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The ABC and the Liberal party face the same existential threat – they must reinvent themselves to survive

Younger generations are not voting for the Liberal party or following the ABC in the same numbers. This won’t change without a radical shift

The Guardian - AU

Former Coalition ministers incurred $2.5m of legal expenses linked to robodebt inquiry

Ex-PM Scott Morrison spent nearly half a million taxpayer dollars for legal bills while Christian Porter spent almost $800,000

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton ramps up nuclear power push and claims Labor down ‘renewable rabbit hole’

Opposition leader to tell Institute of Public Affairs that domestic reactors are natural next step from Aukus pact

The Guardian - AU

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Should the voting age in Australia be lowered to 16?

Attempts to lower the voting age in Australia to 16 have been historically unsuccessful. More recently, the Make It 16 campaign has been advocating for the enfranchisement of 16 and 17-year-olds, but with no fines for under 18s who fail to cast their ballots.

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Morning Mail: Call to ban consultancies’ political donations, Burney sets priorities for voice, ‘floating gold’ found

Transparency advocates say firms such as PwC should be banned from making political donations; Linda Burney to set out priorities for an indigenous voice

The Guardian - AU

‘Corrosive impact’: calls to ban political donations from Australia’s big four consultancies after PwC scandal

The firm along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG donated $4.3m to Labor and Coalition in past decade as government contracts increased by 400%, analysis shows

The Guardian - AU

Divide and conquer: on the Voice, Dutton’s stance may come back to bite him

If the opposition leader has his way and the Voice referendum fails, a dark cloud will hang over the country, Crikey readers say.

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A price on their heads

Hong Kong police have issued warrants for the arrest of eight pro-democracy activists, including Australian Kevin Yam, and One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson says she’ll mail her 2000-word No vote essay to voters herself if it’s not included in the official referendum pamphlet.

Crikey

Hope grows for Hunter Park after six years of fruitless planning

Committee for the Hunter says the project was heading for a below-par outcome.

Newcastle Herald

Max Chandler-Mather, publicity hound with a nose for the kill, is winning on housing

The Greens housing spokesman has rattled the PM and his government, but the newbie shows no signs of being overawed.

Crikey

Australia’s national anti-corruption commission receives 44 referrals on first day of operation

Nacc commissioner Paul Brereton reveals the body has already received a number of leads but not all will be investigated

The Guardian - AU

The rise and fall of the Coalition’s favourite political tool: the royal commission

Once scarce, royal commissions have become common in recent years — the result of a Coalition government keen to politically manage crises.

Crikey

Hunter Park strategy 'under review' as Labor government marks 100 days

The proposed Broadmeadow sports and entertainment precinct has been stuck in neutral for six years.

Newcastle Herald

Chris Minns’ first 100 days: what the NSW premier has learned so far and what he plans to do next

The state has to get on with building more homes and needs to shift development away from the city fringe toward the CBD, the premier says

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Labor MP Dan Repacholi shoots straight on first year in politics

'Not all politicians are stuck-up wankers.'

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s nature repair market must ban offsets and will need initial funding injection, scientists say

Members of threatened species scientific committee say allowing environmental offsets would undermine the scheme

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The NFL is sacrificing its own players at the altar of gambling greed

The NFL is suspending more and more players under unclear rules to make itself look aboveboard while taking in massive gambling revenue.

The Guardian - AU

Rules should be tightened to stop ‘unjustifiably partisan’ grants programs such as car park rorts, review finds

Audit committee calls for crackdown on politicised funding schemes following controversy over urban congestion and building better regions funds

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: how Gen Z could change politics, Berejiklian awaits Icac, Australia on top at Lord’s

Young Australians far less likely to shift to the right than their parents, study finds, while Gladys Berejiklian faces the corruption watchdog’s verdict

The Guardian - AU

Young Australians far less likely than parents to shift to right as they age, report finds

Coalition faces uphill battle in future because generation Z are seen sticking with progressive views in later life, thinktank says

Crikey

Plibersek — hypocrite, climate vandal, or maybe just obeying the law?

Should ministers be able to make decisions regardless of what the law says? That’s what critics of Tanya Plibersek seem to want.

The Guardian - AU

PwC walks back report used to claim Australia’s nature repair market could be worth $137bn

Report cited by environment minister in support of offset bill criticised for inflated figures

The Guardian - AU

Labor is dealing with changing demographics. Can it provide what voters want?

The Greens are siding with the kids while portraying the Albanese government as the grumpy parent

Crikey

Not much of a Joyce: a short history of Barnaby blowing up his own party

National Party MPs have been quick to douse rumours of a Barnaby Joyce return to the leadership. Memories still sting.

The Conversation

Vale Simon Crean: a true believer in the Labor Party

On reflection, Simon Crean was probably the first domino to fall in a certain madness that seized Labor during the Howard era and presaged a decade of turmoil that only settled down under Bill Shorten’s leadership (2013-19).

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