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Bid to ban new gas connections to homes to be launched by Victorian Greens

Greens bill being introduced to Victorian parliament would ban all new gas connections from 2025

The Guardian - AU

Freeports branded 'Brexit greenwash' as bidding process for two Scots zones closes

Two special trade zones will be introduced in Scotland - after five applications to the scheme were received - but not everyone backs the plan

The National (Scotland)

Labor steady, Coalition down, crossbench up: who’s who in the new Senate

The upper house results from the May federal election have been released, and Labor will need the support of 13 crossbenchers to pass legislation

The Guardian - AU

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First hijab-wearing woman elected for WA

Fatima Payman, a former refugee from Afghanistan, has claimed a Senate seat in WA for Labor as the Australian Electoral Commission finalises the vote count.

AAP

Fatima Payman claims sixth WA Senate seat for Labor as Michaelia Cash reinstated

Fatima Payman will become the first Muslim woman who wears a hijab to sit in Australia’s Parliament after claiming WA's sixth senate seat.

ABC News

Australia has a once in a lifetime opportunity to break the stranglehold fossil fuels have on our politics

In the wake of the Green and Teal wave that crashed through the federal parliament, attention has inevitably turned to what the new crossbenchers will say and do about climate policy.

The Conversation

Greens hit back at proposed power plan

Adam Bandt has labelled the Australian energy market "a broken system" after companies withheld power due to supply not being in their economic interest.

AAP

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Greens non-committal on Labor climate plan

Greens leader Adam Bandt says he will attempt to negotiate with Labor on its 2030 emissions reduction target despite the prime minister ruling out any changes.

AAP

Under-55s and higher educated voters propelled Labor to victory, study finds

Labor was more popular with women, ANU study finds, but difference ‘mostly due to a higher vote for the Greens’

The Guardian - AU

Nicola Sturgeon and Patrick Harvie accused of 'flagrant duplicity' after failing to turn up for crucial vote on free school meals

The First Minister and Scottish Green Party leader were more focused on an independence campaign launch.

Daily Record

Victorian Greens leader ousts party’s state convener over past comments about trans people

Parliamentary leader Samantha Ratnam says she acted under party rules to overturn the recent election of Linda Gale

The Guardian - AU

More Senate results: Hanson wins easily, but Labor still on track for a friendly Senate

Buttons have now been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the May 21 federal election in the Senate for South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. I discussed the ACT and NT results that elected David Pocock to the Senate on Tuesday.

The Conversation

Albanese government urged to end legal fight over power to deport Aboriginal people

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe calls on Labor to pull appeal launched by Morrison government, saying Indigenous people ‘cannot be aliens to this country’

The Guardian - AU

Edinburgh gender budget bid defeated as councillors 'struggle to understand it'

Gender budgeting is designed to promote greater equality in spending decisions, but a motion by Green councillor Alys Mumford was rejected, with one councillor admitting "we just don't really understand it well enough".

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Scotland independence vote could be held in 2023 as Nicola Sturgeon launches new referendum campaign

The SNP leader and First Minister says there is a 'mandate' for Scotland to hold a referendum on leaving the United Kingdom

The Guardian - AU

‘No alternative’: Greens MPs call for the party’s Victorian convener to resign

Newly elected convener Linda Gale co-authored a 2019 document described as ‘inconsistent with Greens values’

Newcastle Herald

Medicinal cannabis inquiry looks at driving exemption

Medicinal cannabis users face discrimination at roadside drug tests, compared to other prescription drug users.

ABC News

Medicinal cannabis driving inquiry hears measuring impairment is key, as NSW law change considered

A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry is debating whether motorists should be allowed to drive after using medicinal cannabis — but determining impairment is a big challenge.

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The Independent UK

Australia commits to reducing greenhouse emissions by 43%

Australia’s new government has formally committed to a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 43% by the end of the decade in fulfillment of a key election pledge

ABC News

Sydney news: Levels of violent crime involving a weapon stay low in NSW, despite Sydney gangland murders

MORNING BRIEFING: Crime statistics show murders, assaults and robberies involving a knife or firearm are lower than in almost any other year over the past two decades.

AAP

Final vote set to ban jumps racing in SA

The South Australian parliament is set to vote on the latest bid by the Greens to ban jumps racing.

AAP

Qld electricity prices raise questions

There are calls for an inquiry into Queensland's wholesale electricity prices, which are the highest in the nation and regularly hit record levels.

Daily Record

Scottish Greens accused of betraying children after rejecting universal free school meals

Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater's party claimed the plan could end up subsidising private school pupils.

The Guardian - AU

Greens senator questions viability of new party convener over past comments about trans people

Newly elected Victorian convener Linda Gale coauthored a 2019 document described as ‘inconsistent with Greens values’

The Guardian - AU

Brisbane to charge Airbnb hosts higher council rates to tackle housing availability

Landlords who rent out their entire property for longer than 60 days a year will pay 50% more in rates from July

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