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Liberals to regroup after devastating defeat in NSW

After a resounding loss in the NSW election, the Liberal Party will seek its own fresh start as the search begins for a new leader.

AAP

Henry Rollins: ‘I wouldn’t go back on stage with a band for anything’

The writer, actor and legendary punk musician answers your questions on working with William Shatner and Al Pacino, the joy of lifting weights and Leeds’ best onion bhajis

The Guardian - UK

NSW poll ‘down to wire’ – another Albanese foray?

Anthony Albanese may return to the NSW election campaign trail a day after a former PM worked on voters in what was once Liberal heartland.

The New Daily

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Minns in bellwether seat as NSW poll 'down to wire'

As the NSW election goes down to the wire, Dominic Perrottet and his challenger Chris Minns are traversing the state in a last ditch bid to win over voters.

AAP

NSW election: Labor targets western Sydney swing as Coalition clings on in crucial battleground

The retirement of popular sitting MPs and the confluence of state and federal issues make for an intriguing picture of potential results

The Guardian - AU

From a massacre in apartheid South Africa to 'feel good' multiculturalism: The dark history of Harmony Day

March 21 is known around the world as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a solemn reminder of a brutal massacre that took place on this day more than 60 years ago. In Australia, it's called Harmony Day.

ABC News

John Howard’s 2003 march to war with Iraq appears to have taught our current parliament little

Coalition senators offered both vague laments and staunch justifications, while the Greens found an unlikely ally

The Guardian - AU

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Does Australia have the appetite for economic change, or are we stuck with a system that rewards the rich?

Decades of rewarding the wealthy for being wealthy at taxpayer expense has created a fortified ghetto of advantage

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s opposition to Iraq war ‘vindicated’, Richard Marles says

Defence minister says any decision to engage in armed conflict should be better debated and scrutinised

The Guardian - AU

Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns address rallies ahead of NSW election

Six days out from the NSW election, rivals Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns both give speeches in Western Sydney, with the cost of living and privatisation high on the agenda.

ABC News

After John Howard took Australia to war in Iraq, he was scarcely held to account. Instead, he was re-elected

On the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Paul Daley maps out the events leading up to Australia’s involvement and the consequent fallout

The Guardian - AU

Howard revs up Libs as parties eye off western Sydney

The Liberal faithful have heard party elder John Howard sink the boot into Labor as Chris Minns pledged to ward off privatisation with constitutional change.

AAP

Any changes to the super honeypot must be put to the hive

A super dilemma: whose honeypot is it?

Newcastle Herald

What happened to the grand light rail plans

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

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Supercars site in spotlight as we weigh up five more years of race

IN the City of Newcastle survey we are asked if we would support the city agreeing to host the race for another five years if the annual total cost was no more than $1.6 million. My answer is no.

The Guardian - UK

‘Stop the boats’: Sunak’s anti-asylum slogan echoes Australia’s harsh policy

In Australia, hostile rhetoric has fuelled a toxic public debate and sought to dehumanise people fleeing harm

The Guardian - AU

Are Australians ready to shed the aspiration paradox and vote for self-interest over self-image?

Far from a nation of strivers, Australians see their future getting harder rather than easier

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: The robodebt royal commission is our most important in a long while

It has taken the robodebt royal commission to do it, but Australians are being given dramatic evidence that the very underpinnings of our system of government have been trashed at great cost to the nation.

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The New Daily

Alan Kohler: The superannuation tax increase is a dress rehearsal

Jim Chalmers has hit upon a clever way to seek an election mandate for superannuation tax increases but book the revenue straight away.

The Conversation

Tax-free super for the super rich is a bad deal for the rest of us – and Morrison said it first

You’d be forgiven for thinking Treasurer Jim Chalmers had done something dramatic.

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: Government needs to play the politics of broken promises carefully

The worst thing a government can do, according to opposition politicians and some of the commentariat, is to break election promises.

The Guardian - AU

When it comes to the voice, Indigenous politics cannot be reduced to ‘left’ and ‘right’

I am not an active supporter of either the yes or no campaigns but I will listen to all opinions and perspectives carefully

AAP

Treasurer says super caps a 'tweak', not major reform

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the fundamentals of super will remain untouched and his floated changes to tax breaks on large balances are not controversial.

The Guardian - AU

If Dutton can ride the wave of blame building against Labor, he’s in with a shot in Aston

Knowing a byelection would be coming the Liberals arrived back from holidays armed with a question crafted for the mortgage belt: why does everything cost more under Labor?

The Conversation

As the Liberal-National Coalition marks its 100th birthday, will it survive for many more?

This week marks one hundred years of the federal coalition between the Liberal and National parties, the most successful governing partnership in Australian history.

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