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The Latest Breaking News from Bridget McKenzie

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Readers might not like it, but it’s clear which politician has been most brutally effective in 2024.

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Warning Australians' data at risk in social media ban

Global tech giant Meta and X owner Elon Musk warn the federal government's push to ban people younger than 16 from social media will affect all Australians.

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Australia legally obliged to act on Israel war warrants

Australia can't choose what world court rulings it will adhere to, an expert says, after arrest warrants were issued for Israel's PM and ex-defence minister.

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Competition at Sydney Airport 'less than we like'

There is less competition at Australia's busiest airport than what the nation's consumer watchdog would like, as it supports reform of flight slots.

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‘Take a deep breath on being Trump-esque’: senior Coalition figures reject backbench push to rethink net zero

Nationals senator Matt Canavan and MP Keith Pitt both spoke out about the party’s climate policy in the wake of Donald Trump’s win

The Guardian - AU

Shaun Micallef: ‘We used to make terrible jokes about Bridget McKenzie, but she was very nice about it’

Shaun Micallef: ‘I’m happy at the moment and that worries me’

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Bridget McKenzie admits to 16 undeclared upgrades, including on personal New Zealand flights

Opposition transport spokeswoman Bridget McKenzie has admitted to receiving sixteen undisclosed upgrades, including on five personal flights to or from New Zealand.

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Plane perks critic crash-lands over undeclared upgrades

A Nationals senator spearheading the attack against the prime minister's free flight upgrades has been forced to declare 16 of her own.

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Morrison and Abbott praise Trump – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Drilling for Sydney to Newcastle high-speed rail begins but Labor accused of uncosted ‘fantasy project’

Two drill rigs, installed on barges, have started work on the Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn and at Brisbane Water near Gosford

The Guardian - AU

Docs on a plane: staff retrained over lost cabinet bag

An Australian agriculture department staffer lost a bag containing classified cabinet papers on a flight from India, a Senate estimates hearing has been told.

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View from The Hill: it’s time to put some new rules around upgrades for parliamentarians

The Qantas upgrades affair has turned from a missile targeted at Anthony Albanese to a cluster bomb hitting MPs on all sides.

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McKenzie defends Dutton flight, saying Coalition doesn’t ‘need Gina Rinehart to influence us’ to back mining

Shadow transport minister says she is reviewing her own declarations on flight upgrades she may have received

The Guardian - AU

Labor, coalition ensnared in flight upgrade furore

As the prime minister came under fire for flight upgrades, the opposition is defending its own travel arrangements.

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Anthony Albanese says he didn’t seek flight upgrades from anyone at Qantas

Prime minister’s office says it took six days to respond clearly because they had to check decades of communications between Albanese and airline

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Canberra’s Qantas protection racket goes far beyond Albo’s airline upgrades

If the prime minister wants to snuff the perception he’s Qantas’ man in Canberra, he must follow the example set by Europe and the US.

AAP

Flight upgrades still clear for take-off despite outcry

Aviation experts say flight upgrades for business leaders and politicians are likely here to stay after concern about the prime minister's travel arrangements.

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Political dogfight erupts over PM's plane promotions

Australia's major party leaders are embroiled in an increasingly personal stoush after revelations the prime minister accepted a stack of flight upgrades.

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Senior Coalition women and senator Matt Canavan reject Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s abortion comments

Shadow Indigenous Australians spokesperson says she ‘cannot agree’ with later term abortions, sparking rebuke from Sussan Ley, Jane Hume and Bridget McKenzie

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'No plans' to unwind abortion under federal coalition

Debate over pregnancy termination is raging in Queensland but an opposition senator says the federal coalition won't restrict access to abortion.

AAP

Infrastructure humps likely to curb housing targets

The water pipes and bitumen needed for new housing have emerged as a new frontier in the housing crisis debate as economist warn affordability could get worse.

Newcastle Herald

Nationals believe nuclear and renewables can coexist in the Hunter

Nats push the case to nuclear to coexist alongside renewables.

The Guardian - AU

AFP seize 48kg of cocaine and methamphetamine at Sydney airport – as it happened

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'Easier to get a scandal up': how MPs pounce on rorts

Sports rorts, ChopperGate and other expenses scandals have become part of the political lexicon, and increasingly easy fodder for rival politicians.

Crikey

Bridget McKenzie is right. We need powers to break up Qantas

Bridget McKenzie might have been told by the Coalition leadership to pull her head in, but she’s dead right on divestment powers in aviation.

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