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Zali Steggall condemns ‘scaremongering’ over voice detail – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 1, 2023

Labor wins Aston byelection; NSW election and Trump polling updates

With 44% of enrolled voters counted in today’s Aston federal byelection, the ABC has Labor expected to win by 53.4-46.6 over the Liberals, a 6.3% swing to Labor from the 2022 general election. This includes ordinary election day votes only, no pre-polls or postals.

The Conversation · Apr 1, 2023

Michael Pascoe: David Pocock offers sense amid stupidity on housing

Unsurprisingly, the fate of the Albanese Government’s election gimmick excuse for a housing policy has fallen into the standard Canberra sideshow of

The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023

Grattan on Friday: We need more tax revenue, but don't ask the major parties how we'll get it

Teal candidates again fell short in the NSW election. Only one who was so labelled was successful, and she rejects the terminology. This followed the Victorian state election in which no teal won.

The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023

Australia passes most significant climate law in a decade amid concern over fossil fuel exports

Deal between Labor government and Greens requires total emissions from big industrial sites to come down, not just be offset

The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023

Government appoints five union figures

The Albanese government has announced five union-linked appointments to the industrial umpire in a bid to "restore balance". The former Coalition

The New Daily · Mar 30, 2023

Afternoon Update: new Covid measures; Latham chastised for homophobic tweet; and Coalition’s war memorial funding blitz

New aged care worker leave grants and expanded eligibility for antiviral treatment announced

The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023

Dutton misses historic moment in Parliament. You won’t believe why.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has refused to say if he was making a political statement against the Indigenous Voice when he and most of his Coalition

The New Daily · Mar 30, 2023

Australia will have a carbon price for industry – and it may infuse greater climate action across the economy

Australia is about to take a big, constructive step on climate change policy: we will have a carbon price for the industry sector, under the safeguard mechanism.

The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023

Australian War Memorial funding dwarfed that of other cultural institutions in Coalition’s final years

Memorial given more than $600m in last two years of Morrison government, as the nation’s peak collecting museums languished

The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023