Afternoon Update: Labor and Coalition strike gambling deal; fallout continues from Sydney Swans Melbourne incident; and restaurant of the year
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August 18, 2026
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Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.Good afternoon.The Labor party room has given the go-ahead to the gambling reform deal made with the Coalition, and plans to restrict gambling advertisements will pass into law later this week after three days of marathon parliamentary sittings.Sydney Swans coach ‘extremely disappointed’ as club faces call on standing down players linked to alleged sexual assaultAlleged victim tells Alan Jones’s barrister he was ‘groomed for 10 years’ and to ‘get real’ during combative cross-examinationAt least 113 BHP workers sexually harassed colleagues in a single year, mining company saysWhite House launches personal attack on CNN reporter over question to TrumpRalph Carr’s lawyer says rape verdict a ‘miscarriage of justice’ as entertainment figure faces legal hurdle over sentencing Continue reading...
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