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Employers warn Labor’s push to lock in penalty rates is bad for business – but it’s not that simple

The Albanese government is pushing ahead with new legislation to protect penalty rates and overtime for about 2.6 million workers under the award system. Those workers are more likely to be female, younger and work casual or part-time.

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Tim Wilson gives second first speech – as it happened

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PM stares down internal push for Palestine recognition

The prime minister is facing growing pressure to recognise a Palestinian state as prominent figures within Labor's ranks issue a clarion call to action.

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Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing

“Earning a humanities degree was not only life changing, in terms of opening up a world of knowledge otherwise beyond my reach, it also turns out to have been enormously productive – for me and many, many people around me,” said Tim Winton this week. “My little arts degree has…

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Young Australians have much higher student debt than generations before them, data shows

The average Hecs/Help debt held by younger Australians increased by a third between 2009 and 2024

The Guardian - AU

Senate votes down Hanson push to scrap net zero by 2050 policy – as it happened

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Morning Mail: call for action on childcare abuse, Labor division on Palestine statehood, Oscar Piastri wins in Belgium

Proposals not enough to tackle childcare abuse, experts claim; Labor members to call for recognition of Palestinian state; Australian F1 driver takes win in Belgium

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Bulk bill incentive could miss thousands of GP clinics

A federal government plan to make GP visits cheaper for all Australians could come up significantly short because of the structure of an incentive payment.

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Images of children starving in Gaza have shaken some world leaders out of inertia – but what will Labor do?

Anthony Albanese’s government enters its first full week of federal parliament under pressure from outside and inside its ranks

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Labor party members to push for ‘immediate’ federal recognition of a Palestinian state

Exclusive: Labor Friends of Palestine to move three ‘urgency resolutions’ at weekend conference, but PM maintains no immediate plans for the move

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Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students

Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000

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‘Delays, breakdowns, frustration’: NSW commuters left waiting at the station

In the first three weeks of 2025-26, only 65.2% of services on the main intercity lines were on time. Resigned travellers say they now just expect their train to be late

The Guardian - AU

If the economics of broadening or lifting Australia’s GST are challenging, the politics are horrendous

Labor is fundamentally opposed to changing the tax on consumption on the basis it hurts poorer Australians. And the worry about fairness is real

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‘Turned inside out with disgust’: Australia must sanction Benjamin Netanyahu, Bob Carr urges

Former Labor foreign affairs minister says Canberra must seek to be a world leader – not wait for the US or UK – and recognise a Palestinian state

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Raise jobseeker to 90% of age pension and pay for it by curbing super tax concessions, Vinnies says

Exclusive: Welfare reform paper also urges increases to rent assistance and payments to families and single parents

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Labor and Greens unite to condemn One Nation senators for snubbing acknowledgment of country

Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy says stunt by Pauline Hanson’s party was ‘incredibly childish’ and disrespectful

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Australia warned it could face legal action over ‘wrongful’ fossil fuel actions after landmark climate ruling from world’s top court

Vanuatu climate change minister says ICJ opinion gives Pacific island nations ‘much greater leverage’ in dealing with partners such as Australia

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Fast-track laws for AFL stadium appear punted

Talks to form the next government in Tasmania are ongoing after a snap election that has seemingly put plans to fast-track a stadium to bed.

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Labor secrecy 'worse than under five-ministry Morrison'

A failure to release federal government documents despite Labor's pledge to be more transparent has been slammed, fuelling questions about what's being hidden.

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Albanese government worse than Morrison era at producing documents for public scrutiny, report finds

Labor’s first term saw second-worst performance since 1993 in complying with Senate orders for documents, data shows

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Workers optimistic but employers wary over wages bill

Unions and business networks are clashing heads as a government bill to enshrine higher rates of pay for one in seven workers works its way through parliament.

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RBA not swayed by jobless spike as next rate call looms

Reserve Bank governor Michelle Bullock has pushed back on rate cut expectations and weighed in on Donald Trump's pressure on Fed chair Jerome Powell.

Benzinga

'You'd Have to Be Very Skilled to Have A Job': AI Godfather Geoffrey Hinton Predicts Healthcare Will Survive AI Disruption

"You'd have to be very skilled to have a job," said AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton, warning that automation could erase much of today's intellectual labor. As generative AI floods workplaces, Hinton's comments highlight growing uncertainty about the future of work.

The Guardian - AU

Nearly one in five NSW trains ran late in past year, falling well short of own performance target, data shows

Government aims for 92% on-time running but only 82.5% of Sydney Trains services arrived within five or six minutes of schedule, down from 87.9% in previous year

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Mehreen Faruqi sanctioned for Gaza sign protest as Greens senator accused of ‘street theatre’

Greens deputy leader banned from taking part in any overseas parliamentary delegations for the remainder of the 48th parliament

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