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Questions raised over millions in federal budget funding for charity with no office or staff

The Prime Minister's department insists it carried out "due diligence" before awarding, without a tender process, millions of dollars to a foundation that appears to have no office, website or staff and was established last year.

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With election 2022 nearly upon us, can we actually trust the opinion polls this time?

There's been a lot of soul-searching after opinion polls failed to predict Scott Morrison's 2019 win, but the big question remains: Will the polls be closer to the mark this time around?

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Poll: Coalition cash splash leaves voters cold as just a quarter say budget will be good for them

Half of voters say budget designed to win election as Labor takes 11-point lead on economic management

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Don't expect surpluses for a while: Labor

Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers says the budget a Labor government would inherit would not provide scope for surpluses any time soon.

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‘Nothing left in the tank’: resigning Tasmanian premier Peter Gutwein deserves credit on COVID and economics

Liberal premier Peter Gutwein’s resignation, less than a year into his second term, is a seismic shift in Tasmanian politics.

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Brisbane flight paths to be redrawn under new Morrison government plan

Anger over flight noise pollution bubbling away in affected areas of inner-city Brisbane since 2020 flight path changes

The Guardian - AU

Former CLP candidate Kylie Bonanni resigns from party, announces run for Solomon as an independent

Two former Country Liberal Party members will now run for the Northern Territory federal seat of Solomon against the party's own candidate Tina MacFarlane. ABC election analyst Antony Green says it isn't good news for the CLP.

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Coal exports forecast to smash record with value set to break $100 billion this financial year

The latest Resources and Energy Quarterly report says metallurgical and thermal coal price spikes follow the Russian invasion of Ukraine, local weather events and global demand driven by China.

ABC News

Coalition tries for third time to let renewable energy agency fund technologies using fossil fuels

New rules could allow Arena to back developments that use CCS, such as that of ‘blue’ hydrogen made with gas, Senate hears

The Guardian - AU

Final Opinion Polls Before Election Show This Is Going To Be Too Fkn Close And I Cannot Look

The first opinion polls of the federal election campaign are here and they show Labor's lead over the Coalition has slipped again slightly.

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Queensland turned its back on Labor over coal jobs last federal election. What are the key issues this time?

After three years of bushfires, a pandemic and rising living costs, Australians face another federal election, with job security and climate change still major issues in regional Queensland.

ABC News

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'

Newcastle Herald readers have their say

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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.

AAP

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.

The Guardian - AU

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

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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.

The Guardian - AU

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

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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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