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Conservatives insist policies to cut emissions drive up power bills. There’s net zero evidence for that

The International Energy Agency has laid to rest the persistent myth that net zero policies are responsible for soaring energy prices

The Guardian - AU

Trains, a bus and an ambulance that wasn’t: the Victorian state election campaign is officially under way

There was a stark contrast between Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy when they hit the hustings

The Guardian - AU

Majority of Australians back taxing fossil fuel companies’ super profits, survey shows

Research comes as treasurer acknowledges ‘an appetite in the community’ to strengthen petroleum resource rent tax

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Victorian state election campaign officially begins with promises on V/Line and water bills

Victorians will pay less for public transport across regional Victoria regardless of who wins the state election, with transport, hip-pocket issues, health and ISIS brides all featuring on the first official day of the campaign.

ABC News

Liberal campaign stunt may backfire as ‘Ditch Dan ambulance’ prompts legal questions

Victorian opposition leader rubbishes suggestions restored vehicle could be mistaken for a real ambulance

The Guardian - AU

Angus Taylor says government axing stage-three tax cuts ‘would be a broken promise of incredible magnitude’

Shadow treasurer describes the policy as the greatest ‘marker of values in this term of parliament’

The Guardian - AU

Labor's lead slides in Newspoll, but honeymoon continues in Resolve poll after budget

A Newspoll, conducted October 27-30 from a sample of 1,500, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a two-point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll in early September. Primary votes were 38% Labor (up one), 35% Coalition (up four), 11% Greens (down two), 6% One Nation (down one), 1% UAP…

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Government and opposition butt heads over $2 fare cap after new Department of Transport costing

The Victorian Department of Transport's impartiality has been called into question after it was asked by the Andrews government to cost the opposition's policy proposal.

ABC News

Victorian election: with Melbourne Cup over, now comes real race for Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy

Polls and pundits have Labor winning in a canter, but strategists from both sides expect the margin to narrow as 26 November approaches

The Guardian - AU

Labor to launch trial to help NDIS participants who want to work

Social services minister Amanda Rishworth to announce pilot scheme aimed at lifting employment rates among people with disability

The Guardian - AU

Lawyer for Australian families repatriated from Syria says focus should be on their recovery

Moustafa Kheir says women and children have returned to NSW ‘from hell on earth’ and are cooperating with authorities

The Guardian - AU

'All pork': Chris Steel slams funding for roads

A transport funding row which erupted last week has continued, as the ACT government defends the plans.

The Canberra Times

Guardian Essential poll: two-thirds of voters back intervention in energy market as power prices soar

Survey after Jim Chalmers’ first budget suggests people pessimistic about economic outlook amid cost-of-living pressures

The Guardian - AU

Interest in Melbourne Cup slips with more than half of Australians uninterested, poll suggests

Nearly half of those surveyed (45%) believe it promotes ‘unhealthy’ gambling and a third (34%) say it normalises animal cruelty

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‘I would get rid of them’: Tanya Plibersek said she was against stage-three tax cuts, constituent claims

Longtime Labor supporter says Plibersek told him she disagreed with the decision to keep tax cuts legislated by former Coalition government

Newcastle Herald

Minns says Labor will have policy on Stockton before election

Opposition leader Chris Minns says Labor is "determined" to have a policy on long-term solutions for Stockton's erosion woes before the NSW election.

The Conversation

Book extract: Dreamers and schemers and the election that changed us

This is an edited extract from Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia by Frank Bongiorno, La Trobe University Press, 2022.

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Australia hopes to change climate reputation at COP27

A new government hopes to transform Australia’s reputation into a climate leader at COP27. But there’s a lot of damage to unpick.

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The rich, white powerbrokers in A.M. Homes' new novel plot to be kingmakers – in the name of 'democracy'

The website of the America First Secretary of State Coalition (“America First SOS”) doesn’t include the word “democracy” anywhere. It goes hard on “integrity”, mentioning “voter” and “election” integrity four times in about 800 words. But the Coalition isn’t interested in democracy.

The Guardian - AU

Number of underperforming super funds reduced and fees cut under Coalition reforms, thinktank finds

Grattan Institute urges Albanese government to retain strict criteria and annual performance tests

ABC News

Robodebt faces a reckoning as royal commission begins

Deanna Amato never imagined she would take on the federal government in court. But then, in 2018, she opened her tax return and received a shock: her entire refund had been seized.

Newcastle Herald

Minns confirms visit to erosion-hit beach

LABOR state opposition leader Chris Minns is expected to visit Stockton to meet with concerned residents over beach erosion during a visit to Newcastle this afternoon and tomorrow. Mr Minns is scheduled to inspect the UGL Goninan train building and repair facility at Broadmeadow this afternoon, and is a guest…

The Guardian - AU

Rather than an endlessly reheated nuclear debate, politicians should be powered by the evidence

A renewable-dominated system is comfortably the cheapest form of power generation, according to research

The Guardian - AU

Victorian public schools to get free lunches under opposition election pledge

The opt-in program would be implemented by the end of 2026 in an effort to ease cost of living pressures and support nutrition of students

ABC News

Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says Coalition dam money will go towards secret fund to buy water rights from irrigators

Money for dams is reallocated so the Albanese government can buy water entitlements from farmers.

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