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Young Liberals blame election defeat on climate inaction and ‘coordinated attack’ on net zero target

Party’s youth wing also cites failure to recruit women and to deliver national integrity commission as factors in Coalition loss

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton said the cashless debit card has improved the lives of many users. Is he correct?

The Opposition Leader has been talking up the results of a survey on the cashless debit card, but the majority said the program had made life "worse".

ABC News

Australia’s climate change targets will become law. What happens now?

Here’s what we know the new bill means for climate action and what happens once we have legislated targets

The Guardian - AU

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On climate, the Coalition looks for an each-way bet on a losing horse

The only hope for the Coalition of ever winning government again will require them to at least pretend to re-engage with constituents on climate.

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Grattan on Friday: Government win on climate legislation leaves opposition looking like a stranded asset

Perhaps not since the marriage equality vote has the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives carried such a combination of substantive and symbolic import as the Albanese government’s climate legislation.

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Albanese declares Coalition ‘stuck in time’ after Labor’s climate bill passes lower house

Legislation passes with amendments from independents and Greens, enshrining an emissions reduction target of 43% by 2030

The Guardian - AU

Climate bill passes lower house as Liberal MP defects

A bill enshrining an emissions reduction target of 43 per cent into law passed the House of Representatives. The government’s Climate Change Bill passed

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Denialism’s downside: is Dutton now losing even his fossil fuel donors?

Peter Dutton’s decision to mindlessly oppose Labor’s climate bill won’t make fossil fuel companies happy — an unusual position for a party that has worked so assiduously in their interests for so long.

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Penny Wong warns against ‘miscalculation’ as China-Taiwan tensions escalate – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Iranian asylum seeker on bridging visa wants permanency in Australia to care for her sick daughter

Elham Amareh is used to feelings of fear and uncertainty, having fled Iran with her husband, son and daughter and making the journey to Australia by boat in 2013. Ms Amareh has lived in Australia for a decade now, but her attempts to secure a protection visa have been denied.

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The Greens have backed Labor's 43% target - but don't think Australia's climate wars are over

After a decade of climate policy failure, Wednesday brought good news and slightly less good news for Australian action on climate change.

The Conversation

‘Nothing off the table’ in bid to deliver 450GL of water for Murray-Darling, Labor says

Tanya Plibersek accuses the Coalition of preventing the delivery of water for South Australia through ‘brown tape’ bureaucracy

The Guardian - AU

‘Historic’ climate bill for reducing carbon emissions poised to pass into law

The Greens confirmed they would support the climate bill in the lower house and Senate, and Liberal MP Bridget Archer would cross the floor.

The New Daily

It's official: the Murray-Darling Basin Plan hasn't met its promise to our precious rivers. So where to now?

A long-awaited report released on Tuesday found the amount of water promised to river environments under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan “cannot be achieved” under current settings. In short, the plan is failing on a key target.

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Government's 43 per cent emissions target set to become law, as Greens offer votes needed to pass climate bill

A bill to write the government's climate target into law is set to be passed, as the Greens decide to back the bill, giving the government enough votes to pass the legislation.

The Guardian - AU

Liberal MP Bridget Archer to cross the floor on climate bill – as it happened

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Greens clear the air

The Greens are torn over whether to push Labor to a 75% reduction in emissions targets by 2030, and Dan Andrews’ government has asked the state’s corruption watchdog to investigate Matthew Guy and his former chief of staff.

The Conversation

NSW government slides further into trouble as Perrottet struggles for clear air

Clear air is essential ahead of an election. Space to make the case to voters. Room to build positive momentum. And yet, hurtling towards a poll in March 2023, the NSW Liberal-National government is gasping for breath.

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Cashless debit cards linked to buy now, pay later services raise concerns ahead of end of scheme

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth said transitioning people off cashless debit cards could take time due to a number of people linking theirs to buy now, pay later services.

The Guardian - AU

Greens in ‘powerful position’ on climate as Labor faces scrutiny over Coalition’s ‘gas-fired recovery’ projects

Calls for Labor to review how much of the Morrison government’s pledges towards a ‘gas-fired recovery’ has been spent, contracted or merely promised

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton has reached into the weeds of the climate wars and pulled out nuclear energy. It’s beyond ludicrous

The Coalition could’ve progressed a domestic industry in its nine years in power, but it didn’t

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton rejects push by moderate Liberals to change position on climate legislation

Opposition leader tells shadow cabinet voting against bill does not mean it opposes targets, while Greens yet to reach consensus

The Guardian - AU

Tony Burke flags parliamentary inquiry to consider overhaul of Workforce Australia jobs program

Labor supported $1.5bn-a-year program implemented by Coalition but employment minister says some aspects require ‘scrutiny and oversight’

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ABC’s new ombudsman Fiona Cameron brings a political past — but will it matter?

The political history of new ABC ombudsman Fiona Cameron is closely linked with the Coalition. Is there any basis for fears of political bias?

Crikey

Australia’s rotten gas cartel is a climate, economic and fiscal criminal

Who’s responsible for the looming gas supply crisis the ACCC has warned about? A cartel of mostly foreign gas suppliers exploiting market power.

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