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Get set to pay more at the GP as doctors warn bulk-billing system will collapse without major Medicare overhaul

GPs are warning that your days of finding a bulk-billing doctor could be numbered, with some arguing that without a major injection of Medicare funding they will be forced to charge patients hefty out-of-pocket fees.

ABC News

Labor doubles down on domestic manufacturing

The prime minister has made claims Australia must be more self-reliant.

The Canberra Times

War of words between NSW ministers proves a political distraction in Macquarie Street

Analysis: As questions are asked of Labor, David Elliott and Matt Kean were busy criticising each other

The Guardian - AU

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Britain’s Opposition Labor Party Demand Energy Price Cap Freeze

Britain's main opposition Labor Party called on Monday for the energy price cap to be frozen this autumn to help the public deal with another expected surge in fuel bills during the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. Labor leader Keir Starmer said his party, if in power, would cap energy…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Labor tells gas exporters to look after domestic market or risk 'social licence'

Labor warns gas companies on local crisis, but no big stick. Yet.

Newcastle Herald

Singleton councillors confirmed after void 2021 result sparked by-election

Singleton's elected councillors have been named after a by-election brought-on by a court ruling that the local government area's December 2021 poll was invalid.

Newcastle Herald

NSW Labor leader received complaints about Walt Secord’s behaviour before MP stood down

Chris Minns says colleagues raised concerns over weekend, after Secord apologised for ‘shortcomings’

The Guardian - AU

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NSW Labor MP steps down amid allegations

High-profile NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord is facing an investigation after standing aside from the shadow ministry amid allegations he bullied staff.

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NSW Labor Party frontbencher Walt Secord steps down amid bullying claims

The senior Labor frontbencher is the first politician to step down following the release of last week's Broderick review into parliament's culture.

ABC News

Morning mail: Afghan refugee visa limbo, Turnbull backs voice, Olivia Newton-John’s best

Monday: Today marks one year since the Taliban recaptured Kabul but some who fled the capital are stuck in a legal limbo. Plus: Salman Rushdie’s son says his ‘defiant sense of humour’ is intact

The Guardian - AU

Resources minister says 'astounding' level of coal in national power grid

Bob Hawes wants gas, Resources Minister Madeleine King questions coal

Newcastle Herald

Australia has a steep hill to climb on electric cars – but if ever there was a time, it’s now

Consumers say yes, the numbers add up, industry is largely on board and Labor has no policy hang-ups. This week could be the turning point

The Guardian - AU

Labor vows to prioritise Australian jobs as it eyes migration boost

Annual intake could potentially rise from 160,000 to up to 200,000 places as businesses cry out for skilled workers

The Guardian - AU

Release of NSW Broderick report into toxic culture was dehumanising, advocate for sexual assault survivors says

The release of the report into the workplace culture in NSW Parliament was "dehumanising" and "frustrating", former Liberal staffer and advocate for sexual assault survivors Dhanya Mani says.

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The Conversation

It's great education ministers agree the teacher shortage is a problem, but their new plan ignores the root causes

Last Friday, Australia’s state and federal education ministers met with emotional teachers, who spoke of working on weekends and Mothers’ Day to cope with unsustainable workloads – and how they were thinking about leaving the profession.

The Guardian - AU

Nationals leader says party must rebuild trust with women but rejects quotas

David Littleproud says regional Australians should be considered at Labor’s jobs summit as he outlines vision to party faithful

The Guardian - AU

Why is Peter Dutton ignoring all the lessons that got Anthony Albanese into the Lodge?

‘I’m not Morrison – but I’m still Dutton’ is not a strategy to fix the Coalition’s problems with women and urban professional voters

The Guardian - AU

OK boomer: the generational change that could shake up Victorian politics

Analysis: with Millennials and Gen Z outnumbering baby boomers, attention turns to the ‘youth vote’

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The Canberra Times

Canberra children being turned away from daycare

"It's gotten so bad that children are being turned away"

ABC News

Fewer than 120,000 people inhabit Kiribati yet they apparently hold $682m in Australian banks

Fewer than 120,000 people inhabit Kiribati and the median household income is about $12,000. Yet data released by the Australian Taxation Office reveals $682 million in Australian bank accounts belong to foreign tax residents from the tiny Pacific nation.

Los Angeles Times

Labor unions are hot, but their moment may not last

WASHINGTON — American labor leaders see this as a moment for radical change: Workers in Starbucks coffee shops and Amazon warehouses are rising up and demanding representation. Polls show millions more support unions or wish they had the chance to join them. President Biden, with majorities in both chambers of…

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Will 'teals' strike Liberals another blow in Victorian and NSW elections?

The federal Liberals are in a parlous state, after an election that was not just lost to Labor but where “teals” stripped them of a batch of traditional seats.

ABC News

The Northern Territory is 'considering' alternatives to spit hoods on kids in police custody, but won't say if they could be banned

It has been six months since the Northern Territory government promised to look at alternatives to using spit hoods on children in police custody. It still won't commit to banning them altogether.

The Guardian - AU

Labor to back new fossil fuel projects that ‘stack up’ economically and environmentally

Resources minister praises gas industry as ‘ally’ of renewable energy and says she will work with states and territories to encourage new supply

The Guardian - AU

Angry Victorians join a rush of new micro-parties eyeing a seat in the state’s parliament

Victorian Electoral Commission announces it has received five new applications by parties for upcoming state election

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