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Labor regains poll lead as election called for May 3

After weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today called the 2025 federal election for May 3. This will be an election for all 150 House of Representatives seats and 40 of the 76 senators (a normal House and half-Senate election).

The Conversation

PM cops spray as reform wades into hot Tasmanian waters

An angry senator has confronted the prime minister in the halls of power over a reform opponents say threatens the end of a prehistoric species.

AAP

German parliament sits for first time with AfD as second biggest party

Far right party doubles its number of seats, while chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, hopes to form government before Easter

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Bill to protect Tasmanian salmon farming passes House despite fears of ‘alarming’ environmental protections rollback

Environment minister defends ‘balanced and sensible’ changes amid questions of how ‘rushed legislation’ would work

The Guardian - AU

Move to enshrine eco approval smells fishy, critics say

The federal government has been accused of selling out the environment and undermining democratic rights after pushing controversial laws through parliament.

AAP

Labor gains big lead in a Morgan poll, but drops back in YouGov

A national Morgan poll, conducted March 10–16 from a sample of 2,097, gave Labor a 54.5–45.5 lead by headline respondent preferences, a three-point gain for Labor since the March 3–9 Morgan poll. This is Labor’s largest lead in a Morgan poll since August 2023.

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The Greens Propose To End Defence Agreements With The US

The Greens' defence spokesperson David Shoebridge proposed to replace US-made drones with locally-made ones in a press release on Saturday.

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Greens pledge home-made defence drones, climate 'army'

The Greens want locally-made drones and missiles to reduce Australia's reliance on the US, while a new "army" addresses a growing defence force workload.

AAP

Bob Brown urges Greens to punish Labor at election if Albanese amends law to protect salmon farming

PM’s pledge to protect Tasmanian industry will weaken laws already failing to protect natural sites and at-risk species, environmentalists say

The Guardian - AU

German parliament's upper house gives final approval to huge defense and borrowing package

The prospective next German government’s plans to enable higher defense spending by loosening strict debt rules and to set up a huge infrastructure fund that’s aimed at boosting Europe’s biggest economy have cleared their final parliamentary hurdle with approval by the upper house

The Independent UK

Coalition and Greens urge Labor to introduce powers to break up Coles and Woolworths duopoly

Parties call for intervention after ACCC report found Australian grocers among most profitable in world amid cost-of-living crisis

The Guardian - AU

Europe is crying out for leadership. After years of drift, Germany is finally ready to answer

A historic vote to boost spending on defence and infrastructure shows the country is shedding its excess of caution – and its complacency, says author John Kampfner

The Guardian - UK

Koalas 'closer to extinction' with new disease outbreak

A potentially devastating disease has been found in one state's last healthy koala population, further endangering the species.

AAP

Police investigating alleged online threats to third Sydney mosque – as it happened

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Federal agency urged to tackle racism in workplaces

Companies would be required to gather data on the racial composition of their workplace and report steps taken to tackle racism under a Greens plan.

Euronews

Habeck: Climate protection can only fail due to incompetence or unwillingness

On Tuesday, the Greens helped push a multi-billion euro financial package through parliament, partly aimed at boosting climate protection. Euronews spoke with Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck about climate and Europe.

The Guardian - AU

Minns says alleged Islamophobic threats against Lakemba mosque ‘truly disgusting’ – as it happened

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Poll has strongest Scottish support recorded for Reform UK

Analysis of the Survation poll for Quantum Communications put Reform on 14 seats.

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese to rush through new laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal challenge

Labor will push the contentious bill through parliament next week despite concerns about the extinction of the Maugean skate

The Guardian - AU

Sydney caravan incident sparks inquiry into ‘who knew what and when’ before rushed hate speech laws

Investigation will not examine whether laws should be repealed, despite crossbench members’ concerns they may have been ‘misled’

The Guardian - AU

Convicted baby killer Keli Lane allegedly sexually assaulted by notorious prison guard Wayne Astill

Lane reported the alleged serial abuse to another staff member only to be told ‘you’re not special’, parliament hears

The National (Scotland)

Bitter row engulfs Greens as chair resigns over 'jealous Holyrood caste'

THE Scottish Greens have become embroiled in a bitter row after the co-chair of the party’s executive resigned after just seven months ...

The Guardian - AU

Network Ten and Wilkinson ordered to pay own costs in Lehrmann defamation case – as it happened

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German MPs approve €500bn spending boost to counter ‘Putin’s war of aggression’

Historic levels of spending on military and infrastructure secured in Bundestag with last-minute backing of Greens

Euronews

Germany's parliament passes historic package boosting defence spending

Friedrich Merz needed the support of two-thirds majority in parliament for his plan to unlock billions for defence and infrastructure spending.

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