)

Activist group GetUp staged a demonstration during One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson’s first National Press Club address, where she called for an end to multiculturalism.

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Read more: Exclusive: Inside Pauline Hanson’...
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Labor reveals CGT exemptions for small businesses

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced small businesses will receive capital gains tax exemptions and startups will get carve-outs, in a response to increasing backlash to Labor’s tax bill.What we know:Read more: Is this an ambitious budget? (The Saturday Paper)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced small businesses will receive capital gains tax exemptions and startups will get carve-outs, in a response to increasing backlash to Labor’s tax bill.

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Read more: Is th...
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RBA holds interest rate at 4.35%

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced it will not change interest rates, but warned a rate increase was possible before the end of the year.What we know:Read more: Can Bullock rebuild RBA credibility? (The Saturday Paper)

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced it will not change interest rates, but warned a rate increase was possible before the end of the year.

What we know:

Read more: Can Bullock rebuild RBA credibility? (The Saturday Paper)
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Albanese extends fuel excise at reduced discount

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced fuel discounts will be extended until August 2 to help ease cost-of-living pressures during the fuel crisis, with reduced discount rates to take effect from July 1.What we know:Read more: Welcome to war-flation (The Saturday Paper)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced fuel discounts will be extended until August 2 to help ease cost-of-living pressures during the fuel crisis, with reduced discount rates to take effect from July 1.

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Australia and Canada sign $2.7bn radar deal

Australia will sell its advanced radar technology to Canada in the country’s biggest-ever defence export deal and turning a new leaf for the Australia-Canada relationship.What we know:Read more: How locals see the AUKUS shipyard (The Saturday Paper)

Australia will sell its advanced radar technology to Canada in the country’s biggest-ever defence export deal and turning a new leaf for the Australia-Canada relationship.

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Read more: How locals see the AUKUS shipyard (The Saturday Pa...
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Labor and Greens reach deal on tax reform

The Greens will support Labor’s changes to the capital gains tax and negative gearing in exchange for an extension to the NDIS inquiry.What we know:Read more: Exclusive: Unprecedented automation in NDIS decisions (The Saturday Paper)

The Greens will support Labor’s changes to the capital gains tax and negative gearing in exchange for an extension to the NDIS inquiry.

What we know:

Read more: Exclusive: Unprecedented automation in NDIS decisions (The Saturday Paper)
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ASIO chief to overhaul terror threat system

ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess has warned Australia is underestimating its terror threat level, while also revealing a prevented attack from Iran.What we know:Read more: ASIO’s warning on foreign interference (The Saturday Paper)

ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess has warned Australia is underestimating its terror threat level, while also revealing a prevented attack from Iran.

What we know:

Read more: ASIO’s warning on foreign interference (The Saturday Paper)
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Steggall and Spender announce new centrist party

Teal independents Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender have launched their new Community Strong Australia party, aiming to provide a moderate alternative to One Nation.What we know:Read more: ‘The rules have changed’: Inside the push for a teal party (The Saturday Paper)

Teal independents Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender have launched their new Community Strong Australia party, aiming to provide a moderate alternative to One Nation.

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Read more: ‘The rules have changed’: Inside the...
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New financial year brings major changes

From July 1, sweeping changes to tax, superannuation and anti-price gouging laws have come into effect as part of the federal government's new financial year reforms.What we know:Read more: Inside the government’s tax reform ‘shitstorm’ (The Saturday Paper).

From July 1, sweeping changes to tax, superannuation and anti-price gouging laws have come into effect as part of the federal government's new financial year reforms.What we know:

Read more: Inside the government’s tax reform ‘shitstorm’ (...
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Christian Brothers face bankruptcy from abuse payments

A court has heard the religious order will run out of money by September, as it faces $1.7m weekly payments in financial restitution to victims of child sexual abuse.What we know:Read more: The Marist Brothers’ cruel treatment of abuse victims (The Saturday Paper)

A court has heard the religious order will run out of money by September, as it faces $1.7m weekly payments in financial restitution to victims of child sexual abuse.

