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Liberals hold cordial party room after public brawling but chasm on net zero remains

Regional and metropolitan MPs at loggerheads as members warned not to ‘verbal’ each other over the issue

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Australia Tables Historic Environmental Reform Legislation Promising Economic Boost and Conservation Balance

Australia's government introduces comprehensive environmental reform legislation promising A$6.9 billion annual economic benefits through faster project approvals while establishing a new National Environmental Protection Agency. The landmark bill faces political challenges requiring crossbench support.

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BoM to revert to former rain radar colour scheme after backlash – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Ken Henry’s nature laws warning, Australia knocked out of Women’s Cricket World Cup, and will interest rates go up?

Former treasury secretary says developers will take advantage of law as it is currently drafted; and is it possible interest rates could rise before they fall again?

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Despite what a thinktank bleats to the Coalition, heat deaths are in fact ‘a thing’

Centre for Independent Studies points to climate risk report to back up its dismissal of heat-related deaths, but neglects to use the part that actually concerns the future

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Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie rebuked for ‘playing politics’ on abortion in debate on stillbirth leave

Experts warn the fearmongering about late-term terminations is straight out of the anti-abortion handbook

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese government hasn’t walked its talk about accountability and integrity

The government used to be quite cosy with independent ACT senator David Pocock. That was back at the start, when it needed his vote.

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Morning Mail: ‘now or never’ for Watt’s nature laws, mother vows to continue blockers fight, Trump’s White House revamp

Environment minister calls for cross-party support as Matt Kean warns Coalition to support the bill; Trump fires federal commissioners over White House reno

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View from The Hill: pressure on embattled Ley to do a deal on EPBC reform

Sussan Ley will survive “the killing season”, as commentators dub the fag end of the political year. But she’s in bad shape.

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Morning Mail: Coalition’s sceptical climate science briefing, Israel orders Gaza strikes, Melissa hits Jamaica

MPs given presentation casting doubt on climate change as voters show they want more progressive policies

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‘Shock and anger’ as Labor proposes giving states more power over fossil fuel projects

Extracts of planned changes to the EPBC Act prompt ‘anger’ from conservation organisations that fear nature protection will be weakened

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Jane Hume renews push to lift nuclear energy ban – as it happened

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Environment minister could approve projects at odds with nature laws under Labor overhaul

New ‘national interest’ provision revealed as extracts of legislation circulated to stakeholders before bill introduced to parliament later this week

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Labor has huge lead in a South Australian poll, 5 months from the election

Labor has a blowout lead in South Australia, with the election in March 2026. The federal party has also expanded its lead in a Morgan poll.

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Opposition wants ‘balanced outcome’ on environment protection reforms – as it happened

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Battle ahead for Labor as details on nature bill emerge

Labor insists its long-awaited environmental reforms will be passed through the Senate despite objections from both the opposition and Greens.

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Liberals accuse Labor of secrecy for withholding PM’s letters to ministers – despite Coalition doing the same

Opposition senator’s FoI request rejected by Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on national security and cabinet solidarity grounds

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As the Coalition shows its colours on nature, Labor faces a question: will it really protect Australia’s wildlife?

There are some decent elements in what Labor is proposing, but the overhaul could end up as tinkering rather than transformation

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Grattan on Friday: Libs should reflect on proverb ‘As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly’

Twice in recent times the Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy: in 2009 over Kevin Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, and in 2018 over the National Energy Guarantee, a plan to reduce emissions while maintaining reliability at lowest cost.

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Afternoon Update: Nature laws in doubt; 1970 cold case suspect named in parliament; and Sydney’s queer and kink subcultures

Coalition joins the Greens in criticising Labor’s proposed changes to federal environmental protection laws

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Morning Mail: house prices surge, online grocery price premium revealed, Australia thump England

Values rise at fastest rate for four years as Brisbane takes second place behind Sydney

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Most Australians agree there’s a housing crisis. But they differ on what’s causing it – and how to fix it

Housing was a key issue during the 2025 federal election. In a campaign fought on the cost of living, rising housing costs – rents, mortgage repayments and house prices – were issues that all parties had to address.

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Greens say Labor’s nature laws revamp ‘worse than status quo’ with climate impact of fossil fuel projects overlooked

Private briefings confirm how Labor intends to deal with some contentious elements of rewritten Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Afternoon Update: heatwave and wild winds grip nation; Palestinians with Australian visas trapped in Gaza; and Hollywood A-listers flop

Sydney falls just short of recording its hottest October temperature while parts of western Victoria are hit by wind gusts of 120km/h

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Anthony Albanese Praises Kevin Rudd As ‘Outstanding’ After That Awkward Trump Moment

Anthony Albanese has come to Kevin Rudd’s defence after he copped that infamous “I don’t like you” sledge from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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