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Grattan on Friday: Election delivered bonanza of crossbenchers but what impact will they make?

David Pocock, the progressive independent who broke the Liberals’ stranglehold on one of the two ACT Senate seats, wouldn’t have expected to find himself allied with Pauline Hanson before even being sworn in.

The Conversation

John Barilaro steps away from controversial New York trade job

Former NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has stepped aside from his new trade role based in New York after intense scrutiny over the appointment.

Newcastle Herald

Labor starts national culture policy talks

Consultations on Australia's national cultural policy are set to begin, with a focus on conditions for workers in the sector high on the agenda.

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Emissions warning: calls to stop ‘skyrocketing’ land clearing in NSW

NSW Labor and others warn failure to bring land clearing under control is ‘unsustainable’ and threatens Coalition pledge to cut emissions by 2030

The Guardian - AU

Australia's temporary visa system is unfair, expensive, impractical and inconsistent. Here's how the new government could fix it

The election of the Albanese Labor government brings an opportunity to end one of the most detrimental elements of Australian refugee law and policy in the past decade: the use of temporary visas.

The Conversation

Morning mail: hospital recruitment failure, Albanese’s climate plea, row over Trump’s alleged car ‘lunge’

Thursday: A scheme to recruit an extra 2,000 doctors and nurses from abroad assisted just 24 people. Plus: record-breaking rainfall expected

The Guardian - AU

'Bedwetters' stopped Newcastle container terminal funding announcement: MP

Federal Nationals leader David Littleproud admits it was a mistake by the former Coalition government not to announce a $250million funding package for a Newcastle Container Terminal - but he insists that Labor now fund the project, which is considered essential for the Hunter's economic diversification.

Newcastle Herald

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Australians facing short-term downturns on their superannuation balances as retirement balances hit by share market turmoil

Australians have lost thousands of dollars on their superannuation savings over the past financial year. And in the coming months, with interest rates rising and share markets so volatile, retirement balances could take a bigger hit.

ABC News

AEMO calls for urgent investment in key projects to shore up electricity supply

More than $12 billion of investment in new transmission lines should begin "as urgently as possible" to ensure electricity supply is secure in the coming decade, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator.

ABC News

Pay rise won 'for those who kept us going'

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the new Labor government has fought for the minimum wage rise up to 2.8 million Australians will receive from July 1.

AAP

Emissions talks with crossbenchers under way as Bowen leaves door open to change

Chris Bowen stated Labor’s target of reducing emissions by 43 per cent was not capped – now acknowledging climate cuts may go deeper.

The New Daily

Labor-led Senate inquiry to call for axing of Liberal-dominated AAT

Mark Dreyfus ‘cannot have confidence’ in current make-up of Administrative Appeals Tribunal, but won’t be drawn on recommendation to scrap body

The Guardian - AU

Chris Bowen to announce review of carbon credits system after expert labelled it a ‘fraud’

Climate change minister says inquiry needed as carbon offset scheme is integral to target of 43% emissions reduction by 2030

The Guardian - AU

'Forgotten' renters hope recent federal election will turn the tide for housing policies

Rosie Wallis has been renting her entire adult life and, like many renters, she has felt neglected — politically — in a nation that tends to focus on home buyers.

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Newcastle Herald

Barilaro changed rules before taking $500,000 job

The chosen candidate for a plum overseas trade role was dumped after changes requested by then NSW deputy premier John Barilaro, who later took the job.

The Independent UK

Australia prioritizes reducing emissions and cheaper EVs

Australia’s new government is putting climate change at the top of its legislative agenda when Parliament sits next month for the first time since the May 21 election, with bills to enshrine a cut in greenhouse gas emissions and make electric cars cheaper

The Conversation

Does Labor have ‘total control’ in Western Australia?

Just before the Western Australian state election in March 2021, the then leader of the Liberal Party did an unusual thing. He conceded defeat – but then asked voters to stop premier Mark McGowan’s Labor Party from achieving “total control” of the state.

ABC News

AUKUS nuclear submarine plan to be revealed by March 2023

Australia's future nuclear submarine plans are expected to be unveiled early next year, with the government also looking to detail its moves to fix a looming capability gap.

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Future of Australia's Great Barrier Reef hangs in the balance

As experts gather at a UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world is facing an "ocean emergency". In Australia, the Great Barrier Reef recently suffered another mass bleaching event, just months after a UNESCO committee recommended the World Heritage Site be listed as…

Tribune News Service

Labor Department warning opens divide on crypto in 401(k) plans

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and investor advocates are ringing alarms over the idea of allowing cryptocurrency into 401(k) and other retirement plans, especially after a turbulent month that saw some projects implode and other cryptocurrencies go into free fall.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s 35 newly elected MPs head to ‘parliament school’

New MPs will hear from clerks, whips, former MPs, the outgoing speaker, the federal police and Asio on the inner workings of Parliament House

ABC News

Labor unveils 'clean slate policy' as part of last-minute tweak to controversial jobseeker reforms

Last-minute changes to Workforce Australia — the system replacing jobactive next week — have been made. Here's what you need to know about the 11th-hour changes.

Newcastle Herald

'Here to be a big voice for the Hunter:' Repacholi's day one in the House

Mr Repacholi told reporters that one of the big differences is that people at Parliament House are calling him "Mr Repacholi" now.

ABC News

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet discussed New York trade role with John Barilaro at a social function

Dominic Perrottet reveals that the former deputy premier John Barilaro told him informally that he wanted the plum US posting, an appointment which has since sparked a parliamentary inquiry.

The Conversation

Shifting from chaplains to secular student welfare officers can be divisive. Here's how schools can manage the risks

The new federal Labor government is ending the compulsory religious aspect of the A$60 million-a-year National School Chaplaincy Program. The change comes as newly released census data show only 44% of Australians now identify as Christian. The new rules will give Australian schools a fresh choice between a chaplain or…

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