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MPs told they can claim expenses for Christmas parties

Expenses watchdog also reveals costs for festive decorations can be reimbursed

Wales Online

Liberal candidate Dean Young announced election grant for Tasmanian volleyball club he was involved with

A Tasmanian Liberal candidate announced a $100,000 taxpayer-funded election grant for a volleyball club he was involved with, the ABC can reveal, as the government faces growing allegations of pork-barrelling for funding promises made to sporting clubs and organisations.

ABC News

Victorian Labor slumps in Resolve poll but still in winning position; Labor failure on upper house reform comes back to bite

The Victorian state election is on Saturday with polls closing at 6pm AEDT. There are 88 single-member lower house seats with members elected by preferential voting, and 40 upper house seats in eight five-member electorates.

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Labor takes Melbourne council to court over removal of Victoria election campaign billboards

Exclusive: ‘Greens dominated’ Darebin council accused of ‘blatant political interference’ for removing signs in state seat of Northcote

The Guardian - AU

Sir Nick Clegg 'claimed £444,000' in expenses before joining Facebook

The amount was revealed after Lord Rennard, a Liberal Democrat peer, called for a 'proper review' of the public duty cost allowance on offer to former PMs

Wales Online

Labour would relax immigration rules to help business growth, Keir Starmer to say

Business leaders tell Rishi Sunak to ‘open his mind’ on lifting barriers to trade with EU

The Independent UK

Workplace law changes up in the air

The government is ferociously negotiating with Senate crossbenchers to pass its workplace relation legislation by Christmas despite concerns it's being rushed.

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Apec ends, MPs sharpen knives

With the Apec summit now over and the House of Representatives entering its final stretch, the political temperature is set to rise with a number of issues to be closely watched.

Bangkok Post

State pension triple lock 'utterly unaffordable' and will 'bankrupt UK', Tory MP declares

Sir Edward Leigh also suggested a social insurance model instead of the NHS, slammed people who are 'choosing not to work' and demanded small boat migrants are 'detained, arrested, dealt with quickly and deported'

Daily Mirror

Where are the government's workplace laws? Will they pass this year?

A report into the government's contentious workplace relations bill is set to be handed down today, likely to prompt a sense of which way two key Senate crossbenchers are leaning.

ABC News

Morning Mail: Java quake kills at least 162, Climate 200 looks at NSW teals, Iran footballers silent protest

In today’s newsletter: Indonesia is counting the cost of a magnitude-5.6 earthquake, Simon Holmes à Court signals support for independents in New South Wales election

The Guardian - AU

Malta proposes bill to ease EU's strictest anti-abortion law

Malta’s government has introduced legislation to ease the European Union’s strictest anti-abortion law and allow the procedure in cases where the mother’s life or health is at risk

The Independent UK

Transport election promises are much smaller this time round in Victoria, but the quality control is no better

An election campaign can sometimes feel like Groundhog Day, but this Victorian election is genuinely different. While the major parties are still making plenty of transport promises, they’ve dialled them way down from the dizzy heights of 2018.

The Conversation

Michael Gove accuses social landlords of ‘complacency’ after child’s death

Housing secretary says landlords have been ‘defensive’ over dangerous conditions, after death of Awaab Ishak

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Paul Bongiorno: Prepared for extra time, the Albanese government looks for a big finish to 2022

The Albanese government hasn’t wasted a moment since assuming office in May, much like the reforming Whitlam government of 50 years ago.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Brexit heresy in the government: reality begins to bite

Editorial: Controversial briefings to the press by senior government figures reflect a change in the zeitgeist

The Conversation

No, invoking the Emergencies Act isn't the same as using the notwithstanding clause

Some commentators are comparing the federal government’s use of emergency legislation to deal with the prolonged “freedom convoy” protests in Ottawa and the Ontario government’s decision, since abandoned, to invoke the notwithstanding clause to impose back-to-work legislation on education workers.

Liverpool Echo

Ian Byrne 'relieved and grateful' after winning crunch Labour selection vote

The sitting MP was narrowly reselected to be Labour's candidate after a controversial process

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Taoiseach says NI Secretary 'correct' to defer Stormont Election

He said an election in the midst of talks between the UK and EU would be 'polarising'

The Independent UK

Why are Jeremy Hunt’s capital gains tax changes causing panic among savers?

Chancellor halves tax-free allowance and will do so again next year, leaving financial advisers fielding calls from anxious clients worried about their investments

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Council Tax conundrum

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Monday, November 21, 2022

Daily Mirror

Labour warns BBC not to pull its breakfast TV slots just because Tories are too scared

Labour is demanding Keir Starmer's frontbench team still gets offered interviews after Rishi Sunak stopped his ministers making daily appearances on shows including BBC Breakfast and Radio 4's Today programme

The Independent UK

Tories will be ‘destroyed’ if they pursue ‘Swiss-style Brexit’, Nigel Farage claims

But Nigel Farage’s Reform UK outfit is nowhere to be seen in the polls or at elections

The Guardian - US

‘A little bit of deja vu’: Canada’s Greens turn to ex-leader in bid to revive fortunes

Elizabeth May, who led party between 2006 and 2019, to replace Annamie Paul, who quit following 2021 electoral rout

Daily Record

Wishaw MP says households in Lanarkshire facing shortfall due to Brexit

Those living in North Lanarkshire face a shortfall of £157 million according to MP Marion Fellows

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