Sacha Barbagat

This has been going on for years now.

And what remains to be seen, though, is how the voting public is going to respond to these policy announcements and whether they will help woo back voters from One Nation.

Pauline Hanson says, this policy is straight out of my playbook.

This is exactly how One Nation would play it.

She accused Taylor of having no vision for the future and that's why he's picking up One Nation's policies.

So let's see what the fallout or the potential benefits for the coalition are.

We'll have to keep an eye on it.

The dinner was a warmer moment after what sounds like a pretty tense day of talks.

Xi reportedly warned Trump that if Washington does not handle the Taiwan issue with extra caution, it could push the two superpowers into a, quote, very dangerous place.

Now, those talks are expected to continue today, but we did hear from US Secretary Marco Rubio, who is part of the delegation.

Now, he warned China against taking the self-governed territory by force, referencing Taiwan, saying it would be a terrible mistake.

And he also had this to say on Iran.

Staying overseas and rumblings are continuing within British government that a challenge on PM Sir Keir Starmer is imminent.

The fallout has partly been triggered by the controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, despite his links to Jeffrey Epstein, but also disastrous local election results last week, which saw Labor lose over 1,400 council seats across England.

Oh, back home, yes.

The New South Wales women have downed Queensland overnight to take out the 2026 State of Origin.

Yeah, the girls.

A couple of try-saving tackles saw the Blues finish up 14-10 in what was a very tight contest at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, and it earns the New South Wales girls their second Origin Shield in a row.

Queensland going for pride because that's always, you know, you always want to go out and play your best no matter what.

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