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Peter Dutton rejects proposed Matildas public holiday as ‘stunt’ and ‘ego trip’ for Anthony Albanese

Opposition leader says holiday could cost economy $2bn and promises $250m in community sports grants instead if elected

The Guardian - AU

Hunter among areas falling short of bus drivers

A bus industry taskforce has delivered its first report to the NSW government.

Newcastle Herald

Accentuate the negative: why the Liberal Party's fondness for 'no' might ultimately backfire

The Coalition is attempting to claim it supports a legislated Voice to Parliament because it “is important in the way it may close the gap and the way it may improve the lives of indigenous people”, but that a Voice protected by the Constitution – on which Australians will vote…

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National party refuses to back Peter Dutton on alternative Indigenous voice proposal

David Littleproud says his party has ‘real concern’ about regional advisory bodies Dutton has promised to put in legislation, but not in the constitution

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberal leader backs Indigenous voice saying rewards ‘outweigh the risks’

Mark Speakman’s statement comes as Peter Dutton says he will “fight for” constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians

The Guardian - AU

Voters have a poor view of Labor on cost-of-living relief, but Peter Dutton keeps letting them off the hook

The opposition leader is leaving it very late to flip the switch from resentment to solutions

The Guardian - AU

Philip Lowe’s final inquisition leaves out some tough questions

More scrutiny of the outgoing RBA governor’s views on interest rates, profit-gouging and rent controls would have been welcome at his final appearance before parliament

The Guardian - AU

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How 'witch-hunts' and 'Stockholm syndrome' became part of political language (and what it has to do with wrestling)

It’s hard to sympathise with powerful people hounding out innocents — which is why the Coalition wanted us to know the Robodebt Royal Commission was a political witch-hunt. Poor Donald Trump wants us to know he’s the victim of a witch-hunt, too.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: The Coalition's likely embrace of nuclear energy is high-risk politics

Crazy brave, or just crazy? If, as seems likely, the opposition embraces nuclear power in its 2025 election policy, it will be taking a huge political gamble.

The Conversation

Nelson Bay Road upgrade funding subject to government review

The former government committed $156 million to the project in last year's budget.

Newcastle Herald

Afternoon Update: Hawaii wildfires kill six; Coalition defeated on medicines; and a breakthrough on endometriosis?

Over 4,000 people have been displaced after fires fanned by Hurricane Dora tore through the historic town of Lahaina

The Guardian - AU

Cheaper prescriptions plan to proceed as Senate votes down Coalition attempt to block 60-day dispensing

Patients will be able to buy two months of medicine from pharmacies for price of one, saving more than $1.6bn over four years

The Guardian - AU

Opposition to launch further attempt to disallow plan after defeat – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Business lobby rejects Coalition’s ‘disingenuous’ claims Labor pursuing big Australia policy

Business Council of Australia wants migration to be more business-friendly and rejects concerns of a surge in arrivals

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Coalition will seek to block Labor plan for cheaper medicine after backlash from pharmacies

Opposition won’t support 60-day dispensing policy that allows patients to buy two months of medicine for price of one over concerns community pharmacies will be forced to close

The Conversation

'No' to the Voice takes lead in Essential poll; huge swing to Libs at WA state byelection

A national Essential poll, conducted August 2–6 from a sample of 1,150, gave “no” to the Indigenous Voice to parliament a 47–43 lead, reversing a 47–43 lead for “yes” in this poll in early July. While Newspoll and Resolve polls had given “no” a lead in June, this is the…

The Guardian - AU

Australia to officially resume use of term ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’, reversing Coalition stance

Labor is vowing to strengthen its objections to ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements ahead of next week’s national conference

The Guardian - AU

PM will push national cabinet for public holiday if Australia make final – as it happened

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Australian Christian Lobby says plans to combat social media misinformation will ‘cancel Christian posts’

Claim comes despite draft of bill explaining media regulator will not be empowered to request specific content be removed from digital platforms

The Guardian - AU

Labor not ruling out raising income-free area for jobseeker – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison a ‘bottomless well of self-pity’ with no ‘mercy’ for robodebt’s real victims, Bill Shorten says

Minister for government services says ‘real victims are all those Australians who lost trust in government’ due to scheme

The Conversation

Out of danger because the UN said so? Hardly – the Barrier Reef is still in hot water

Today is a good day to be Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. UNESCO, the United Nations body expected to vote on whether to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”, instead deferred the decision for another year. This, an insider told French newspaper Le Monde, was largely due to the…

The Conversation

Dutton's JobSeeker plans would at first leave 640,000 worse off and 168,000 better off

If this year’s budget measures are passed by parliament in the current sitting, the government has indicated that the single rate of JobSeeker payment will increase by around $56 per fortnight in September.

The Guardian - AU

Labor to meet Greens over housing bill – as it happened

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Newcastle Herald

If growth is the goal, equal pay in sports kicks it along

'Football is quite literally not a business at all.'

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