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The Point Weekend Quiz
How well have you kept up with the week's stories? Take the quiz and find out.
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What the Hottest 100 tells us about the decline of Australian music
PM Albanese rocks band t-shirts and Arts Minister Tony Burke plays the guitar in his office. It would be a shame if they oversaw an unprecedented decline in Australian music.
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What the IMF actually said about Australia’s economy
Contrary to what some commentary has suggested, when the IMF put out its January update to the October World Economic Outlook this week, there was actually precious little in it about Australia.
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“Europe won’t be blackmailed”: Trump’s Greenland threat shakes NATO
European leaders have pushed back against Donald Trump’s tariffs threat, declaring they won’t be “blackmailed” into surrendering Greenland, as the future of NATO hangs by a thread.
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Federal Government passes new firearm, hate speech laws
The Federal Government has passed stronger gun laws, with support from the Greens and the crossbench. It also passed its hate speech laws at the eleventh hour with support from the Liberals
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Oxfam: Australian billionaires pocket $600,000 a day as inequality deepens
A major report by Oxfam released today has found that the average Australian billionaire increased their wealth by almost $600,000 a day over the past year, or more than $10.5 billion altogether.
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"Chaotic cruelty": Trump administration escalating violence at home and abroad
As US President Donald Trump threatens military intervention in Iran and ramps up rhetoric around “conquering” Greenland, experts are questioning whether it’s a sign of a “cornered animal” lashing out.
WHAT'S NEW
The Point Weekend Quiz
How well have you kept up with the week's stories? Take the quiz and find out.
WHAT'S NEW
QLD government accused of exploiting summer holiday lull to avoid scrutiny of contentious electoral laws bill
Queensland’s LNP government has been accused of exploiting the summer holiday lull to avoid scrutiny of a contentious bill, which would lift the state’s ban on developer donations to political parties and candidates.
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