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View from The Hill: Angus Taylor appoints Tim Wilson as part of a new-look Liberal economic team

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has appointed Tim Wilson, the only Liberal to win back a “teal” seat last year, to go head-to-head as shadow treasurer against the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers.

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Labor’s nature laws risk collapse with deal yet to be struck on eve of parliament’s final sitting day

If Labor cannot reach deal on Thursday, it will mark second time in 12 months that it has failed to secure planned EPBC Act reforms

The Guardian - AU

Labor faces major roadblocks in bid to pass nature laws

Labor is facing questions over its attempt to fast-track environmental reforms as the government tries to woo its opponents in the hopes of striking a deal.

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Federal environment laws 'won't fix' project backlog

As Labor tries to pass an overhaul of Australia's environmental laws before Christmas, analysis suggests they might not address a backlog of energy projects.

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'Don't go too far': MPs warn of environment concessions

Labor backbenchers want the environment minister to hold firm on controversial reforms to nature protections as negotiations drag on.

AAP

Grattan on Friday: Libs should reflect on proverb ‘As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly’

Twice in recent times the Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy: in 2009 over Kevin Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, and in 2018 over the National Energy Guarantee, a plan to reduce emissions while maintaining reliability at lowest cost.

The Conversation

Greens say Labor’s nature laws revamp ‘worse than status quo’ with climate impact of fossil fuel projects overlooked

Private briefings confirm how Labor intends to deal with some contentious elements of rewritten Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Environmentalists worry as Labor seeks consensus on new federal nature laws

Environment minister Murray Watt is restarting the process after the government shelved earlier proposed reforms

The Guardian - AU

The Liberal party does not have a ‘women problem’. Men are the problem

The party’s women continue to wring their hands in their support group chats, apoplectic with rage off the record, while soothing on it

The Guardian - AU

Dinesh Palipana, Cameron Caldwell nominate for Liberal Party preselection for Fadden

Stuart Robert's resignation announcement has prompted high-profile candidates to chase Liberal Party pre-selection for his safe Gold Coast seat.

ABC News

The closer you looked at Canberra this week, the uglier it got – especially MPs’ behaviour

The Coalition sees advantage in suggesting both sides are as bad as each other and Australian politics is as nasty as ever

The Guardian - AU

Speaker calls out ‘disgusting’ behaviour by Coalition MPs that left parliament worker hurt

Politicians apologise for pushing past attendant to avoid a vote as she tried to lock a door

The Guardian - AU

Kokoda Youth Foundation expands, helping kids find direction through outdoor education

A Gold Coast-based charity is expanding to regional areas to provide opportunities for more students, with the aim of keeping them in school.

ABC News

Gold Coast candidates looking to usurp 'three jewels in the crown' of the LNP this election

Political pundits say some Gold Coast seats will be more of a battleground than others, as traditionally "safe" LNP seats come up against predicted big swings to Labor.

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Majority of voters reject Coalition’s proposal to allow discriminatory religious statements, poll suggests

Three-quarters reject key religious discrimination bill clause while almost 65% say it should be illegal for religious schools to expel LGBTQ+ students

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