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Australia news LIVE: National Cabinet agrees only Australian citizens to be allowed guns; MP Luke Gosling steps aside as special envoy; Tributes flow for Dolly Parton

Sydney Morning Herald - National · 26 August 2026 at 4:53 pm

Australia news LIVE: National Cabinet agrees only Australian citizens to be allowed guns; MP Luke Gosling steps aside as special envoy; Tributes flow for Dolly Parton

Good morning and welcome to our national news live blog for Wednesday, August 26 .

Many Australians will be waking to the sad news that country music legend Dolly Parton has died , aged 80, as tributes to the Jolene and I Will Always Love You songwriter and 11-time Grammy winner pour in from around the world.

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