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'We'd be getting it from both sides, which was horrendous': Australian political players on our brutal refugee policies

In September 2017, I interviewed a senior figure within the Australian Labor Party in his office in Canberra. At one point in our discussion he told me:

The Conversation

Debate to start on planning bill soon, as Labor and Greens agree

The opposition says the bill is "irresponsible and undemocratic".

The Canberra Times

Goliath News Corp is wounded but challenges remain

In one of the world’s most tightly held media industries, one smaller voice struck a blow for freedom of expression, writes Alexandra Wake

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Australia being unable to afford greater environmental protection is a government myth that refuses to die

Redirecting massive defence spending and implementing a windfalls gains tax in the 2023 federal budget could go a long way to saving our environment

The Guardian - AU

Labor boasts $9bn budget boost to childcare but advocates fear activity test will remain

The activity test, which reduces payments when one parent works less than 15 hours a week, would cost $1.3bn to abolishGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

The Guardian - AU

Conservative NSW parties will benefit from shunning of Mark Latham, experts say

Shooters party and potentially Liberal Democrats may have more influence in upper house as One Nation becomes marginalised

The Guardian - AU

Labor MPs condemn ‘discriminatory’ plan to increase jobseeker only for those over 55 in budget

Concerns growing that any changes to rental assistance will also fall along generational divides

The Guardian - AU

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Labor government pushes relaxed noise rules for Newcastle entertainment precinct

'We'll shortly be moving to implementation.'

Newcastle Herald

NSW government moves on election promise to make temporary public school teachers permanent

More than 1,000 temporary public school teachers are expected to be made permanent by term 3, in what the NSW government says is the first stage of its promised 10,000 conversions.

ABC News

Questions building over city's mounting budget blowouts

'On top of this, I believe there's been a failure to deliver supposed benefits.'

Newcastle Herald

Guardian Essential poll: Australians back jobseeker increase and look to budget for cost-of-living relief

Poll also suggests honeymoon glow has not worn off Anthony Albanese as support for Peter Dutton continues to slide

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government poised to increase jobseeker for people over 55

The $50 daily rate will rise at first only for people over 55 as ministers target cost of living relief at women and long-term unemployed

The Guardian - AU

Palmerston and Alice Springs urgent care clinics to open later this year, prime minister announces

On a quick visit to Darwin, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced two bulk-billed urgent care clinics will open in Palmerston and Alice Springs later this year to relieve pressure on the NT's struggling health system.

ABC News

Labor likely to quarantine big Hunter road projects from infrastructure project review

Infrastructure Minister Catherine King has announced a review of projects Labor regards as of questionable value.

Newcastle Herald

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: MasterChef judge’s death shocks industry; new AFL boss; and Mark Latham could be sued

The sudden passing away of the 46-year-old reality TV star, leaves production company and Network 10 ‘saddened at the sudden loss’

ABC News

Buses, ferries key to fixing Hobart AFL stadium transport dilemma, Liberals say

The Tasmanian government is planning for an expanded bus and ferry network to transport people to and from the proposed 23,000-seat stadium in Hobart's Macquarie Point and has firmly ruled out light rail — sparking calls of "broken promises" by Labor.

The Conversation

While the Voice has a large poll lead now, history of past referendums indicates it may struggle

Support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has dropped since the first polls that asked about it in late 2022. Analyst Kevin Bonham has plotted all the poll results, and the average Voice support is down from 65% in August 2022 to 57% now.

Reuters

Australia to reveal huge budget rebound, pledge restraint in response

Australia's Labor government is set to reveal a vast improvement in the budget bottom line next week as its coffers bulge with tax windfalls, yet the outlook will be a sober one as fiscal challenges loom large.

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The Guardian - AU

Generational crimes are being committed thick and fast. No wonder Australian kids don’t vote conservative

No one should be surprised that young people reject a status quo so manifestly stacked against them

The Guardian - AU

If Labor bulldozes ahead with NDIS cuts that hurt disabled people, we will fight against it

The disability community feels blindsided by the government’s announcement of a growth cap on the scheme. We need to be included in decisions that affect us

Newcastle Herald

Expectations of Hunter ministers are high

The wait for big ideas to turn into big-ticket items begins.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Student loan ‘scam’ targeted ‘poor kids’, Sudan fighting spreads, coronation oath row

Graduates say they’re still struggling to pay off debts racked up under a controversial 1990s scheme; food prices rise again

The New Daily

The Liberals are the fifth iteration of our main centre-right party. Could The Voice hasten a sixth?

Peter Dutton’s defensive posture of just appealing to "the base’" and trying to hold the Liberals together may prove the losing gambit.

The New Daily

Labor to review $120 billion infrastructure fund after massive blowout

Labor will order a review of road and rail projects promised in a $120 billion infrastructure program that has blown out under successive Coalition

The Conversation

The Liberals are the fifth iteration of Australia's main centre-right party. Could the Voice campaign hasten a sixth?

Party stability on the progressive side of politics, and repeated party reconfiguration on the conservative side of politics, is a marked contrast in the history of Australia’s two-party political system.

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