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Brisbane flight paths to be redone after years of noise complaints, LNP says

The review, announced after the release of a report that made dozens of recommendations on the issue, is expected to take 18 months to complete.

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Letters: The case for coal is a like an 'amoral drug dealer'

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Vic public service 'stack' claims probed

Victoria's independent watchdog will probe claims the state government has stacked the public service with Labor sympathisers.

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Coalition and Greens gain in post-budget Newspoll as an Ipsos poll gives Labor a large lead

This week’s Newspoll, conducted March 31 to April 3 – the days following the March 29 budget –from a sample of 1,531, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll, three weeks ago.

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PM, Labor hit the road in marginal seats

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is spruiking the government's economic credentials in Melbourne while his challenger is targeting marginal seats in Queensland.

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Lismore MP says federal government needs to ‘step up’ flood support – as it happened

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Letters: Invasion must trigger horrific memories

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Labor aims to stop home care fee rorts

A Labor government will put a cap on the administration and management fees of home care providers, as it continues its focus on the aged care sector.

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Aged care bodies and unions demand Coalition match Labor’s pledge to fund potential wage rises

Federal opposition says it will pay any increase ordered by Fair Work Commission but Coalition has stopped short of such a guarantee

The Guardian - AU

Tesla CEO Elon Musk 'Not Opposed' To Unionization If Workers Are Interested

Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to be more open to unionization than before according to US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.

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Labor ahead 54-46% in post-budget Newspoll, as Morrison rejects claims of racist tactics in his preselection fight

Labor’s two-party lead has been cut back slightly, to 54-46%, and its primary vote has fallen in the post-budget Newspoll. But Anthony Albanese would have a strong win if the latest poll were reproduced at the election.

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Labor still election favourites: Newspoll

The latest Newspoll shows voters back Labor to win the federal election.

AAP

Labor has no plans to increase taxes on Australians if elected, Jim Chalmers says

Shadow treasurer moves to make Labor policy crystal clear after Coalition seizes on ambiguity in Anthony Albanese’s comments

The Guardian - AU

PM and Albanese primed for poll showdown

Scott Morrison was in Tasmania just days out from firing the starting gun for the May election, while Anthony Albanese held a Labor rally in Brisbane.

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The Guardian - AU

Labor is careful not to write him off, but the pressure is all on Scott Morrison

The PM of 2019 could have won with this budget – he still can, but now he has three years of baggage to carry

Newcastle Herald

NSW Liberal's endorse City of Newcastle councillor Katrina Wark to contest Newcastle seat at election

A decision on the party's Newcastle candidate, facing the unenviable task of ousting incumbent Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon from an historically safe Labor seat, was expected Friday night and eventually arrived Saturday.

The Conversation

Labor's plans for aged care are targeted but fall short of what's needed

In his budget reply speech this week, opposition leader Anthony Albanese promised a plan to fix the “crisis in aged care”.

ABC News

Free substitute buses on Adelaide's Gawler train line as delays to electrification work revealed

South Australia's new Transport Minister says a commuter rail project originally promised to be finished in 2020 will now be completed in June.

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The Guardian - AU

Federal Liberals select nine election candidates in NSW seats despite legal challenge

Special committee including Scott Morrison and Dominic Perrottet chooses candidates for nine seats

Newcastle Herald

Election Diary: Libs get more mileage out of Hunter bypass

If Tuesday's budget announcement of $268 million for the Muswellbrook bypass sounded vaguely familiar, you're spot on.

The Guardian - AU

NSW protest bill leaves Labor wedged between a roadblock and a hard place

Sydney media’s reactionary momentum machine can help explain crackdown on climate activists

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s busiest state government goes into hibernation – not just isolation

Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy are in isolation – but that hasn’t made Victorian politics that much quieter

The Guardian - AU

Hell hath no fury like the last days of Australia’s 46th parliament

The derangements of party factionalism, the mean girls and bullyboys, were finally punctured by the gravitas of Volodymyr Zelenskiy via videolink

ABC News

NSW parliament passes new laws bringing harsher penalties on protesters

NSW's Attorney-General says the laws will target "anarchist protesters", but The Greens say they undermine the right to peaceful protest.

The Guardian - AU

Labor helps pass NSW bill targeting road-blocking protesters despite union opposition

New law, which brings in fines of up to $22,000 and up to two years in jail, passes on extra sitting day of parliament

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