Most SNP voters back Bute House Agreement with Greens, says poll THE majority of SNP voters want the Bute House Agreement with the Greens to continue, according to a new poll. The National (Scotland) · Apr 3, 2023
Growing calls for student HECS-HELP loan indexation to be abolished as inflation sends debts soaring A growing chorus of university graduates is calling for an overhaul of the HECS-HELP debt system, as loan amounts balloon due to high inflation. ABC News · Apr 2, 2023
Humza Yousaf faces 'rebel bloc' of MSPs, say reports, as ally disputes split claims According to reports, MSPs who backed Forbes and even some of Yousaf’s supporters are set to join a bloc that will seek to “actively engage… The National (Scotland) · Apr 2, 2023
NSW minority government is a sign of the times Elections in New South Wales are always interesting, and this year’s has given us a week of suspense over whether the Minns Labor government would be a The New Daily · Apr 2, 2023
Labor hasn’t given up hope of getting its $10b housing fund through the Senate Labor's flagship multi-billion dollar housing fund could be revived later this year after a federal government minister vowed to push on with The New Daily · Apr 1, 2023
Labor's stymied $10b housing fund could be revived soon Federal Labor minister Ed Husic says a housing fund hasn't been abandoned after the government failed to secure the votes needed to get it passed in the Senate. AAP · Apr 1, 2023
‘He’s broken the mould of what a politician should look like’: the Brisbane councillor who reshaped the Greens Colleagues praise the unorthodox Jonathan Sriranganathan as a trailblazer. Now, after the party picked up seats in state and federal parliaments, he’s moving on The Guardian - AU · Apr 1, 2023
Former minister hits out at Greens as he calls for end to powersharing deal SNP rebel Fergus Ewing described the Scottish Greens as a ‘small group of fringe extremists’. The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2023
War of words after SNP MSP calls for end to deal with 'extremist' Greens A WAR of words has broken out between an SNP grandee and the Scottish Greens after he called the party “fringe extremists” and called for an… The National (Scotland) · Apr 1, 2023
Michael Pascoe: David Pocock offers sense amid stupidity on housing Unsurprisingly, the fate of the Albanese Government’s election gimmick excuse for a housing policy has fallen into the standard Canberra sideshow of The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023
Albanese government’s housing agenda stalls in the Senate as March rents soar across the nation The despair caused by Australia’s housing crisis was evident this week as politicians traded barbs about a new construction fund in Canberra while the The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023
The Ferguson Report: Greens save $10b on housing so they can spend $10b on housing later The Greens have shut the front door on Labor's $10 billion public housing fund because it lacks a rooftop veggie patch. "Trust us," said a Green. "Zero The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023
Ministers should explain ‘legal basis’ for Australia going to war to avoid another Iraq, inquiry says Committee recommends changing government’s processes but stops short of calling for binding parliamentary vote The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2023
Who is running the Voice to Parliament No campaigns? The Yes and No referendum campaigns have both been established but are taking very different strategies in the run up to the referendum. While the Yes campaign is largely centralised, the No campaign is being run by multiple groups. So who are they? ABC News · Mar 31, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023 Morning Mail: Putin cyberwarfare plans exposed, debate over minimum wage, Aston to test Dutton Secret documents leaked by a whistleblower angry about the Ukraine war reveal military’s tactics and mindset
The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023 Australian renters face surging costs after end of national affordability scheme ‘It’s quite frightening,’ says a tenant who lost her rent subsidy. As debate stalls over the housing future fund, she’s not the only one who’s frustrated
The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023 Greens senator Nick McKim says climate groups are too afraid to push for change against ‘ecocidal’ government Australia’s environment movement needs to ‘collectively get its shit together’, senator says
The National (Scotland) · Mar 30, 2023 UK Government must shelve ‘ill thought out’ nuclear plans, warn Scottish Greens The Scottish Greens have called for Downing Street to shelve plans for new oil and gas exploration and nuclear power...
The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023 Penny Wong moves to dampen expectation of breakthrough in Julian Assange case Foreign minister warns of ‘limits to what diplomacy can achieve’ in efforts to bring Assange home
The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023 Australia passes most significant climate law in a decade amid concern over fossil fuel exports Deal between Labor government and Greens requires total emissions from big industrial sites to come down, not just be offset
The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023 Australia makes biggest carbon polluters curb emissions The Australian Parliament has created landmark new laws that will make the nation’s biggest greenhouse gas polluters reduce their emissions or pay for carbon credits
The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023 Pauline Hanson calls on Mark Latham to apologise for ‘disgusting’ homophobic tweet Independent Alex Greenwich does ‘not intend to engage’ with One Nation MP’s comment aimed at him, but others spring to his defence
The New Daily · Mar 30, 2023 Labor’s climate safeguard laws clear Senate A new carbon pollution cap on big emitters will apply from July 1 after laws cleared the Senate. Changes to the safeguard mechanism, which was initially
The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023 Australia will have a carbon price for industry – and it may infuse greater climate action across the economy Australia is about to take a big, constructive step on climate change policy: we will have a carbon price for the industry sector, under the safeguard mechanism.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023 A climate policy that actually cuts emissions? It’s the reality that fossil fuel bosses and News Corp commentators can’t see Changes to the safeguard mechanism take us a step closer to net zero by 2050 – the goal consecutive governments have signed up to