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The Nadesalingam family's 'very happy life' in Biloela now that visas approved

Nades Murugappan has returned to work at the Biloela meatworks, where he worked before his family was taken away by immigration officials in 2018, and, with his wife Priya, is also looking to start up a food van.

ABC News · Aug 6, 2022

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 · Aug 5, 2022

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 · Aug 4, 2022

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

The New Daily · Aug 4, 2022

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

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 3, 2022

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.

ABC News · Aug 3, 2022

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 · Aug 3, 2022

‘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 · Aug 3, 2022

‘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 · Aug 3, 2022

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.

The Conversation · Aug 3, 2022