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The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Two-thirds polled in Dunkley back the stage-three tax cut changes despite cost-of-living attack ads

Byelection poll puts Labor ahead by a nose as rightwing campaign on Anthony Albanese’s ‘broken promises’ ramps up

The Guardian - AU

Breaking the ‘permanent casual’ oxymoron: will Labor’s new laws make a real difference for workers?

Experts say pathway to sick and holiday pay a ‘huge win’ for Australia’s 2.5 million casual workers but industry groups are not convinced

The Guardian - AU

Right to disconnect bill passes Senate but needs urgent fix to remove criminal penalties for employers

Labor will be forced to introduce special legislation after Coalition prevented last-minute amendments to fix the issue

The Guardian - AU

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Great Australian dream overtaken by reality: ex-premier

The only way to push down Sydney housing prices is to build more apartments, says an ex-premier who delights in sending photos of faded homes to the government.

AAP

Afternoon Update: Labor MP breaks ranks over Gaza; search for missing Ballarat woman; and Finnair asks passengers to step on the scales

Labor MP Josh Wilson condemns Israeli’s military campaign in the Middle East as ‘unconscionable’

The Guardian - AU

Light rail to Woden timeline will be public in time for election

Labor, Greens strike deal to release more detail before October 19.

The Canberra Times

Labor MP breaks ranks with party over Israel’s ‘unconscionable’ bombardment of Gaza

Josh Wilson tells Australian parliament besieged territory is ‘being bombed into rubble’ following Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of ceasefire proposal

The Guardian - AU

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Call to heritage-list Sydney colonial statues snubbed

A push to heritage-list Sydney's colonial statues has been voted down by NSW Labor and the Greens in a move described as being part of ongoing "culture wars".

AAP

Closing loopholes bill: the right to disconnect and five other changes coming to Australian workplaces

Laws agreed by Labor, Greens and David Pocock allows casuals to more easily apply to become permanent and may increase pay in gig economy

The Guardian - AU

'They'll never change': PM goes on attack over tax cuts

Anthony Albanese has launched a full-throated attack against the coalition after it loudly complained and then quickly capitulated over changes to tax cuts.

AAP

Principals join teachers’ union push for Albanese government to lift public school funding offer

Exclusive: Letter to prime minister demands federal government pay at least a quarter of public school funding cost

The Guardian - AU

All smiles as proud father introduces newborn to Senate

Labor's Raff Ciccone has become the first father to bring his baby into the Senate, in another significant step towards making parliament more family friendly.

AAP

ACT to review investments linked to West Bank settlements

The Assembly has also called for a humanitarian ceasefire.

The Canberra Times

Queensland’s youth crime response is fuelled by fear and anger, not facts

As the fatal stabbing of Vyleen White stokes debate, the Queensland government appears to have run out of politically viable kneejerk responses

The Guardian - AU

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The Guardian - AU

Senators reject Greens bill to insert climate trigger into environmental laws

Committee says safeguard mechanism will help cut emissions and ban on projects emitting more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 not needed

The Guardian - AU

Fiery debate as Labor accused of ‘trying to walk both sides of street’ on Israel-Gaza conflict

Greens say Israel’s actions ‘a slaughter’ and Labor says other parties trying to ‘divide our community’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Australians overcharged across industries; right to disconnect from work laws a near certainty; and what’s in household dust?

An inquiry into price gouging has found a lack of competition in key markets, including banks and supermarkets, is driving inflation

AAP

Taxpayer-funded MP trips in spotlight after $500k bill

Victorian MPs have been quizzed over the value of their taxpayer-funded travel after racking up a bill of almost $500,000 last financial year.

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The Guardian - AU

Right to disconnect from work laws set to pass Australian parliament after deals with crossbench

Adam Bandt says changes to industrial relations bill mean ‘when you clock off, you’ll be able to switch off’

The Guardian - AU

Labor MPs play down impact of Australia’s pause in funding for UNRWA in Gaza

Backbenchers tell constituents that it would not affect funding for the current year – but did not mention freeze on $6m in emergency top-up funding

AAP

NSW offshore drilling ban will be Australian first

NSW is shutting the door on offshore drilling and mining operations in its waters, sabotaging PEP-11 and other projects.

The Guardian - AU

Premature deaths of hundreds of homeless Australians ‘completely unacceptable’, housing minister says

Comments from Julie Collins come in response to Guardian Australia investigation and as advocates push for new ways to monitor crisis

The Canberra Times

Chief Minister says Greens' actions risk eroding public confidence

Andrew Barr criticises Greens' handling of Johnathan Davis allegations.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Coalition to back stage-three changes; boy charged with murder of Queensland grandmother; and man scales 55-storey Melbourne tower

Peter Dutton says the Coalition will not stand in the way of Labor’s stage-three tax cut changes

AAP

Low income earners to benefit from Medicare levy change

The minimum income threshold at which taxpayers incur a two per cent Medicare levy will be lifted under laws before the federal parliament.

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