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The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Housing stoush ramps up as Labor accuses Greens MPs of opposing Brisbane projects

Bill Shorten accuses Greens of ‘unholy alliance’ with Coalition to delay government’s Help to Buy scheme

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Socceroos coach quits; Labor warned of census ‘damage’; and Oprah’s star-studded Harris rally

The 61-year-old’s departure comes amid a run of underwhelming performances for the national team

The Guardian - AU

Labor promises more paediatric health specialists if re-elected

The party also wants to expand services in the ACT.

The Canberra Times

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Interim pay offer fails to salve nurses' strike threat

Nurses and midwives plan to stage a 24-hour strike as they intensify their fight with the state government for a 15 per cent pay rise.

AAP

Coalition’s nuclear plan will lead to ‘massive’ electricity shortages and risk blackouts, new analysis warns

Energy minister Chris Bowen says Peter Dutton must explain what happens to national grid over next decade if opposition stops building renewables

The Guardian - AU

Labor loses its stranglehold on Newcastle as new council faces emerge

Incoming lord mayor Ross Kerridge faces negotiations with a handful of blocs.

Newcastle Herald

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

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

Newcastle Herald

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Grattan on Friday: US rate cut puts pressure on RBA - and things could get heated

Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock might need her flak jacket when she fronts the media next Tuesday after the bank’s two-day board meeting.

The Conversation

The 20 promises the new Newcastle lord mayor has committed to

Some are broad, but most are very specific.

Newcastle Herald

Show some guts: PM 'backtracks' on gambling ad ban

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of walking back support for gambling reforms, after he rebuffed concerns about sports betting advertisements.

AAP

PM rejects claim his government ‘mired in mediocrity’ as he defends record on gambling and housing crises

Anthony Albanese tells ABC ‘the problem isn’t advertising, the problem is gambling’

The Guardian - AU

'Largest' social housing development aimed at seniors

The federal and state governments will build nearly 500 social and affordable homes in Queensland's far north, specifically accommodating older residents.

AAP

NSW government announces free weekend train travel in bid to avoid industrial action – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Labor would establish public IVF clinic in ACT

Labor promises to make fertility treatment more affordable.

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Liberals to bulldoze Kowen Forest for housing and new town centre

The party wants 125,000 new dwellings by 2050.

Newcastle Herald

'The privilege of a lifetime': lord mayor looks back on leadership

'I make no apologies for being bold and ambitious'.

Newcastle Herald

'Protest vote': How Newcastle turned on lord mayor Nelmes' leadership style

Dr Ross Kerridge 'right person, in the right moment', says analyst.

The Guardian - AU

Fatima Payman singles out Rupert Murdoch as she decries mainstream media’s treatment of Muslim women

Independent senator accuses mogul of causing ‘division, marginalisation and fearmongering’, and says the media too often reduces her to a stereotype

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The Guardian - AU

Housing bill explained: what’s at the heart of the bitter standoff between Labor, Greens and Coalition?

Anthony Albanese has not ruled out a double dissolution to get a key piece of legislation – Help to Buy – through the deadlocked Senate. Here’s what you need to know

AAP

Menopause inquiry urges leave, education provisions

A Senate inquiry into the impacts of menopause and perimenopause has made a raft of recommendations, including reproductive leave and better education.

AAP

Australia working to change Palestinian resolution

Australia is working with a number of other countries to try to change a draft UN resolution by the Palestinian Authority which comes to a vote this week.

The Guardian - AU

Victorian building unions threaten strike action over ‘sustained attack’ on pay deals

Fair Work Commission has delayed new proposed agreements to check employers have not been coerced into them

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on why the Greens are playing hardball on housing

The government has found many of its key measures stuck in a legislative quagmire, with both Greens and Coalition playing hardball with Labor’s plans.

The Conversation

Australia desperately needs a strong federal environmental protection agency. Our chances aren’t looking good

When Labor came to power federally after almost a decade in opposition, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek pledged to turn around Australia’s worsening environmental woes, from extinctions to land clearing to climate change.

Newcastle Herald

New Lord Mayor's priority: Set tone for effective teamwork and transparency

Ross Kerridge to focus first on team building and external review

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