Victoria moves to introduce default $50 loss limit on poker machines Labor will also overhaul a much-criticised tax break scheme for gaming venues under deal with Greens The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2024
Laws bring in harsher penalties for workplace deaths Tough new laws will bring NSW in to line with most of the country as industrial manslaughter is made a criminal offence with penalties of up to 25 years' jail. AAP · Jun 20, 2024
France urged to step in to spur TotalEnergies’ transition from oil Commission recommends 33-point plan to ensure oil giant complies with state climate commitments The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2024
Could Labour’s ‘left-wing cull’ come back to haunt the party at the general election? Keir Starmer has changed Labour, he says, but has the leader gone too far? Albert Toth speaks to Jeremy Corbyn, Green co-leader Carla Denyer and more about the ballot box rebellion the party could face on July 4 The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024
Rishi Sunak facing near wipeout in London with Tories squeezed by Labour and Reform - new poll Ipsos survey showed Rishi Sunak’s party seeing its number of seats in the capital plummet from 20 to just four Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2024
Tory government ‘worst in postwar era’, claims expert study – as it happened Sir Anthony Seldon leads analysis that concludes that equality, growth and the UK’s standing in the world have all declined since 2010 The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2024
Scottish Greens manifesto will call for 'independent Scottish republic' THE Scottish Greens manifesto will reaffirm the party’s support for a written constitution and an independent Scottish Republic with an elected… The National (Scotland) · Jun 19, 2024
The Green party’s plans aren’t perfect but they offer a much-needed attempt at climate leadership The Green party’s target is to take four seats at the upcoming UK election. Recognising it has no chance of forming a government, its manifesto is written from the perspective of a future pressure group within Westminster. The Conversation · Jun 18, 2024
Labour landslide projected with dozens of Tory-held seats on knife-edge Data showing 15% swing away from Conservatives since 2019 likely to stoke party’s fears of ‘extinction-level event’ at general election The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024
General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Dulwich and West Norwood? Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024
Carrie Johnson shares holiday pictures of her, Boris and children on beach in Sardinia She shared photos with the caption ‘Beautiful Sardinia. Pasta, ice cream, beach. Repeat’ Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024
Australia quietly expelled four Indian spies who targeted politicians and defence tech — report Their expulsion was kept quiet to avoid public embarrassment for Narendra Modi’s government, ABC investigation finds The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2024
‘Times change, principles don’t’: Britons share what will decide their vote this election Hundreds say they plan to switch, whether due to tactical reasons, single issues such as Gaza, or disappointment in Labour and the Tories The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024
This should be the climate election. Instead we are in a frustrating, Farage-obsessed fantasyland Bloviators and untruths continue to generate more news than common sense and the environment. But some parties are trying to make a difference, writes Zoe Williams The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2024 Labor senator Fatima Payman calls on government to ‘recognise Palestine’ in rebuke to Albanese Party were ‘fierce champions of Palestine’ in opposition and they must ‘summon that spirit of old’, she writes for Al Jazeera
The National (Scotland) · Jun 18, 2024 'Bold plans': Scottish Greens to propose £1000 per head private jet 'super tax' THE Scottish Greens are set to propose a £1000-per-head private jet tax in the party’s manifesto ...
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024 The case for and against a vote for the Green party Letters: A large increase in the Greens’ vote share will make other politicians wake up, writes Cherry Waters. Plus letters from Dave Walker, Daniel Wimberley, John Searby, Tim Rickard and George Carnarvon
Radio France Internationale · Jun 17, 2024 EU biodiversity law approved after last minute U-turn from Austria EU states have given their final approval to a key biodiversity and nature restoration law, after Austria's climate minister defied her chancellor to back the Europe-wide legislation.
The National (Scotland) · Jun 17, 2024 Former senior Labour figure abandons party amid Starmer concerns A FORMER Labour general secretary has said she is voting for the Greens in the General Election, saying that the party has a “much more…
AAP · Jun 17, 2024 NZ Greens co-leader reveals cancer diagnosis The New Zealand Greens' year of tragedy and scandal has continued with co-leader Marama Davidson revealing a breast cancer diagnosis.
The Conversation · Jun 16, 2024 Dutton snatches preferred PM lead in Resolve poll as draft redistributions finished A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted June 11–15 from a sample of 1,607, gave the Coalition 36% of the primary vote (steady since the May post-budget Resolve poll), Labor 28% (down one), the Greens 14% (up two), One Nation 6% (down one), the UAP 1% (down one), independents…
The National (Scotland) · Jun 16, 2024 SNP on course to be largest party after next Holyrood election – new poll NEW polling has shown that the SNP are on course to remain as the largest party at Holyrood after the next Scottish election.
The National (Scotland) · Jun 16, 2024 Labour hold four-point lead over SNP – but independence question remains tight LABOUR hold a four-point lead over the SNP in a new Scotland-only Westminster poll, new data has shown...
The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2024 Minns ‘really sorry’ final Vivid drone show cancelled with 20 minutes notice – as it happened This blog is now closed.
The National (Scotland) · Jun 15, 2024 Nigel Farage bandwagon could boost SNP’s chances of finally deposing David Mundell IN the run-up to the 2005 General Election, Scotland’s sole Conservative MP at the time Peter Duncan had a career-defining decision to make...