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Labor is odds-on for a narrow victory in NSW election, but it is far from a sure bet

A gambler would probably feel the odds favour a Labor win at the upcoming New South Wales election. But, as Scott Morrison proved in 2019, underdog status is prized in politics. Favouritism brings its own challenges, especially when the game takes an unanticipated twist. In this setting, the wide path…

The Conversation

Paul Bongiorno: Reckoning time in the Senate strands the Coalition

The Coalition is playing a cynical wrecking role of Australia’s ability to contribute more meaningfully to reducing global emissions.

The New Daily

Guardian Essential poll: support for Aukus and Indigenous voice declines

Anthony Albanese improves in personal measures, including honesty and vision, despite waning support for major policies

The Guardian - AU

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Chris Minns’ massive gamble revealed as campaign enters final days

Can the NSW Labor leader Chris Minns count to nine? It’s a question that has followed him along the election campaign trail.

The New Daily

Voters in city seats support ban on new coal and gas projects, poll shows

Majority in teal seats of Mackellar and Goldstein – and Labor’s Moreton and Bennelong – say industry should not use offsets for emissions

The Guardian - AU

Twenty years on: The shocking numbers behind the Iraq war

Trillion-dollar war. Hundreds of thousands dead. Zero weapons of mass destruction. Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports on the numbers behind the war

The Independent UK

Coalition lags Labor in election promises that bolster NSW budget, official costings reveal

State Parliamentary Budget Office estimates Labor’s pledges would improve bottom line by $1.4bn compared to the Coalition’s $97.2m

The Guardian - AU

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New South Wales Labor's promise to scrap public sector wage cap could cost billions, review finds

Voters will go to the polls on Saturday without knowing the budget impacts of Labor's signature policy to scrap the public sector wage cap, but it is likely to cost billions of dollars.

ABC News

Afternoon Update: Soldier faces ‘life imprisonment’ if convicted of war crime; Victoria to ban Nazi salutes; and AFL round one review

Australian federal police and NSW police have arrested and charged a former SAS soldier after a four-year investigation

The Guardian - AU

Scone freight access route investigation

A re-elected Coalition government will investigate a new freight access route for Scone.

Newcastle Herald

Dominic Perrottet gives strongest endorsement yet of Indigenous voice but says ‘we don’t need a treaty’

NSW Labor opposition has committed to beginning a treaty process with state’s Indigenous people if it wins 2023 election

The Guardian - AU

NSW Resolve poll has narrow lead for Labor five days before election

The New South Wales state election will be held on Saturday. I had a preview of both the lower and upper houses last week.

The Conversation

'We did it so badly ... it's now backfired': women and minority US forces reflect on the invasion of Iraq – now 20 years ago

Twenty years ago, the United States led the “coalition of the willing” in an invasion of Iraq, in the shadow of the September 11 2001 attacks on the US by militant Islamic network al-Qaeda.

The Conversation

Business groups push for climate deal but warn government against conceding too much to Greens

The government has been locked in negotiations with the Greens and key crossbenchers for weeks over its proposed changes to the so-called safeguard mechanism, with the Coalition remaining steadfastly opposed.

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The Guardian - AU

Dominic Perrottet on poking the ClubsNSW beast: ‘I didn’t start with many friends’

The NSW premier explains why he put his career on the line as the days count down to the state election

The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s super changes will affect three times as many people as Labor’s plan, modelling shows

Jim Chalmers says figures based on Treasury projections reveals opposition’s ‘deception’

The New Daily

Liberals set to relinquish record reign at NSW election

NSW is on the verge of ending a record run of Liberal rule as voters begin casting their votes in the NSW state election.

ABC News

Feral animals and weeds a priority for key regional independents ahead of NSW election

The Invasive Species Council warns of an impending biosecurity "disaster" due a lack of frontline staff, drawing the support of regional independents and crossbenchers who may hold the balance of power after the NSW election.

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The Guardian - AU

Timid NSW transport policies show Labor and Coalition have taken their feet off the accelerator

No matter who wins the election, the task of tackling clogged roads and Sydney’s tolling mess will be immense

The Guardian - AU

Chris Minns says documents show Liberals considered privatising parts of Sydney Water

Labor to start final week of NSW election campaign by continuing pursuit of Perrottet government over its privatisation record

The New Daily

Albanese and Perrottet trade barbs as NSW prepares to pick its next government

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has slammed Anthony Albanese's criticism of the Liberals' signature Kids Future Fund as "out of touch"

ABC News

Liberals and Nationals battle for Port Macquarie this NSW election in first three-cornered contest since 1999

The Coalition's battle scars from the 2020 "koala wars" are exposed in the New South Wales election campaign for Port Macquarie, where the Nationals are running against the sitting member who left them to join the Liberal Party.

Newcastle Herald

Election Diary: Does Labor think Upper Hunter is a 'key seat'?

Why hasn't Chris Minns been to an electorate hanging on a tiny margin?

The Guardian - AU

Gambling, housing, cost of living: where the major parties sit on the big issues of the NSW election

With just a week of campaigning left, the Coalition and Labor have their offerings finely tuned. Here are the key differences

The New Daily

The Ferguson Report: The Emperor’s new submarines

Albo said the exact cost of the nuclear submarine fleet is "between $268 billion or $368 billion, precisely".

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