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  1. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan says she will fight an impending leadership challenge after factional conveners met and agreed she had lost majority support in caucus. Her deputy Ben Carroll has declared he will challenge for the top job, setting off a contest that could take weeks to resolve, with…
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    Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is fighting a leadership coup justmonths before the state election, with deputy Ben Carroll formally challenging for the top job. The Labor caucus meets Tuesday for a spill vote as the government grapples with crime and infrastructure corruption allegations.
  2. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce the formation of the Office of AI that will operate in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Picture by Karleen Minney
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    Anthropic is hunting $15B in Australian data centre capacity tofuel its AI expansion. Meanwhile, Albanese's government launches an Office of AI, announces world-first artist copyright protections, and Australia claims its first space unicorn.
  3. An escalator malfunction was one of the few times Albanese appeared to lose control over events at Labor's national conference.
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    A blowout June jobs report has put a fourth interest rate risesquarely back on the table, and the dollar is climbing. Meanwhile, claims that crime gangs skimmed billions from Victoria's Big Build are sharpening calls for a royal commission.
  4. Labor strengthens its position on gambling reform, but stops short of backing a national regulator; Queensland prepares for a potential bird flu outbreak; Australia claims its first Commonwealth Games victory.
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    Donald Trump has hit Australia with a 12.5 percent tariff Canberracalls "nonsense," and shares slid. Labor's national conference is brawling over gambling, gas and AUKUS. And the cash rate is stuck at a cycle-high 4.35 percent, so mortgage pain is not going anywhere.
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