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The Latest Breaking News from Bridget McKenzie

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’

The Guardian - AU

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.

The Conversation

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.

AAP

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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.

AAP

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.

AAP

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

The Guardian - AU

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.

AAP

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.

AAP

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

The Guardian - AU

'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.

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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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AAP

'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.

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The Guardian - AU

Bridget McKenzie forced to deny her oped on aviation divestiture signals support for breaking up Qantas

Just hours after opinion appears in AFR, shadow minister clarifies divestiture as ‘one of the various tools the treasurer needs to look at’ but not Coalition policy

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: report into veteran suicides released; Harris and Trump tied in polls; and a homeless mother shares her story

Chair Nick Kaldas says royal commission should be a ‘line in the sand’

AAP

Wooing the west: Nationals look to hoodwink Bullwinkel

Both sides of politics are working to shore up support in Western Australia after it was seen as a crucial factor in Labor winning a majority government.

AAP

Funding block flagged for states failing to build homes

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

Newcastle Herald

High-speed rail team must show how it can get passengers on board

This week's industry briefing in Newcastle posed many questions.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s airline duopoly won’t keep planes in regional skies

Anti-competitive behaviour has crept into so many of our essential services, including country airports, but there’s still plenty of flying to be done. Sic ’em, Rex

The Guardian - AU

As many as 360 workers sacked at Rex with hundreds more jobs to go

Employees reportedly told the airline will no longer operate flights between capital cities

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