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With Queensland renters desperate, calls for compassion from landlords are no substitute for housing policy

Governments are reluctant to intervene in the property market due to political risk but the calculation is changing

The Guardian - AU

Jewish groups blindsided by Labor’s reversal of recognition of West Jerusalem as Israeli capital

Prominent Jewish community leaders in Australia say Albanese government’s withdrawal of recognition ‘a gratuitous insult’ – but criticism is not universal

The Guardian - AU

NSW land tax bound for parliament inquiry

The NSW premier's plan for a land tax option for first homebuyers has hit a speed bump as the government tries to pass the bill before the March election.

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Australia needs an honest conversation about tax and budgets – and Jim Chalmers is ready to talk

Jim Chalmers is a wily operator. Ahead of delivering his first budget next Tuesday, he has given himself room to do the things a treasurer needs to do.

The Conversation

Coalition says plan to let New Zealanders vote gives them rights other temporary migrants ‘do not enjoy’

Shadow immigration minister also raises concerns about Labor ‘allowing New Zealand criminals to stay’ in wide-ranging speech before press club

The Guardian - AU

Labor looks for 'guarantee' on container terminal

The Opposition wants to ensure Port of Newcastle does not look for a "windfall gain" if the government removes an impediment to it developing a container terminal.

Newcastle Herald

NSW premier stands firm on dam wall rise

NSW is committed to raising the Warragamba Dam wall by 14 metres, with the premier saying it's the only long-term solution to floods and droughts.

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Following its Faustian pact to keep the stage-three tax cuts, Labor should stick with the fable and find salvation

Having made a deal with the devil, can the government leverage trust to seek a fresh mandate to preserve this vital part of our nation?

The Guardian - AU

Israel criticises Labor’s decision to drop recognition of West Jerusalem as capital

PM Yair Lapid says he’s ‘deeply disappointed’ in the ‘hasty’ foreign policy shift and has summoned Australia’s ambassador to explain

The Guardian - AU

Psychiatric telehealth services to return to rural and regional Australia

The service was cut late last year, but Labor made an election promise to restore it.

ABC News

Australia’s ambassador to be summoned after Jerusalem reversal – as it happened

Labor will reverse Coalition decision to recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: translator drought in flood zones, Russian war plane crashes, Truss tax plan axed

Tuesday: Shepparton’s multicultural community had to rely on a team of volunteers to help raise the alarm amid flooding. Plus: the ultimate guide to buying men’s underwear

The Guardian - AU

Melton residents share their hopes and concerns ahead of November's state election

Labor, the Coalition and independents are all hopeful of picking up seats in suburbs like Melton, where many residents say they've felt neglected by major parties for decades.

ABC News

University fees are poised to change – a new system needs to consider how much courses cost and what graduates can earn

One key change to universities under the Morrison government was the Job-ready Graduates program. Starting in 2021, this significantly increased student fees for humanities degrees, slashed them for nursing and teaching, and moved many other courses up and down.

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Paul Bongiorno: A bread-and-butter budget with no hundreds and thousands

Treasurer Jim Chalmers started it and Infrastructure Minister Catherine King joined the chorus telling us about “a bread-and-butter budget”.

The Guardian - AU

Greens warn attorney general could weaponise and release secret reports of anti-corruption body

Transparency advocates argue for lower threshold for public hearings as four-day inquiry into Nacc bill begins

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: voters split on whether Labor should ditch the stage-three tax cuts

Bare majority of respondents say Labor should stick with tax cuts despite changed economic situation – but most of those in favour stand to benefit

ABC News

Labor says it has not changed Scott Morrison's controversial recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Foreign Minister Penny Wong insists there has been "no change" to Australia's decision to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, despite the policy disappearing from her department's website.

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Paradise Dam funds guaranteed: Qld govt

The Queensland government says the federal Labor government has guaranteed $600 million in funding for the Paradise Dam promised by its coalition predecessor.

The Guardian - AU

Australia quietly drops recognition of West Jerusalem as capital of Israel

Exclusive: Former PM Scott Morrison’s decision to formally recognise West Jerusalem has now been reversed by Labor government

AAP

Foreign trains bring no savings: NSW Labor

NSW Labor has committed the state to building its own train, tram, bus and ferry fleets again, after multiple defects in overseas-built public transport.

AAP

PM rejects claims regions left behind

Anthony Albanese has hit back at opposition claims regional areas are being forgotten for infrastructure funding in the upcoming budget.

The Conversation

A new national plan aims to end violence against women and children 'in one generation'. Can it succeed?

The federal Labor government made delivering on its promises a core platform of the 2022 election campaign. On Monday, one key national policy was delivered – with the official launch of the next ten-year National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children (2022 to 2032).

ABC News

Sydney news: Fears for NSW's Moama Indigenous community as Victoria flood threat intensifies

MORNING BRIEFING: Residents from an Indigenous community on the NSW-Victorian border are being evacuated as the flood threat intensifies.

The Conversation

In sticking with tax cuts divorced from reality, Labor is left with a hard choice

The big question prior to Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivering the Albanese government’s first budget on October 26 has been whether it will seek to modify the “stage 3” tax cuts legislated by the Morrison government, with Labor’s support.

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