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NSW government spends $400,000 on consultants before outsourcing Sydney Water asset

Exclusive: Reports have become the centre of a political storm ahead of the looming state election

The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2023

Anthony Albanese rebukes Paul Keating for scathing remarks against 'seriously unwise ministers' Richard Marles and Penny Wong

The prime minister says Labor party elder Paul Keating's strident criticism of two cabinet ministers only serves to diminish the former leader, but did not call on him to apologise.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2023

Lack of action on deaths in custody a stain: NSW Greens

Lack of action on Indigenous deaths in custody has marred the relationship between First Nations people and the NSW government, the Greens say.

AAP · Mar 16, 2023

AUKUS has a very high risk of failure: Turnbull

Another former prime minister has questioned the AUKUS security pact following Paul Keating's blistering attack against it and the Labor government.

The New Daily · Mar 15, 2023

Labor's Chris Minns desperately campaigns to be New South Wales premier — can he hang on to his seat?

After 12 years in the political wilderness, Labor is hoping its leader Chris Minns, who faces the extra challenge of holding his own seat in the party's most marginal electorate, has what it takes to seize power back in New South Wales.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2023

'A policy aesthete': a new biography of Tanya Plibersek shows how governments work – and affect people's lives

Days before the publication of a new biography of federal Labor cabinet minister Tanya Plibersek, the Nine newspapers carried an exclusive extract in the Good Weekend magazine, accompanied by a news article leading with Plibersek’s assertion that if she had stood for the party’s leadership after the 2019 election she…

The Conversation · Mar 15, 2023

Early voting in NSW begins on weekend

Early voting centres around NSW are preparing for strong demand as people who have already decided on a candidate are able to cast their vote from this weekend.

AAP · Mar 15, 2023

AUKUS confidence remains despite Keating attack: Marles

Richard Marles maintains his confidence in the AUKUS security pact despite former Labor prime minister Paul Keating's blistering attack against it.

AAP · Mar 15, 2023

Putting up a stink: revolt against a Melbourne council’s levy starts debate about waste

City of Yarra argues it is a financial necessity but to angry locals a separate charge for rubbish is nothing short of a ‘bin tax’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 15, 2023

Mark Latham to push for nuclear plants and ‘parental rights’ if made NSW kingmaker

Exclusive: Labor and Greens concerned One Nation could gain at least one additional seat in 25 March election

The Guardian - AU · Mar 15, 2023