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Tributes flow after former Labor leader Simon Crean dies, aged 74

Labor luminary, unionist-turned-politician and former leader Simon Crean has died at the age of 74 on Sunday.

The New Daily

Tributes flow after former Labor leader Simon Crean dies age 74

Crean, former opposition leader and ACTU president, died suddenly while overseas on Sunday

The Guardian - AU

Last refugee held on Nauru arrives in Australia

While offshore policy is being wound down, campaigners say ‘dark chapter’ will not end until last refugees leave PNG.

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Albanese says Russia should withdraw from Ukraine; Australia sanctions three MH17 culprits – as it happened

Australian prime minister says ‘it is Russia and its involvement that keeps this war going’

The Guardian - UK

Michael Pascoe: The Greens’ HAFF-witted bid to make a complete farce of housing policy

The Greens have forced the Albanese Government to immediately spend an extra $2 billion at the very sharpest end of the housing crisis.

The New Daily

The Greens’ class conflict strategy on housing is a risk to Labor – and renters have nothing to lose but their bonds

Anthony Albanese claims the ‘new Noalition’ is to blame for delaying the $10bn housing fund but Labor still needs to urgently solve the supply problem

The Guardian - AU

Ex-Labor minister Peter Garrett brands AUKUS submarine pact ‘riskiest decision’ any government has made

Former Labor cabinet minister and Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has again condemned Australia's security deal with the US and UK

The New Daily

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Barr says Greens 'naive' but Canavan bill is 'dead on arrival'

Meanwhile, the ACT Greens are defending their federal colleagues.

The Canberra Times

Afternoon Update: Queensland police violence defended; US Navy likely knew Titan sub imploded; and cheating to satisfy sexual kinks

Police commissioner Katarina Carroll defends officer’s actions as a ‘very effective use of force’

The Guardian - AU

Hunter nursing jobs facing axe were a COVID-19 measure: Coalition

The nursing positions were part of the "health army" amid COVID-19.

Newcastle Herald

Sydney public high schools to go co-ed in Labor shake-up as parents face tough choices

Inner west and south-west suburbs are first priority under state plans but change will come too late for some

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s attempt to enlist Meta to fight climate activists needs scrutiny – it’s all too likely to succeed

As the planet continues to heat, politicians will go to greater and greater lengths to suppress popular outrage

The Guardian - AU

Fadden candidates to be unveiled, as LNP target seat

Liberal leader Peter Dutton is campaigning in the seat of Fadden as the Australian Electoral Commission prepares the ballot draw for the by-election.

The New Daily

NSW push to stop climate protesters livestreaming on Facebook labelled ‘profoundly anti-democratic’

Premier Chris Minns claims climate activists such as Blockade Australia are endangering lives by streaming protest actions

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Grattan on Friday: Labor's 'Godfather' seeks deal on electoral reform – but some fear changes could disadvantage community candidates

Special Minister of State Don Farrell, who’s also minister for trade and tourism and the government’s deputy leader in the Senate, is a numbers man from way back.

The Guardian - AU

Labor under fire from crossbench over $1.5bn stake in Middle Arm industrial precinct

Zali Steggall and David Pocock take aim at government over support of development on Darwin habour which will benefit gas industry

The Guardian - AU

Labor under pressure to freeze rents as Greens and Coalition back inquiry into housing crisis

Greens urged to back government’s fund as advocates say housing is needed now and politicians need to ‘start taking action’

The Guardian - AU

NSW government accused of bowing to gambling lobby as cashless gaming trial delayed

Trial for 500 poker machines won’t begin on 1 July as planned, with a panel to oversee it yet to be established

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The Guardian - AU

Greens and Coalition unite to refer bill to its own inquiry – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Transparency concerns as vast backlog of Australian MP expense claims unlikely to be cleared until mid-2024

Botched system upgrade has created a vast backlog of MP expense claims that will not be cleared for at least 12 months, documents reveal

The New Daily

Greens ‘want poverty’: Housing stakes rise and politics turns nasty

But as the costs of the government's delayed housing fund mount, the Parliament was reminiscent of a student council at times on Wednesday.

The New Daily

Politicians don their finest for Canberra’s night of nights, the Midwinter Ball

The PM will forgo State of Origin when he joins fellow MPs, journalists and the corporate elite for federal politics' night of nights.

The Guardian - AU

‘Too good to be true’: Key Greens demand for rent freeze rejected by Labor states

Party vows to keep pursuing rent caps after working with Coalition to delay vote on Albanese government’s housing fund

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: ‘Cause for hope’ in Titanic sub search; KFC hikes prices by up to 25%; and Taylor Swift tour info

US media reports cite government memos saying aircraft detected banging sound at 30-minute intervals

AAP

Long-sought abortion laws to remove access barriers

Western Australia will align with other jurisdictions by modernising its abortion laws for the first time in 25 years under a government bill before parliament.

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