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Former federal Labor leader Bill Shorten to quit politics and become vice-chancellor of University of Canberra

Ex-union leader, who led ALP to two election defeats in 2016 and 2019, has announced upcoming retirement

The Guardian - AU

Australian government won’t back public views of special envoys on antisemitism and Islamophobia

Exclusive: Documents obtained by Guardian Australia reveal ‘all communications’ will be solely attributed to special envoy

The Guardian - AU

Dawn of a new era as fund returns to Aboriginal control

More than half a billion dollars in mining royalties from First Nations land has returned to Aboriginal control in a new fund to drive wealth and wellbeing.

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‘A symbol of our nation’: waratah among 20 more species added to Australia’s threatened wildlife list

The fresh listings bring the total number of endangered plants, animals and ecosystems to almost 2,250

The Guardian - AU

US, Australia not 'divvying up' Pacific policing

America is working with Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations to determine where it best fits into regional law enforcement, a top official says.

AAP

View from The Hill: ASIO chief seeks to dig out of the hole he’d made for himself

Mike Burgess is highly respected by both Labor and Liberal politicians. When they talk about him, they nearly always throw in praise, sometimes fulsome.

The Conversation

Asio chief says person who likes tweet supporting 7 October attacks on Israel could fail visa security test

In wake of Coalition criticism, Mike Burgess says support for Palestine not a problem but support for Hamas could rule out ability to come to Australia

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Former CFMEU official launches high court challenge over Albanese government law

Jade Ingham accuses state and federal Labor governments of ‘active treachery and class warfare’

The Guardian - AU

ASIO boss argues comments on Gaza visas 'distorted'

The ASIO director-general says his comments on the vetting process for people fleeing Gaza have been distorted, triggering a fresh round of political fighting.

AAP

Environment watchdog powers may be weakened to pass parliament, Albanese says

Labor urged not to water down ‘already weak proposal’ but PM confirms he is mulling whether to make new EPA ‘compliance only’ amid battle to pass bill

The Guardian - AU

John Howard ‘left of Albanese’ on gambling reform, Costello declares as Labor ditches watchdog

Chief advocate of the Alliance for Gambling Reform says government failed to deliver the late Peta Murphy’s three most important recommendations

The Guardian - AU

Wild weather across three states – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Truth telling or economic development? To deliver for Indigenous people, the government must do both

In August, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended the Garma Festival and announced the government’s new Indigenous policy direction. This agenda rises from the ashes of the Voice to Parliament referendum, almost a year after it was voted down.

The Conversation

'Terrible tragedy': PM mourns teen's death in custody

The federal government will not step in after a First Nations teenager died in WA custody, the prime minister confirmed after speaking to the state's premier.

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Albanese's approval rating slides in Newspoll

Newspoll puts Labor and the coalition neck-and-neck on a two-party-preferred basis while the prime minister's personal approval rating has slipped.

AAP

Wooing the west: Nationals look to hoodwink Bullwinkel

Both sides of politics are working to shore up support in Western Australia after it was seen as a crucial factor in Labor winning a majority government.

The Guardian - AU

Questions on gender and sex variations ‘too complex’ for census, social services minister Amanda Rishworth says

It’s the third explanation government ministers have given since last Sunday, while Coalition senator Andrew Bragg says questions are ‘reasonable’

AAP

Fight for gender question as Labor wants 'clear' census

LGBTQI groups are fighting for a gender identity census question to better capture their community but Labor has only committed to one on sexuality.

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The Guardian - AU

‘We don’t want all the fluffy stuff’: Pacific islands push Australia to take strong action on climate

Campaigners say there’s impatience about Australia’s reluctance to stop ‘opening, subsidising and exporting fossil fuels’

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Pacific Is Forum tweaks communique after China outburst

The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat has removed a reference affirming Taiwan's status in the organisation from a previously-published communique.

AAP

Pacific First Nations people sound alarm on climate

A coalition of environmental and First Nations groups condemned Australia's addiction to fossil fuels during this week's Pacific summit in Tonga.

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s spectacular census own goal hands Dutton a double victory

Government’s bungling has generated the damaging debate it wanted to avoid and shown it can be divisive too

The Guardian - AU

Pacific Islands Forum communique taken down after Chinese envoy calls Taiwan reference ‘unacceptable’

‘Visibly angry’ Qian Bo demands correction of Taiwan’s ‘development partner’ label despite its use for more than three decades

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: PM’s census backflip; Aboriginal teen dies in detention; and Kamala Harris’s radically normal interview

Also, Star Entertainment declared unsuitable to regain Sydney casino licence

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Tonga pulls off Pacific Islands Forum staging

There has been disagreements and plenty of tensions kept under the carpet but for the most part, the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga was a success.

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