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Factcheck: Peter Dutton says Labor has weakened Australia’s asylum policy. Is he right?

Opposition leader claims government has cut $600m from border enforcement and reduced surveillance flights. Budget numbers tell a more nuanced story

The Guardian - AU

Final spots on Labor's Newcastle council election team up in the air

Challenger Tahlia Kelso could still snag a spot in ward four.

Newcastle Herald

Selfies and signatures at Albo's rock star welcome to Newcastle

Newcastle rolled out the red carpet for the Prime Minister.

Newcastle Herald

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Albanese’s asylum policy is almost identical to the Coalition’s – Dutton’s attacks are manifesting a crisis

The opposition leader seems more than happy to will Operation Sovereign Borders to failure if it gets him closer to the Lodge

The Guardian - AU

Albanese signals Labor won’t negotiate with Greens on housing help-to-buy legislation

PM says government will put scheme to parliament without guaranteed support, as Greens housing spokesperson says scheme will make housing crisis ‘worse for 99.8% of renters’

The Guardian - AU

Western Australia boat arrivals: what are the current laws and policies on asylum seekers?

Both Labor and the Coalition support boat turnbacks, offshore detention and third-country resettlement. Are there any policy differences between the two major parties?

The Guardian - AU

Battle lines drawn ahead of Dunkley early voting

Peter Dutton has described the upcoming Dunkley by-election as a referendum on the government, while the prime minister dismissed attacks as a scare campaign.

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Asylum seekers taken to Nauru amid renewed political stoush over border arrivals

Move comes after second group found in Western Australia and believed to have arrived on same boat as group found 25km away on Friday

The Guardian - AU

Australia news live: Taylor Swift shows to go ahead at Sydney Olympic Park after no asbestos found – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

‘Feral horses don’t know state borders’: the push to protect Victoria’s Alpine national park

Native species are losing ground in Victoria’s Alpine park as the brumby population booms

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s sole Liberal government is floundering and Labor is faring even worse. Welcome to the Tasmanian election

It is likely the Liberals will be talking with crossbenchers in late March – as they have been for the past nine months

The Guardian - AU

More reforms are needed in justice system to address sexual violence: Paterson

The Labor backbencher has been given a new role.

The Canberra Times

Tax cuts aimed squarely at regions, PM declares

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Labor's revamped stage three tax cuts will largely benefit working Australians from the bush.

AAP

High profile candidates jostle for Tas election seats

Both familiar and new faces are throwing their hats into the ring in Tasmania's upcoming election as the issue of the Macquarie Stadium continues to dominate.

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Newcastle Herald

Winners and losers in Newcastle Labor council preselection results

Nuatali Nelmes is safe, but Carol Duncan has lost her spot.

Newcastle Herald

These 11 Hunter public schools are in line for a new preschool by 2027

The state government has promised to build 49 of its promised 100 new preschools in regional areas.

The Guardian - AU

A reelected Trump is Albanese’s elephant in the room, and a potential disaster for Australia

The old language at the bedrock of the alliance, effectively that Australia will blithely go ‘all the way with the USA’, is not only transparently shallow but condescending to Australians

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Chaos tipped for 'soap opera' Tasmanian election

Tasmanians are heading to the polls more than a year early, with both major parties unlikely to have enough support to form majority government.

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Federal politicians urge land council inquiry

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has called for an urgent inquiry into Indigenous Land Councils after the release of a damning audit.

The Canberra Times

Taylor Swift's reach is limitless. Even Aussie politics isn't immune

Think Swift's catalogue has nothing to do with politics? Think again.

Newcastle Herald

Day of reckoning in Newcastle Labor's bitter council power struggle

Saturday will show if Nuatali Nelmes has the support of members.

The Guardian - AU

Greens’ plan to axe tax concessions would see house prices fall, Max Chandler-Mather says

The party’s housing spokesperson says that while ‘big decreases’ are not desirable because of threat of negative equity, they see a 2.5% cut as ‘not much’

The Guardian - AU

Guest list, playlist and wedding dress: how Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon could celebrate their big day

Here’s everything we know about the prime minister’s upcoming wedding (and some informed speculation)

AAP

Queries over stadium costings after Liberal cap pledge

A re-elected Liberal government in Tasmania would cap spending on a contentious stadium linked to the state's deal for an AFL team, leader Jeremy Rockliff says.

The Guardian - AU

Australian PM Anthony Albanese supports vote calling on UK and US to free Julian Assange

Albanese and cabinet ministers among those to back parliamentary motion introduced by independent Andrew Wilkie

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