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Nanny state: average speed cameras are just a cash grab too far

Letters: 'When do we start to say enough is enough?'

Newcastle Herald

Albanese and Labor left pick climate expert Alice Jordan-Baird for Victorian seat of Gorton

Richard Marles wins stoush against Bill Shorten’s old union, the Australian Workers’ Union, for the safe Labor seat

The Guardian - AU

Puppy love for pollies aims to lick standards dilemma

Seeing eye puppies descended on federal parliament as part of a push to nationalise assistance animal standards.

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Half of new 2024 jobs were public sector: ABS

Federal Parliament resumes today with the government under pressure on the state of the economy, and Julia Gillard celebrates the 30th anniversary of Labor’s gender quotas.

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Will Shorten be UC's million-dollar man?

New UC vice-chancellor will get less than the last one.

The Canberra Times

Job not over: what's next for NDIS after Bill Shorten

Outgoing NDIS minister Bill Shorten has plenty of work left to reform the scheme's ballooning costs and ensure its long-term future before his February exit.

AAP

View from The Hill: What if Bill Shorten had become PM in 2019?

Politics is full of “what ifs?” As Bill Shorten prepares to exit parliament early next year, and Anthony Albanese may be on the path to a minority government, the question invites itself: what if Shorten had won the 2019 election?

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The government says more people need to use AI. Here’s why that’s wrong

The Australian government this week released voluntary artificial intelligence (AI) safety standards, alongside a proposals paper calling for greater regulation of the use of the fast-growing technology in high-risk situations.

The Conversation

Ta-ta, Bill Shorten, the coming man always and the great never was

Twice opposition leader, the retiring minister is a victim of the supreme paradox of ambition: the greater the height, the further the fall.

Crikey

Bill Shorten’s greatest legacy is the NDIS. It transformed the lives of people like me with disability

Bill Shorten is resigning from politics in February next year. Throughout his 17 years in parliament, no achievement stands out more than his role in the creation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

The Conversation

Morning Mail: Albanese’s plan to tackle DV, Virgin’s cabin crew surveillance, Socceroos shocker

The prime minister will propose a raft of measures to address crisis of family violence; airline sacked a crew member after monitoring hotel CCTV

The Guardian - AU

Bullock doubles down on interest rates

RBA governor Michele Bullock is standing by her board’s interest rate decisions, and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris agree on a set of rules for next week’s presidential debate.

Crikey

Senate committee told foreign student cap would ‘gut’ private education sector – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Shorten trades politics for 'ironic' career move

After a 17-year career in Parliament House, Bill Shorten will stick around in the nation's capital as the next vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra.

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Labor factions draw battle lines for Maribyrnong seat after Bill Shorten’s retirement from politics

AWU says it is a rightwing seat but UWU’s Jo Briskey has backing of Queensland powerbroker

The Guardian - AU

From union rabble-rouser to ‘cringe socials’, Bill Shorten was a master of retail politics

Labor’s Icarus flew high as a ‘future prime minister’ but ultimately watched his highest ambitions crash and burn

The Guardian - AU

Retiring Shorten took control of his destiny, Albanese says – probably a little later than PM would’ve liked

Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese have had a complicated political relationship, at times simmering with tension. Today, however, the PM wished him well

The Canberra Times

Shorten 'needs to know what he is walking into': New VC welcomed, with a caveat

Union among those offering warm welcome to University of Canberra.

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: retiring Shorten channels Sinatra; Harris and Trump agree debate rules; and con artist to star in hit show

Plus, new Māori queen crowned

Crikey

Shorten, for all his faults, leaves with a substantial legacy

As the Albanese government struggles to make its mark, Bill Shorten is a reminder that if good policy isn’t always good politics, politics can still be a vehicle for good policy.

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Bill Shorten Announces Retirement From Politics After 17 Years Of Zingers And Election Losses

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has announced his retirement from politics, leaving behind a long career of election losses and zingers.

Crikey

The Bill comes due: Shorten’s exit is the end of a quarter-century battle for Labor

The Albo-supporting Left and the Conroy-Marles Right have been taking Shorten’s outfit apart for months. Today they got him.

The Conversation

Bill Shorten to quit politics next year to become vice-chancellor of University of Canberra

Bill Shorten will retire from parliament in February but will remain in cabinet until then to continue his reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

The Guardian - AU

Former federal Labor leader Bill Shorten to quit politics and become vice-chancellor of University of Canberra

Ex-union leader, who led ALP to two election defeats in 2016 and 2019, has announced upcoming retirement

AAP

'I did it my way': Bill Shorten to retire from politics

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has announced his retirement from politics after almost 17 years in the halls of Parliament.

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