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Energy communities will be backed by a net-zero body

Laws to establish a federal government agency to manage Australia's transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions have passed the House of Representatives.

AAP · Jun 4, 2024

Afternoon Update: PM denounces pro-Palestine protests at Labor offices; P&O Cruises Australia to shut down; and X changes porn policy

Albany says the protesters’ ‘actions to intimidate have no place in democracy’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2024

Labor MP admitted to hospital for tumour surgery

Gilmore MP Fiona Phillips will take time away from parliament to recover from surgery to remove an oral tumour.

AAP · Jun 4, 2024

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Pro-Palestine protests closing MPs’ electorate offices ‘have no place in a democracy’, Albanese says

Prime minister denounces ‘actions to intimidate’ as Australia Palestine Advocacy Network condemns his remarks

The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2024

ADF to recruit foreigners amid muddle over eligibility

Allowing foreigners to join the Australian Defence Force under a fast track to citizenship is a "positive step" but will likely only have an incremental impact.

AAP · Jun 3, 2024

Guardian Essential poll: two-thirds of voters support raising minimum age for social media to 16

Survey also shows increasing desire for government regulation of hate speech and artificial intelligence

The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2024

UK Labour Seeks To Reassure Voters On Defence

Britain's Labour opposition party committed Monday to ensuring the UK's nuclear arsenal, pitching itself as strong on defence for July's election in contrast to the last vote, when it lost heavily.

International Business Times · Jun 3, 2024

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‘Reckless’: Penny Wong condemns Peter Dutton’s threats to cut ties with International Criminal Court

Foreign minister also accuses the Greens of involvement in ‘violent and aggressive protests’ in Senate estimates

The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2024

Josh Frydenberg rules out seeking Kooyong preselection

Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has ruled out attempting to displace Amelia Hamer as the Liberals’ candidate for Kooyong.

The Conversation · Jun 3, 2024

The deportation debate is toxic politics – if the system is truly broken, we need more than kneejerk solutions

Too afraid to oppose the Coalition’s repressive measures, Labor is now struggling with the legacies of both the failed home affairs experiment and the human mess of immigration detention

The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2024

Murderer and attempted murderer among 25 detainees released by ministerial discretion, documents reveal

Exclusive: Legal challenge discloses number of non-citizens already released by ministerial discretion higher than first thought

The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2024

View from The Hill: Josh Frydenberg mulls political temptation after Kooyong gets new draft boundaries

Josh Frydenberg is mulling over whether to try to make a lunge for his old Melbourne seat of Kooyong, now that new circumstances have suddenly raised his political heart rate.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2024

Mixed emotions over possible Frydenberg revival

Former federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg is reportedly reconsidering taking a tilt at the seat he lost at the last election despite a woman being pre-selected.

AAP · Jun 2, 2024

Pro-Palestine protesters shut down major intersection

Activists brought Melbourne to a halt by recreating the wreckage of a bomb site while hundreds more in Sydney called on the government to sanction Israel.

AAP · Jun 1, 2024

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The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2024

The winners and losers of Australia’s proposed electoral redistribution explained

Labor has lost a key seat in Victoria but could replace it by picking up a newly created electorate in Western Australia

The Conversation · May 31, 2024

View from The Hill: parliamentary sittings have become as painful for Albanese as they were for Morrison

It was often said of the former Morrison government that it found parliamentary sittings particularly fraught. The same has become true of its successor.

The Conversation · May 31, 2024

Labor slightly helped by Victorian and WA draft federal redistributions

The electoral commission today released draft boundaries from a federal redistribution of Victoria and Western Australia. In WA, the new seat of Bullwinkel was created, while in Victoria, Higgins was abolished.

Pedestrian.tv · May 31, 2024

Protesters Plan Sit-Ins For Every Labor MP Who Voted No To Recognising Palestinian Statehood

Pro-Palestinian protesters are planning sit ins at the office of every Labor MP who voted "no" to recognising Palestinian statehood.

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AAP · May 31, 2024

MP ire as seat faces axe and growing state eyes new one

A federal electorate in Melbourne is in line to be axed at the next election, while a nursing prisoner of war will be honoured in a new seat in another state.

The Guardian - AU · May 30, 2024

Afternoon Update: drones used to track released detainees; China lifts most Australian beef bans; and a first-timer’s burlesque class

Immigration minister reveals people released from detention are monitored with ‘spot checks, random house checks, as well as the use of drones’

The Guardian - AU · May 30, 2024

Drones used to track immigration detainees released after high court decision, Andrew Giles reveals

Immigration minister says ‘we know where they are’, as Labor talks tough during fallout over visa cancellation and indefinite immigration detention

The Guardian - AU · May 30, 2024

Federal Human Rights Act could help prevent policy failures like robodebt, parliamentary inquiry says

Proposed act would mean rights must be considered when making laws but opposition rejects ‘excessive restrictions’ it could impose

AAP · May 30, 2024

Report backs call for federal human rights act

The rights of Australian citizens would need to be considered before any new federal law was created under a proposal for a human rights act.

The Conversation · May 30, 2024

Labor’s new National Urban Policy is welcome. But will it be transformative?

In March 2021, then-Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese declared “cities policy has been one of the abiding passions of my time in public life”. He promised a new national urban policy framework if Labor was elected.

AAP · May 30, 2024

Opposition keeps pressure on live sheep export ban

The agriculture minister has defended legislation to end the live export of sheep by sea as the bill is introduced to the federal parliament.

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