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Newcastle councillors unite to pressure state for Stockton fix

The council and state government have been in a stand-off over who should apply for the mining licence.

Newcastle Herald

Transport election promises are much smaller this time round in Victoria, but the quality control is no better

An election campaign can sometimes feel like Groundhog Day, but this Victorian election is genuinely different. While the major parties are still making plenty of transport promises, they’ve dialled them way down from the dizzy heights of 2018.

The Conversation

Vic power commission to go in constitution

A re-elected Labor government would enshrine a re-booted State Electricity Commission into the Victorian constitution, Premier Daniel Andrews has promised.

AAP

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Biggest US rail unions split on labor deal, raising odds of strike

Members of the nation’s two largest railway unions held conflicting votes on a key labor pact, muddying efforts by the Biden administration to avoid a strike when the labor peace agreement ends next month.

Tribune News Service

Simon Holmes à Court considers supporting up to 10 teals to shake up NSW election

Climate 200 is looking at ‘seven to 10’ seats in the state and has had discussions with groups in ‘most’ of them

The Guardian - AU

‘We are safe’: Matthew Guy seeks a reset in final days of Victorian election campaign

Opposition leader launches ‘real solutions plan’ to the Liberal party faithful after days of controversy

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese accuses Peter Dutton of ‘dog-whistling’ after attack on Cop27 climate damage fund

PM says opposition leader’s claim that climate aid is ‘giving away’ Australians’ money boosts re-election chances of independents and Greens over Liberals

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Victorian Liberals embarrassed by extremists within: how does this keep happening?

By rights, Victorians marking their ballot papers in the 2022 election this week should be casting judgment on the unprecedented emergency powers enforced during the COVID-19 crisis, while also evaluating the health, education and economic policies put forward in Australia’s second-most-populous state.

The Conversation

Morning Mail: World Cup opens with defeat for hosts, deadly US gay nightclub shooting, ‘historic’ climate deal

In today’s newsletter: Cop27 agrees ‘loss and damage’ fund, controversial World Cup under way, five killed in Colorado club

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Labor candidate Lauren O'Dwyer's Aboriginal heritage claim disputed by relative

A relative of Victorian Labor candidate Lauren O'Dwyer, who has described herself as a "proud Yorta Yorta woman" and is running in the seat of Richmond at Saturday's state election, says their family has no Indigenous ancestry.

ABC News

As Victorians head to the polls, will voters punish the major parties?

There are now just five days until the last day of voting in the Victorian state election.

The Conversation

Election promise on health procedures unlikely to be kept

Only half the promised funding has been allocated.

The Canberra Times

Wait for new Vic female premier drags on

Middle-aged white men lead Victoria's major parties as a decades-long wait goes on for an answer to Joan Kirner, the state's first and only female premier.

AAP

Voters in fast-growing suburbs have some of Melbourne’s worst access to services, analysis shows

Safe seats are more likely to lack social infrastructure such as libraries, childcare and sports facilities, researchers say

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View from The Hill: What Anthony Albanese wants from parliament for Christmas

With the Albanese government now at its six months mark and the end of the parliamentary year fast approaching, it’s tick-off time.

The New Daily

Election-night upset remains a possibility as Victorians head to the polls

As Saturday’s state election inches nearer, that is now suggesting a more complicated election than earlier polling suggested.

The Guardian - AU

Dominic Perrottet’s adviser to be quizzed about controversial trade appointment

Labor attempting to link saga to NSW premier, who was treasurer at the time of Stephen Cartwright’s appointment to senior trade job

The Guardian - AU

Daniel Andrews rejects ‘Americanisation’ of politics after MP’s controversial speech

MP Catherine Cumming under police investigation over speech at a protest in which she called for Victoria’s premier to be turned into ‘red mist’

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Labor and Liberals promise hundreds of millions in funding as more controversy strikes campaign trail

The Victorian Liberal Party is standing by a candidate who has apologised for his comments on treaty and abortion, as the parties fill their last week of campaigning with more pledges.

AAP

NSW Labor wants to ban phones in schools

The school mobile phone ban in NSW will extend to high school students if the Labor Party is elected in March.

ABC News

Daniel Andrews's legacy could be immortalised in bronze, but there's a tightening Victorian election to win first

Victoria's Labor premier is fighting for a third term in office after an extraordinary four years that saw him become one of the most recognisable — and controversial — faces in Australia. Will he be able to pull it off?

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Labor loses ‘Matthew Guy’ Facebook page after using it for $115,000 worth of attack ads

The party has spent three times more than the Liberals on political advertising on the platform

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s not tokenism’: why these young candidates are contesting the Victorian election

They face questions about their experience but these would-be MPs are adamant they’re seeking proper representation

The Guardian - AU

CSIRO chief’s exit offers Labor rare opportunity to alter direction of Australia’s science agency

New chief executive will have their work cut out for them after what some scientists call ‘painful’ change under Larry Marshall

AAP

Vic Libs deny knowing candidate's links

The state director of the Victorian Liberal Party says he was not aware of a candidate's link to the City Builders Church when she was pre-selected.

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