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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.

Newcastle Herald

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”.

The Conversation

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.

ABC News

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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

The Guardian - AU

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.

Newcastle Herald

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

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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

The Guardian - AU

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.

ABC News

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

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberals still without candidates in key seats, court challenge continues

As the federal election closes in, a brutal New South Wales Liberal Party pre-selection brawl appears set to continue, after a judge said he would not rule on a crucial court case today.

ABC News

Coalition axes $1.3bn armed drone program and redirects funds to cybersecurity

Senate estimates hears SkyGuardian cancelled to support Redspice program, and Port of Darwin review still a ‘live process’

The Guardian - AU

NSW passes law to stop traffic blockades

Protesters in NSW could face up to two years in prison for blocking roads and other facilities under new laws critics have called "draconian" and "shameful".

AAP

SA Premier Peter Malinauskas sacks department CEOs to deliver 'very substantial mandate'

South Australia's new Labor government axes four senior bureaucrats appointed by the former Liberal government — including the head of SA Health — as incoming Premier Peter Malinauskas marks his own stamp on the public service.

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The Guardian - AU

NSW Labor MPs uneasy about party’s support for bill aimed at road-blocking protests

Suffragettes used to ‘chain themselves to Parliament House’, says one MP concerned by protest crackdown

AAP

Morrison challenges Labor over tax plans

The faux election campaign continues, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison taking Labor to task over tax plans and the opposition accusing him of wasting money.

AAP

Labor challenges Cash on FWC 'cronies'

Labor has accused the federal government of stacking a workplace tribunal with its "cronies", before it enters caretaker mode ahead of the federal election.

ABC News

Labor promises to have nurses in aged care homes at all times within year of winning election

Federal Labor has set a one-year deadline to have a registered nurse in every aged care facility at all times, if it wins the looming federal election.

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Child under five one of two COVID-related deaths in South Australia as notifications reduced for parents

Two people with COVID-19 die in South Australia, including a child under five years old. The state has recorded 5,134 new cases, a similar number to yesterday.

Newcastle Herald

Frydenberg, Albanese budget speeches in full

The government and opposition have laid out their budget pitches for next month's election.

The Conversation

Diplomacy is essential to a peaceful world, so why did DFAT's funding go backwards in the budget?

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia faces “its most difficult and dangerous security environment” since the second world war. Labor leader Anthony Albanese has made similar comments.

The Guardian - AU

Zali Steggall more likely to support Coalition in hung parliament if Scott Morrison dumped

Independent MP, who could hold balance of power, says she has ‘grave concerns’ over PM’s leadership and influence of the Nationals

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s renewables boom fading as investors lose confidence, energy council says

Clean Energy Council says Morrison government’s lack of ‘meaningful policies’ and leadership on climate could mark start of downturn

AAP

Qld extends CHO pandemic powers until Oct

Queensland's Labor government has extended the chief health officer's pandemic powers for six months, without Liberal National Party or crossbench support.

ABC News

Northern Territory businesses hope proposed port facilities at Darwin Harbour's Middle Arm could mean new jobs

The federal government is promising new "port facilities" to be built in Darwin, separate from the city's Chinese-leased port. Local industry is hoping it gets the go-ahead.

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