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Cautious welcome for govt’s planned privacy law upgrade

The government’s planned upgrade of Australia’s privacy law has been backed by the national regulator and cautiously welcomed by advocates and the tech sector after years of debate. The government has agreed, at least in principle, to introduce new stricter requirements for handling personal information backed by new penalties and…

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Labor accused of double standards after excluding political parties from privacy crackdown

Albanese government plan draws criticism from Kate Chaney and David Pocock, who say voters want an end to data harvesting

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Credlin: Indigenous spend of $40bn pa ‘spot on’

Sky News Australia host Peta Credlin says Kamahl’s debunked claim that $40 billion a year is spent on Indigenous peoples is ‘spot on’, and Save the Children says 33 Australian women and children have been held illegally in a Syrian camp for four years.

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Bid to overrule drugs law slammed as 'stunt', as Lee kept in the dark

The move has been slammed as an 'assault on territory rights'.

The Canberra Times

A coup in Canberra as the Greens become the real opposition

The Greens took Labor to the overpriced woodshed in the six-month housing battle. But will the shift ultimately benefit the hard right?

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Morning Mail: Police officers let off over racist comments; catastrophic floods in Libya; Morocco quake death toll rises

Queensland police officers behind ‘sickening’ racist comments escape sanction; as many as 2,000 feared dead in Libyan city; the desperate wait for help in quake-hit parts of Morocco continues

The Guardian - AU

Coalition and employers back David Pocock over splitting contentious industrial relations bill

ACT senator wants to move forward with workers’ compensation for PTSD and banning discrimination against employees experiencing domestic violence

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Climate protesters to target Newcastle Harbour

November's harbour protest will be the third blockade in a decade.

Newcastle Herald

Bill would 'undermine' the ACT's independence, committee rules

The bill 'would undermine the independence' of the ACT legislature.

The Canberra Times

Too hot to handle: climate crisis report so secret Albanese government won’t even reveal date it was completed

Anthony Albanese continues to reject calls to make even a sanitised version of the assessment public

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s federal whistleblowing laws have not protected anyone since inception, analysis shows

Human Rights Law Centre says there has ‘not been a single successful case’ brought by a whistleblower under federal laws designed to protect those who speak out

The Guardian - AU

'The world has changed': why Anthony Albanese must up the ante on climate policy at Labor's national conference

Party members, unions and politicians will meet in Brisbane on Thursday when Labor’s national conference begins. The event is where Labor’s federal policy direction is hashed out. This year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be under pressure from within the party to boost Labor’s action on climate change.

The Conversation

'The cusp of viable': The change Canberra must make to get big concerts back to the city

The ACT government is planning a new arena, but it may be too small.

The Canberra Times

'Hiding behind secrecy': crossbenchers slam Labor over climate risk report

They want an unclassified version of the report.

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Opposition to launch further attempt to disallow plan after defeat – as it happened

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Labor faces push to triple number of NT and ACT senators and give territorians a bigger say in referendums

Exclusive: Under national conference proposal, the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory would have six senators

The Canberra Times

'A great idea': NCA, ACT government weigh into Parkes Way tunnel vision

The government is investigating options to upgrade Parkes Way.

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We want politicians to think of young people, not themselves, over climate crises

Anjali Sharma, a young climate activist, says it’s the health and well-being of current and future generations that should be front and centre.

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Don't let me down: Why Paul McCartney snubbed Canberra

The Beatles legend is the latest to skip Canberra, but is the end in sight?

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: ‘Looted’ art returns to Cambodia, consultant advises on consultants, Brazil crash out of Cup

Cambodia hails decision to hand back priceless bronzes from ancient civilisation, and federal finance department pays $32,000 for advice on advisers

The Guardian - AU

NT chief minister accuses ‘teals and trolls’ of trying to shut down Middle Arm development

Natasha Fyles tells National Press Club that Northern Territory is ‘not for turning’ on the project

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Care for kids: David Pocock

Independent Senator David Pocock wants young people’s health and well-being to be an integral part of any Australian fossil fuel projects, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has ruled out supporting the $40 JobSeeker increase.

The Guardian - AU

Pocock seeks to impose duty of care on Australian government over climate harm

Senator’s bill calls for new conditions in Climate Change Act to influence decision-making on projects that could raise greenhouse gas emissions

The Guardian - AU

Morrison government struck secret deal to pay PNG to take refugees and asylum seekers

Exclusive: Australian government is refusing to say how much it is giving Papua New Guinea under the agreement

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Jim Chalmers: can you dig it?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will tell a mining conference today that we don’t need to choose between mining and renewable energy, and independent MP for Kooyong Monique Ryan has claimed 27 business class flights worth $28,000 in her first year in Parliament.

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