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Voice referendum question and constitutional amendment could come tomorrow – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Negotiations for Voice to Parliament referendum wording near end, as Liberals mull support for machinery bill

Negotiations on the Voice to Parliament referendum on two fronts are close to concluding, as a likely final meeting is held on the recommended wording, and the Liberals entertain supporting the bill that would establish how the referendum is run.

ABC News

Australia’s $3bn Aukus bill to boost US and UK industry may go even higher

Defence industry minister Pat Conroy admits ‘scope’ for extra costs and that local shipbuilder ASC may not win contract for British-designed boats

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NSW election: Labor targets western Sydney swing as Coalition clings on in crucial battleground

The retirement of popular sitting MPs and the confluence of state and federal issues make for an intriguing picture of potential results

The Guardian - AU

Mark Dreyfus accuses federal Coalition leaders of ‘complete silence’ on neo-Nazis in parliamentary clash

Peter Dutton joined condemnation of Nazi glorification but did not weigh in on MP Moira Deeming’s attendance at rally

The Guardian - AU

NSW Labor labelled ‘amateurs’ by Perrottet after analysis shows election policy risks budget blowout

Chris Minns defends promise to scrap public sector wages cap as party leaders scramble in final week of NSW election campaigning

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s ‘zero-emissions’ bus a fizzer on the campaign trail

There were blushes in NSW Labor on Tuesday, when leader Chris Minns' "zero-emissions" campaign bus ran flat.

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Rural seats will be crucial to the NSW election outcome, so why aren’t we hearing about them?

Three key regional electorates will determine the makeup of the crossbench in the new parliament, yet campaign news seems to stop at Penrith

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: Perrottet the preferred NSW premier but both parties’ election policies fail to excite

Bulk of people polled say major policy announcements from Labor and Coalition will not sway their vote in lead-up to election

The Guardian - AU

At the NSW election, Labor is poised for a clean sweep – but Perrottet’s gamble may pay off

In the final week of the state election campaign, not a single pebble is being left unturned by the Coalition government

The Guardian - AU

Labor is odds-on for a narrow victory in NSW election, but it is far from a sure bet

A gambler would probably feel the odds favour a Labor win at the upcoming New South Wales election. But, as Scott Morrison proved in 2019, underdog status is prized in politics. Favouritism brings its own challenges, especially when the game takes an unanticipated twist. In this setting, the wide path…

The Conversation

Paul Bongiorno: Reckoning time in the Senate strands the Coalition

The Coalition is playing a cynical wrecking role of Australia’s ability to contribute more meaningfully to reducing global emissions.

The New Daily

Guardian Essential poll: support for Aukus and Indigenous voice declines

Anthony Albanese improves in personal measures, including honesty and vision, despite waning support for major policies

The Guardian - AU

Chris Minns’ massive gamble revealed as campaign enters final days

Can the NSW Labor leader Chris Minns count to nine? It’s a question that has followed him along the election campaign trail.

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Voters in city seats support ban on new coal and gas projects, poll shows

Majority in teal seats of Mackellar and Goldstein – and Labor’s Moreton and Bennelong – say industry should not use offsets for emissions

The Independent UK

Twenty years on: The shocking numbers behind the Iraq war

Trillion-dollar war. Hundreds of thousands dead. Zero weapons of mass destruction. Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports on the numbers behind the war

The Guardian - AU

Coalition lags Labor in election promises that bolster NSW budget, official costings reveal

State Parliamentary Budget Office estimates Labor’s pledges would improve bottom line by $1.4bn compared to the Coalition’s $97.2m

ABC News

New South Wales Labor's promise to scrap public sector wage cap could cost billions, review finds

Voters will go to the polls on Saturday without knowing the budget impacts of Labor's signature policy to scrap the public sector wage cap, but it is likely to cost billions of dollars.

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Afternoon Update: Soldier faces ‘life imprisonment’ if convicted of war crime; Victoria to ban Nazi salutes; and AFL round one review

Australian federal police and NSW police have arrested and charged a former SAS soldier after a four-year investigation

Newcastle Herald

Scone freight access route investigation

A re-elected Coalition government will investigate a new freight access route for Scone.

The Guardian - AU

Dominic Perrottet gives strongest endorsement yet of Indigenous voice but says ‘we don’t need a treaty’

NSW Labor opposition has committed to beginning a treaty process with state’s Indigenous people if it wins 2023 election

The Conversation

NSW Resolve poll has narrow lead for Labor five days before election

The New South Wales state election will be held on Saturday. I had a preview of both the lower and upper houses last week.

The Conversation

'We did it so badly ... it's now backfired': women and minority US forces reflect on the invasion of Iraq – now 20 years ago

Twenty years ago, the United States led the “coalition of the willing” in an invasion of Iraq, in the shadow of the September 11 2001 attacks on the US by militant Islamic network al-Qaeda.

ABC News

Business groups push for climate deal but warn government against conceding too much to Greens

The government has been locked in negotiations with the Greens and key crossbenchers for weeks over its proposed changes to the so-called safeguard mechanism, with the Coalition remaining steadfastly opposed.

The Guardian - AU

Dominic Perrottet on poking the ClubsNSW beast: ‘I didn’t start with many friends’

The NSW premier explains why he put his career on the line as the days count down to the state election

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