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RSL Australia warned over NSW clubs split

The boss of RSL Australia has backed turning pokies cashless in NSW as he points to flak his charity receives over confusion with clubs bearing the RSL brand.

AAP

Labor's pledge for west Sydney light rail

The 10-kilometre Parramatta Light Rail extension will be completed earlier than 2031, NSW Labor says as it targets a safe Liberal seat.

AAP

NSW Labor sues over Aldi bag donation

NSW Labor has sued its former lawyers for more than $1.6 million, alleging advice about a $100,000 donation delivered in a plastic Aldi bag was negligent.

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Unions NSW back cashless gaming cards

Unions NSW is the latest worker group to back cashless gaming cards as debate about problem gambling and money laundering rolls on before the state elections

AAP

Top minister backs national health remedy

An initiative by state leaders to strengthen GP access and other health systems through national reform has been welcomed by the federal government.

AAP

Unions NSW splits from Labor on cashless gaming to stop 'scourge on society'

In a rare move, the top union boss in NSW is siding with the Coalition government on major gambling reform, urging Labor not to play politics with the working class.

ABC News

Parramatta mayor to run for Labor

Labor has announced Parramatta Lord Mayor Donna Davis as one of two new candidates for key seats in the upcoming state election.

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The 'forgettables': 5 Australian prime ministers you may not know much about

The idea of a “forgotten prime minister” may seem laughable. For Australian historians, it is the governed rather than the governors who need rescuing “from the enormous condescension of posterity” as the English historian E. P. Thompson famously put it.

The Conversation

Labor targets Upper Hunter as key marginal seat

A boundary redraw has made Upper Hunter the third most marginal seat in NSW.

Newcastle Herald

Labor under renewed pressure to axe stage-three tax cuts as Australia’s budget woes mount

The party voted in support of tax cuts while in opposition and went to the election promising no changes to the policy

The Guardian - AU

The Albanese government has had a solid start. Now comes the hard part

Labor has grown in popularity since its election in May, and ticked off a number of campaign promises. But harder decisions await in 2023

The Guardian - AU

The honeymoon is over, baby

Anthony Albanese has made progress during his political honeymoon, but in 2023 he will have to show Australians why he was worth their vote.

The New Daily

The 15 biggest stories of 2022, as decided by ABC News readers

From Russia's invasion of Ukraine, to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, 2022 was filled with attention-grabbing headlines. Here's your top 15.

ABC News

The Ferguson Report: Australia won’t start next cold war until the subs arrive

The final Ferguson Report of 2022 predicts the fake news headlines of 2023 ... GOVERNMENT FINALLY ADMITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT The Albanese

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Paid ticketing for Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks to end if Labor wins 2023 election

The New South Wales opposition is promising to overturn an unpopular decision to charge admission to watch the Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks at some harbourside locations, arguing it's a "fundamental" experience that should be free.

AAP

NSW ALP promises fee-free Sydney fireworks

NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns has big plans for future New Year's Eve celebrations if his Labor party wins the state election in March.

Tribune News Service

Will labor strife led by pilots become the airline industry’s next big obstacle?

The big challenges of 2022 — COVID and inflation — posed no obstacle to travelers, but finding enough pilots slowed down the travel recovery.

The Canberra Times

'Rebuilt from the ground up': Govt urged to bail out national institutions

Two key cultural institutions face an uncertain future as Labor stalls on funding

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Young mother suffers miscarriage waiting 11 hours to access emergency department

Ambulances stuck waiting to unload patients as region's EDs struggle to cope.

AAP

Ex-Test cricketer to take on Labor in NSW

The NSW Liberals have turned to former left-arm Test quick Nathan Bracken to bowl over a two-term MP in the upcoming state election.

ABC News

Hobart AFL stadium business case released, seeking $240 million from federal government

The Tasmanian government reveals its business case it hopes will convince the federal government to shell out $240 million to help pay for a brand new stadium in Hobart, which will in part be modelled on a yet-to-be-finished project in New Zealand.

The New Daily

Australia-China talks under way, but relationship remains fraught and ripe to ‘explode’

The Australian foreign minister's visit to China has reignited hopes the two countries are on the road to patching up their relationship.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Liberal post-mortem urges party to address flight of female vote – but not by quotas

The Liberal Party’s review of its election rout has highlighted the party’s broad and deep problem with the female vote, but shied away from recommending quotas to elect more women.

Newcastle Herald

NSW Labor calls for action on Stockton $6.2m sand plan

'The way forward is there, everyone just needs to do their job,' says Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp.

ABC News

Liberals' election post-mortem blames COVID-19, scandals and faction warlords for loss

An internal Liberal Party review of the Coalition's devastating election defeat finds Scott Morrison was a decisive factor in the result, and recommends an overhaul of the party organisation to end factional infighting and improve candidate preselections.

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