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Albanese’s right to set crossbenchers’ personal staffing numbers faces scrutiny

Independent Senator David Pocock is seeking to remove the discretion of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to decide the number of extra staff crossbenchers receive.

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Labor defends partial gambling ad ban

Labor says it’s helping free-to-air media survive by not backing a total gambling ad ban, and Fatima Payman is leading the charge of independent candidates in heartland Labor seats.

Crikey

Cost of living, union corruption in focus as MPs return

Labor wants to shift the focus to cost-of-living relief and social action as the coalition heaps pressure on its handling of inflation and national security.

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Ex-Labor senator Fatima Payman appoints ‘preference whisperer’ Glenn Druery as chief of staff

Druery says Payman could become the next Senate powerbroker in the mould of Nick Xenophon or Brian Harradine

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The greatest threat to Australia’s social cohesion? The Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank has been the biggest driver of economic insecurity over the past two years and thus the biggest threat to social cohesion.

Crikey

NT military exercise suspended after pilot escapes crash – as it happened

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Australia urges Israel to stop settler violence in Palestinian territory in wake of ICJ ruling

Statement from the foreign minister, Penny Wong, follows damning ruling from international court of justice accusing Israel of activities amounting to apartheid

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Obama adds to Biden pressure

The former president and one of Joe Biden’s closest friends has raised questions about the viability of Biden’s candidacy, and nearly 13 million Australians had their health information hacked.

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Lidia Thorpe sees her Senate spot as the Greens ‘paying the rent’

The independent senator won’t try to stay in Parliament when her six-year term comes to an end. But she hopes to pass her Senate seat onto another proud Blak activist

Crikey

Zomi Frankcom investigation ends

A former defence chief will release his report into the killing of an Australian aid worker by Israel, and Labor is tightening its purse ahead of the budget update.

Crikey

Morning Mail: revolt in WA Labor; footage shows anguish of children in custody; pressure grows on Biden

Fallout over Fatima Payman continues for Labor; videos show kids screaming, struggling to breathe in police custody; Joe Biden urged to drop out

The Guardian - AU

WA Labor multicultural group in revolt over treatment of Fatima Payman

Exclusive: Two officeholders quit, with one claiming the party has ‘become a spineless jellyfish’

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Albanese’s slide continues in Resolve poll, as major parties tied

A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted July 10–13 from a sample of 1,603, had Labor and the Coalition tied at 50–50 by 2022 election preference flows, a one-point gain for the Coalition since June by my calculations.

The Conversation

Payman saga proves politicians and journalists are weaponising religion without understanding it

What is the point of boasting support for the first hijabi woman in Parliament only to reject the very system of meaning that inspires her to wear the hijab?

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No, Labor shouldn’t ditch its caucus rules — they’re compromised and collectivist but more democratic

Arguing for the negative in this week’s Friday Fight: Crikey’s political editor Bernard Keane.

Crikey

Yes, Labor should ditch its caucus rules — if it wants to avoid becoming a shrinking cult

Arguing for the affirmative in this week’s Friday Fight: columnist Rachel Withers.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese appeals to western Sydney amid Muslim voting campaigns on Gaza war

The seats of Blaxland and Watson have higher percentages of Muslim voters than Labor’s 2022 winning margin

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ALP condemns Gaza school bombing amid community outrage

Federal cabinet minister Jason Clare has condemned the bombing of schools in Gaza, as Australian Muslims continue to warn they feel disenfranchised by Labor.

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Comparing climate and COVID protesters

Letters and Short Takes: Thursday, July 11, 2024

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Fatima Payman advises Muslims: ‘Don’t establish a political party’

Senator Fatima Payman, who resigned from Labor last week to sit as a crossbench independent, says she would advise Muslims not to form their own political party.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Fatima Payman on the challenges and opportunities of being a crossbencher

Western Australian Senator Fatima Payman quit Labor after defying the party’s “solidarity” rule. Her action, spurred by the Gaza issue, has intensified Labor fears about the possible impact of the Muslim vote in some of its safe seats at the election.

Crikey

Politicians panicking about ‘faith-based’ forces need to look at Australia’s history

Is our magically secular law really under religious threat for the first time? Hardly.

Crikey

Crikey readers on Labor and the division caused by the Payman saga

Some view the responses to Fatima Payman quitting Labor as ‘extremely poor and one-sided’. Others ask, ‘What is the issue here?’

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At the heart of the Payman pile-on lies a fundamental failure of imagination

Did Labor force Fatima Payman out as part of some broader political strategy? Or was it just plain old incomprehension and incompetence?

Crikey

NATO underway amid Biden questions

The NATO summit opens in Washington as Joe Biden’s future is discussed by Democrats, and Australia’s wage growth is some of the worst in the OECD.

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