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Turnbull government’s $33m grant went to company part-owned by mental health commissioner after lobbying

Exclusive: Funding to Innowell in 2017 without competitive tender was for mental health app and followed months of lobbying by Prof Ian Hickie. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by Hickie

The Guardian - AU

Murray-Darling Basin plan: Labor gives states more time to deliver water pledges despite El Niño fears

Environment minister Tanya Plibersek has declined to say if the federal government will use its power to buy back more water

The Guardian - AU

Voice support slips again in national Resolve poll; massive swing in WA puts Libs ahead

A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted July 12–15 from a sample of 1,610, had “no” to the Indigenous Voice to parliament leading in a forced choice by 52–48 (51–49 in June). Initial preferences were 42% “no” (up two), 36% “yes” (down six) and 22% undecided (up five). I…

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Peter Dutton briefed on bribery investigation before his government signed contract with target

Anthony Albanese says opposition leader has ‘responsibility to explain what occurred on his watch’

The Guardian - AU

‘Intertwined with government’: PwC helped revamp NSW Health then raked in $30m

NSW Greens say the big four firm’s restructure had turned NSW Health into a ‘consultant’s playground’.

Crikey

Right-wing media likes to target women who call out men. Why?

Why was former Liberal MP Lucy Wicks outed as the source of complaints about a NSW Liberal MP? And why does this keep happening?

Crikey

The voice yes campaign isn’t going well. But how poor do the polls need to be before the PM considers calling it all off?

Albanese famously loves fighting Tories but with the Indigenous voice it’s as if he’s wrestling smoke

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Victoria's Labor Party plunges in a Morgan poll after Commonwealth Games axed

A Victorian Morgan SMS poll, conducted July 19–20 – the two days after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced the 2026 Commonwealth Games would be cancelled – gave Labor a 53–47% lead over the Coalition, a huge 8.5-point gain for the Coalition since a May Morgan poll. The sample size was…

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My 3-point plan to untangle the public service from consultants such as PwC

This week the Albanese government produced a detailed breakdown of the A$3 billion it plans to save over four years by cutting the use of outsourced labour and consultants.

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When the goodies became the baddies: Albanese and team go LNP lite

Labor has forgotten its promises to Australians, say Crikey readers, leaving its supporters bewildered and deeply disappointed.

Crikey

Taking care of business

Synergy 360’s David Milo, a close mate of Coalition minister Stuart Robert, gave confidential defence documents to his firm that he got while working at big four consultancy Deloitte, and Peta Credlin, chief of staff to a former PM, Tony Abbott, says the Libs should target ‘struggle street’.

Crikey

Lowe's interest rate missteps were costly ones for many Australians

How difficult can it be?

Newcastle Herald

Local TV Stations Launch The Coalition for Local News Advocacy Group

Closing the "streaming loophole" is one of the group's initial priorities

TV Tech

Is Labor cooking up a ‘ministry of truth?’ No, it’s just an opposition scare campaign – with a side of hypocrisy

The Coalition now opposes the type of social media regulation it supported in government – and its about-face is aimed at fuelling the campaigning journalism of Labor’s critics

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Traditional owners win court case to stop nuclear waste dump in South Australia

Judge sides with Barngarla people when blocking facility near Kimba, citing ‘apprehended bias’ of former Coalition resources minister Keith Pitt

Crikey

As politics becomes religion, the right invents a new way to avoid accountability

After the robodebt royal commission, some voices on the right are trying to discredit Labor’s inquiries into Coalition scandals.

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton ‘the alternative PM from the alt-right’ heading Coalition’s ‘cabal of climate denial’, Chris Bowen claims

Labor’s energy minister to unveil decarbonisation plans for six areas of the economy in Sydney speech

Crikey

Accentuating the negative

Former Coalition Indigenous Australians spokesman Julian Leeser has accused the No campaign of using a trope of an ‘angry Aboriginal man’ to incite voters against the Voice, and new drugs offer hope of slowing the decline in dementia patients.

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How the sealed robodebt report chapter unwittingly assists the Coalition

Secrecy over the royal commission’s referrals coupled with the death of democratic conventions on the right threaten accountability for robodebt.

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Labor gains in Newspoll 2PP despite primary slide; LNP wins Fadden byelection easily

A federal Newspoll, conducted July 12–15 from a sample of 1,570, gave Labor a 55–45 lead after preferences, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Newspoll figures are from The Poll Bludger.

Crikey

Labor takes a hit in poll

Labor has lost its huge lead in voter land and now sits at 36% to the Coalition’s 34%, according to the latest Newspoll, and Jewish students in Victoria’s public schools have been targeted with anti-Semitic bullying.

AAP

By-election, polling show federal Labor under pressure

Newspoll shows Labor's primary vote is at its lowest level since the election, with the coalition also losing ground but quietly confident.

The Guardian - AU

‘A lethargic result’: Labor says it is ridiculous for Peter Dutton to take heart from Fadden byelection win

Deputy prime minister Richard Marles says byelection swing to LNP was ‘half the average swing you would expect against a sitting government’

The Guardian - AU

Hundreds charged after NSW domestic violence operation; South Australia moves to ban no cause evictions – as it happened

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Fadden will show if voters are ready to blame Labor for the economy, or keep bashing the Coalition

Peter Dutton wants to portray the government as too focused on the voice, but while an Aston-style upset is unlikely, the opposition leader is still on thin ice

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