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Labour retains Chester seat in blow to Sunak in first electoral test

Local councillor Samantha Dixon re-won the seat for Labour in the early hours of Friday morning.

The Independent UK

Ung Services and director Nico Keat fined almost $500k after Labour Hire Authority probe

Ung Services and its director Nico Keat have been slapped with almost $500,000 in penalties following an investigation by Victoria's Labour Hire Authority.

ABC News

The rhetoric around the Indigenous voice to parliament shows it’ll be a rough campaign

If this week was an indication of the level of the debate, then Australia is in for a torrid time when referendum process begins in earnest

The Guardian - AU

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Mark McGowan set to reshuffle WA cabinet but John Quigley dismisses 'nonsense' about future

The departure of one of WA's longest-serving parliamentarians has guaranteed an impending reshuffle of the McGowan government's cabinet, with the opposition saying John Quigley should be replaced as attorney-general.

ABC News

Australia's Albanese wins industrial relations vote, tougher challenges ahead

Australia's parliament passed legislation on Friday to reform industrial relations laws, boosting the ability of unions to negotiate with multiple employers and scrapping a construction industry watchdog.

Reuters

Rishi Sunak faces first by-election test as polls close in Chester

The result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak wrong to ‘wipe the slate clean’ on Braverman breach of standards, report finds

Committee calls for legal action against ministers who use ‘revolving door’ to private-sector jobs

The Independent UK

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MPs want ex-ministers to face legal action if they break ‘revolving door’ rules

The terms governing ministers’ employment prospects on leaving their Whitehall roles should be expanded, a parliamentary committee said.

The Independent UK

Rape charge dropped against Bruce Lehrmann, who was accused of sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins

ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold says the charge will be dropped because it is "no longer in the public interest to pursue a prosecution at the risk of the complainant's life".

ABC News

Polls close in Chester as Sunak faces first by-election test

The result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning.

The Independent UK

Chester byelection: polls close in Rishi Sunak’s first electoral test as PM

Labour expected to hold seat with new candidate after resignation of Chris Matheson

The Guardian - UK

A handshake with Gough Whitlam and a divide between my parents that time couldn’t heal

The election win 50 years ago delighted by father and angered my mother. Their politics were never reconciled yet they stayed together until my father’s death

The Guardian - AU

Labor gets its workplace changes through in the nick of time after late-night Senate sitting

Labor's centrepiece industrial relations laws pass the parliament after many hours of late-night debate. Here's a quick breakdown of what the changes mean for you.

ABC News

There's no official French version of the 1867 Constitution Act. So is taking the oath to the King in French valid?

Since the election of the first Parti Québécois legislators in 1970, controversy over Québec MNAs swearing an oath to the sovereign before taking their seats in the National Assembly has stirred emotion and sparked heated debate.

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Crossbench briefed on Indigenous voice

The Labor government has briefed crossbench MPs on the proposed Indigenous voice to parliament, saying amending the constitution is a matter of principle.

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins: prosecutor to make announcement about retrial of Bruce Lehrmann

Director of public prosecutions Shane Drumgold is expected to make a statement on Friday morning

The Guardian - UK

Calls for Sunak to withdraw Tory whip from Michelle Mone in Lords

Opposition parties say retention of whip in face of PPE claims reveals PM’s ‘empty promise’ of integrity

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock to call for dyslexia screening on Commons return after jungle jaunt

Speculation is mounting over whether the former health secretary will have the Tory whip restored and seek to stand again at the next election.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Labor’s workplace reforms pass through parliament; tragedies of the youth vaping crisis

In today’s newsletter: the parliamentary year ends with a late Senate vote on IR and euthanasia rights for the territories; plus, the shocking scale of Australia’s vaping crisis

Daily Mirror

Poll finds 62% back Labour's plan to scrap tax breaks for private schools

Labour leader Keir Starmer wants to remove the charitable status of private schools that means parents don’t pay VAT on fees, but Rishi Sunak has rejected the idea

The Independent UK

Every payment to help with the cost of living crisis due in December

Help is out there for those on low incomes struggling with rising prices and high bills

Daily Mirror

Matt Hancock says he opposed 'bonkers' Covid plan to release 'thousands' of prisoners

The ex-Health Secretary who has just emerged from the I'm A Celebrity Jungle said officials 'insisted' on releasing inmates to ease pressure on the system during the first nationwide lockdown

The Guardian - AU

Airport strike planned for next Friday called off – as it happened

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The Conversation

50 years ago today, Gough Whitlam was elected. There are some lessons for Albanese in what came next

On December 2 1972, after 23 years in opposition, Gough Whitlam led the Labor party back to government. What followed was three tumultuous years of crisis and transformation, after which Australia would never be the same again.

The Guardian - UK

The decline and fall of the established church

Letters: Dr Douglas Board, Rev Dr Lisa Curtice, Rt Rev Gregory K Cameron and Jackie Robertson on implications of the census showing that less than half of people in England and Wales now identify themselves as Christians

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