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The Latest Breaking News from Anthony Albanese

More closure in Western Australia

A premier chooses when to depart, with potential federal implications

Inside Story

Australia politics live: universities boss says students don’t need to ‘worry’ about Hecs loans

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The Guardian - AU

‘Ropeable’: Treasurer says PwC partners will be named ‘in time’

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is "ropeable" about the PwC tax scandal and that the names of those involved will be made public "in time".

The New Daily

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Australian child pleads with prime minister to be rescued from Syrian detention camp

Exclusive: ‘I have spent half my life in a tent closed off by gates like a prison,’ says the child, who is under 10, in a voice message to Anthony Albanese

The Guardian - AU

PwC asked to hand over more information amid new investigation into leaking of tax information

PriceWaterHouse Coopers insists it will comply with a request to hand over information to the Tax Practitioners Board looking into the leaking of confidential treasury documents.

ABC News

Calvary takeover bill passes ACT's parliament

There was a fiery debate in the Assembly.

The Canberra Times

A sustainable Australia depends on what happens in our cities – that's why we need a national urban policy

Australia has not had a national urban policy since the Rudd government. A troika of Liberal PMs followed. Tony Abbott wasn’t interested. Malcolm Turnbull didn’t quite live up to the hype but delivered cross-governmental City Deals and the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program. Scott Morrison at best presided over a…

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Australian Parliament takes step toward holding a referendum on Indigenous Voice this year

Australia’s House of Representatives has voted overwhelming in favor of holding a referendum this year on creating a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament

The Independent UK

Australian universities barring Indians from certain States due to visa fraud: Australian envoy

Australian High Commissioner Barry O’Farrell said that the “uptick” in fraudulent applications had led to universities in Australia to bar applicants from six Indian States.

The Hindu

South Korea, Australia to strengthen defence ties

Australia and South Korea have agreed to strengthen bilateral ties on defence and other security-related issues.

The New Daily

Will Albanese live up to his own promises to end pork-barrelling? There is a sliver of hope

Like Kevin Rudd before him, Anthony Albanese is taking an odd approach to evidence.

The Conversation

Can Australia overcome its lithium conundrum?

With almost half the world’s lithium deposits sitting under our feet, the government wants Australia to be a bigger player in the battery game.

Crikey

Australians not racist if they don’t vote for Voice: PM

As federal parliament returns to debate a proposed constitutional alteration, Anthony Albanese says Australians who don't vote for the voice are not racist.

The New Daily

MP tells voice debate ‘it’s OK to vote no’ – as it happened

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Nats say No to Dutton

Nationals Leader David Littleproud does not and will not support Liberal Leader Peter Dutton’s claim the Voice will ‘re-racialise’ Australia, and Australians who rent pay nearly a third of their income to keep a roof over their heads.

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: Voice referendum debate too often involves racism and prejudice

Playing the race card to defeat the Voice invites condemnation – it is “simply unworthy of the alternative prime minister of this nation”.

The New Daily

‘I’m tired’: Rock star premier Mark McGowan bows out, leaving national politics changed

Mark McGowan resigned on Monday, unexpectedly ending the career of the frontman of the rock star premiers to emerge during COVID.

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‘Not about race’: Warning on Indigenous Voice debate becoming ‘racist’

Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan has warned against creating a racially charged debate over the Voice to Parliament.

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The Independent UK

PwC Australia sidelines 9 directors as leak of tax information investigated

The Australian branch of the PricewaterhouseCoopers consultancy network has ordered nine partners to go on leave while an inquiry examines the leaking of confidential Australian tax avoidance policy changes to corporate clients who could benefit from the information

The Conversation

WA Premier Mark McGowan quits in shock announcement, declaring he is 'exhausted'

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has announced he is quitting as premier and leaving parliament.

The Guardian - AU

PwC failing to name all 53 partners in tax leak scandal would amount to ‘coverup’, Labor senator says

Deborah O’Neill made the warning after the consulting firm claimed to have ‘ringfenced’ its government work

Crikey

Journalists couldn’t have told these important stories without freedom of information requests

From the Drumgold letter to the Dutton au pair controversy, here are some of the things you mightn’t have known without FOI.

The New Daily

PwC stands down nine partners amid widening tax scandal

Embattled consultancy firm PwC has stood down nine partners as its head issued a public apology over the widening tax advice scandal.

The New Daily

Albanese takes aim at Indigenous Voice ‘doomsdayers’

The Indigenous voice represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to unify Australia, Anthony Albanese will say in a speech on Monday.

ABC News

Anthony Albanese says No campaign is 'underestimating Australians' in lead-up to Voice referendum

Anthony Albanese will deliver the Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration in Adelaide on Monday night, using the speech to argue for the Yes campaign and contest arguments put up by opponents.

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