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<p>Adelaide-based Olympian was banned from driving for five years over Melissa Hoskins’ 2023 death</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/17/australia-news-live-telstra-mobile-outage-parliament-inquiry-royal-commission-antisemitism-ai-anthony-albanese-labor-liberals-coalition-politics-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking new

<p>Appearing on a podcast with the far-right UK activist who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, Hanson makes evidence-free claims about migrants</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/17/australia-news-live-telstra-mobile-outage-parliament-inquiry-royal-commission-antisemitism-ai-anthony-albanese-labor-liberals-coalition-politics-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/em

<p>Vicki Brady told senators maintenance staff were unaware of mass outage risk as critical software failure ‘rippled slowly across the network’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/17/australia-news-live-telstra-mobile-outage-parliament-inquiry-royal-commission-antisemitism-ai-anthony-albanese-labor-liberals-coalition-politics-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.

<p>While new study challenges assumptions about how far they travel, witnessing them in action still takes your breath away, scientists say</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/15/australia-news-live-ceo-pay-anthony-albanese-palestine-gaza-ai-artificial-intelligence-datacentres-copyright-royal-commission-antisemitism-labor-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email

<p>Inquiry also hears safety review at Australian National University found protest encampment had ‘high’ psychosocial risk</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/16/divine-playhouse-josh-thomas-workplace-drug-survey-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-one-nation-pauline-hanson-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breakin

<p>State MP abandons supreme court challenge, saying her party ‘can now decide whether to pursue mediation or reconvene to disendorse me’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/16/divine-playhouse-josh-thomas-workplace-drug-survey-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-one-nation-pauline-hanson-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cva

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<p>Albanese has attended the Indigenous cultural festival every year since 2019 and committed to ‘be here and engaged with you’ each yeah he remains in office</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/10/australia-news-live-pauline-hanson-one-nation-modi-anthony-albanese-royal-commission-antisemitism-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sf

<p>Vicki Brady grilled at first public appearance since returning from overseas while minister Anika Wells says it is ‘time for Telstra to face the music’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/10/australia-news-live-pauline-hanson-one-nation-modi-anthony-albanese-royal-commission-antisemitism-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">b