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Federal Labor's lead in Resolve poll drops from 'honeymoon' heights; Labor winning easily in Victoria

A Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted September 14-18 from a sample of 1,607, gave federal Labor 39% of the primary vote (down three since August), the Coalition 32% (up four), the Greens 10% (down two), One Nation 6% (up one), UAP 2% (steady), independents 8% (steady) and others 3%…

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Tasmanian government increases taxpayer funding lure to secure AFL licence

As AFL club presidents pore over documents to decide if Tasmania will win the 19th AFL licence, Premier Jeremy Rockliff increases the amount taxpayers will contribute, repeating his pitch that the "flow on effects" will benefit the state.

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Emissions from Australia’s oil and gas industry rose 20% in first five years of safeguard mechanism

Scale of rise prompts warning Australia will struggle to cut emissions if Labor revamp allows new coal and gas

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Integrity bill could be pushed into 2023

A Labor election promise to legislate a new anti-corruption body might not be fulfilled on time.

AAP

Labor urged to axe $1.9bn in ‘zombie’ fossil fuel subsidies promised by the Coalition

Exclusive: Morrison government announced support for coal and gas projects in ‘gas-fired recovery’ but didn’t formalise contracts, PBO analysis reveals

The Guardian - AU

Tasmanian opposition still unsure what to make of government's pokies limits

When Bass MP Janie Finlay was asked whether Labor supported the card-based scheme under which poker machine users would have to set bet limits before they start gambling, she appeared unsure of what to say and took advice before returning to answer the question.

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Liberal senator drafts cryptocurrency bill to regulate 'stablecoins' and China's digital yuan

The use of cryptocurrency is on the rise and its lack of regulation could threaten Australia's national security, according to Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, who has drafted a private member's bill pushing for tougher regulation.

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One Nation politician Mark Latham’s marriage ends in ‘unique circumstances’

One Nation politician Mark Latham has announced his 22-year marriage has ended in "rather unique circumstances".

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Asbestos 'cover up' at NSW school: inquiry

"Systemic failures" have been cited at an inquiry about a Sydney high school that was kept open despite asbestos being uncovered on site.

AAP

‘Near persistent’ natural disasters placing intense pressure on Australian defence force

Defence department told incoming Labor government more cost-effective ways were needed to respond to climate emergencies

The Guardian - AU

Action to keep law enforcement in line: MP

Labor MP Peter Khalil is seeking action to be taken against to ensure security and law enforcement agencies do not act outside the law during investigations.

AAP

NSW and SA end Covid mask mandate on public transport – as it happened

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Morning mail: preparations for Queen’s funeral, nearly half on jobseeker unable to work full time, Australia’s Cop bid

Monday: Anthony Albanese describes meeting with King Charles ahead of the Queen’s funeral as a ‘great honour’. Plus: can Qantas return to its former glory?

The Guardian - AU

Free carbon credits could threaten Australia’s emission reduction targets, Labor’s advisers warn

RepuTex says safeguard mechanism could hand free credits to big industrial polluters and lock in fossil fuel production

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Australia is pushing to host a Cop meeting – if successful it would be forced to ramp up climate action

Winning the 2024 climate talks could pressure Australia to rejoin the Green Climate Fund, increase its 2035 emissions target, and ditch new coal and gas developments

The Guardian - AU

As resistance grows to the fossil fuel regime, laws are springing up everywhere to suppress climate activists

Along with subsidising big polluters, governments are setting in place repressive anti-protest laws to protect them

ABC News

State Opposition vows to fund 500 new paramedics in rural New South Wales

Labor is vowing to fix rural and regional health in NSW, starting with hiring more paramedics.

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Labor doubles Coalition funding promise for Maroondah Hospital, to be renamed after Queen Elizabeth II in billion-dollar upgrade

The announcement comes just one day after a Coalition funding promise for the same hospital in Melbourne's east.

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The Guardian - AU

‘The real deal’: eight years in the red house, Jacqui Lambie still calls it as she sees it

The Tasmanian senator admits she was a wrecking ball when she first came to parliament, but Lambie 2022 is (mostly) not Lambie 2014

The Guardian - AU

From sex activist to progressive trailblazer: Fiona Patten’s remarkable rise to influence

The new wave of teal independents seeking to impact politics could learn a lot from Victoria’s ‘hardest working MP’

AAP

More paramedics part of NSW election pitch

NSW Labor has announced a plan for more paramedics in rural and regional areas as it begins wooing voters ahead of the March state election.

The Guardian - AU

Jacqui Lambie says major parties ‘killing’ Australia and blasts Labor over stage three tax cuts

Senator tells Festival of Dangerous Ideas the rise of the teals is ‘the breakthrough our country’s been waiting for’

The Guardian - AU

Are Australia’s whistleblowing laws fit for purpose? A former tax officer’s hearing may tell us

Richard Boyle will try to convince a court he should be protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act. If he fails, the calls for a legal overhaul of whistleblower protections will likely be overwhelming

The Guardian - AU

The pageantry of the royal succession has all but eliminated debate on an Australian republic

The full apparatus of the monarchy has been deployed to preserve itself – rousing nostalgia for an age when the world bowed to Britain

The Canberra Times

Push to erase ACT's historical housing debt gathers strength

The Chief Minister has again promised the millions spent on servicing the decades-old loan would be invested into "much-needed" social and affordable housing in the nation's capital.

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