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ACT to review investments linked to West Bank settlements

The Assembly has also called for a humanitarian ceasefire.

The Canberra Times

Queensland’s youth crime response is fuelled by fear and anger, not facts

As the fatal stabbing of Vyleen White stokes debate, the Queensland government appears to have run out of politically viable kneejerk responses

The Guardian - AU

Senators reject Greens bill to insert climate trigger into environmental laws

Committee says safeguard mechanism will help cut emissions and ban on projects emitting more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 not needed

The Guardian - AU

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Fiery debate as Labor accused of ‘trying to walk both sides of street’ on Israel-Gaza conflict

Greens say Israel’s actions ‘a slaughter’ and Labor says other parties trying to ‘divide our community’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Australians overcharged across industries; right to disconnect from work laws a near certainty; and what’s in household dust?

An inquiry into price gouging has found a lack of competition in key markets, including banks and supermarkets, is driving inflation

The Guardian - AU

Taxpayer-funded MP trips in spotlight after $500k bill

Victorian MPs have been quizzed over the value of their taxpayer-funded travel after racking up a bill of almost $500,000 last financial year.

AAP

Right to disconnect from work laws set to pass Australian parliament after deals with crossbench

Adam Bandt says changes to industrial relations bill mean ‘when you clock off, you’ll be able to switch off’

The Guardian - AU

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Labor MPs play down impact of Australia’s pause in funding for UNRWA in Gaza

Backbenchers tell constituents that it would not affect funding for the current year – but did not mention freeze on $6m in emergency top-up funding

The Guardian - AU

NSW offshore drilling ban will be Australian first

NSW is shutting the door on offshore drilling and mining operations in its waters, sabotaging PEP-11 and other projects.

AAP

Premature deaths of hundreds of homeless Australians ‘completely unacceptable’, housing minister says

Comments from Julie Collins come in response to Guardian Australia investigation and as advocates push for new ways to monitor crisis

The Guardian - AU

Chief Minister says Greens' actions risk eroding public confidence

Andrew Barr criticises Greens' handling of Johnathan Davis allegations.

The Canberra Times

Afternoon Update: Coalition to back stage-three changes; boy charged with murder of Queensland grandmother; and man scales 55-storey Melbourne tower

Peter Dutton says the Coalition will not stand in the way of Labor’s stage-three tax cut changes

The Guardian - AU

Low income earners to benefit from Medicare levy change

The minimum income threshold at which taxpayers incur a two per cent Medicare levy will be lifted under laws before the federal parliament.

AAP

Peter Dutton said Labor’s tax changes would bring down the government – now he’s voting for them

Labor has wedged the Coalition so successfully that Dutton will vote for the breach of promise he said would end Anthony Albanese

The Guardian - AU

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AAP

Tolling tale of truck crashes in the spotlight

A convoy of truck drivers has made the journey to Parliament House in Canberra to call for increased safety rules to stem a rising road death toll.

The Canberra Times

Cain breached code after son-in-law's internship

His son-in-law completed a two-month internship in his office.

The Guardian - AU

Stage-three tax cuts: Labor’s changes to pass parliament with Coalition support

Peter Dutton says opposition won’t stand in the way of Labor plan, but Greens still in negotiations over $359bn package

The Guardian - AU

Littleproud says planned renewables rollout ‘pure insanity’; RBA governor quizzed – as it happened

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Newcastle Herald

Labor factional tensions play out in council preselection battle

It's personal, factional, historic and bitter.

AAP

Church bells and protest chants as parliament returns

A church service offered a moment of quiet as federal politicians returned for 2024, before protests and tax debate brought sound and fury back to Canberra.

AAP

Axed Labor MP dodges questions on return to parliament

Former Victorian Labor MP Will Fowles has remained tight-lipped after returning to state parliament following a police investigation into an alleged assault.

The Guardian - AU

NSW mega-councils to foot the bill if they want to reverse forced mergers

Labor to create legal pathway for council demergers after forced amalgamations by former Coalition government

The Guardian - AU

Australian school attendance and retention rates in long-term decline, report shows

New data casts doubt on viability of Labor government’s goal to boost university admissions by tackling education gap

AAP

New social housing target for the sunshine state

The Queensland government has pledged to build 53,500 more social homes by 2046 but construction industry delays may halt the ambitious target.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle ALP preselection challenge one for the history books

Not since 1995 have Labor rank and file sought to challenge all sitting councillors with the lord mayor.

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