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The Online Safety Amendment bill heads to Parliament after Labor dropped ministerial power to add new harms, while the Greens demand a private right to sue platforms.
Darwin’s 400-bed YiSSA short-stay centre shut on Monday while residents with serious health needs said they were being sent to a replacement site near Batchelor that opponents argue is not yet fit to live in.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed Australian engineer Robert Pether has departed Baghdad, ending travel curbs that kept him in Iraq more than a year after he left prison.
The former treasurer told 60 Minutes he has not closed the door on returning to Parliament as independent MP Monique Ryan says she is ready to defend the seat he once held.
Draft NDIS savings legislation would arm the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission with deeper audit powers over provider margins and billable hours.
Defence Minister Richard Marles briefed exporters on new dual-use controls for rare-earth magnets after Washington threatened software export curbs on China.
