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Our Friday political panel discuss the week that was.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Madrid over the past few days, after the forced eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home sparked outrage across Spain.

Executions have been halted in the US state of Tennessee after a death row inmate survived two doses of a drug that was meant to kill her.

A new eSafety transparency report has found significant gaps in the way gaming platforms protect children from sexual exploitation, harmful material and abuse online.

The South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas says AI has presented serious questions that states must confront. 

Shadow Indigenous Australians Minister Julian Leeser has called for federal agencies to get involved in cases of unsupervised children in WA in state care.

RBA Governor Michelle Bullock has said that "productivity is doing nothing."

As the team prepares to take on the Roosters this Sunday, Novocastrians are turning their city red and blue - in the hope of taking glory for the first time in a quarter of a century. 

The federal and Tasmanian governments have announced a $200 million support package for the Bell Bay Aluminium smelter in Tasmania.

More than 400 young people from dozens of communities across New South Wales will walk onto the stage of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall tomorrow.

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He's not licensed to drive a car, but last year Queensland teen Byron Waller became the youngest person in history to pilot a plane around the world.

The Greens have previously chosen its leader by consensus, but held their first leadership ballot yesterday. 

Headline inflation jumped to 4% in August from 3.5% in July, driven by higher housing costs and automotive fuel prices.

An Israel-bound plane has made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the pilot and attempted to crash the plane.

The federal government says more than 100,000 first home buyers have now accessed its 5% deposit scheme since it was expanded and uncapped last year.

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The proposal comes days after developer Goodman Group withdrew plans for a data centre on Sydney's Lower North Shore, amid uproar from the local community.

Israeli authorities are investigating the suspected hijacking of a commercial plane bound for Tel Aviv. 

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If you were to mention the name Andy Griffiths to many Australian kids out there, chances are, their eyes would light up.

Deputy opposition leader Jane Hume has called for cuts to federal government spending in response to the Reserve Bank's decision to lift interest rates.

Pressure is mounting on the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what he knew and when in the lead up to the October 7 Hamas attacks.

US forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq on Wednesday, more than two decades after the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein.