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Labor's plan to green the Kurri Kurri gas power plant makes no sense

Is it possible to have your cake and eat it too? Federal Labor is certainly giving it a go by supporting government plans for a fossil gas/diesel peaking plant in the Hunter Valley currently under construction – as long as the plant switches to green hydrogen by 2030.

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Regional TAFE boss wants federal Labor's education scheme to address local skills needs

Labor's promise to create 465,000 free TAFE places is exciting news to a regional provider but its chief executive warns the scheme can't be a "one-size-fits-all".

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Nation records 69 Covid deaths as hospital numbers fall – as it happened

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Morning mail: $1m in fossil fuel donations, Russia poses ‘clear and present danger’, why is MAFS a hit

Wednesday: Liberals, Labor and Nationals received $959,115 from oil and gas fossil fuel companies or their lobby groups. Plus: how Married at First Sight got Australia hooked

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What you need to know about the fight to raise aged care worker's pay in the Fair Work Commission

The federal government has announced cash payments to try to retain aged care workers, but at the moment the Fair Work Commission is considering a case for substantially increasing wages. This is where it's up to so far.

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‘More money than ever’: gas companies made almost $1m in donations to Labor and Liberals

Woodside Energy is the largest donor among fossil fuel producers backing new oil and gas projects across Australia

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Labor pledges up to $700m in extra funding for Snowy Hydro power plant to make it run on green hydrogen

Anthony Albanese says plan takes Coalition’s ‘flawed approach’ and makes it work but Angus Taylor calls it ‘economically incoherent’

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Snowy Hydro to get an extra $700 mill for green hydrogen switch

Labor will provide Snowy Hydro Limited with an extra $700 million in equity to make the Kurri peaking plant operate on green hydrogen by 2030.

Newcastle Herald

This Year’s Political Donations List Is Out And Surprise Surprise The Libs Got The Most

The Liberal Party also received the biggest individual donation from one of Australia's richest, while the second and third biggest sums went to right-wing lobby groups.

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NSW govt urged to dump 'silly' COVID bill

A NSW government plan to remove the presumption that COVID-positive workers in certain industries caught the virus at work will undermine workers, Labor says.

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$177 million flowed to Australian political parties last year, but major donors can easily hide

The Australian Electoral Commission has updated its database of financial disclosure information for 2020-21.

The Conversation

Political donation data feeds reform call

Newly published data shows the Liberal and National parties reaped nearly $84 million combined in the 2020/21 financial year, and Labor more than $67.3 million.

AAP

Anthony Pratt gave Liberals $1.3m while upstart political groups gain sizeable donations

Billionaire businessman was Australia’s biggest political donor, transparency register shows

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Sources of millions in funding to Labor and Liberals kept secret in political donations disclosures

Australia's political parties are not disclosing where more than a third of the money donated to them in the past financial year has come from, prompting demands for greater transparency.

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Labor accused of 'humiliating' gas switch

Labor has changed its tune and backs building a new gas-fired plant in NSW on the condition it runs completely on green hydrogen by the decade's end.

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Paul Bongiorno: ‘Where’s the money coming from?’ A sick excuse for pandemic inaction

Josh Frydenberg says “you can’t just keep writing the cheques”. How then will he explain grabbing for the cheque book in his pre-election Budget?

Newcastle Herald

Green hydrogen is Labor's fuel of choice for Kurri peaker

A federal Labor Government will accelerate the introduction of green hydrogen into the Hunter Power Project at Kurri in a move designed to increase job security and reduce greenhouse emissions.

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Labor to unveil support for taxpayer-funded construction of gas-fired power station in the Hunter Valley, but it comes with a caveat

Federal Labor confirms it will back the taxpayer-funded construction of a gas-fired power station in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, under the proviso the facility runs on zero-emissions green hydrogen fuel earlier than expected.

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The Guardian - AU

Labor to support $600m Kurri Kurri power plant but only if it runs on green hydrogen by 2030

Anthony Albanese will back controversial Snowy Hydro project that Morrison government has committed to funding

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First 2022 Newspoll Shows Coalition Is Way Behind So Here’s A Lowlights Reel Of Why That May Be

Why indeed!

The Conversation

Newspoll has Labor's biggest lead since Turnbull's ousting as Coalition damaged by COVID

In the first Newspoll of 2022, Labor led by 56-44, a three-point gain since the previous Newspoll in early December. Primary votes were 41% Labor (up three), 34% Coalition (down two), 11% Greens (up one), 3% One Nation (steady) and 11% for all Others (down two).

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Concerns over 'opaque' political donations

The Centre for Public Integrity has called for major reform as it reveals shadowy sources comprise more than a third of Labor and Liberal donations.

Reuters

Australia PM's ratings tumble to lowest levels in nearly two years, poll shows

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's approval rating fell to its lowest level in nearly two years as he faces heat just months out from a federal election over his handling of the Omicron wave, a widely watched poll showed on Monday.

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CMO says Omicron subvariant ‘not cause for concern’ – as it happened

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Does pork-barrelling actually work? New research suggests it's not a big vote winner

Do political rorts deliver extra votes at elections?

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