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Read more: The Marist Brothers’ cruel treatment of...
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Telstra outage causes failed triple-0 calls

Welfare checks have been made as a nation-wide Telstra outage meant some people were unable to contact emergency services, while a Liberal senator has admitted to testing Triple Zero live on air.What we know:Read more: Full list: what Albanese has legislated this term (The Saturday Pape)

Welfare checks have been made as a nation-wide Telstra outage meant some people were unable to contact emergency services, while a Liberal senator has admitted to testing Triple Zero live on air.

What we know:...
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Australia and India deepen defence ties

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called India a “top-tier security partner”, as a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads to strengthened military cooperation.What we know:Read more: How Indian Australians are being politicised (The Saturday Paper)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called India a “top-tier security partner”, as a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads to strengthened military cooperation.

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Read more: How Indian Australians are...

The Canberra Times

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After an early, complex twin birth, every small milestone is a triumph

"We've learned to celebrate all the little milestones because if we didn't celebrate the little things, we might not have anything to look forward to," Ms Chambeyron says.Ms Chambeyron and her family have been very lucky to receive support from organisations like Life's Little Treasures Foundation, which have this year asked Ms Chambeyron and her family to be their ACT ambassadors.Funding will go towards ensuring the 15 services that foundation provides can continue, which aims to bring families...
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Say it again, Julia! 'Not now, not ever'

Written by acclaimed playwright Joanna Murray-Smith and directed by Helpmann Award-winning Sarah Goodes, Julia tells the story of the life and career of Julia Gillard in the time before she addressed the Federal Parliament with the words: "I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not now, not ever.""It's really interesting now looking back on it, how as we get further and further away from it, how significant it really was and how undeniable its impact was," she says."They w...
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Students get a taste for tech jobs through virtual work experience

"Tech always seems just like a big industry and you just don't exactly know what you want to do and I feel like this has just given [me] an idea of what some of those jobs are," Aiden said.The program was launched in February 2024 in partnership with CommBank, Microsoft, NBN and Year 13, and has since been used by more than 3000 students from across the country."When I do job experience potentially next year or later this year, it's given [me] an idea of what I want to experience," Aiden said."W...

Inside Indonesia

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Tetangga: These are the stories of our neighbours

It’s a common belief in Indonesia, as it is in many parts of the world, that young people don’t care about politics. But maybe they are simply trying to navigate a political sphere from which they have been left out of by the generation before them.

As two young Australians, we set out to learn from and listen to the stories of young Indonesians—our neighbours. We hope by sharing their stories, we can welcome conversations across borders and young voices will be brought to the front.

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La Trobe University – upstart

Trouble Juice

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A chat with Fuzzrays

A relentless combo of raspy vocals and garage-rock guitar riffs - kings of the mosh, Fuzzrays, have come back blazing with their recently released self-titled EP. We sat down and had a chat with the band ahead of their EP launch on Friday at The Tote.

The Fuzzrays have a dynamic sound and an ability to sound at home at just about any Melbourne venue; their gritty basslines are destined for sticky floors, like those you’ll find at The Tote, yet at times the band’s deep acoustic blues have been r
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Little Big Steps - A chat with Romanie

In August, rising songwriter Romanie shared Little Big Steps, her debut collection of serene indie-folk goodness, and now as Melbourne’s live music venues are opening up again, she’s launching the EP at the Brunswick Artist’s Bar. Ahead of the show this Thursday, we caught up with her to have a chat about the EP.

Romanie is a singer-songwriter originally from Belgium. She followed love and moved to Melbourne two years ago with her partner. Having grown up in a small town, Romanie has had to fin
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Premiere: Outer South - We Must Be Dreaming

Premiere:

Outer South - We Must Be Dreaming

A coalescence of evocative instrumentation, simmering hooks and humble indie-folk charm, Outer South’s debut album We Must Be Dreaming is a soothing remedy to a nostalgic state of mind. Today we have the pleasure of premiering the new album today ahead of its official release tomorrow.

Made up of songs collected in the bedroom of songwriter Shannon Carpenter over the past few years, Outer South’s debut album feels poignant and timeless; the elegant
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Premiere: NIDALA - Colours of My People

On her debut EP Colours Of My People, singer-songwriter NIDALA combines her love of music and social justice to craft a collection of soulful indie-rock that comes loaded with wise and powerful messages. To celebrate the release today, NIDALA has kindly shared with us the stories behind each of the tracks.

