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The US government shutdown is one step closer to ending. Here is what happens next

11 November 2025

A US Senate vote to approve funding legislation looks set to break a political stalemate that has sidelined federal workers, delayed food aid and significantly disrupted domestic air travel.

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Details of the soon-to-be replaced Arms Act, heading to select committee
	11 Nov: Details of the soon-to-be replaced Arms Act, heading to select committee... more

Details are expected a little later today of the highly anticipated rewrite of the Arms Act
	11 Nov: Details are expected a little later today of the highly anticipated rewrite of the Arms Act... more

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	11 Nov: Concerns housing developers are paying little attention to design and/or comfort... more

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	10 Nov: Unpaid federal workers are turning to food banks and draining their savings as the longest US government shutdown in history drags on.... more

New report calls on Queensland government to convert Brisbane 2032 athletes' village into social housing
	10 Nov: Homelessness advocates fear housing affordability and availability will fall short of the finish line come the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.... more

Christchurch rate-payers could be in for a nine-percent rates rise next year
	10 Nov: Christchurch rate-payers could be in for a nine-percent rates rise next year... more

Extraordinary and occasionally inept: before The Dismissal, the Whitlam government changed Australia forever
	10 Nov: With a bold reform agenda and occasional administrative chaos, Whitlam’s three-year government had, and continues to have, a profound effect on Australian life.... more

Former Children's Commissioner and five-term National MP Roger McClay has died aged 80
	10 Nov: Former Children's Commissioner and five-term National MP Roger McClay has died aged 80... more

Kiwis finances are giving them a headache - much more than during the pandemic
	9 Nov: Kiwis finances are giving them a headache - much more than during the pandemic... more

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