The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Fast rail axed in $2.5bn budget cuts – as it happened

Go-it-alone approach to building network between Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong shelved entirely

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023

NSW budget: Labor points to ‘decade of neglect’ but lack of housing showstopper may leave voters underwhelmed

NSW treasurer Daniel Mookhey points to ‘largest debt any incoming state government has ever inherited’ as he hands down party’s first budget in more than a decade

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023

NSW Labor pledges $2.2bn for housing and infrastructure in first budget in a decade

Figures reveal NSW is expected to be back in the black next financial year and will focus on paying down debt

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023

Australian state suspends human rights law to lock up more children

Experts fear ‘irreversible harm’ to children in Queensland after changes to justice system leave more in detention.

Al Jazeera · Sep 18, 2023

Labor’s first NSW budget in a decade will provide ‘practical assistance’, treasurer says

A $7bn shortfall has been forecast this financial year, but Daniel Mookhey says any cuts to be made will be in areas that ‘don’t affect people’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2023

The Australian Greens lost the rent cap battle, but will they win the war for votes?

Labor decried the party as ‘the axis of evil’ for siding with the Coalition, but pollster says their stance is a vote-winner

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2023

The week in parliament: a bruising time for the voice and veteran affairs, punctuated by a bit of pop levity

Attacks on Marcia Langton prompt angry responses, Nick Kaldas delivers uncomfortable moments, and Marise Payne takes a bow

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2023

How one of Melbourne’s most contaminated sites became a political battleground on housing

Labor says it is ‘pushing on’ with the development in the city’s north, while the Greens accuse it of winding back the original plan

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2023

Grattan on Friday: Langton and Price fight with passion and gloves off for beliefs

Anthony Albanese cemented victory in the 2022 election by being mostly highly cautious and having Labor run, by and large, a tight campaign. If he loses the Voice referendum, which is looking very likely, his own overreach and the “yes” campaign’s ill-discipline will carry a good deal of blame.

The Conversation · Sep 14, 2023

Using Neville Bonner’s politics to guess his stance on the voice seems an indolent misuse of history

What would the first Aboriginal parliamentarian have thought of the voice to parliament? None of us can ever know – not even George Brandis

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2023