Born of the Djugun people of the Kimberley, NIDALA is a First Nations artist and in many ways a teacher of sustainability. Growing up with an Aboriginal musician father and a Polish/French an
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Track by Track - culaccino - hot milo

Husky vocals and jazzy beats set the mood of culaccino’s new EP hot milo. These six tracks feature a combination of experimental instrumentation that create both a trance-y atmosphere and a dance-worthy rhythm. We caught up with the mastermind behind culaccino, Declan Peel, to get a breakdown of the tracks.

Written and recorded through the 2020 lockdowns and named after Declan’s favourite drink, culaccino’s debut EP hot milo is a delicious first taste of the emerging project.


A melodic gro
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Track by Track - Glauber Who? - A Night Out With G Man

Track by Track -

Glauber Who? - A Night Out With G Man

A compilation of songs old and new, Glauber Who?’s new album A Night Out with G Man is a warm yet melancholic dose of blues. We caught up with the man himself to get the stories behind the tracks.

Glauber Who? speaks many languages and music is definitely one of them. A Night Out With G Man, his debut album, began taking shape in January 2020, after Glauber had finished setting up a home recording studio. With a week off work, the aim wa
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They Made Me Do It - Talking Influences with Outtatime

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Talking Influences with Outtatime

Instantly immersive and melodically tranquil, coastal artist Outtatime’s new double single ‘Just Kids / Devocean’ tells soothing tales of naïve romance and of love for the ocean. We caught up with the artist to get an insight into the influences behind the songs.

After a long-distance relationship and a light-hearted love affair over social media, Outtatime explores the naivety of young love in the name of Patti Smith’s book ‘Just Kids.’
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Premiere: Kill Bell - you.

Alongside the announcement of their forthcoming debut album i don’t think that i have what you want, rising garage-punk duo Kill Bell have given us the pleasure of sharing a first listen to ‘you.’ today, a new dose of their unapologetic and powerful fusion of fiery punk attitude and pop sensibility.

Since forming in 2019, Kill Bell have been busy making a name for themselves amongst Melbourne’s music circles. Led by Charlie Pass and Nick Tamiakis and backed by a rotating roster of live members,
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They Made Me Do It - Talking Influences with PEEL

They Made Me Do It -

Talking Influences with PEEL

After the success of their immersive debut single ‘Memory Loop’ and its tripped-out video clip, PEEL are back with ‘DYNA’, another dose of their explosive psych-fuzz paired with even more otherworldly visuals. We caught up with the band to delve into the influences that inspired the track.

Opening with a crash into the sand, PEEL’s new track ‘DYNA’ slows it down a touch and invites us on a passage of abstraction. Flickering through landscapes
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Track by Track: Mimi Gilbert - Grew Inside the Water

Filled with soothing tones of melancholic, self-reflective rumination, Mimi Gilbert’s new album Grew Inside the Water is a stunning expression of emotive vitality. We had the pleasure of hearing from Mimi about the stories behind the songs.

When Mimi Gilbert released her latest single ‘Dark Storm’ earlier this year, Nkechi Anele from Triple J’s Roots & All described her as “one of the best kept secrets in the music industry”, and on Grew Inside the Water, Mimi makes strides in proving this. Ope
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Premiere: The Eyeballers - Lost At Sea / It Wasn't Over

Premiere:

The Eyeballers -

Lost At Sea / It Wasn't Over

Back with a new double single, The Eyeballers once again entice us into the surf-rock realm with ‘Lost at Sea’ and ‘It Wasn’t Over.’ With an energy that drives the body to dance but the mind to ease, these tracks are a quintessential combination of grit and groove.

As 'Lost at Sea' begins, we're instantly thrown from reality and into a voyage through the howling seas with invigorating guitars and a western spin, thrashing us about wit
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Signals - A Chat with Goldminds

Powered by a thunderous fusion of pulsating guitars, fierce drumming and arrestingly unapologetic female vocals, Goldminds’ debut album Signals is a force to be reckoned with. Ahead of its release today, we were lucky enough to chat with Goldminds’ frontwoman Courtney Constantinou to dig into the album.

Despite only kicking off in 2019, Goldminds have erupted into Melbourne’s rock scene with their powerhouse energy. Although this year has stripped the live scene bare, the band have proven thems