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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

Was the long wait for last leg of bypass a punishment for city?

It has only taken 50 years to find an alternative route

Newcastle Herald

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

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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

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

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

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 Guardian - AU

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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

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.

The Conversation

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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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.

AAP

The booming western suburbs deserve a fair slice of state budget pie

Letters: 'There's been huge growth, and it'll continue.'

Newcastle Herald

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

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

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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

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

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.

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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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Suddenly, there’s talk about Labor reforming company tax. What did minister Ed Husic say, and what might actually work?

When politicians talk about business tax reform, and talk about using it to stimulate investment, they are usually referring to one of (or a mix of) three things:

The Guardian - AU

ABC boss hits out at ‘vicious attacks’ on Tingle – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

Newcastle Herald

Windale post office closure does not have mayor's stamp of approval

'This is a concerning trend'.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: MPs condemn Israeli ‘war’ on ICC, Trump jury out, Delhi swelters in record 52.9C

Labor, independents and Greens stand up for the court amid Israel revelations; Trump compares himself to Mother Theresa as jury begins deliberations

The Conversation

Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas

In announcing Australia’s support for fossil gas all the way to 2050 and beyond, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pushed his government’s commitment to net zero even further out of reach.

Pedestrian.tv

The 13 Electorates With The Highest Total HELP Debts In Australia Have Been Revealed

Data from the Parliamentary Library has revealed which of the 11 federal electorates have the highest total HELP debts in Australia.

Newcastle Herald

More at play than power in Eraring extension

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