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Australia and the US will “expand” and “strengthen” the AUKUS security and submarine deal in coming months, top Trump administration officials say ahead of talks with their Australian counterparts in Washington. Source link

The sports minister has endured scrutiny over her use of parliamentary expenses, but is one of dozens of MPs to have accumulated large Comcar bills. Source link

Jim Chalmers says the end to the “temporary” subsidy was a “hard” decision but recognises pressures on the budget. Source link

Barnaby Joyce’s defection gives One Nation its first lower house seat since 1998. Source link

What was meant to be a Sunday interview bookending a remarkable political year became an exercise in explaining the inexplicable. Source link

The furore over Communications Minister Anika Wells’s expenses continues, with just three days until the government’s much-anticipated social media ban for under 16s comes into force.  Source link

Australia’s social media age ban is one of the most significant attempts to rebalance the asymmetric power relationship between government and tech. Source link

As the social media ban for teens looms, the parliament’s most recent senator reveals she knows firsthand the dangers that can confront young people online. Source link

How does a treasurer tell households the government will no longer continue a $300 energy rebate when it’s happy to blow $100,000 on three flights? Source link

The Liberals argue Labor’s industrial relations concessions to the unions are a “handbrake on productivity” but this area has been tricky for the Coalition since John Howard’s disastrous overreach.  Source link