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Morning Mail: NDIS cuts to remove 241,000 participants, Trump accuses Iran of stalling, Blues win Origin classic

New modelling shows extent of government cuts over four-year period; NSW recover from 20-0 down to win with last-minute try

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Ed Husic calls on Labor to establish ‘red line’ on Israel’s actions, including treatment of flotilla activists

‘At some point the statements have got to end and the action needs to begin’, member for Chifley says

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Anthony Albanese rules out gas export tax on existing contracts and criticises ‘populist’ campaign

Prime minister says the middle of a global fuel crisis is ‘the worst possible time to jeopardise’ Australia’s partnerships with Asian trading partners

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: former minister Ed Husic on why Labor must ‘stare down’ gas companies over tax

Next month’s federal budget is an even tighter balancing act than usual, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers facing global economic uncertainty, a fuel crisis and the need to juggle cost-of-living relief with combating inflation.

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Backbencher break ranks with call for gas export tax

A backbench Labor MP has urged his parliamentary colleagues to impose a new tax on gas exports despite opposition from the sector.

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Inquiry fires up chances of raising gas export taxes

A parliamentary committee will report into Australia's gas export regime before the budget, in a sign the government is warming to raising taxes on the sector.

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese celebrates caucus unity, but it can come at a cost

In the current furore about the fate of the ISIS brides, one would have expected we might have heard some strong advocates from the Labor left in caucus publicly arguing for their repatriation.

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Greens senator claims One Nation the party of ‘billionaires, not battlers’ – as it happened

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Afternoon Update: Labor unrest over Herzog visit; defence site sell-off; and a ‘deplorable’ secret about motherhood

Ed Husic says he has ‘deep concerns’ over impending visit of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog

The Guardian - AU

‘I don’t think this was a good decision’: Labor’s Ed Husic holds ‘deep concerns’ over Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit

MP also tells Guardian Australia’s Full Story podcast he backs peaceful protests against country’s actions in Gaza

The Guardian - AU

NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack

Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: ‘Our gas, our prices’ says Husic, mortgage squeeze tightens, Italy divided over ‘off-grid’ family

Former minister says companies are ‘profiteering’ by selling gas overseas and inflating prices at home; judge’s ruling hits out at off-grid lifestyle

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‘Our gas, our prices’: Ed Husic breaks ranks with Labor to demand an end to ‘profiteering’ by exporters

Labor MP backs independent’s call for cheaper energy on the east coast by forcing producers to sell cheaper fuel for Australian use

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Labor MP Ed Husic urges own party to ‘pry open the jaws of Treasury’ after CSIRO announces job cuts

Husic, who oversaw CSIRO cuts as the former science minister, said some in government see scientific agency funding as a ‘cost’ not an ‘investment’

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Big bank boss takes swipe at surcharge ban consequences

As the Reserve Bank considers a ban on credit card surcharges, the head of the nation's biggest bank has warned of "wrong assumptions" about the payments.

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Wages data could force RBA to turn page on rates cut

Unlikely to receive another rate cut in the next six months, borrowers will at least see the big four banks face parliamentary scrutiny in Canberra this week.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese urged to end ‘double standard’ on Israel after UN commission finds genocide occurring in Gaza

Human rights experts and crossbench politicians call on Labor to ‘put its money where its mouth is’ and apply similar sanctions on Israel as on Russia

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‘We want builders on site, not filling in forms’: Albanese government cuts red tape in bid to boost home building

Pausing changes to Construction Code, establishment of ‘strike team’ within environment department and use of AI in planning among reforms

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Australia’s peak Jewish group condemns Netanyahu’s ‘clumsy’ attack on Albanese and calls for end to ‘spat’

ECAJ says Australian and Israeli governments should use ‘diplomacy rather than public posturing’

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AI doom, nature laws and solving the housing problem: five takeaways from day two of economic reform roundtable

Jim Chalmers says ‘a useful consensus’ is emerging in several key reform areas

The Guardian - AU

Australia recognising Palestine a ‘political fig leaf’ without sanctions, Palestine Advocacy Network head says

APAN and Greens urge Albanese to take more steps against Israel while Coalition claims announcement helps Hamas

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Anthony Albanese ‘Pursuing’ Phone Call With Benjamin Netanyahu After Palestine Marches

“Australian politics has underestimated how strongly Australians feel about this issue,” Labor politician Ed Husic said.

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Protesters seize momentum after huge Gaza bridge march

Big crowds at pro-Palestine rallies including on Sydney Harbour Bridge are no surprise to the prime minister, who says Australians want to show their concern.

The Guardian - AU

The horror of Gaza called and a mass of rain-soaked Sydney Harbour Bridge marchers, young and old, came in full force

They were armed with umbrellas and ponchos and waterproof prams. One man even carried a surfboard. This is Sydney, after all

The Guardian - AU

Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza

NSW police estimate 90,000 walked despite force and premier opposing rally, while Palestine Action Group claims up to 300,000 peacefully protested

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