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Federal anti-corruption commission ruled out before election as government refuses to introduce bill

A national anti-corruption commission will not be established before the next federal election, with the government refusing to introduce draft legislation to Parliament unless Labor supports it.

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MP to cross floor on discrimination bill

Tasmanian MP Bridget Archer could cross the floor to vote against the federal government's long-awaited religious discrimination laws.

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ADF to support aged care sector as 46 Covid deaths nationally – as it happened

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As parliament returns for 2022, the religious discrimination bill is still an unholy mess

The religious discrimination bill is due to be debated in parliament this week. This has been a long time coming – Prime Minister Scott Morrison first promised a religious discrimination bill before the last federal election, more than three years ago.

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Ley gives Kurri power plant the green light

Ms Ley and Energy Minister Angus Taylor will be at the plant site outside Kurri Kurri on Monday to announce the approval.

Newcastle Herald

Rapid Covid tests to be tax deductible but Frydenberg says pandemic supports must end

Josh Frydenberg tries to shift the narrative to economics as Labor calls government ‘smoking ruin of division’

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Greens set climate terms for backing Labor in the case of a hung parliament after 2022 election

Leader Adam Bandt wants to set the terms of potential negotiations, should the Greens hold the balance of power in either the House of Representatives or the Senate, with an election due before the end of May.

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Federal government ends ABC funding freeze, accused of trying to neutralise political headache

The federal government ends a contentious decision to freeze millions of dollars of ABC funding as it pours billions of dollars into the national broadcaster over the next three years.

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Greens will help Labor's climate plan, with a caveat

Greens leader Adam Bandt said he wants to improve - not block - Labor's climate agenda.

Newcastle Herald

‘Reputation for telling lies’: Leaked Barnaby Joyce texts hit Scott Morrison where it hurts

Barnaby Joyce was not the first to call Scott Morrison a liar. Labor’s years-long effort to paint the PM as someone uneasy with the truth has stuck.

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‘We’re preparing for it to be bad’: Perrottet missing in action before NSW byelections

A large swing against Liberals may create ‘uncomfortable questions’ before the next state election

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South Australia records two COVID-19 deaths, as Labor accuses Premier of 'hijacking' case updates

As South Australia records two further COVID-linked deaths — both women in their 80s — the SA opposition accuses the Premier of "blatantly politicising" the pandemic by coupling project announcements with daily case updates.

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Barnaby Joyce pulls out of ABC’s Insiders as Labor says role as deputy PM ‘untenable’

Deputy PM replaced by Karen Andrews on Insiders as Labor leader says text calling Scott Morrison a liar not ‘just a flippant remark’

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Victoria reports 41 Covid deaths, Qld 21 and NSW 18; anti-vaxxers protest in Canberra – as it happened

Firefighters in Western Australia battle two emergency-level bushfires. This blog is now closed

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Letters: Tame was deservedly Australian of the Year

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ACT government to consider lowering the voting age to 16

The ACT Electoral Commission is still adamantly opposed to the proposal.

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Labor offers conditional backing to Coalition’s religious discrimination bill

Opposition suggests only minor and technical amendments when the bill returns to parliament on Tuesday

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Prominent Sydney barrister knocks back run for key federal Labor seat

Son of former Whitlam government minister Lionel Murphy rejects approach to run in Parramatta for family reasons

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No, prestigious medical journal The Lancet did not advocate against vaccine mandates

A tweet retweeted by Nationals senator Matt Canavan and basketballer Andrew Bogut this week implied medical journal The Lancet had come out against vaccine mandates. But that implication isn't correct.

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Eighty-four coronavirus deaths recorded; Morrison backs slow reopening for WA – as it happened

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The Conversation

Remaking universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe

Can we grieve not for a person but for an institution? Should we be angry over possibilities destroyed, young talents denied a chance to flourish? Is there any point in lamenting greed, short-sightedness, the brutality of power?

Newcastle Herald

Letters: Channel dredging should be user pays

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Labor backs faith protections with caveats

Labor politicians have backed the coalition's religious discrimination bill, albeit with caveats, in two parliamentary inquiries into the contentious laws.

The Guardian - AU

Amanda Stoker walks back on Morrison pledge to protect LGBTQ+ students in religious discrimination bill

Major parties set to present joint reports calling for the controversial religious discrimination bill to be considered for passage through parliament

The New Daily

Minister faces sacking call over aged-care deaths

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has demanded the Aged Care Services Minister resign or be sacked amid the escalating crisis and death toll in aged care.

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