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NSW government freezes pay of MPs, senior public servants

New South Wales politicians and senior bureaucrats will not be getting a pay rise for at least two years, as legislation to freeze their pay is introduced to parliament.

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After six years in power, Mark McGowan leaves a mark on regional WA that won't be forgotten by friend or foe

Mark McGowan took Labor to unprecedented highs in the state's region, but many of the decisions that define his legacy hit residents hard.

ABC News

Protesters condemn public obstruction penalties in SA as 'attack on fundamental rights'

Hundreds of demonstrators gather below South Australian parliament's upper house to voice opposition to changes to the state's protest laws.

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Roger Cook, Rita Saffioti to unite against Amber-Jade Sanderson in race to be next WA premier

Roger Cook and Rita Saffioti are emerging as strong contenders to lead WA Labor, after Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson earlier secured key factional backing.

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WA Labor gets to work to elect a new leader

The WA Labor Party is on track to elect a new leader after Premier Mark McGowan announced his resignation due to exhaustion after 30 years in public life.

The New Daily

Rupert Murdoch: how a 22-year-old 'zealous Laborite' turned into a tabloid tsar

In September 1953, Rupert Murdoch arrived in sleepy Adelaide to take up his inheritance of News Limited. He was only 22 and had little experience of working at a newspaper, let alone running one, but his family had inherited a majority stake in the company following the death of Rupert’s…

The Conversation

Mark McGowan: why the only way was down for Western Australia’s political rock star

After being lauded for his tough Covid response and winning the most one-sided election in Australian history, Labor premier goes out at the top

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Guardian Essential poll: majority of Australians support rent freezes and migration cap amid housing crisis

Poll finds respondents support policies of the Greens and Coalition, posing a potential risk to the Albanese government

The Guardian - AU

‘I’m tired’: Rock star premier Mark McGowan bows out, leaving national politics changed

Mark McGowan resigned on Monday, unexpectedly ending the career of the frontman of the rock star premiers to emerge during COVID.

The New Daily

Mark McGowan quits in his own time, after dominating Western Australian politics

One of the most dominant premiers in recent Australian political history, Mark McGowan, has resigned as Western Australian premier and the member for Rockingham.

The Conversation

The life and times of Mark McGowan, the state premier who enjoyed rock star popularity levels

When he drove across the Nullarbor in his Corolla from NSW in 1991, few could have predicted navy lawyer Mark McGowan would go onto become the most popular premier in WA history.

ABC News

WA Premier Mark McGowan quits in shock announcement, declaring he is 'exhausted'

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has announced he is quitting as premier and leaving parliament.

The Conversation

Hospital industrial action set for Wednesday

'There is still a lot of talk and not a lot of action.'

Newcastle Herald

NSW health workers take action over stalled pay rises

Paramedics and heath workers at some NSW hospitals will walk off the job this week as the Health Services Union ramps up pressure for pay rises.

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Pressure on police facing the front lines is becoming unbearable

Who would join the police force?

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More than 40,000 hectares of nationally vital koala habitat marked for potential logging in NSW

Analysis shows area includes 9,000 hectares where there was already active logging as pressure grows on government to end practice

The Guardian - AU

On home turf: housing debate gets personal for targeted Greens spokesman Max Chandler-Mather

A 20-hectare parcel of Brisbane land known as Bulimba Barracks, which has been slated for development, becomes ground zero in heated national debate over housing

ABC News

Liberals preselect ex-NSW party president Maria Kovacic to replace late Jim Molan in Senate

Western Sydney businesswoman Maria Kovacic is preselected to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Jim Molan, dashing the hopes of ex-NSW cabinet minister Andrew Constance.

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The New Daily

NSW Liberals pick Maria Kovacic to fill late Jim Molan’s seat in Senate

Maria Kovacic, the former president of the NSW Liberal Party, will fill the senate vacancy left by the death of Jim Molan

The New Daily

Koala paradise! NSW sets aside 4500ha parcel to guarantee koalas’ survival

A NSW Labor pre-election promise to protect the state's koala population from extinction has taken another step forward

ABC News

Australia's biggest steelmaker Bluescope bolsters coal import capability at Port Kembla

As supply from Illawarra mines declines, a $182-million upgrade to BlueScope's Port Kembla coal berths will allow the steelmaker to import coal from Queensland.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: We urgently need a real national security review

For all the effort of current Labor and LNP politicians to talk tough, they don’t even have a national security strategy.

The Guardian - AU

Nationals push for $10m fines and ability to break up Coles and Woolworths if they abuse market power

Exclusive: David Littleproud says former Coalition government was ‘too slow’ on compulsory grocery code of conduct

The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s pity party at estimates was a surefire recipe for electoral embarrassment

The opposition’s pursuit of fringe issues and fishing expeditions are not doing Peter Dutton any favours

The Guardian - AU

Class war, aspiration and the politics of property: the heated debate over the Victorian budget

The Liberal party has successfully prosecuted Labor for stifling aspiration for decades, but it may not work in in this economy

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