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Gina Rinehart named Western Australian of the Year – as it happened

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Greens offer compromise on Labor’s stalled housing bill, scaling back demands

Party says they are willing to negotiate to pass housing bill through Senate, but Labor offers lukewarm response to compromise

The Guardian - AU

Palaszczuk pledges $500m for renewables as Labor sharpens pitch for 2024 state election

Premier suffered lowest approval rating on record in recent poll but message at Queensland Labor state conference was about unity

The Guardian - AU

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Crossbench welcomes Labor review of student loan ‘quirk’ that added hundreds to debts

Education minister stands by three-decade high indexation rate of 7.1% but acknowledges need for minor reforms amid backlash

The Guardian - AU

Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk steps up state investment in wind and solar

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has unveiled plans to greatly increase publicly owned wind and solar farms

The New Daily

‘Partial privatisation’: Waterloo South public housing tenants say NSW Labor misled residents

Having promised to end sell-offs before the election, Chris Minns’ government forced to defend development plans

The Guardian - AU

More than 8,000 single parents to be moved on to jobseeker before Labor’s welfare reform begins

Greens senator says it is ‘heartless’ not to make an interim provision for families until eligibility extends in September

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Get a housemate? It sounds silly, but might be the reality until Labor and the Greens can build some homes

Philip Lowe has become an easy target for struggling renters. But he can’t fix the housing crisis

The Guardian - AU

Education minister open to changes on how indexation applies to HECS-HELP debt

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has left the door open for changes to how HECS-HELP debts are paid back, including how indexation is applied to the original debt.

ABC News

WA Premier McGowan looking forward to ‘ordinary life’

Mark McGowan says he has no regrets about stepping down as premier and is looking forward to being "ordinary" as he arrived at work for his last day in the job.

The New Daily

Labor Is Backtracking On Promises To Protect LGBTQIA+ Ppl & Remind Me Why Albo Marched At Pride

And when the world needed Labor most, they vanished.

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Regional trainee, apprentice travel pass under review after Labor finds $250 card comes with $900 price tag

A travel card designed to ease cost-of-living burdens in regional NSW could be scrapped as a Labor minister says the money may be better allocated to road repairs.

ABC News

Ministers confirm Stockton Centre inspection in hunt for housing fix

The Stockton Centre closed as a residential disability centre in 2020 and has been dormant ever since.

Newcastle Herald

On his last day as WA premier, what decisions have shaped Mark McGowan's legacy?

The WA premier's handling of the pandemic inspired tattoos and even a cereal brand, but what else will people remember him for, and what issues remain unresolved?

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s online gambling regulation far behind global pack, advocates find

Exclusive: Analysis comes as parliamentary inquiry examines the harm caused by wagering

The Guardian - AU

Labor criticised for apparent ‘backtrack’ on stronger LGBTQ+ legal protections

Draft changes to party’s platform replace commitment to strengthen laws with ‘almost meaningless’ clause to ‘develop policy’, advocates say

The New Daily

On the climb back: Don’t count this leader out just yet

Is Queensland’s Annastacia Palaszczuk another premier who occupies a proud place in the gallery of those who must be damned and doomed?

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: the PwC scandal should be ripe for the National Anti-Corruption Commission's attention

By coincidence, the furore around the consultancy firm PwC is raging just as the National Anti-Corruption Commission is gearing up for its start of business on July 1.

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Newcastle Herald

'Cat meow': Labor's Jenny Aitchison says she heard sound from opposition bench

No MP has owned up to making the sound.

The Guardian - AU

Pressure grows on Albanese government to end native forest logging

Exclusive: Labor facing calls from 15 crossbenchers, as well as party insiders, to transition to plantation timber as part of reform to environmental laws

The New Daily

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto served fresh defamation notice by Moira Deeming

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto has been served with a fresh defamation threat by ousted MP Moira Deeming.

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Liberals gear up for byelection following the resignation of Warrandyte MP Ryan Smith

Potential candidates include opposition party’s federal vice-president and upper house MP Matt Bach as Labor considers whether to contest electorate

The Conversation

After 24 hours of drama, Roger Cook becomes the next premier of Western Australia

With the withdrawal of his principal challengers and the implicit endorsement from key factions within the Labor party, Roger Cook will become Western Australia’s 31st premier. We can expect final endorsement from the Labor caucus and a formal swearing-in from the WA governor in the coming days.

Reuters

Resource-rich Western Australia set to elect deputy premier as new leader

Australia's largest state by land area, resource-rich Western Australia, is set to elect deputy premier Roger Cook as its new leader after he secured the support of most legislators from his party.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition staffers took classified documents after election loss, Labor claims in Senate estimates

Labor’s Anne Urquhart tells estimates Services Australia investigated two staff in Linda Reynolds’ office for transferring data off government network

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