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Australia’s 100 wealthiest schools earned almost $4.8bn in 2021, data reveals

Exclusive: education department figures reveal the private schools received about $770m in government money amid a public schools funding shortfall

The Guardian - AU

Greens could sink Labor’s gas industry scheme over concerns it supports fossil fuel expansion

Exclusive: Adam Bandt says party cannot endorse $12 a gigajoule price cap due to exemptions allowing new ‘climate bomb’ gasfields

The Guardian - AU

Coalition and Greens unite to demand Labor release legal advice on indefinite detention court case

Push comes after home affairs minister said government was advised it would win legal challenge that instead saw 93 people released

The Guardian - AU

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Labor’s ‘draconian’ immigration detention conditions challenged in high court

Chinese refugee S151 has sparked the challenge, arguing his curfew and wearing of ankle bracelet is punishment

The Guardian - AU

Environment groups blast government's use of 'hypotheticals' in gas ban debate

Opposition says government never intended to support its legislation.

Newcastle Herald

Afternoon Update: Israel and Hamas agree to four-day ceasefire; ABC settles Bruce Lehrmann defamation case; and US Catholic priest marries teen

The ceasefire will include the release of 50 women and children hostages held in Gaza in return for 150 Palestinian women and children to be freed from Israeli jails

The Guardian - AU

Labor thought it could prevent release of 92 indefinite detainees by freeing one rapist, documents suggest

Exclusive: Despite confidence it would win landmark case, government considered ministerial intervention to free man who raped 10-year-old boy in order to stop mass release

The Guardian - AU

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Council boss Jeremy Bath named in Parliament as author of Scott Neylon letters

'It's undeniable that Mr Jeremy Bath ... is the author of the letters.'

Newcastle Herald

Albanese spruiks Labor achievements at term mid-point

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has marked the halfway point of Labor's current term in government with a rallying cry to the party faithful.

AAP

Battling on after supposedly ending the climate wars

Australia is positioning itself as a climate leader ahead of a Dubai summit which will judge the lack of progress since the Paris Agreement on global warming.

AAP

Labor and Coalition team up to retrospectively authorise ‘unlawful’ use of material gathered by Australian agency

Bill authorises previous uses of coercive powers, removing legal question mark that had dogged Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

The Guardian - AU

Soaring spectacle of air show over Newcastle set a high bar

'I congratulate you. It was excellent.'

Newcastle Herald

Rift widens between NSW and federal Labor as Chris Minns demands state’s ‘fair share’

Before national cabinet, premier waits for answers from Albanese government on protest policing and infrastructure funding

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Australia beat India to claim World Cup, Gaza hospital a ‘death zone’, troubling survey into child sexual abuse

Travis Head steers Australia to cricket World Cup triumph and the evacuation of Gaza’s largest hospital continues after Israeli raids

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Both sides of politics knew the indefinite detention regime was on shaky ground – and now taxpayers will pay

Peter Dutton can argue that where there’s a will to detain these people there must be a way. But the court said otherwise and there’ll likely be a hefty compensation bill

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Federal Labor barely ahead in latest polls; Victorian Labor takes a hit but holds Mulgrave at byelection

There have been three federal polls since my October 13 article on the federal Resolve poll that still had Labor far ahead. These polls show a tie in Morgan and two two-point Labor leads in YouGov and Essential. There has been a clear trend to the Coalition in polls conducted…

AAP

Labor keeps Mulgrave in Vic by-election despite swing

Labor appears on track to retain the Victorian seat of Mulgrave, previously held by former premier Daniel Andrews, but with a large swing against it.

The Guardian - AU

‘Draconian’ conditions come into effect for 93 foreigners released after being illegally detained by Australia

Labor says ‘significant number’ of released detainees were convicted of serious criminal offences as experts express concern over rushed bill

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The Guardian - AU

The week in parliament: political debate sinks to new lows as Scott Morrison begins hard relaunch

Labor MPs frustrated by lack of fight back, the Nationals get rowdy and Alex Hawke’s Photoshop fail

Newcastle Herald

Libs want radical redraw of Hunter election boundaries before 2025

All major parties say Muswellbrook should shift to New England.

AAP

Labor retains Mulgrave in Victorian by-election

Labor is on track to retain the Victorian seat of Mulgrave, previously held by former premier Daniel Andrews, but with a large swing against it.

The Guardian - AU

Dutton’s strongman persona matches our grim times – but has he fired up his opponents as well?

In times of social division, politicians can either lead or stoke the flames. The opposition leader has made his choice

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s emergency laws after immigration detention ruling may amount to ‘extrajudicial’ punishment

Legal experts say constitutional challenges to new laws are likely as Labor braces for possible compensation claims following high court decision

The Conversation

View from The Hill: as war rages in the Middle East, Australian parliamentarians try to promote understanding

In federal parliament, there are “friendship” groups for almost everything, from AUKUS to arthritis, and for many countries.

The Guardian - AU

Dutton push for ‘migration zones’ for people released from immigration detention rejected as ‘stuff of tyranny’

The opposition leader ‘cannot create an island of freedom from the constitution of Australia’, Human Rights Law Centre saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

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