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16 August 2026

As melon-gate raged, Albanese quietly cut deals in parliament. The PM should make some noise this week | Josh Butler

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Source reporting: Guardian Australia Politics

As melon-gate raged, Albanese quietly cut deals in parliament. The PM should make some noise this week | Josh Butler

With gambling, the news bargaining incentive and NDIS reform all set to pass, the PM needs to get the focus off fruit and on to policy There’s much more important work to be done in this parliamentary week, with a logjam of long-awaited reform landing all at once. But beyond the immediate – disability, media, gambling harms, and a looming fight on immigration – it will give a glimpse into how the major parties plan to combat the rising populist rage from the right.

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