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Queensland backbencher faces parliamentary probe

A Queensland Labor backbencher is under parliamentary investigation over allegations of misusing taxpayer funds.

AAP

Former Labor staffer Alexander Matters found not guilty of raping fellow university student

Alexander Matters was accused of raping a woman in 2021. Today a jury found him not guilty and his lawyer questioned why the case ever made it to trial.

ABC News

Dozens of Australian politicians urge US to abandon Julian Assange extradition

In open letter, 48 MPs and senators warn ‘closest strategic ally’ that pursuit of WikiLeaks founder ‘set a dangerous precedent’

The Guardian - AU

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Julian Leeser resigns from shadow cabinet over Liberals’ voice stance

Shadow attorney general quits frontbench less than a week after Peter Dutton announced Liberals would oppose Indigenous voice to parliament

The Guardian - AU

Tasmanian cyber attack grabs TasTafe, Teachers Registration Board data

The data accessed by a 'criminal group' in a recent security breach includes names, addresses, and in some cases birth dates of children, the Tasmanian government says — over a week after the cyber attack was first confirmed.

ABC News

Speakman firms as favourite to lead NSW Liberals

The state's former attorney-general Mark Speakman is the favourite to lead the NSW Liberals in opposition when the the party room votes.

The New Daily

Mundine backs Liberals’ ‘practical’ voice proposal

Indigenous ex-politician Warren Mundine has backed the Liberals' plan to oppose a national voice in the constitution, opting for targeted rural support.

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Alan Kohler: If the Liberals hope to survive it must be as progressive conservatives

Maybe the Liberal Party needs to split, like Labor did in 1955. Failing that, it must regroup and rebrand to reflect modern Australia.

The New Daily

Coal exit has started, but Hunter's driving blind

The Hunter's giant coal mines are in the government's sights, but where's the fully-funded transition strategy?

Newcastle Herald

‘It’s just been a hellride’: how the end of the affordable housing scheme is pushing families to the edge

Despite their only income being Centrelink payments, the Orlandos are ineligible for Queensland social housing – and have found the private rental market impossible

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberals win final lower-house seat of Ryde two weeks after state election

Ryde becomes most marginal electorate in NSW after Liberal candidate Jordan Lane wins by just 50 votes

The Guardian - AU

NSW election: Liberal finally declared Ryde winner – by just 60 votes

The final seat in the NSW election has been called, with the Liberal Party looking set to hold on to the Sydney electorate of Ryde

The New Daily

Last seat in NSW election called as Liberals claim Ryde

The Liberal Party has claimed the final seat in the NSW election by a whisker, giving Labor a minority hold with 45 lower house MPs to the Coalition's 36.

AAP

Sydney seat of Ryde won by Liberal party candidate Jordan Lane two weeks after state election

As the Labor party considers its position on a recount, the New South Wales Electoral Commission does a final check of the vote counting for the seat in Sydney's north-west.

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The Guardian - AU

After Aston, Liberal moderates can hear the bell toll. But is Peter Dutton listening?

To ignore the party’s broader decline in metropolitan areas and treat the byelection loss as an anomaly would be disastrous

The New Daily

Julia Banks: What next for the Liberal Party and will Frydenberg ride to the rescue?

If Scott Morrison was the self-described ‘bulldozer’, Peter Dutton’s Liberal Party is like an out-of-date steamroller. Julia Banks writes.

ABC News

Minister confirms 16,000 documents released online in Tasmanian data breach, helpline set up

The Tasmanian government sets up a helpline as hackers release 16,000 documents online as part of a cyber attack on a third-party transfer software used by the state's education department.

Newcastle Herald

Where's the proof the Supercars sting is worth it for Newcastle?

What we heard was that there appears to be no evidence to prove that Newcastle benefits from Supercars visits

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The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton and the voice: what the Liberal party has got wrong about Indigenous recognition

We unpack and factcheck some of the key reasons the opposition leader has given for saying no to the voice

The Conversation

How does the Liberal Party's Voice policy stack up against the proposed referendum?

Despite the political acrimony over the Voice referendum, what’s most striking is the similarities between the positions of the Coalition and the Labor government.

The Guardian - AU

Hopes rise for single parent payment increase as Labor aims to ‘support the most vulnerable’ in budget

Finance minister Katy Gallagher says government working through reports that recommend eligibility changes to payment

The New Daily

Final seat in NSW election undecided as count drags on

The final seat to be decided in the NSW election is going down to the wire with the count in the seat of Ryde to continue for two weeks after election day.

The Guardian - AU

It’s messy and slow and drowned in noise, but a change in Australia’s climate policy is under way

There is a signal beneath the noise, and it is bigger than just the safeguard mechanism

The New Daily

Liberals commit ‘Judas betrayal’ in opposing Voice

Uluru Statement architect Noel Pearson says the federal Liberal Party is out of step with the Australian people by not supporting an Indigenous voice.

The Conversation

Pragmatism versus idealism? Behind the split between environmental groups and the Greens on the safeguard mechanism

Old tensions emerged between green groups en route to the hard-fought Labor-Greens deal over the safeguard mechanism industrial emissions policy.

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