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Defence department ‘stonewalled’ FoI requests on politicians’ use of RAAF VIP jet fleet, says Greens

Morrison government stopped releasing reports on MPs’ use of business jet fleet in 2021, citing unspecified security concerns

The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2023

Ghassan Hage is one of Australia's most significant intellectuals. He's still on a quest for a multicultural society that hopes and cares

It is 50 years – two generations – since then Immigration Minister Al Grassby launched the idea of a multicultural Australia at a Melbourne conference in 1973. Ghassan Hage, Professor in Anthropology and Social Theory at the University of Melbourne, and currently visiting scholar at the prestigious Max Planck Institute…

The Conversation · Jul 19, 2023

Labor legend to be honoured for lifetime of service

A state service will be held for a giant of Australia's labour movement, as politicians from both sides pay tribute to former Labor leader Simon Crean.

AAP · Jul 19, 2023

Governor general planned to tell Queen about controversial charity awarded $18m grant under Coalition

Documents reveal new details about David Hurley’s support for the Australian Future Leaders Foundation, which won funding under Scott Morrison’s government

The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2023

There's a fraction too much faction in Labor: minister

Assistant Minister Andrew Leigh says Labor needs to be more accommodating to members who do not want to be aligned to well-entrenched factions.

AAP · Jul 18, 2023

Labor eyeing changes to ‘punitive’ mutual obligations for jobseekers, draft party platform suggests

Commitment to review welfare rules for unemployed people has lifted expectations the government will axe requirements such as work for the dole

The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2023

Andrew Leigh calls out how Labor's factional 'duopoly' is undermining the party

Andrew Leigh, an assistant minister in the Albanese government, has launched a swingeing attack on the stranglehold the factional “duopoly” has on the Labor Party.

The Conversation · Jul 18, 2023

Why progressives like AOC are right to boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog

For Democratic leaders like Joe Biden, Herzog embodies the good Israel. Unfortunately, they are wrong

The Guardian - US · Jul 18, 2023

Is Labor cooking up a ‘ministry of truth?’ No, it’s just an opposition scare campaign – with a side of hypocrisy

The Coalition now opposes the type of social media regulation it supported in government – and its about-face is aimed at fuelling the campaigning journalism of Labor’s critics

The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2023

Afternoon Update: sport organisations condemn Commonwealth Games axing; Rome braces for record heat; and 2007 iPhone sells for $279,000

Premier Daniel Andrews has cited a cost blowout to $7bn as the main reason for pulling the event

The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2023