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Grattan on Friday: Can Jim Chalmers become a reforming treasurer?

Jim Chalmers’ long term ambition is similar to that of most treasurers. He wants to be prime minister. More immediately, he aspires to be a reformer, which has become harder in today’s electorate, with its low tolerance for pain.

The Conversation

Vic Labor has election-winning lead: poll

New polling shows the Andrews government maintains a comfortable lead heading into Victoria's state election in November, while Coalition support has dropped.

AAP

How Victorian Labor's failure on upper house electoral reform undermines democracy

At the 2018 Victorian state election, Labor easily won a majority in the lower house of the Victorian parliament, but the upper house result was an anti-democratic shambles, as the Greens won just one of the 40 upper house seats, while three parties with very small vote shares won seats.

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Chalmers’ bread-and-butter budget chats will spread concern far and wide

The Coalition handed Labor a permanent budget deficit by spending more than it raised in taxes. How to fix it?

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What’s the world coming to?

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has told world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York that the world is ‘gridlocked in a colossal global dysfunction’, and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong plans to meet her Chinese counterpart at the assembly — it would be their second meeting in two…

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Major polluters put on notice as Labor mulls shakeup of major emissions scheme

The Climate Council has put the nation's largest emitters on notice

The Canberra Times

Axe hangs over Morrison’s legacy as government gets serious before budget

Slashing budget deficits have long been cast as a Treasurer’s reason for being. But Jim Chalmers was muted on Tuesday.

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Federal Labor's lead in Resolve poll drops from 'honeymoon' heights; Labor winning easily in Victoria

A Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted September 14-18 from a sample of 1,607, gave federal Labor 39% of the primary vote (down three since August), the Coalition 32% (up four), the Greens 10% (down two), One Nation 6% (up one), UAP 2% (steady), independents 8% (steady) and others 3%…

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Government to confirm pensioners will not have to work past 66 years of age

The Pensions Commission delivered an in-depth report last year that recommended the retirement age be moved to 67 by 2031 and 68 by 2039.

Irish Mirror

Emissions from Australia’s oil and gas industry rose 20% in first five years of safeguard mechanism

Scale of rise prompts warning Australia will struggle to cut emissions if Labor revamp allows new coal and gas

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Queen Elizabeth II laid to rest, class action over NDIS, Trump accused of nod to QAnon

Tuesday: After state funeral watched around the world, Queen Elizabeth II’s final farewell belonged to her family. Plus, judge orders Adnan Syed’s release after two decades in prison

The Guardian - AU

Australians divided on whether King Charles should be head of state

Survey respondents split 50-50 but women, older voters and Coalition supporters more likely to back new monarch, poll suggests

The Guardian - AU

Labor urged to axe $1.9bn in ‘zombie’ fossil fuel subsidies promised by the Coalition

Exclusive: Morrison government announced support for coal and gas projects in ‘gas-fired recovery’ but didn’t formalise contracts, PBO analysis reveals

The Guardian - AU

The Australian’s alternative budget facts: how spending ‘ballooned’ under Labor

Who’s responsible for big government spending? At News Corp they reckon it’s Labor. Too bad the facts disagree.

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A trillion dollars-plus of budget blues

The Albanese government faces a tough time trying to balance the books ahead of its October budget, but at least sport will be a bright spot for the next couple of weeks.

ABC News

Labor doubles Coalition funding promise for Maroondah Hospital, to be renamed after Queen Elizabeth II in billion-dollar upgrade

The announcement comes just one day after a Coalition funding promise for the same hospital in Melbourne's east.

ABC News

Matthew Guy's Victorian election health pledges top $6 billion amid questions over how they'll be funded

A pricey suburban hospital revamp is the latest in a string of Coalition pledges putting health at the forefront, but with 10 weeks before Victorians head to the polls, it's not yet clear how the promises will be funded.

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Victorian opposition unveils state election pledges on police and triple-0 response times

The Victorian opposition vows to further overhaul the state's triple-0 call service if it wins the November election, and put a greater focus on police response times and mental health.

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Hard graft needed on workplace relations before weapons dropped

The jobs and skills summit was a good start that needs to be built on, writes John Tierney

The Guardian - AU

Warren Mundine quits SBS board, stating his other roles meant he could not ‘provide the time’

Exclusive: Labor had last year asked Coalition to consider removing Mundine from broadcaster over controversial social media posts

Crikey

A $170bn game-changing defence deal is apparently none of your business

Australians are meant to trust a deal wrapped in secrecy by an utterly untrustworthy former prime minister? No way.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Nationals defend $2bn bush fund, King Charles staff given notice, cannabis political party row

Wednesday: Former Nationals ministers are pushing back against reported plans to cut major regional infrastructure projects. Plus: can Ukraine actually win?

The Guardian - AU

Labor overhauls Climate Change Authority to counter concerns of excessive business influence

Albanese government appoints three women with environmental backgrounds to board

Crikey

Watchdog’s bite muzzled for now

Despite Anthony Albanese vowing to pass legislation for a federal anti-corruption commission this year, the suspension of Parliament after the death of Queen Elizabeth has meant that’s been shelved, plus the queen’s body is now in Edinburgh in stage one of her journey back to London.

The Guardian - AU

NSW Coalition down but not out as poll shows hung parliament a strong possibility

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