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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor president Wayne Swan on the party's coming national conference

Next week the Labor Party will hold its national conference in Brisbane. It’s the first face-to-face conference in five years. These conferences don’t have anything like the bite they once did, but there’s still a chance for the party’s rank and file to have a shout about issues. More than…

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Cheaper prescriptions plan to proceed as Senate votes down Coalition attempt to block 60-day dispensing

Patients will be able to buy two months of medicine from pharmacies for price of one, saving more than $1.6bn over four years

The Guardian - AU

'Hiding behind secrecy': crossbenchers slam Labor over climate risk report

They want an unclassified version of the report.

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Disability inclusion act proposed by Labor backbencher

Agencies would be required to develop disability inclusion plans.

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Business lobby rejects Coalition’s ‘disingenuous’ claims Labor pursuing big Australia policy

Business Council of Australia wants migration to be more business-friendly and rejects concerns of a surge in arrivals

The Guardian - AU

The Australian government admits its funding is supporting the gas industry. That’s politically risky

Labor is struggling to get its story straight on why it is helping fund a major expansion of the fossil fuel sector in the NT

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Coalition will seek to block Labor plan for cheaper medicine after backlash from pharmacies

Opposition won’t support 60-day dispensing policy that allows patients to buy two months of medicine for price of one over concerns community pharmacies will be forced to close

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Australia's decision to again use the term 'occupied Palestinian territories' brings it into line with international law

Australia’s minister for foreign affairs, Penny Wong, has announced Australia will return to use of the term “occupied Palestinian territories”.

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Former Liberal MP Andrew Laming fined $20,000 for Facebook posts that breached electoral law

Laming failed to put his name to three posts and deliberately disguised his identity in one case, court finds

The Guardian - AU

I was Israel’s most senior diplomat. I urge Australia to recognise the state of Palestine

We need support to push back against the efforts of the Israeli government and strive towards two democratic states living peacefully side by side

The Guardian - AU

'No' to the Voice takes lead in Essential poll; huge swing to Libs at WA state byelection

A national Essential poll, conducted August 2–6 from a sample of 1,150, gave “no” to the Indigenous Voice to parliament a 47–43 lead, reversing a 47–43 lead for “yes” in this poll in early July. While Newspoll and Resolve polls had given “no” a lead in June, this is the…

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Gambling reform advocate says ads are ‘grooming’ kids as Australian broadcasters lobby against total ban

Tim Costello says free-to-air TV does not face an existential crisis and urges bipartisan push on ad ban

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Greens back Labor after Liberal threat – as it happened

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Australia to officially resume use of term ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’, reversing Coalition stance

Labor is vowing to strengthen its objections to ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements ahead of next week’s national conference

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WA premier Roger Cook axes Aboriginal cultural heritage laws after outcry by landholders

Government apologises for new laws it says went too far and placed unnecessary burdens on everyday property owners

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Pocock claims Labor adopting Coalition’s ‘gas-led recovery’ – as it happened

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Labor's Joy Burch to retire from Legislative Assembly at 2024 election

The Assembly Speaker said the time had come to focus on life outside politics.

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PM will push national cabinet for public holiday if Australia make final – as it happened

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The Land of Hope and Fear by Isabel Kershner review – how Israel betrayed its high ideals

The New York Times correspondent’s compelling history identifies the issues that have polarised a country now split by far-right extremists

Newcastle Herald

'He doesn't understand Newcastle': Hilton Grugeon hits back at Geoffrey Watson SC

'There seemed to be these sort of weird oligarchs.'

The Guardian - AU

Former Nationals MP Andrew Gee accuses opposition of using case against voice as fundraiser for the LNP

The Member for Calare, who quit the Nationals over referendum, also told Garma festival Coalition had ‘rocks in its head’ and would be seen as ‘reconciliation wreckers’

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Meet Melton, officially part of Melbourne, but crying out for city services

Incorporating the north-western outlier made Melbourne technically the biggest city in Australia. But residents say they are still treated as country cousins when it comes to funding health and transport

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Labor faces push to triple number of NT and ACT senators and give territorians a bigger say in referendums

Exclusive: Under national conference proposal, the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory would have six senators

The Canberra Times

Donation law change could force reveal of political party members

ACT Labor said the possibility was of 'significant concern'.

The Guardian - AU

Australian Christian Lobby says plans to combat social media misinformation will ‘cancel Christian posts’

Claim comes despite draft of bill explaining media regulator will not be empowered to request specific content be removed from digital platforms

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