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Wed 16 Sept 2026

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Independent senator David Pocock
Artificial intelligence
Pocock says Labor throwing creatives ‘under the bus’ with proposal to ease copyright protections for AI giants
Australian home affairs minister Tony Burke
Politics live
Labor to announce delayed migration policy tomorrow; one in five Melbourne units sold in June quarter made a loss
Yvonne Whear’s
New South Wales
Yvonne Whear’s car found in river as mystery surrounding woman’s disappearance continues
Lee HansLee Hanson holds an Australian flag while speaking into a megaphoneon
Exclusive
Pauline Hanson’s daughter Lee working for a NSW One Nation senator remotely from Tasmania without ministerial approval
New Acland coal mine
Queensland
Citizens’ right to oppose mining projects ‘gutted’ by new laws, activists say
 
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In focus

Irma, a member of the Power of Mama team, poses for a portrait on burned peatland in Sungai Putri village, Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia, August 18, 2026.
Indonesia
The women saving Borneo: battling fire, patriarchy, and super El Niño on Indonesia’s peatland frontlines
Artificial intelligence
AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon
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Sport

Composite of Fremantle's Shai Bolton and Sydney Swans Errol Gulden
AFL finals
Where the Sydney v Fremantle preliminary final will be won and lost
Cricket
Maiden Renshaw ODI century sets up Australia win in Zimbabwe
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Culture & lifestyle

Smart car with sensors illustration
Motoring
‘In this new car, I feel patronised’: which driver assistance systems actually improve safety?
Television
Grey’s Anatomy: the steamy and often thrilling medical drama is still endlessly watchable
Emmys 2026
quote  In the Hacks v Widow’s Bay Emmys battle, it’s we – the audience – who are the real winners
Rebecca Shaw
Emmys 2026
Emmys 2026: the full list of winners
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Opinion

kid looks at phone in the dark
quote  I’m a psychoanalyst. Social media is damaging children’s inner lives in ways we don’t fully understand
Robin Kirman
quote  Europe’s summer emergency was a dire warning for Australia. What can be learned before it’s too late?
Nick Rowley
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