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"A major challenge": Support for Labor's energy policy

The Hunter Jobs Alliance has welcomed Labor's plan to create a $1 billion publicly-owned corporation to keep the lights on as the state makes the transition to clean energy.

Newcastle Herald

Back safeguard mechanism to ‘put climate wars behind us’, Labor urges Coalition and Greens – as it happened

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Barred from parliament but running for office: Gareth Ward’s campaign might be NSW election’s strangest

The suspended Kiama MP has been kicked out of the Liberal party and faces criminal charges – yet is ahead in the polls

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NSW Labor pledges $1bn state-owned investment company for renewable projects if elected

‘Privatisation does not work. It has been a disaster for New South Wales and under Labor it stops,’ leader Chris Minns says

The Guardian - AU

A bronze North Face jacket? Daniel Andrews sized up for statue after 3,000 days as premier

Andrews insists he hasn’t given any thought to the milestone, which was dreamed up by Jeff Kennett. But he would be just the fifth Victorian leader to reach it

The Guardian - AU

NSW Labor pledges $1 billion for new state-owned energy body if elected in March

The New South Wales opposition says the Energy Security Corporation would drive investment into renewables to ensure services "when the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn't blow".

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Perrottet deflects campaign woes, empowers pharmacists

Premier Dominic Perrottet says the mounting scandals engulfing his party are a matter for the organisation and he's focused on leading NSW to another term.

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NSW Labor launches $1 billion renewable energy plan

NSW Labor say a new state-owned corporation will be charged with keeping the lights on as the state transitions towards a clean energy future.

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Territory Labor, CLP announce Tiwi Islands candidates for NT's Arafura by-election after former member's sudden death

Labor is pushing to retain a seat in NT Parliament as the race for the huge remote electorate of Arafura gets underway ahead of the former member's funeral.

ABC News

'Never in the Hunter': Greens declare Newcastle off-limits to PEP-11 and demand other parties make their position clear

It appears PEP-11 is "no from the word 'go'", but the NSW Greens fear this 'zombie project' could rise again.

Newcastle Herald

Brittany Higgins wants inquiry to look into diary leak as Linda Reynolds makes ‘political hit job’ claim

Former Liberal staffer’s personal diary pages reported in the Australian, which also published fresh interview with Higgins’s former boss

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberals suspend MP; Burney urges ‘big fat yes’ voice vote – as it happened

Brittany Higgins cries foul over diary leak and Linda Reynolds says she was victim of ‘political hit job’

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Aston by-election race sees female line-up vying for Liberal pre-selection as Labor backs 'suburban mum' Mary Doyle

At least three highly-qualified women are vying for Liberal pre-selection to contest the marginal Victorian seat of Aston as the by-election race heats up in the wake of the resignation of former cabinet minister Alan Tudge.

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Linda Reynolds breaks two-year silence on Brittany Higgins scandal

Former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has broken her two-year silence, saying she has "a very different story" to tell about the Brittany Higgins rape

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Michael Pascoe: Labor spins a housing policy that does nowhere near enough

Labor’s successful election campaign including its housing policy was designed to just be a little better than Scott Morrison’s – a low bar.

The Guardian - AU

Out of the boardrooms and into the streets: is the Sydney Mardi Gras putting corporations before protest?

Despite the 1978 protest setting the scene for the evolution of Australian gay rights and one of the biggest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the world, some hold concerns corporates are edging out the activism that once lay at the heart of Mardi Gras

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Australia can’t blow another decade of climate action – it’s now up to Labor and the Greens

Key people are talking but there’s frustration in both camps. The weeks ahead will require maturity and dexterity

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Parties back on NSW campaign trail after missteps

The NSW government and Labor opposition will hope their election campaigns steady this weekend after both major parties misfired on Friday.

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The Lowe road – the RBA is treading a 'narrow path' between inflation and recession

It’s a tough time for central bankers the world over, but especially for Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe.

ABC News

Ben Dawkins to be expelled from WA Labor after admitting breaching family violence order

The man set to become the newest member of WA's Parliament now faces being booted from his own party, after pleading guilty to dozens of breaches of a family violence restraining order.

The Guardian - AU

Dutton’s views on Indigenous voice ‘not that far apart’ from referendum working group, key member says

Thomas Mayo says the opposition leader’s public statements at odds with views expressed to the working group at Thursday meeting

Newcastle Herald

Labor promises new high school for Huntlee

"A Labor government will deliver a high school for this community," the party's Upper Hunder candidate said.

ABC News

Terry Campese steps down as Labor's candidate for Monaro at NSW election

Terry Campese's decision comes after a media report revealed he visited a school friend convicted of drug dealing at Macquarie Correctional Centre last year to raise money for his charity.

ABC News

Bipartisan support pledged in New South Wales to ban gay conversion practices

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet pledges "in principle" support for the legislation, while Labor leader Chris Minns says there is no place for the "dangerous and damaging" practices.

AAP

Minns cycles on as NSW Liberal campaign gets wobbles

An ex-NRL star has withdrawn from Labor's NSW election team as the party leader shows pedal power, while a Liberal MP quit and a minister faces share questions.

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