The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Chris Minns sworn in as NSW premier as Labor majority appears more unlikely after election

Party remains two seats short of governing in its own right as three crossbenchers promise supply

The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2023

More than 800 secrecy laws keeping Australian government information from the public, paper shows

Experts alarmed by volume and complexity of restrictions as discussion paper sets stage for Labor’s push for reforms

The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2023

‘Psychopaths, puppets’: Greens senator’s fury over climate deal

The plan to cut emissions from industry to tackle climate change appears on track to pass parliament – despite dissension in the Greens.

The New Daily · Mar 28, 2023

National reconstruction fund secures crossbench support – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2023

NSW's new government is sworn in, Terrigal win looking unlikely for Labor — as it happened

Chris Minns is sworn in as NSW premier, but his government will likely need to work with the crossbench, with Labor now looking like it will struggle to get a majority in the lower house. Look back on the events of the day.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

Counting to resume in NSW seat of Kiama as incumbent Gareth Ward prepares to face court

Liberal turned independent Kiama MP Gareth Ward is closing in on Labor candidate Katelin McInerney's lead after a batch of pre-poll votes favoured the incumbent.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

Labor and the Greens have cut a deal to get its key climate policy through the parliament. So what is it, and what's changing?

After weeks of negotiations and plenty of strong words, the federal government has secured the support it needs to pass its key climate policy into law. So what is it, and what's changing?

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

Morning Mail: Labor sweats on majority in NSW, Netanyahu bows to protests, Nashville school shooting

Labor still hasn’t pinned down the last seats it needs to avoid minority government; thylacine could have lived for decades past ‘extinction’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2023

Paul Bongiorno: High stakes in Aston for worried Liberals

Dutton is the one leader who has most to lose in the Aston by-election, the odds are favouring him, he’ll be desperately hoping that they hold.

The New Daily · Mar 27, 2023

NSW election results pave way for Mark Latham to re-enter NSW upper house

The former federal Labor leader returned to elected office at the 2019 NSW election, but resigned from the Legislative Council earlier this month, in the middle of his eight-year term in a bid to strengthen One Nation's presence in the chamber.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023