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'Kicking the can down the road': future of Monash Drive still undecided

It was gazetted in 1956, but there has been no action to build it.

The Canberra Times

My 3-point plan to untangle the public service from consultants such as PwC

This week the Albanese government produced a detailed breakdown of the A$3 billion it plans to save over four years by cutting the use of outsourced labour and consultants.

The Conversation

Govt 'in breach' of power-sharing agreement, backbencher says

The breach was due to not meeting housing targets, Davis said.

The Canberra Times

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Peek at past worthy of motivating every Matildas fan for World Cup

It set the scene for the start of the World Cup.

Newcastle Herald

Greens push to crack down on political donors winning government contracts

Exclusive: Senator Larissa Waters says move would bar firms that donated in the past 12 months from receiving commonwealth grants

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: We see a great deal of the Albanese government, but we don't know much about what goes on behind the scenes

Andrew Leigh won’t have made himself many friends in Labor with his attack this week on the stifling power of the party’s factions.

The Conversation

Labor to consider ways to protect ABC and SBS from future funding threats

Michelle Rowland says review into security of national broadcasters will consider options to support their independence

The Guardian - AU

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Defence department ‘stonewalled’ FoI requests on politicians’ use of RAAF VIP jet fleet, says Greens

Morrison government stopped releasing reports on MPs’ use of business jet fleet in 2021, citing unspecified security concerns

The Guardian - AU

Ghassan Hage is one of Australia's most significant intellectuals. He's still on a quest for a multicultural society that hopes and cares

It is 50 years – two generations – since then Immigration Minister Al Grassby launched the idea of a multicultural Australia at a Melbourne conference in 1973. Ghassan Hage, Professor in Anthropology and Social Theory at the University of Melbourne, and currently visiting scholar at the prestigious Max Planck Institute…

The Conversation

Labor legend to be honoured for lifetime of service

A state service will be held for a giant of Australia's labour movement, as politicians from both sides pay tribute to former Labor leader Simon Crean.

AAP

Labor faces internal fight over native forest logging despite emissions pledge

Labor’s Environment Action Network says draft national platform ‘very, very weak’ on opposing native forest logging and land clearing

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberal plan to generate carbon credits by ending logging in state forests snubbed by federal Labor

Exclusive: State ministers touted ‘significant carbon abatement’ plus benefits for threatened species and regional economies

The Guardian - AU

Word from The Hill: On ditching the Commonwealth Games, the Voice pamphlet, Labor's factions

As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team.

The Conversation

High-level talks amid tensions over security pact

Two of Australia's most senior ministers will meet with their US counterparts as the Albanese government faces calls to withdraw from a major security pact.

AAP

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The Guardian - AU

Governor general planned to tell Queen about controversial charity awarded $18m grant under Coalition

Documents reveal new details about David Hurley’s support for the Australian Future Leaders Foundation, which won funding under Scott Morrison’s government

AAP

There's a fraction too much faction in Labor: minister

Assistant Minister Andrew Leigh says Labor needs to be more accommodating to members who do not want to be aligned to well-entrenched factions.

The Guardian - AU

Labor eyeing changes to ‘punitive’ mutual obligations for jobseekers, draft party platform suggests

Commitment to review welfare rules for unemployed people has lifted expectations the government will axe requirements such as work for the dole

The Conversation

Andrew Leigh calls out how Labor's factional 'duopoly' is undermining the party

Andrew Leigh, an assistant minister in the Albanese government, has launched a swingeing attack on the stranglehold the factional “duopoly” has on the Labor Party.

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The Guardian - US

Why progressives like AOC are right to boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog

For Democratic leaders like Joe Biden, Herzog embodies the good Israel. Unfortunately, they are wrong

The Guardian - AU

Is Labor cooking up a ‘ministry of truth?’ No, it’s just an opposition scare campaign – with a side of hypocrisy

The Coalition now opposes the type of social media regulation it supported in government – and its about-face is aimed at fuelling the campaigning journalism of Labor’s critics

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: sport organisations condemn Commonwealth Games axing; Rome braces for record heat; and 2007 iPhone sells for $279,000

Premier Daniel Andrews has cited a cost blowout to $7bn as the main reason for pulling the event

The Conversation

Labor gains in Newspoll 2PP despite primary slide; LNP wins Fadden byelection easily

A federal Newspoll, conducted July 12–15 from a sample of 1,570, gave Labor a 55–45 lead after preferences, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Newspoll figures are from The Poll Bludger.

Newcastle Herald

Glencore's hard decisions a growing shadow over region

The Hunter's biggest coal miner has a massive dilemma.

AAP

By-election, polling show federal Labor under pressure

Newspoll shows Labor's primary vote is at its lowest level since the election, with the coalition also losing ground but quietly confident.

The Guardian - AU

‘Data doesn’t support this’: violent NSW knife crimes at a 20-year low as new penalties take effect

High-profile stabbings have led the new Labor government to get tough on knives, but statistics tell a different story

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