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>Bob Hawke was Australia's 23rd Prime Minister, from 11 March 1983 to 20 December 1991. With 8 years in office, he was the longest-serving Labor prime minister.

>Building on his success as trade union president, Hawke established consensus with unions and business to stabilise wage growth, improve the ability of business to compete in global markets and to deregulate the Australian economy and promote growth. ~National Archives

>The Hawke government oversaw one of the largest overhauls of Australia's political economy in its history. A defining feature of the Hawke term was the close co-operation between business, the government and trade unions via conferences such as the national economic summit, the tax summit and the accord. ~Wikipedia

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>An online photo book retailer has been fined nearly $40,000 for asking social media influencers to not disclose they had been paid to post a review on Instagram.

>The ACCC found that between August 2024 and September 2025, the company commissioned influencers to make reviews of its products online, and on 107 occasions, instructed those influencers not to disclose it compensated them with free PhotobookShop products worth between $50 and $400 for the review. ~Guardian

>Read a statement from an ACCC spokesperson here. And answers to ABC's questions from PhotobookShop here. ~ABC

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>Pro-cash advocates plan to have ATMs running hot and spitting out note after note as part of an ongoing fight to keep physical currency alive.

>The 2026 edition of Cash Out Day will be held on Tuesday, April 28, and one of its key voices argues it is another vital step to reinforcing that not everybody is happy to shift to digital or tap-and-go payment methods.

>Campaigners have used Cash Out Day to vote “no” to a cashless society, which is where they fear Australia is headed given the ongoing bank and ATM closures. ~7News

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>Ben Roberts-Smith has proclaimed his innocence and declared he will fight any allegation that he committed war crime murders in Afghanistan. The most decorated living Australian soldier has faced the cameras for the first time since his arrest at Sydney Airport, claiming it was a deliberate, sensational, and unnecessary spectacle.

The prime minister has been flying around Asia securing petrol, diesel, and jet fuel in return for Australian gas. ABC’s Alan Kohler explains how resource-rich Australia has become reliant on overseas fuel. ~ABC YouTube

>Australia has secured two fuel shipments under new powers that allow the federal government to underwrite the delivery of additional cargoes.

>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement during a trip to Malaysia, saying the 100 million litres of additional diesel would be sent to Australia from Brunei and South Korea.

>Mr Albanese said they were the first of "many expected shipments" to be secured under the new laws. ~ABC News

Source: ABC News >An 18-year-old man is in hospital after being attacked by a group with machetes at a shopping strip in Melbourne's south-east.

>Police say the victim was approached by approximately 12 people while sitting outside a business at Eaton Mall in Oakleigh about 7:45pm on Friday night, before a fight broke out.

>Police haven't found any of the offenders and are calling for information from the public.

Source:How the Iran war exposed Australia's energy mistakes

>When the Strait of Hormuz closed, global gas prices doubled seemingly overnight. As one of the world’s biggest gas exporters, the spike should have meant a big payday for Australia. Unfortunately, it hasn’t played out like that because Australia has a habit of locking in energy deals that look increasingly out of step with reality. Case in point: our long-term gas agreements with Japan. In an extremely volatile market, Australia continues to ship gas offshore at low, fixed rates, while Japan on-sells it at a profit. As domestic prices rise and supply tightens, the consequences of this not-so-great deal are landing at home. So how did one of the world’s largest gas exporters end up with so little flexibility?

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>Shocking video has emerged of a woman clinging to the bonnet of a moving car during an apparent road rage incident on the Gold Coast.

>Natalie Alice Shaw, 22, was pulling into a car park in July when she claimed another woman was driving the wrong way and blocking her vehicle.

>Security vision shows Shaw's red car eventually pulling into a drive-thru, where she was confronted by the woman, who tried to open her door.

>The woman then jumped onto the bonnet of the car before Shaw proceeded to drive out of the car park and onto Olsen Avenue in Molendinar, a busy main road with a 60km/h speed limit.

>The woman clung to the windscreen wipers, telling Shaw to "slow the f--- down" before eventually falling off the side. ~9News

The driver was disqualified from driving for six months.

Source: 10 News

>One Nation’s claim to the seat of Narungga has hit a snag weeks after the South Australian election.

>Uncounted ballot papers were discovered on Thursday, forcing a recount in the Yorke Peninsula seat, which One Nation’s Chantelle Thomas won by just 58 votes.

>More than 80 unopened papers have turned up, the state electoral commission has confirmed, offering a sliver of hope to the defeated Liberal candidate, Tania Stock.

>The commission had already done a recount on the knife-edge seat.

>Every candidate has now been notified a further count will be held on Friday, “to ensure the integrity of the Narungga result”, it said. ~Guardian