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watoday.com.au > politics > nsw > nobody-will-take-this-beach-or-festival-from-us-international-names-to-commemorate-bondi-one-year-on-20260910-p60w5x.html

‘Nobody will take this beach, or festival, from us’: International names to commemorate Bondi, one year on

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (521+ words) September 11, 2026 — 3:00am When Chanukah falls in early December, the Sydney’s eastern suburbs Jewish community will do as it has done for three decades. It will light a menorah by the sand of one of Australia’s most iconic beaches. Only this year,…...

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watoday.com.au > politics > federal > labor-planned-to-end-domestic-violence-in-a-generation-instead-sexual-violence-is-at-record-high-20260908-p60vfs.html

Labor planned to end domestic violence in a generation. Instead, sexual violence is at record high

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (753+ words) September 9, 2026 — 3:00am The nation’s leading authority on domestic abuse has warned Labor’s plan to end violence against women and children in a generation is failing as rates of sexual violence in Australia remain at record highs. The Domestic, Family and Sexual…...

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watoday.com.au > politics > western-australia > cook-points-to-migration-amid-secret-harbour-fallout-as-wa-s-newest-mp-greeted-by-parliament-bro-test-20260908-p60vg2.html

Cook points to migration amid Secret Harbour fallout as WA’s newest MP greeted by parliament ‘bro-test’

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1016+ words) September 8, 2026 — 2:29pm The fallout from the Secret Harbour byelection continues to grip West Australian politics, with Premier Roger Cook blaming One Nation’s historic win on the online immigration debate, not his government’s performance. Much of the political discourse of the first…...

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watoday.com.au > national > western-australia > minister-intervenes-as-open-day-perth-film-studio-actors-paid-with-lunch-and-opportunity-20260902-p60tvq.html

Minister intervenes as open day Perth film studio actors paid with lunch and ‘opportunity’

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (554+ words) September 3, 2026 — 1:00am The Cook Government has intervened to ensure actors appearing at the $233.5 million Perth Film Studios’ first-ever open days are paid for their time after they were initially only offered meals and the “opportunity” to work with experienced directors and…...

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watoday.com.au > national > western-australia > summit-homes-has-162-filipino-workers-in-limbo-over-visa-delays-20260902-p60tup.html

Visa crackdown hits home: The WA construction giant with 160 foreign workers locked out

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (742+ words) September 2, 2026 — 3:21pm One of the state’s largest builders says home builds will keep slipping behind targets if the federal government doesn’t resolve delays to its overseas skilled workers visa program. Summit Homes Group general manager Cameron Lade said the company had…...

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watoday.com.au > business > the-economy > trump-kidnapped-venezuela-s-president-now-he-s-hijacking-its-future-20260902-p60tm8.html

Trump kidnapped Venezuela’s president. Now he’s hijacking its future

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1041+ words) September 2, 2026 — 10:00am The only thing missing from Donald Trump’s Venezuelan oil deal, so far, in Donald Trump Jr. It has all the trademarks of a Trump deal, combining boldness and aggression with self-interest, albeit without, to date, Trump family participation. Early…...

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watoday.com.au > national > victoria > inside-pauline-hanson-s-high-altitude-melbourne-fundraiser-20260901-p60tgl.html

Pauline Hanson hosted a $2000-a-plate lunch at Vue de monde. The guest list raised eyebrows

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (857+ words) Updated September 1, 2026 — 4:28pm,first published 3:45pm Where does Pauline Hanson, self-styled woman of the people, go to break bread with party donors? Vue de monde of course – one of Melbourne’s most expensive restaurants perched 55 storeys above the lives of the city’s hoi…...

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watoday.com.au > national > western-australia > with-a-historic-wa-seat-secured-one-nation-s-newest-mp-says-party-has-sights-on-much-bigger-prize-20260831-p60t3d.html

Historic WA seat secured, One Nation’s newest MP has sights on a much bigger prize

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (877+ words) August 31, 2026 — 1:12pm Western Australia’s newest MP Luke Herdegen says One Nation has its sights on government at the next state election in three years’ time. Speaking on the ABC this morning after his bruising victory over Labor in Secret Harbour on…...

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watoday.com.au > national > western-australia > secret-harbour-should-be-seen-as-a-rallying-cry-for-everyone-who-feels-ignored-20260830-p60su1.html

Labor only have themselves to blame for losing Secret Harbour

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (762+ words) August 31, 2026 — 1:00am The safe seat of Secret Harbour was WA Labor’s to lose in the by-election this weekend, and they deserved to lose it. By offering up a candidate who lives 60 kilometres outside the electorate and currently lobbies for Woodside, WA…...

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watoday.com.au > national > labor-declares-ai-biggest-sovereignty-moment-since-world-war-ii-20260830-p60srs.html

AI biggest ‘sovereignty moment since World War II’

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (821+ words) August 31, 2026 — 3:00am Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia’s place in the AI race is the most critical moment for national self-reliance since World War II, as he heads to San Francisco to advance a $21 billion deal that would boost Australia’s stake…...