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Tent Embassy representative takes aim at Uluru Statement from the Heart on Q+A

The Albanese government says it will implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but the move is challenged by a representative from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on Q+A.

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It Looks Like The New Govt Will Shake Up The Arts Environment Sectors W/ Some Big ‘Ol Changes

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‘We stand as equals’: Anthony Albanese asserts Labor’s republican agenda in speech marking Queen’s platinum jubilee

Prime minister says while Australia holds Queen Elizabeth in the highest regard, the bond between the UK and Australia has changed

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese government mugged by gas crisis as it faces challenge of managing expectations

Tony Burke reads a poem aloud every day and has a piano lesson once a week.

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SA state budget spends big on health, while Treasurer warns 'budget repair' is needed

South Australia's new Labor government is predicting a recovering national economy and booming property market will help it deliver key election promises in health and education, without driving up debt, taxes or cutting hard into the public sector.

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Ex-fire chief predicts Labor will strengthen 2030 climate target after meeting minister

Greg Mullins says Chris Bowen’s invitation to meet with experts is a ‘stark contrast’ to outgoing Coalition government

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Will things be better for LGBTIQ+ people under Labor? Here's what the new government has promised

Australia under Scott Morrison didn’t feel like a very safe place for LGBTIQ+ people.

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What is a house speaker? What do they do? Are they allowed to vote?

Now the new cabinet ministers have been sworn in, the federal election is largely done and dusted. But there's still a question mark over who will be sitting in the speaker's chair when parliament resumes next month.

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Ousted Victorian Liberal MP Bernie Finn to lead Democratic Labour Party

Finn now on crossbench after Liberals expelled him over Facebook post saying abortion should be banned even for rape survivors

The Guardian - AU

First seat formally declared after poll

Eden-Monaro in southern NSW has become the first seat to have its results formally declared by the Australian Electoral Commission after the federal election.

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Unions claim 'astounding' changes to ReturntoWorkSA injury insurance scheme to be rushed in on budget day

SA Unions says the state's new Labor government is trying to rush through legislation to make it more difficult for workers to claim compensation for multiple injuries caused by the same workplace incident.

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Labor flags push for republic in its sights but not in first term of government

The new federal government says the "twilight years" of Queen Elizabeth's reign are an appropriate time to reignite debate about Australia becoming a republic.

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Republic referendum second-term priority

Any referendum on Australia's future as a republic will not come before a second term of Labor government, assistant minister Matt Thistlethwaite says.

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Here's a scheme Labor should ditch in its bid to boost productivity. It's the 'patent box'

Australia’s new treasurer Jim Chalmers says his biggest priorities include boosting productivity and business investment.

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Labor backbenchers urge Albanese to ‘stay true to his values’ on Julian Assange trial

New prime minister says ‘not all foreign affairs is best done with a loud hailer’ when asked if he will intervene on behalf of the WikiLeaks cofounder

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Minister fuels up for gas price action

Energy Minister Chris Bowen is consulting with his state and territory counterparts about what levers can be pulled to ease burgeoning gas prices.

Newcastle Herald

Ministry position gives Pat Conroy a louder voice for the Hunter region

Politics is one thing, but the results of that wrangling are far more important to most voters.

ABC News

Albanese government restores abolished environment department but avoids major public service overhaul

The new government will also dilute the power of the massive Department of Home Affairs, but Anthony Albanese's initial shake-up is modest in scope.

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Morning mail: threatened species plans scrapped, Depp v Heard verdict, Sheryl Sandberg quits

Thursday: Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened animals, plants and habitat. Plus: jury finds in favour of Johnny Depp in defamation case

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How the 2022 federal election may finally signal an end to 'White Australia'

Despite years of critique, the Australian national parliament has been overwhelmingly white and male, unlike the country as a whole. But something changed at the 2022 election – most clearly around racism and sexism. How might this play out in the negotiations to come?

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Why big university surpluses underscore the need to reform how they are funded and governed

The election of a new Labor federal government probably drew sighs of relief across the higher education sector. University staff and students will be hoping for a more sympathetic approach than they received from the Coalition government.

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Families who pay out-of-pocket childcare costs to benefit from Labor's subsidies promise

Parents and guardians will benefit from Labor's promise to increase childcare subsidies and lift the household income threshold from July next year. But the sector is facing staff shortages and thousands of families are missing out.

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Australia's first two Muslim federal ministers sworn into office in historic moment

Labor MP Ed Husic said he "felt the weight of the moment" to be one of the first two Muslim ministers to be sworn into Federal Parliament.

The Guardian - AU

Disgruntled NSW Liberals lay blame for federal election rout

After preselection chaos, party is pointing fingers at the state executive, Alex Hawke, Scott Morrison – and Covid restrictions

The Guardian - AU

Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened species and habitats in one of its final acts

‘On what sort of planet does the commonwealth think they don’t need a recovery plan for a Tasmanian devil’, asks Wilderness Society

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