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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.

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Australia’s $3.9tn superannuation sector is under scrutiny. What sparked the Cbus scandal and what does it mean?

Asic has lodged federal court proceedings against Cbus after allegations the super fund failed its members ‘at their most vulnerable time’

The Guardian - AU

One ASIC more than enough, says corporate cop chief

Splitting the Australian Securities and Investments Commission doesn't have the backing of the chairman who says a funding boost is needed to catch more crooks.

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Top economist says Libs' housing plan is a bad idea

A leading economist has derided the coalition's plan to let people use super for housing as "one of the worst policy decisions" of his lifetime.

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Coalition plan to give first home buyers access to super would benefit ‘those who already own housing’

Saul Eslake report finds plan would cause Australian property prices to rise at a faster rate

The Guardian - AU

Labor faces a fight on housing. Could negative gearing reform help it get its groove back?

Housing affordability is an issue voters care about – and Labor needs more than just scares about Peter Dutton

The Guardian - AU

Labor's future made plan could already be history

The federal government's $22 billion Future Made in Australia plan is 'flawed' and a way to entrench unions in manufacturing, the coalition says.

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Albo continues Newspoll slide

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s approval rating continues to fall (though Peter Dutton’s isn’t doing much better), and the Greens plan to set up a renting regulator with the power to dish out fines to real estate agencies.

Crikey

Greens appeal to renters with regulator that could fine real estate agencies

Creating a national renters protection authority is one of several policies party is taking to election as possible kingmakers in a hung parliament

The Guardian - AU

‘Less money for health and education’: Albanese slams Coalition threat to cut GST unless states build housing

The opposition is yet to announce a policy that would create more housing supply, while the Greens put Airbnb in their sights

The Guardian - AU

Questions on gender and sex variations ‘too complex’ for census, social services minister Amanda Rishworth says

It’s the third explanation government ministers have given since last Sunday, while Coalition senator Andrew Bragg says questions are ‘reasonable’

The Guardian - AU

Funding block flagged for states failing to build homes

Leveraging Commonwealth payments to states if they fail to tackle housing supply is under consideration.

AAP

Fight for gender question as Labor wants 'clear' census

LGBTQI groups are fighting for a gender identity census question to better capture their community but Labor has only committed to one on sexuality.

AAP

The Coalition says the CFMEU is blowing out construction costs. Is that really true?

Opposition members including Peter Dutton have talked about a ‘CFMEU tax’ on major projects. Here’s what we know

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Hell hath frozen over as the ‘No-alition’ and Labor find common ground on key legislation – but will it last?

For the middle-majority of Australians, who are weary of our political leaders and their squabbling, ‘their horizon is the end of the week’

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberal Andrew Bragg claims some party colleagues may be ‘playing footsies with nimbys’

Moderate senator says the idea of new developments in established suburbs does not sit well with some Liberals

The Guardian - AU

Higgins and Sharaz schemed to ‘ambush’ Reynolds, lawyer tells trial – as it happened

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Something is deeply wrong with business regulation. Even the Liberals know it

What does it say about Labor when the Liberals are the ones pushing for more regulation of business conduct?

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'Deep flaws' in ASIC enforcement prompt calls for split

A bloated remit and chronic under-resourcing at Australia's corporate watchdog have been canvassed in a scathing parliamentary report.

AAP

Build-to-rent incentive plan hits opposition roadblock

The government's build-to-rent incentive program has been sent to an inquiry by the opposition and Greens despite a chronic shortage of rental homes.

The Guardian - AU

Should Australia recognise housing as a human right? Two crossbenchers are taking up the cause

The Australian Human Rights Commission thinks so, including it in a list of rights that should receive legislative protection

The Conversation

Dutton won’t announce medium term emissions targets before election – Albanese says that’s walking out of Paris

Peter Dutton has taken a further controversial step in his climate change policy, indicating a Coalition government would only announce its medium term emission reduction targets after the election.

Crikey

Award-winning author Lucashenko claims ABC’s David Marr called her ‘f**king rude’ backstage

Plus a News Corp beat-up on the ABC’s Laura Tingle? Quelle surprise.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Bragg flags a coalition would use ‘coercion’ of the states to get more new houses built

Housing remains one of Australia’s most pressing issues in both state and federal politics. The RBA keeping rates up and high mortgage repayments have left many Australians struggling. For those Australians who don’t own a home, it’s becoming increasingly hard to get into the housing market.

Crikey

For Liberal eyes only: How senators pitch themselves to party colleagues

Party brochures leaked to Crikey show how Liberal Senate incumbents Hollie Hughes and Andrew Bragg, and challenger Jess Collins, are pitching themselves ahead of a preselection fight on Saturday.

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