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Australian PM Calls General Election For May 3

Australia will hold a general election on May 3, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday, locking in a showdown over climate action, nuclear power and a runaway housing market.

International Business Times

Labor Party to Debate Petition Demanding Major Raise of Personal Income Allowance

The Labor Party government is set to debate a petition calling for a significant increase in the income tax personal allowance—from the current £12,570 to £20,000.

The Fashion Central

Mystery money for MPs shines light on 'dark' donations

Independents want greater transparency into who is bankrolling political parties, with the origins of almost half of donations a mystery.

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View from The Hill: ‘identity politics’ has challenged the Labor Party to define its identity

Saturday’s Queensland result provides the latest evidence of the dual tugs on the modern Labor Party, coming from its different constituencies.

The Conversation

ACCESS DENIED: inland pools reports to remain under wraps

Request for 'full and unrestricted access' to Newcastle pool reports denied

Newcastle Herald

'Jobs for the boys': Labor councillors lash out over chief of staff role

The author of a 104-page dossier alleging bullying within the Labor party has applied for the job.

Newcastle Herald

Labor TikTok video labelled a 'strange' personal attack

A TikTok video posted by an account authorised by Queensland's Labor Party has garnered criticism as a "strange" personal attack.

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Phone ban in schools offers a clear lesson if we pay attention

Letters: 'Who would have believed it would happen?'

Newcastle Herald

Labor party expels three Independent candidates who tried to resign

Two said issues they raised were not addressed.

Newcastle Herald

The Labor campaign flyer that isn't a Labor Party flyer

Port Stephens Labor council campaign flyer sparks controversy.

Newcastle Herald

Power boat skipper charged after run-in with Labor Party members aboard fundraising cruise

Power boat skipper charged following anti-offshore wind protest.

Newcastle Herald

Faith-based politics is nothing new in Australia – so what’s Albanese really worried about?

Senator Fatima Payman’s defection over Labor Party policy on statehood for the Palestinians has generated wider discussion about the written and unwritten rules of Australian politics. One of those involves the vexed question of the role of religious faith.

The Conversation

All ‘commit’ and no ‘disagree’: the real reason why Labor’s solidarity pledge is not working

The Australian Labor Party’s solidarity pledge is being widely sledged in the wake of Western Australian Senator Fatima Payman’s resignation from caucus.

The Conversation

Australian senator resigns from ruling Labor party over stand on Palestinian statehood

Fatima Payman, 29, was ‘indefinitely suspended’ from Labor caucus last week after she defied party and sided with Greens to call for recognition of Palestinian statehood

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The Conversation

Fatima Payman breached ‘caucus solidarity’. What does this mean and why is it so significant?

The machinations of the Australian Labor Party machine are back in the spotlight this week, with Western Australian Senator Fatima Payman crossing the floor to support a Greens-backed motion calling for the Australian Senate to “recognise the State of Palestine”.

The Independent UK

Australia appoints second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent British monarch

Australia has appointed Sam Mostyn as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch as the nation’s head of state

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Albanese suspends rebel senator Payman from participating in caucus indefinitely after she says she’d cross the floor again

Anthony Albanese sprang into action after his recalcitrant senator, young Muslim woman Fatima Payman, gave a defiant Sunday morning interview on the ABC Insiders program in which she vowed to cross the floor again if similar circumstances arose.

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Payman might cross the floor again despite party rebuke

Labor senator Fatima Payman has been iced out of a partyroom meeting as punishment for crossing the floor but remains unapologetic about her actions.

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The Canberra Times

'They're not Labor people': Greens set sights on 'winnable' Canberra

Greens unveil new candidate for inner-city lower house seat.

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Vic Labor government would win election, poll says

Victorian Labor would win an election if one was held now, setting it up for a potential historic fourth consecutive term, but its primary vote is slipping.

AAP

October 7 attack 'legitimate': Islamic Council rep

A leading Islamic group won't attend the Victorian premier's Iftar dinner over Labor's response to the Gaza conflict, calling an attack on Israel "legitimate".

AAP

'Waiting in silence': POWs honoured on 20th anniversary

Anthony Albanese says Australian prisoner of war stories need to be told, while paying homage to one prisoner of the Japanese who became a "tower of humanity".

The Independent UK

Preliminary Dutch government talks delayed as official seeking coalitions says he needs more time

The official appointed to investigate possible coalitions after the Dutch election won by Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom says he needs more time

The Independent UK

Former Labor Party minister to investigate possible coalitions after Wilders' Dutch election win

Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders has tapped a former minister from the center-left Labor Party to investigate possible coalitions

The Guardian - AU

Former governor general and Labor party leader Bill Hayden dies aged 90

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed his death on Saturday

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