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Getting Back Home: $20,000 grants extended to Broke residents devastated by July floods

Back Home grants are now available to some Hunter residents impacted by July floods.

Newcastle Herald

Political integrity is a question of tone — and that comes from the top down

A strong and capable culture of integrity requires a framework that is inclusive and inter-connected.

Crikey

Barnaby Joyce says Labor's 2022 primary vote was its lowest since 1910. Is that correct?

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says Labor's primary vote at the 2022 election was its lowest since 1910. Is…

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St John Ambulance NT calls for emergency medical rescue helicopter to service Alice Springs

St John Ambulance says its Alice Springs service would benefit from a dedicated medical helicopter after federal Labor’s $10 million…

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Labor says promises add $7.4b to budget

Federal Labor’s election promises will add $7.4 billion to the budget bottom line over the next four financial years.

Crikey

Be prepared: Labor’s $1.5b fund for medical manufacturing

Federal Labor has announced plans for yet another targeted industry fund, this time focused on medical manufacturing that aims to…

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Labor’s $1b ‘tech underwriter’ fund to help Australia’s quantum leap

Federal Labor has said its $1 billion commitment to develop and commercialise critical technologies will help to reverse Australia’s slide down…

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Labor earmarks $1b for advanced manufacturing investment fund

Federal Labor has unveiled another industry investment fund, this one targeted at advanced manufacturing and rebuilding Australia’s industrial base across…

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Coalition unveils policy to encourage older Australians to move into smaller homes

Pensioners, self-funded retirees and working older Australians are being offered new financial incentives to sell their family home earlier and…

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Labor promises almost $1 billion for Medicare and GPs if it wins federal election

Federal Labor is entering the election campaign home stretch armed with a promise of almost $1 billion in new Medicare…

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Labor commits $1b investment fund for critical technologies

Federal Labor will create a $1 billion Critical Technologies Fund to invest through loans, equity and guarantees in companies that…

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Labor pledges more money to protect Great Barrier Reef from climate change if elected

Federal Labor announces an additional $194 million over four years to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change if…

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Federal Labor and Liberal parties pledge additional funding for CIT accommodation, Canberra's Home of Football

If successful in the upcoming election, federal Labor promises $10 million for housing at-risk students and the federal Coalition pledges…

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Federal Labor to fund Medicare urgent care clinics in Darwin and Alice Springs if elected

Tanya Plibersek announces a Labor government would fund Medicare urgent care clinics in Darwin and Alice Springs as a plan…

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Labor ditches policy of adding superannuation to Commonwealth-funded parental leave

Federal Labor has ruled out paying superannuation on Commonwealth-funded parental leave, a policy it took to the 2019 election to…

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Labor announces 'shared-equity' scheme for homebuyers ahead of Federal Election

Federal Labor estimates its "shared-equity" scheme that it is announcing today could cut the cost of buying a new home…

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Federal Labor to continue funding housing across remote Northern Territory if elected

The commitment includes $100 million for immediate works on "urgent housing and essential infrastructure" in Northern Territory homelands, where a…

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Federal Labor pledges to scrap compulsory income management if it wins the election

Federal Labor will make the controversial basics card optional within the first term of government if it wins the election…

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Scott Morrison pushes back on claims the government bungled security relationship with Solomon Islands

The Prime Minister rejects accusations that the Coalition has bungled a key security relationship, after Solomon Islands shrugged off warnings…

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Labor leader Anthony Albanese promises a national integrity commission by Christmas if Labor win the federal election

Federal Labor promises a vote on a national integrity commission by the end of this year if it wins the…

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Labor's Murray-Darling Basin policy pledges more environmental water for SA, angering upstream states

Federal Labor is coming under fire from its own side of politics, with the Victorian government slapping down its Murray-Darling…

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Labor promises to have nurses in aged care homes at all times within year of winning election

Federal Labor has set a one-year deadline to have a registered nurse in every aged care facility at all times,…

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Albanese pledges Labor focus on tech industry jobs

Federal Labor has adopted the Technology Council of Australia’s target of increasing the number of Australians employed in tech-related jobs…

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Former federal Labor MP Craig Thomson arrested for allegedly breaching AVO, hours after facing court

Former federal Labor MP Craig Thomson is arrested on the NSW Central Coast for allegedly breaching an AVO just hours…

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Labor promises Qld manufacturing support

A federal Labor government will provide $22 million to boost advanced manufacturing in Townsville and North Queensland.

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