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New Year's Eve party over, now what's in store for 2024

New Year's festivities over, another year of uncertainty has dawned with hangovers from 2023 but some predictions for 2024 suggest better times ahead.

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Greens demand full release of government documents on ‘disastrous’ decision to join Iraq invasion

Nick McKim says national security committee documents used to justify the war may answer questions about momentous foreign policy decision

The Guardian - AU

Cabinet papers 2003: Howard government sends Australia into the Iraq war

By far the most significant decision the Howard government made in 2003 was to support the invasion of Iraq. Journalists and historians have long maintained there was no submission to full cabinet weighing the pros and cons of the Australian intervention. Cabinet papers from 2003 released today by the National…

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Hunter economy hoping for better run after more stops than starts

Economic drivers beyond population growth and coal are crucial.

Newcastle Herald

How 2003 decision helped lay foundations for the voice

The abolition of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander body in the early 2000s paved the way for one of the most important political events of 2023.

AAP

Howard government worked with Canada to oppose UN declaration on Indigenous rights

Cabinet papers from 2003 show the government pursued talks without consulting peak Indigenous body – which it then abolished

The Guardian - AU

2023: The twists, turns, scandals and scoops of the year in Newcastle and the Hunter

Everything that happened in 2023 (almost).

Newcastle Herald

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SMRs can't beat renewables for true value

Letters to the editor: Take advantage of nation's abundant renewable resources

Newcastle Herald

Paid promotion clearly the game-changer in cricket

Cricket Australia boss makes some valid points.

Newcastle Herald

Major Australian employment service accused of claiming credit for work jobseeker found herself

Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia suggest job provider APM referred woman for role she had already won; APM deny wrongdoing

The Guardian - AU

This year brought Labor back down to earth. What does 2024 hold for Albanese and Dutton?

A post-honeymoon prime minister has been left battered and bruised by 2023 – but that doesn’t necessarily mean the opposition leader will win the war

The Guardian - AU

About 40 per cent of Labor-Greens power agreement yet to be completed

There's less than a year to deliver the rest of the commitments.

The Canberra Times

Political opposition is about more than saying 'no' all the time

You know it makes sense.

Newcastle Herald

Afternoon Update: final day of Lehrmann trial; US indicates support for UN resolution on Gaza; Pakistan’s shrinking glaciers

The US says it is ‘ready to vote’ on a UN security resolution aimed at increasing aid into Gaza

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Newcastle Herald

How much did your MP spend in just three months?

The region's federal politicians were among the parliament's top 50 spenders over a three-month period.

The Guardian - AU

Total ban on gambling ads ‘the right thing to do’, Labor MPs argue

Exclusive: ‘We could forever redefine the term “Murphy’s law”,’ one politician says in tribute to late colleague Peta Murphy

Newcastle Herald

Labor councillors hit back after rank-and-file pressure over Bath report

Jeremy Bath also says he wants the investigation made public.

Newcastle Herald

'Shambles': Minister to scrap controversial council code of conduct system

Ratepayers slugged $6.7m for code of conduct investigations.

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The Guardian - AU

Cost overruns threaten to define Jacinta Allan’s premiership as Victoria’s ‘big build’ faces huge budget blowouts

State’s infrastructure spending under scrutiny as some analysts say government is fuelling construction market price rises

The Guardian - AU

Pro-nuclear MP says Labor ‘weaponising’ CSIRO report showing renewables are cheapest

Shadow energy minister Ted O’Brien says report examines costs through an investment lens rather than a consumer lens, but Chris Bowen says nuclear crusade not viable

Newcastle Herald

Labor branch calls for council to release Jeremy Bath investigation report

Mr Bath denies writing the letters or influencing their author.

The Guardian - AU

Steven Miles’ flood response key to Labor’s election hopes as many undecided on new Queensland premier

Exclusive: union-commissioned poll shows slight bump in support for Labor after leadership change

Newcastle Herald

Sandy bottom is better than Christmas

Letters to the Editor: Baths' sandy bottom is better than Christmas

AAP

NT Treasurer Eva Lawler set for chief minister's job

The Northern Territory's Labor government has decided on a new leader after Natasha Fyles was forced out of the top job over shares in a manganese mine.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese says Australia isn’t trying to ‘hold back a changing world’ as he defends foreign policy record

Prime minister claims ‘significant progress in the Pacific’ and implicitly rejects criticism of his international travel

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