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Congress of cheesed-off unions could leave Labor scrambling for crumbs

‘Potentially historic’ moment looms at the ACTU meeting, as aggrieved unions threaten to direct support elsewhere

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Liberals will get double their public funding if ‘biased’ electoral rules are passed, Climate 200 says

ALP denies reforms rushed into parliament are designed to target Simon Holmes à Court and Clive Palmer

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: ‘identity politics’ has challenged the Labor Party to define its identity

Saturday’s Queensland result provides the latest evidence of the dual tugs on the modern Labor Party, coming from its different constituencies.

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Devastating losses in regional Queensland show Labor is increasingly being consigned to the cities

ALP has done well in the urban south-east but was hit hard in the regions, bringing it in line with the federal party and other state branches

The Guardian - AU

Kevin Rudd had secret agreement with Julia Gillard to hand over power after two terms, new book claims

Political memoir by former factional boss Kim Carr also alleges Gillard used 'tricked-up’ polling funded by the mining industry to build case to oust rival

The Guardian - AU

Why has Trump accused the UK’s Labour Party of US election interference?

The US Republican presidential candidate has filed a legal complaint against UK’s governing party for meddling.

Al Jazeera

Read Trump campaign’s full complaint over Labour’s ‘foreign interference’ in US election

The letter, addressed to the electoral commission’s acting general counsel, was published onto Trump’s website on Tuesday

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Starmer insists he can have a ‘good relationship’ with Trump despite election ‘interference’ claim

After Trump campaign complaint, PM says Labour officials volunteering for Harris were ‘doing it in their spare time’ rather than in their official capacity

The Guardian - AU

Sorry, I'm not giving Big Brother a free ride

Letters and Short Takes: Monday, October 14, 2024

Newcastle Herald

Tucker Carlson starts a nicotine-pouch company after deciding Zyn is 'not a brand for men'

Action follows a fallout with Zyn, the brand for which he was an unofficial spokesperson.

Fortune

Democratic cycle returns city to time-honoured tradition

Independent will in Newcastle forces council leadership change

Newcastle Herald

Paul Scott: The naked truth about Mad Monday and public nudity

'The Mad Monday behind closed doors has robbed fans.'

Newcastle Herald

'Lipstick on a pig': Labor's backflip on bullying inquiry 'ignores' own policy, members say

Amid divide, one party member says people should stop bickering and focus on election.

Newcastle Herald

'I felt betrayed': Labor accused of racism and cover-up on bullying claims

Newcastle's Tahlia Kelso reveals why she left the Labor party.

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Grattan on Friday: have we heard the CFMEU’s last hurrah or seen the start of its trench warfare?

In one of those paradoxes of politics, a government that has delivered in spades to the union movement finds itself in a bare-knuckle fight with the country’s most militant industrial organisation.

Newcastle Herald

'Union Power': Hunter CFMEU supporters rally against government takeover

Hunter union members throw support behind CFMEU.

The Conversation

The AUKUS submarine deal has been exposed as a monumental folly – is it time to abandon ship?

Nautical metaphors are irresistible, I’m afraid, when talking about Australia’s seemingly endless submarine saga. But as investigative journalist Andrew Fowler makes clear in Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty, his excellent and excoriating analysis of the genesis of the AUKUS pact, there isn’t much room for levity otherwise.

Newcastle Herald

NSW Labor quietly killed off investigation into Newcastle bullying claims

Labor's Cr Liz Adamczyk linked to 'politically motivated' attack.

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Grattan on Friday: it’s good to put administrators into the CFMEU – but how do you prevent future crops of bad apples?

Former leading Canberra press gallery journalist, Laurie Oakes, now retired, had a cut-through question about the government’s response this week to the CFMEU crisis.

The Guardian - AU

Forrest says Fortescue still committed to hydrogen despite job cuts – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

WA Labor multicultural group in revolt over treatment of Fatima Payman

Exclusive: Two officeholders quit, with one claiming the party has ‘become a spineless jellyfish’

AAP

'Devastating' allegations force NSW hand against CFMEU

The NSW government is moving to force an independent administrator on the CFMEU's state construction arm, mirroring a push from its federal Labor counterpart.

The Guardian - AU

Fatima Payman’s exit reveals ‘chasm’ between Labor and traditional base over Palestine, party insiders say

Senator’s departure disappointing to ‘thousands of rank-and-file ALP and union members and Labor supporters’

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Labor will only harm itself by a silly attempt to discredit Payman

Labor would do well to draw a line under its loss of Senator Fatima Payman from its ranks, instead of taking more pot shots to try to discredit her.

AAP

Winter-break headache as Labor hones re-election pitch

Labor and the coalition will use a month-long break from parliament to refine their respective pitches to voters as a possible year-end election looms.

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