‘No way I can vote Labour’: Will pro-Palestine Brits sway the UK election? Despite raging protests, those abandoning Labour over Starmer’s position are unlikely to affect the outcome. Al Jazeera · Jun 28, 2024
NDIS reform delays to 'burn $1 billion' taxpayer funds NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has warned delays to passing reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme will cost $1 billion to taxpayers. AAP · Jun 27, 2024
'Not open to negotiation': New homes face delays Australia's housing minister has not said whether she believes having a home should be a human right, as a political gridlock delays building new homes. AAP · Jun 27, 2024
‘Relentless, almost ruthless focus’: Green party co-leaders grow into their double act Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay can be in two places at once on campaign trail as party hopes to win four seats The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024
Grattan on Friday: the Assange light and sound show overshadows government problems As scripted political dramas go, Julian Assange’s (welcome) arrival in Canberra on Wednesday night would be hard to beat. The Conversation · Jun 27, 2024
WATCH: Lesley Riddoch grills Greens co-leader Lorna Slater in exclusive interview LORNA Slater becomes the first Scottish party leader to get a grilling for Lesley Riddoch as part of our exclusive interview series ... The National (Scotland) · Jun 27, 2024
Labor’s build-to-rent bill knocked back in Senate as Coalition and Greens team up Greens want 100% of build-to-rent properties to be affordable and Coalition says bill would just ‘give foreign fund managers a tax cut’ The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2024
Penny Wong confirms some in Labor caucus ‘upset’ Fatima Payman crossed the floor on Palestine Foreign minister and others say they had to argue internally for change on marriage equality, stressing importance of party unity The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2024
Build-to-rent incentive plan hits opposition roadblock The government's build-to-rent incentive program has been sent to an inquiry by the opposition and Greens despite a chronic shortage of rental homes. AAP · Jun 27, 2024
Ministers back benching senator for pro-Palestine vote Senior ministers have defended Anthony Albanese's decision to temporarily bench a Labor senator for supporting a pro-Palestine motion by crossing the floor. AAP · Jun 26, 2024
Labor group praises Fatima Payman for upholding party ‘principles and policy’ to cross floor Exclusive: Labor Friends of Palestine hit out at federal government’s stance as ‘weakening’ commitment to Palestinian statehood The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2024
Julian Assange has been described as a provocateur – now his father says he just wants to be ‘ordinary’ The WikiLeaks founder is sure to be greeted by lots of media attention when he wakes up on Thursday morning, and not all of it welcome The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2024
MSP defends David Tennant amid row with Kemi Badenoch over LGBT rights THE Scottish Greens have responded to a clash between Scottish actor David Tennant and Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch. The National (Scotland) · Jun 26, 2024
Reform on student fees and Labour on ‘fleeceholds’ – could we build a better Britain using party manifestos? I read them all so you don’t have to. None in isolation would set the world alight, but look closely and there are some good ideas, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024
Pedestrian.tv · Jun 26, 2024 Coles & Woolworths Won’t Be Forced To Break Up Their Pricey Love Affair As Senate Bill Fails Supermarket duopoly Coles and Woolworths won't be forced to break up as the relevant Senate bill has failed.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2024 Afternoon Update: Julian Assange on his way to Australia; inflation rises; and financial therapists on money and feelings Anthony Albanese says he believes Australians ‘overwhelmingly’ wanted to see the WikiLeaks founder freed
The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2024 PM asks Fatima Payman not to attend Labor caucus temporarily after crossing floor over Palestine motion Deputy PM says now is ‘not the time to be going around expelling people’ as he calls for social cohesion across Australia
AAP · Jun 25, 2024 Vilification concern as senator iced for Palestine vote The prime minister requested Fatima Payman temporarily sit out of Labor's caucus after she defied the party position and supported a pro-Palestine motion.
AAP · Jun 25, 2024 How a mother's death from tsunami birthed an activist Listening to local elders after a tsunami in Samoa killed her mother, Steph Hodgins-May went from environmental lawyer to senator to fight for climate justice.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2024 Australia’s new vaping laws explained: where will vapes be sold and when do the changes come into force? Labor’s Mark Butler announced a deal with the Greens that represented a watering down of the proposed new rules
The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024 Chicken runs, boundary changes and a battle of economists: On the campaign trail in new constituency Hitchin Labour’s Alistair Strathern tells Archie Mitchell that as well as life-long Tories, he is winning the backing of Green and Lib Dem voters against Bim Afolami
The Conversation · Jun 25, 2024 Senator Fatima Payman defies Labor solidarity rule to cross floor on pro-Palestine Greens motion Labor Senator Fatima Payman has crossed the floor to support a motion moved by the Greens declaring “the need for the Senate to recognise the State of Palestine”.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2024 Labor senator Fatima Payman says each step ‘felt like a mile’ after crossing floor to back Palestine motion First-term senator risks membership after voting against her party by supporting motion on Palestinian statehood
The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2024 City of Sydney could tear up contracts with suppliers targeted by boycott Israel campaign Mayor Clover Moore says procurement and investment should be examined to potentially ‘put additional pressure towards a ceasefire’ in Gaza
AAP · Jun 25, 2024 MPs back in boost to governor-general's salary The House of Representatives has paved the way for the new governor-general to receive a 43 per cent rise in salary, prompting anger from the Greens.