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Extending life of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station is ‘deeply disappointing’, green groups say

NSW Labor agreement with Origin to keep Eraring plant open for two more years to 2027 leaves environmental groups ‘deeply disappointed’

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Peter Dutton wants to cut migration for the sake of housing. Here’s why that’s not a good idea

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has suggested the level of Australia’s permanent migration program be reduced from 185,000 – as proposed by the government in the budget – to 145,000. This is a significant reduction.

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Labor’s international student cap an ‘unprecedented’ overreach and ‘recipe for chaos’, experts warn

Immigration and higher education experts say caps risk closure of universities if managed poorly and radically limit ‘student choice and university autonomy’

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The ICC will consider arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. How has Australia responded?

An arrest warrant for Putin over war crimes in Ukraine was welcomed, but the government’s response this time has been more muted

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Taylor and Dutton at odds on migration; ‘Diddy’ faces new lawsuit; and Kiwi fined for trying to ‘body slam’ an orca

Shadow treasurer says Coalition will seek to cut net migration by 25% over three years

The Guardian - AU

Labor takes a hit in Resolve polls in Queensland and Victoria

The Queensland state election will be held in October. A Resolve poll for The Brisbane Times, conducted over four months from February to May from a sample of 947, gave the Liberal National Party 43% of the primary vote (up six since September to December), Labor 26% (down seven), the…

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Liberal Party head office rules out parachuting candidate into Paterson

Liberal Party head office says Paterson preselection will its course.

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Migration plan wobble raises questions for opposition

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has defended inconsistencies in his party's migration plan, saying the overall point of the exercise is to free up homes.

AAP

Call for 'respect, decency' after Qld MP threatened

Threats and harassment have been aimed at staff members of a Queensland MP who disclosed she was drugged and sexually assaulted.

AAP

Dutton won’t rule out a Coalition government quitting ICC – as it happened

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Queensland MP closes electorate office due to threats after alleged drugging and sexual assault

Brittany Lauga says ‘threatening and offensive safety concerns from members of the public’ have forced the closure of her Yeppoon office

The Guardian - AU

Australia respects ICC’s independence after Netanyahu arrest warrant request, government says

Government rejects suggestions it should criticise the court, which has sought arrest warrants for the Israeli PM and Hamas officials for war crimes

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton makes Labor’s case. Tax breaks for landlords should be restricted to those who build homes

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton might have done us a favour.

The Conversation

Voter views on animal welfare are changing – and taking the live sheep export trade with them

Labor says it will phase out the practice by 2028 – 10 years after it first announced the policy. But farm advocates say the timeline is ‘radical’

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Guardian Essential poll: $300 energy rebate shouldn’t go to high-income households, voters say

Poll finds lukewarm response to Labor’s 2024 budget, with only 27% of people thinking it will make a ‘meaningful difference’ to the cost of living

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Peter Dutton’s migration cuts would cost budget $34bn over coming decades, thinktank calculates

Grattan Institute estimate backs Jim Chalmers’ claim move would cost ‘billions’ – but opposition leader labels treasurer’s statement ‘voodoo economics’

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Labor and Albanese gain in post-budget Newspoll, but other polls don’t look as rosy

A national Newspoll, conducted after the May 14 budget from a sample of over 1,200 people, gave Labor a 52–48% lead over the Coalition, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll four weeks ago.

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Migration cut would have 'negligible' effect on housing

A housing expert has rubbished claims from the coalition that a cut in the migration intake would lead to better housing affordability and supply.

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Unions push for more in $3.6b pay deal for NSW workers

Billions of dollars in pay rises being offered to NSW public-sector workers might not be enough to stop key employees' unions calling for larger increases.

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PM backs budget despite lukewarm polling response

While voters have delivered a small bounce for Labor in the polls, there has been mixed opinions on the recent federal budget.

Newcastle Herald

Sink your teeth into finding our national dish

'Fellow Novocastrians, what is our national dish?'

The Guardian - AU

Going nuclear on power and wages may not be the election winner Peter Dutton thinks it is

Opposition leader has laid fertile ground for progressive attack ads to grow in policy-lite budget reply

The Guardian - AU

Budget replies reveal Coalition ‘all over the shop’, PM says, labelling Dutton’s nuclear policy ‘shocking’ – as it happened

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Airport accused of blocking rail line over parking cash

Rank-and-file Labor members have rebuked the Victorian government and Melbourne Airport over a long-running stand-off delaying a much-anticipated train line.

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Labor members demand land guarantee in housing plan

The Victorian government has been urged not to sell off land as part of its policy to redevelop Melbourne's 44 public housing towers in the next 30 years.

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