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Minor parties get fired up over crime and punishment

Crime has been one of the dominant themes of this election campaign and it proved to be the hot button in the second televised debate this week. As Mark Jennings writes, the leaders of the minor parties were taking no prisoners in their battle for crucial votes.

Newsroom.co.nz

Electorates to watch: Candidates fight for face time in Whanganui

Candidates vying for the Whanganui electorate are clocking up the miles as they attempt to get as much face time with voters ahead of October 14

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NSW police plan for automatic activation of body-worn cameras delayed indefinitely

Exclusive: Force received $100m funding more than a year ago for equipment that automatically activates cameras when officers draw Tasers or guns

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Climate activist disobeyed cops amid fears for her job

A climate activist fighting data access charges disobeyed a WA police order over fears she would be sacked by her employer, the Australian Greens.

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Steel says it's 'very difficult' to lower the voting age

The Greens' bill was voted down on Thursday afternoon.

The Canberra Times

Bee virus now under new 'management' in sobering 'extinction crisis' reminder

Deadly virus takes hold after failed eradication bid.

The Canberra Times

More cash needed for social housing: rental inquiry

A parliamentary inquiry has called for stronger rental protections and continued funding for social housing in an interim report on Australia's rental crisis.

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Premier dismisses public housing towers plan criticism

A plan to demolish and redevelop all of Melbourne's 44 public housing towers has been condemned for only providing homes for an extra 1000-odd public tenants.

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Swiss parliament approves ban on burqas, sets fine for violators

The lower house of Switzerland's parliament voted on Wednesday to pass a ban on face coverings, including burqas worn by some Muslim women. The legislation, which had already been approved by the upper house, was championed by the right-wing populist Swiss People's Party. It received significant support with a vote…

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Australian MPs lobby US for Julian Assange to come home

Members of the Greens, Liberals, Labor, the Nationals and independents have joined forces to urge the US to end persecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

AAP

Labor urged to include news outlets in social media crackdown to curb ‘dangerous’ misinformation

Exclusive: Greens and independents say the exemption in disinformation bill will allow falsehoods to spread

The Guardian - AU

NSW police could ditch mental health response program lauded as ‘so successful’ by minister

Exclusive: Force considering alternatives to Pacer program that has seen 48% reduction in people detained by police under Mental Health Act

The Guardian - AU

Millions of Australians receive welfare payment boost

Jobseekers, single parents, renters and pensioners will get a boost to their welfare payments but experts warn many people will remain below the poverty line.

AAP

Governments are pouring money into housing but materials, land and labour are still in short supply

As Australia’s housing affordability crisis worsens, governments are spending more on housing.

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‘He was on the way up’: mother of NSW police shooting victim demands mental health reform

‘It’s not my fight, it is everyone’s fight and everyone has to work together so this doesn’t happen again’, says Judy Deacon

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Greens want to stop scrapping over small spending bucket

Uncertain models of funding will plague whomever makes it into government – but the Greens say they have the answer

The Guardian - AU

Fast rail axed in $2.5bn budget cuts – as it happened

Go-it-alone approach to building network between Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong shelved entirely

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Luxon will work with Peters, but only if he has to

There’s a reason Christopher Luxon won’t rule out Winston Peters - he’d likely lose more votes than he’d win, writes political editor Jo Moir

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Tasered woman's family slam 'disturbing' police actions

NSW Police are under fire after the family of a woman who was tasered and died in hospital described officers' actions as heartbreaking and disturbing.

The Guardian - AU

The Australian Greens lost the rent cap battle, but will they win the war for votes?

Labor decried the party as ‘the axis of evil’ for siding with the Coalition, but pollster says their stance is a vote-winner

The Canberra Times

Labor makes decision on Greens' bill to lower the ACT's voting age

Labor thinks the bill could undermine compulsory voting.

The Guardian - AU

How one of Melbourne’s most contaminated sites became a political battleground on housing

Labor says it is ‘pushing on’ with the development in the city’s north, while the Greens accuse it of winding back the original plan

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: furore over Jacinta Price’s ‘offensive’ remarks; minister blocks release of Qatar papers; and Hunter Biden indicted

Fallout from Coalition senator’s National Press Club speech reverberates as Linda Burney and Adam Bandt weigh in

The Canberra Times

ACT Greens to bring forward debate on lowering the voting age

16- and 17-year-olds would be able to vote under the proposed laws.

The Canberra Times

'They should support everyone': Call for grants to help EV power fit outs

Incentives favour high-income earners, Assembly inquiry finds.

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