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Grattan on Friday: David Pocock has only just arrived in the Senate and now he's negotiating with the PM

He wouldn’t relish the comparison, but at the start of the Albanese government Senate crossbencher David Pocock finds himself with the sort of pivotal power independent Brian Harradine enjoyed during the early Howard years.

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Labor rams through bills before Christmas

The Senate will sit for two extra days and for longer to pass all the government's legislation before parliament rises for the final time this year.

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Six refugees become the first from Nauru to be resettled in New Zealand

The federal government confirms the first group of refugees to be resettled in New Zealand, from Australia's offshore processing centres, has landed in Auckland.

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Jacqui Lambie’s instinct is to blow the IR debate up while David Pocock is all ears – that’s why he is the kingmaker

Lambie has been quick to judge the workplace bill as a union power-grab but Pocock is accumulating ideas around his proposal to split the legislation

The Guardian - AU

Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock oppose Labor ‘rushing through’ workplace bill

Albanese government has agreed amendments to get business on board but independent senators won’t be bullied into passing omnibus legislation

The Guardian - AU

Government urged to split IR bill to help low-paid people now – as it happened

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How will Labor’s ‘rushed and confusing’ industrial relations bill affect the workplace?

A new bill aimed at ‘getting wages moving’ and achieving gender parity is facing opposition from crossbench senators. Why?

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Half of Australia hit by natural disasters

The scale of natural disasters hitting Australian communities has been revealed, affecting areas where more than 16 million people live.

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Pocock’s price for supporting Labor’s industrial relation reforms? $100 million

The Albanese government’s resolve to not buy Senate votes with debt relief could be tested this month after the independent senator’s request.

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Battle over corruption watchdog hearings

The proposal for a national anti-corruption commission has divided parliament, with the opposition and members of the cross bench poking holes in the model.

AAP

Majority of Australians back sound economic management over keeping promised tax cuts, survey suggests

Almost half of those polled support axing stage three cuts while one quarter thought they should be kept

The Guardian - AU

Dutton says ‘balance is right’ on Labor’s anti-corruption laws, clearing path for bill to pass

Liberal leader urges government to ignore criticism on threshold test for public hearings and says there is ‘no place for corrupt behaviour in public life’

The Guardian - AU

Australian soldier alleges torture survival course involved simulated child rape and left him with PTSD

The defence force’s alleged handling of the training course prompted a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission

The Guardian - AU

'I've been his boxing bag': What Jacquie Lambie really thinks about Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell

"My heart bleeds for all the Labor ministers that will go without a Micallef caricature"

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A trillion dollars-plus of budget blues

The Albanese government faces a tough time trying to balance the books ahead of its October budget, but at least sport will be a bright spot for the next couple of weeks.

The Guardian - AU

‘The real deal’: eight years in the red house, Jacqui Lambie still calls it as she sees it

The Tasmanian senator admits she was a wrecking ball when she first came to parliament, but Lambie 2022 is (mostly) not Lambie 2014

The Guardian - AU

Jacqui Lambie says major parties ‘killing’ Australia and blasts Labor over stage three tax cuts

Senator tells Festival of Dangerous Ideas the rise of the teals is ‘the breakthrough our country’s been waiting for’

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Guess Who’s Being Racist Without Consequence Again

Only three things in life are guaranteed: death, taxes and the malicious racism of Pauline Hanson. Unfortunately this time her vile spew wasn’t a solo act — Jacqui Lambie was right behind her holding her hair back.What inspired these two [REDACTED] to come out of their caves to tweet nonsense?…

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Jacqui Lambie walks back support for Pauline Hanson tweet as race row continues

After initially applauding Hanson’s attack on Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi, the Tasmanian senator has qualified her stance

AAP

Senators challenge the status quo

Labor senator Fatima Payman and Jacqui Lambie Network senator Tammy Tyrrell have used their first speeches to call for greater diversity in politics.

ABC News

New Tasmania senator Tammy Tyrrell vows to fight for 'normal' Australians in first speech to parliament

Crossbench senator Tammy Tyrrell says being a politician is "the strangest experience" as she vows to represent "normal people" in her first speech to parliament.

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GG urged to explain role in Morrison saga

Parliamentarians are questioning the governor-general’s role in Scott Morrison’s secret appointment to five additional portfolios while he was prime minister.

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Morrison defends GG against criticisms

Parliamentarians are questioning the governor-general's role in Scott Morrison's secret appointment to five additional portfolios while he was prime minister.

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Federal politicians react to Scott Morrison's secret ministerial appointments, Barnaby Joyce and David Littleproud defend former PM — as it happened

Scott Morrison says it was "necessary" for him to have additional powers while he was prime minister during the COVID-19 pandemic. Look back on how Wednesday unfolded.

AAP

'Fundamental issues' for veteran suicide

Defence and veteran suicide royal commission chairman Nick Kaldas says the backlog of compensation claims is unacceptable, with fundamental issues to be fixed.

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