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Barred from parliament but running for office: Gareth Ward’s campaign might be NSW election’s strangest

The suspended Kiama MP has been kicked out of the Liberal party and faces criminal charges – yet is ahead in the polls

The Guardian - AU

NSW Labor pledges $1 billion for new state-owned energy body if elected in March

The New South Wales opposition says the Energy Security Corporation would drive investment into renewables to ensure services "when the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn't blow".

ABC News

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto urges unity after Matthew Guy attacks senior Liberals

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto urges his party to focus on the future after his predecessor slams senior members over past election losses — something a political strategist says is unusual because Matthew Guy "crashed the Hindenburg twice".

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Michael Pascoe: Labor spins a housing policy that does nowhere near enough

Labor’s successful election campaign including its housing policy was designed to just be a little better than Scott Morrison’s – a low bar.

The New Daily

Australia can’t blow another decade of climate action – it’s now up to Labor and the Greens

Key people are talking but there’s frustration in both camps. The weeks ahead will require maturity and dexterity

The Guardian - AU

Safeguard mechanism: what is it, will it cut emissions and what role do carbon offsets play?

Labor wants to revamp the policy to meet its climate targets. This is how it will work – and why it may not

The Guardian - AU

6,000 words but silent on falling real wages: what Chalmers got wrong on 'values-based capitalism' and fixing our economic woes

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ recent essay in The Monthly, “Capitalism after the crises”, tells us a lot about economic predicament faced by the Albanese government and governments around the world.

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Grattan on Friday: Adam Bandt is wedged by Greens' overreach on emissions legislation

If Peter Dutton is caught in a classic rock-and-hard-place dilemma over the Voice to Parliament, the same could be said for Greens leader Adam Bandt on the safeguard legislation to underpin the government’s climate policy.

The Conversation

'We have to beg for every little bit of funding': Mayor

Singleton mayor Sue Moore says it is "frustrating" to see the cash and attention lavished on western Sydney while the Hunter is left to "grovel and beg" for every scrap of funding.

Newcastle Herald

Defence force ‘surge’ to detect asylum boats in Australia’s northern waters follows visa change

Aircraft surveillance has been boosted and additional ships are on patrol, navy tells Senate estimates

The Guardian - AU

Labor rounds on Greens ‘sabotage’ of emissions reduction plan

Frontbenchers unleash on party for signalling it might vote with Coalition to stymie reform of safeguard mechanism

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: RBA boss defends job at Senate grilling; public school enrolments drop; and a sit-down with Lidia Thorpe

Philip Lowe tells Senate estimates interest rates will continue to rise, ‘but how far they need to go, we’re still unsure’

The Guardian - AU

‘Less than optimal’: Centrelink call wait times blow out amid staff shortages

Labor government blames Coalition for cutting the agency’s workforce by around 13% from 2016 levels

The Guardian - AU

Matt Kean backs push to outlaw gay conversion practices in NSW

Leading Coalition moderate says he supports the concept but is waiting to see Alex Greenwich’s bill

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Liberals likely to win Aston byelection; Voice support increases in Essential poll

On February 9, Liberal Alan Tudge announced he would resign from politics, setting up a byelection in his Victorian seat of Aston. A date for the byelection is still to be determined.

Newcastle Herald

Federal Government won't match NSW Coalition pledge to ban offshore gas

A returned Coalition government would ban offshore coal, gas, mineral and petroleum production in NSW waters in a move that would prevent projects such as the controversial PEP-11 offshore gas exploration project off the Hunter coast.

ABC News

Greens offer support for safeguard mechanism on condition it blocks new coal and gas

The Greens say they are prepared to "live with" concerns over the government's signature plan to reduce emissions if new coal and gas projects are blocked from development.

The Guardian - AU

Greens will back safeguard mechanism revamp if Labor bans new coal and gas projects

Adam Bandt says time has come for Labor to ‘decide how much it wants’ fossil fuel ventures

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Australians need good financial advice more than ever to pay for soaring interest rates. Here's how to get it

Hundreds of thousands of us who took out fixed-rate mortgages in 2020 and 2021 are about to be hit with massive increases in payments.

The Guardian - AU

ABC breached impartiality guidelines in report presenting NT meeting as ‘racist’, ombudsman finds

Fiona Cameron describes Alice Springs radio report as ‘unduly favouring one perspective over all others’

The New Daily

Peter Dutton finds the hardest words. But did he mean them?

Peter Dutton said perhaps the hardest words for any Opposition Leader on Monday.Kevin Rudd was right and he had been badly wrong.

The Guardian - AU

Top public servant apologises for ‘significant’ error in Australia’s offshore immigration processing

The home affairs department’s lapse meant Nauru was not approved for immigration processing for four months

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s bill to ditch public funding for voice campaigns backed by review but Coalition dissents

Five dissenters in parliamentary committee say they are concerned about ‘trickery or rigging the system’

ABC News

On the 15th anniversary of the apology to the Stolen Generations, federal government unveils $424 million Closing the Gap plan

The federal government acknowledges there has been an "enormous failure" in attempts to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, as it unveils a fresh national plan and hundreds of millions of dollars of funding.

The Guardian - AU

Nearly 20,000 refugees to get same rights as other permanent residents after being kept ‘in limbo’

Labor clears way for temporary protection and safe haven visa holders to apply for permanency

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