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Essential poll: three-quarters of voters believe cost-of-living crisis will worsen but majority give Albanese thumbs up

More than 60% also say they support the Indigenous voice to parliament, with the Liberal party at risk of alienating younger voters if it backs the Nationals’ position

The Guardian - AU

By-election loss only adds to Labour's much-needed reset

For those Labour MPs who hadn’t quite computed the current state of political play, Saturday’s by-election result would have delivered a traumatic blow, writes Jo Moir.

Newsroom.co.nz

Government finally introducing emergency response law

Five years after it was first recommended, a legislative overhaul of NZ's emergency response system is on the way at last.

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Hamilton West to set tone for NZ election

The opposition National party candidate of Tama Potaka appears a likely winner of Saturday's by-election in Hamilton West.

AAP

Alan Kohler: Why the Voice is an economic as well as moral issue

A First Nations Voice is fundamentally a moral question and a symbol of recognition, but it is also economic and political.

The New Daily

New year to bring fresh details on voice

Two senior members of the federal government's working group on the Indigenous voice say arguments it lacks detail are 'disappointing' and 'bewildering'.

AAP

National plays the field at Fieldays

The country’s biggest farming show was a lightning rod for strong political views from the agricultural sector.

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How Hamilton West is won

The by-election in Hamilton West is heating up, with both major party leaders swinging in to lend some star power to their candidates' campaigns.

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Willie Jackson's bid to sell merger to TVNZ/RNZ

Willie Jackson is to meet with TVNZ staff on Friday morning and RNZ next week as the March 1 deadline draws closer for the two public media companies’ assets and staff merging into one entity.

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Nats demand release of full coal closure impacts report

The federal government has blocked the release of a report that warns of potential significant economic downturns in regional communities impacted by coal mine and power station closures.

Newcastle Herald

Lia Finocchiaro says CLP yet to reach Voice to Parliament position, despite Jacinta Price announcing opposition

Country Liberal Party Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price supported the Nationals' declaration that they would oppose the Voice earlier this week.

ABC News

National the winner as donations trio sentenced

The Crown fails in a bid to have those convicted of political donations crimes sent to jail

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Could the Nationals' refusal to support a Voice to Parliament derail the referendum?

The Nationals have declared they will support the No case for the Voice referendum. This position has not been endorsed by all the Nationals, with the Western Australian Nationals and federal MP Andrew Gee confirming their support for the Voice.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Nationals spark Indigenous voice row; Daryl Maguire charged; and China’s escalating protests

Voice campaigners say the Nationals are ‘out of touch’ with regional Australia

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Elder in David Littleproud's electorate rebukes Nationals over opposition to Voice to Parliament

Gunggari elder Lynette Nixon, who lives in western Queensland, joins a chorus of calls for the National Party to review its opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

The Guardian - AU

National party ‘out of touch’ with regional Australia on Indigenous voice, campaigner says

Thomas Mayor has spent 18 months travelling around the country speaking about the Uluru statement and says rural people agree with it

The Guardian - AU

David Littleproud is a ‘kindergarten kid’ whose Nationals will be ‘left behind’ on voice, Noel Pearson says

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price caught in a ‘tragic redneck celebrity vortex’ and ‘punching down on other Blackfellas’, Cape York leader says

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Nationals to oppose Indigenous Voice to Parliament

The National party says it will campaign against a Voice to Parliament, which would enshrine an Indigenous-elected representative body into the constitution.

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Senior Nationals member suggests Coalition changes amid poor outcome for Liberals in Victorian election

A senior Victorian National Party member pushes for his party to reconsider the Coalition agreement after the Labor's Party election victory.

AAP

Hazzard COVID call 'very thorough': Chant

NSW Chief Health officer Kerry Chant has stood by investigations into a possible exposure of the health minister to COVID-19 at parliament house in 2021.

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Christopher Luxon and the art of offsets

Will the National Party leader push climate policy into the never-never, environment editor David Williams asks

AAP

Peters rules out NZ Labour, lashes Ardern

The path to a third term for Jacinda Ardern's government has been made a little shakier after her former deputy Winston Peters ruled out working with Labour.

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Luxon's climate policy 'donut' no anomaly

The National Party leader's repeated gaffes on climate policy are moving from exceptions to the norm.

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Grappling with Governmental gobbledygook

If the past few years have taught us nothing else, it’s that communication can make or break a government strategy.

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The fixation on a PM’s COP-out

Should we care Jacinda Ardern has skipped every UN climate summit?

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