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Independents warn tide still going out on major parties

Support for independents still remains high after a record crossbench made it into parliament in 2022 but a number face serious challenges to retain seats.

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State of the states: six politics experts explain the key seats across the country

The five-week election campaign is now in full swing throughout the nation.

The Conversation

Teal apologises for sexual joke to teen hairdresser

Independent candidate Nicolette Boele has apologised after making an inappropriate joke towards a 19-year-old staff member at a Sydney hairdresser.

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Take two in Bradfield: hundreds of teal volunteers head down a familiar road

Independent candidate Nicolette Boele has high hopes of being next in line to wrest a northern Sydney seat from the Liberals at the federal election

The Guardian - AU

Libs pick woman over anti-Voice face for teal fight

Prominent anti-Voice campaigner Nyunggai Warren Mundine has missed preselection for a must-win Liberal seat as a tech executive prepares for a teal battle.

AAP

View from The Hill: another Liberal moderate to leave Dutton team

A second member of the shadow cabinet has announced he is quitting parliament, further depleting the moderates’ presence in the parliamentary Liberal party and boosting the chance of the teal candidate in the Sydney seat of Bradfield.

The Conversation

Stage set for teal challenge in blue-ribbon seat of Bradfield as Paul Fletcher resigns

Moderate faction to rally behind Gisele Kapterian, a Salesforce executive and former Liberal staffer, in the North Sydney seat to combat independent Nicolette Boele

The Guardian - AU

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Time for renewal: Liberal MP announces retirement

Paul Fletcher will quit federal politics at the next election, amid a prominent independent candidate preparing to mount a challenge.

AAP

View from The Hill: Paul Fletcher’s rant against the teals risks insulting voters the Liberals need to win

Liberal frontbencher Paul Fletcher got a big shock last election in his Sydney seat of Bradfield. Teal candidate Nicolette Boele pushed the result to preferences, leaving her within striking distance for next year’s poll. She has been further helped by the redistribution.

The Conversation

University fees to be set by new commission as Labor urged to reverse Scott Morrison’s price hikes

Anthony Albanese hits out at Coalition MP who got a ‘free education’ but is now ‘lecturing people they can’t have their debt reduced’

The Guardian - AU

Man, woman charged with murder over 12-year-old's death

Two people have been charged with murder following a "heart-wrenching" years-long investigation into the death of a 12-year-old girl on the Gold Coast.

AAP

Dutton doubles down on nuclear, sledges PM

The prime minister is a "child in a man's body", Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says, as he ensures nuclear energy policy will be a centrepiece of the election.

AAP

Electoral shake-up leaves awkward questions for the teals – and headaches for the major parties

Liberal party now has candidates preselected for seats that no longer exist while Labor dealt a blow in the seat of Bennelong

The Guardian - AU

Independent MP Kylea Tink’s electorate of North Sydney to be abolished under AEC proposal

New South Wales draft boundaries would also affect the seats of Bennelong and Bradfield, held by Labor and Liberals respectively

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Bill Shorten’s speechwriter paid $300,000 a year by Services Australia, Senate estimates told

Julianne Stewart has secured two-year contract despite agency employing 200 media and communication staff

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With Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Ninja Theory is learning from player feedback and past experience in its sustained push to challenge mental health stigma

Interview | How Hellblade 2 is building on the foundations laid by 2017's Senua's Sacrifice

The Guardian - AU

The Nightly gives Gerry Harvey space to take a swipe at arch rival

Online newspaper gives one of its biggest advertisers the chance to outline his dim view of Temu. Plus: Peter Greste story gets the film treatment

The Guardian - AU

Morrison ally Alex Hawke faces push to expel him from NSW Liberals amid fresh party turmoil

State council will also consider motion pushed by the conservative faction to reopen preselection challenge against frontbencher Paul Fletcher

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Coalition to have sizeable contingent at Cop28 despite Peter Dutton jibe at climate change minister’s attendance

Frontbenchers Paul Fletcher and Bridget McKenzie part of group of nine MPs who will be in Dubai funded by Coalition for Conservation and Environmental Leadership Australia

AAP

Opposition loses bid to bring on workplace law debate

The federal opposition has failed in attempts to force a vote on worker protection as part of carved out workplace reforms.

The Guardian - AU

Centrelink officials recalled to Senate estimates after failing to answer ‘basic questions’

Request for welfare agency to return on 7 November follows ‘unnaceptable’ October hearing about growing call and payment wait times

The Independent UK

On a visit to Taiwan, Australian lawmakers call for warmer relations with self-ruled island

Six Australian lawmakers have called for warmer relations with Taiwan during a visit to the self-ruled island increasingly threatened by Beijing

The Guardian - AU

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley spared preselection challenge after opponent blocked from running

Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he supports Ley along with other Liberals facing challenge, including Alex Hawke, Paul Fletcher and Melissa McIntosh

The Independent UK

Brain’s appetite control centre different in overweight or obese people – study

The findings add further evidence to the relevance of brain structure to weight and food consumption, researchers suggest.

The Hindu

India will have huge leverage in bargaining dynamics with big tech: Australian MP Paul Fletcher

In a boost to the Digital India Act, Australian MP Paul Fletcher on July 18 said that India would have an edge over tech giants in “bargaining dynamics” if a legislation governing revenue-sharing between social media platforms and news publishers is brought in place, said Australian MP Paul Fletcher.

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