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Labor accused of ‘steamrolling’ bill to make poverty committee permanent

Greens and David Pocock question why expert panel will not have members with lived experience of economic exclusion and disability

The Guardian - AU

Twelve people in border force custody after arriving by boat on isolated section of WA coast

Shadow home affairs minister James Paterson says group’s reported arrival ‘is a further sign that Labor has failed on border security’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Bruce Lehrmann testifies in defamation lawsuit; Israel-Hamas ceasefire delayed; and Christmas gifts under $50

Former Liberal staffer’s defamation lawsuit against Network Ten in its second day

The Guardian - AU

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Labor councillors 'provide certainty' on end of Supercars relationship

Labor says work should start on removing track infrastructure.

Newcastle Herald

Industry and states welcome Albanese government’s plan to jump-start stalled renewables investment

Albanese government’s expansion of investment scheme is designed to attract financial investment in new wind and solar farms

The Guardian - AU

'Doesn't stack up': Govt, airport bicker over rail plan

Victoria's deputy premier has pushed back on Melbourne Airport's suggestion it could be more cost-effective to build a rail tunnel to Tullamarine underground.

AAP

MPs condemn payment of millions to consultants over federally funded grant schemes

Politicians and union say assessment of applications should no longer be outsourced to private companies

The Guardian - AU

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Labor feud escalates over misleading letters

Hornery accused of 'punching down on council and dirt filing'.

Newcastle Herald

Rattenbury wants 'clarity' to aid future MLA complaint handling

Greens leader says party acted swiftly on Davis complaints.

The Canberra Times

Australia’s 100 wealthiest schools earned almost $4.8bn in 2021, data reveals

Exclusive: education department figures reveal the private schools received about $770m in government money amid a public schools funding shortfall

The Guardian - AU

Greens could sink Labor’s gas industry scheme over concerns it supports fossil fuel expansion

Exclusive: Adam Bandt says party cannot endorse $12 a gigajoule price cap due to exemptions allowing new ‘climate bomb’ gasfields

The Guardian - AU

Coalition and Greens unite to demand Labor release legal advice on indefinite detention court case

Push comes after home affairs minister said government was advised it would win legal challenge that instead saw 93 people released

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s ‘draconian’ immigration detention conditions challenged in high court

Chinese refugee S151 has sparked the challenge, arguing his curfew and wearing of ankle bracelet is punishment

The Guardian - AU

Environment groups blast government's use of 'hypotheticals' in gas ban debate

Opposition says government never intended to support its legislation.

Newcastle Herald

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Israel and Hamas agree to four-day ceasefire; ABC settles Bruce Lehrmann defamation case; and US Catholic priest marries teen

The ceasefire will include the release of 50 women and children hostages held in Gaza in return for 150 Palestinian women and children to be freed from Israeli jails

The Guardian - AU

Labor thought it could prevent release of 92 indefinite detainees by freeing one rapist, documents suggest

Exclusive: Despite confidence it would win landmark case, government considered ministerial intervention to free man who raped 10-year-old boy in order to stop mass release

Newcastle Herald

Council boss Jeremy Bath named in Parliament as author of Scott Neylon letters

'It's undeniable that Mr Jeremy Bath ... is the author of the letters.'

AAP

Albanese spruiks Labor achievements at term mid-point

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has marked the halfway point of Labor's current term in government with a rallying cry to the party faithful.

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Battling on after supposedly ending the climate wars

Australia is positioning itself as a climate leader ahead of a Dubai summit which will judge the lack of progress since the Paris Agreement on global warming.

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Coalition team up to retrospectively authorise ‘unlawful’ use of material gathered by Australian agency

Bill authorises previous uses of coercive powers, removing legal question mark that had dogged Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Newcastle Herald

Soaring spectacle of air show over Newcastle set a high bar

'I congratulate you. It was excellent.'

The Guardian - AU

Rift widens between NSW and federal Labor as Chris Minns demands state’s ‘fair share’

Before national cabinet, premier waits for answers from Albanese government on protest policing and infrastructure funding

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Australia beat India to claim World Cup, Gaza hospital a ‘death zone’, troubling survey into child sexual abuse

Travis Head steers Australia to cricket World Cup triumph and the evacuation of Gaza’s largest hospital continues after Israeli raids

The Guardian - AU

Both sides of politics knew the indefinite detention regime was on shaky ground – and now taxpayers will pay

Peter Dutton can argue that where there’s a will to detain these people there must be a way. But the court said otherwise and there’ll likely be a hefty compensation bill

The Conversation

Federal Labor barely ahead in latest polls; Victorian Labor takes a hit but holds Mulgrave at byelection

There have been three federal polls since my October 13 article on the federal Resolve poll that still had Labor far ahead. These polls show a tie in Morgan and two two-point Labor leads in YouGov and Essential. There has been a clear trend to the Coalition in polls conducted…

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