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Labor factional tensions play out in council preselection battle

It's personal, factional, historic and bitter.

Newcastle Herald

Axed Labor MP dodges questions on return to parliament

Former Victorian Labor MP Will Fowles has remained tight-lipped after returning to state parliament following a police investigation into an alleged assault.

AAP

Church bells and protest chants as parliament returns

A church service offered a moment of quiet as federal politicians returned for 2024, before protests and tax debate brought sound and fury back to Canberra.

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NSW mega-councils to foot the bill if they want to reverse forced mergers

Labor to create legal pathway for council demergers after forced amalgamations by former Coalition government

The Guardian - AU

Australian school attendance and retention rates in long-term decline, report shows

New data casts doubt on viability of Labor government’s goal to boost university admissions by tackling education gap

The Guardian - AU

New social housing target for the sunshine state

The Queensland government has pledged to build 53,500 more social homes by 2046 but construction industry delays may halt the ambitious target.

AAP

Newcastle ALP preselection challenge one for the history books

Not since 1995 have Labor rank and file sought to challenge all sitting councillors with the lord mayor.

Newcastle Herald

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The office commute: The journalists that went to the dark side

Katharine Murphy’s departure from Guardian Australia ruffled feathers, but she’s not alone in crossing over to politics from the media.

Crikey

Dutton blew his ‘tax reform’ cobra strike. But what about a python squeeze?

Dutton has been gifted a rare political opportunity. So far he’s blown it.

Crikey

Albo accepted his election victory with a speech full of promises. How many have Labor kept?

Anthony Albanese has been prime minister for 20 months. How many of his election night commitments has he followed through on so far?

Crikey

China’s ambassador to Australia summoned over Yang Hengjun suspended death sentence – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Wilkinson had ‘limited role’ in Higgins broadcast

Lisa Wilkinson’s lawyers are arguing that she had little say in the broadcast that broke Brittany Higgins’ allegations against Bruce Lehrmann, and we say farewell to one of the great Indigenous leaders.

Crikey

'We'll see': Albanese throws down gauntlet on tax cuts

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is putting pressure on the coalition to back Labor's stage 3 tax cut changes, as federal parliament returns for the new year.

AAP

Almost two in three voters back tax changes, poll shows

Almost two in three voters back changes to tax cuts, but the ongoing debate hasn't made much difference to the popularity contest between the two major parties.

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The Guardian - AU

Fuel efficiency standards: Labor unveils proposal, highlighting petrol savings of $1,000 a year for motorists

Coalition-led scare campaign predicted for plan to place yearly cap on emissions for new cars sold in Australia

AAP

Queensland to ban rent bidding as $160m in relief flows

Some long-awaited relief is on the way for renters in Queensland, with the state government vowing to ban rent bidding and create a portable bond scheme.

The Guardian - AU

Crisis-hit consultancies among firms throwing money at Australian political parties

Disclosures show PwC alone made $369,973 in direct political donations last financial year

AAP

Tax talk front and centre as opposition mulls support

The first week of parliament is set to be dominated by tax talk as Labor prepares to introduce its new package and the opposition work to form a stance.

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PM honours late MP on Dunkley by-election hustings

The prime minister has hit the hustings ahead of a by-election triggered by the death of Peta Murphy, opening a medical imaging suite in the Labor MP's name.

Newcastle Herald

'Too many controversies': Ross Kerridge on why he wants to lead council

The doctor is challenging lord mayor Nuatali Nelmes.

The Guardian - AU

If Peter Dutton’s opposition are true defenders of the working class, support for Labor’s stage-three overhaul may be their ultimate test

Dutton warned messing with the stage-three tax cuts would end Albanese’s prime ministership. But the alternative has the opposition leader on the back foot

The Guardian - AU

Victorian ministers’ diaries revealed to public for first time in ‘significant milestone’ for transparency

Allan government releases summaries showing meetings with lobbyists, stakeholders and other external organisations

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: expert finds no evidence of ‘gas the Jews’ chant at rally; two killed by Sydney freight train; and Amazon profits surge

Examination finds with ‘overwhelming certainty’ that the words used at march near Sydney Opera House were ‘where’s the Jews?’, police say

AAP

Dutton signals support for Labor's changes to tax cuts

Australians in need of greater assistance are soon expected to get some relief, with signs the coalition is unlikely to oppose reworked tax cuts.

Crikey

Wait — Abbott’s 2014-15 budget wasn’t that bad, in one crucial respect

Everyone agrees the 2014 budget was a disaster, right? Here’s why, economically, it was actually pretty sound.

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