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Negative gearing remains a political hot potato. Why is Labor throwing it out there again?

If Labor MPs fear a new attempt at reforming negative gearing would lead to another scare campaign, they’re undoubtedly correct.

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A South Australian MP’s mad anti-abortion bill shows the culture wars are far from over

Liberal Ben Hood’s forced-births proposal demands outcomes both cruel and ridiculous

The Guardian - AU

Britain wants spending and a better NHS, not this obsession with growth. That’s why there’s big trouble ahead

Starmer speaks of a decade of renewal but he is not offering even Labour voters what they clearly want, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Bernie Sanders was ‘too weird’, says his strategist. Now that strategist is studying Australia’s ‘normal teals’

The high-profile Bernie Sanders organiser reckons the Greens, like Bernie, are too ‘weird’ to ever go mainstream. But the teals, like Obama, seem like ‘normal’ people.

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In their plaintive call for a return to the office, CEOs reveal how little they are needed

With most company bosses expecting a full return to the office within three years, questions are being raised about the power they wield and the salaries they command

The Guardian - AU

Jim Chalmers travels to China to ‘smooth out’ trade issues

The treasurer is travelling to Beijing to try and get rid of lingering trade tensions from the Morrison era, and Anthony Albanese claims he didn’t ask Treasury to investigate potential changes to negative gearing.

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Can Ukraine convince? At United Nations, Zelensky talks up 'victory plan'

Winter is coming. So are the US elections. So how about diplomacy? It's UN Week in New York and before heading to Washington, Ukraine's president is trying to rally support for what he's branded his "victory plan". How much support and how much leverage can he expect?

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The Guardian view on Labour’s winter fuel vote: badly handled

Editorial: Labour’s leadership should have defended its choice to cut winter fuel payments. Instead, it chose the worst of all options

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on European identity: enlightened ideals need defending

Editorial: A new study is right to highlight growing threats to the EU’s core values from within. Leaders must stand up and be counted

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Sadiq Khan's plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street is the last thing we need

I’m not being funny, but I feel like this Oxford Street pedestrianisation is a bit of a farce. In theory, it could be something to get excited about but there’s so many reasons why it runs the risk of just being another failed project that the taxpayer is going to…

Evening Standard

With more than a million lives at risk in Sudan, the UN must make a decisive intervention. If not now, when?

This is a critical time for global leadership. There must be an urgent plan and a firm resolve, and UK ministers must demand action, says shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell

The Guardian - UK

As a doctor, I’m no apologist for Wes Streeting – but here’s where he’s right about the NHS

NHS ‘senior sources’ blasted the health secretary for admitting the service is broken. I applaud him for telling the truth, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

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OPINION - Rachel Reeves has more reasons to smile as OECD upgrades UK growth

Now, about those fiscal rules...

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OPINION - Angela Rayner, stop playing the working class card

Sir Keir Starmer is off to New York and all but the party nerds are drifting away from Liverpool and the Labour party conference. The good news for the PM is that hardly anyone is around for the union debate about the winter fuel payment; the bad is that he’s…

The Guardian - UK

I still haven’t worked out how to use a washing machine. At 39, this is a bitter pill to swallow

Do I choose the ‘eco wash’ setting and wait 17 hours? Or select ‘short cottons’ and doom the planet? Either way, dazzling whites and fluffy towels elude me, writes Nell Frizzell

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Ulez camera vandals ought to put up or shut up

The rule of law means following mandates, even if we disagree vehemently with them. It certainly does not empower the citizens to incite violence or vandalism against people and property.

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s Twitter coup has harmed the right. They are now simply ‘too online’

Democrats were fooled by their social media echo chamber in 2016. Now Republicans may be falling into the same trap, says sociologist Paolo Gerbaudo

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The Guardian - UK

Trump’s on Truth Social MAKING NO SENSE AT ALL AGAIN

We are all now so desensitised to Trump that it can be easy to forget he lacks the ability to string a sentence together. Yet he’s frighteningly close to being back in charge, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

We’ve ‘gamified’ dating – and I am part of that problem. But there are ways to make it human and fun again

I admit I’ve ghosted men and failed to reply to them. The apps need to innovate, and our behaviour has to change too, writes journalist Elle Hunt

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s coalmine expansion approvals undermine its credibility on the climate crisis

How does a massive coal expansion lasting decades line up with what it has pledged? Leaders of low-lying Pacific nations might appreciate some answers

The Guardian - UK

Universities are in a hole: linking student fees to inflation is the fairest way forward

To ensure less privileged students are not put off, a more progressive system for repayment of loans is also urgently needed, says former Labour MP Peter Mandelson

Crikey

CPRS: The historic acronym that opened a roomful of sliding doors

The Rudd government’s CPRS was the big political story of 2009 — and contains plenty of ‘what-if’ moments.

Crikey

No RBA rate cut yet, but governor Bullock is about to find the pressure overwhelming

It’s easy to see why Michele Bullock thinks temporary measures should be disregarded.

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton has failed to address the extremely high cost of nuclear – but it can only increase power bills

The Coalition has sought to downplay high construction costs overseas. Our research shows what it would mean for Australia

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