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Morning Mail: alarm over online degrees, Fifa mulls Saudi sponsor U-turn, Albanese’s approval down

Essential poll says half support Labor tax plans but Albanese support falls; concern that expensive courses have been outsourced; Football Australia hopes World Cup deal will be reversed

The Guardian - AU

Paul Bongiorno: The robodebt royal commission is our most important in a long while

It has taken the robodebt royal commission to do it, but Australians are being given dramatic evidence that the very underpinnings of our system of government have been trashed at great cost to the nation.

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Super tax breaks were already well due for retirement

If tax concessions for super were designed to ‘top up’ people’s age pension then why would we spend so much ‘topping up’ those at the top?

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Guardian Essential poll: super changes backed by half of respondents – even among those with large balances

Approval for Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton continues to sag amid cost of living squeeze

The Guardian - AU

NSW Labor vows to fix ‘broken’ environmental offsets system if elected

Spokesperson Penny Sharpe says current system has ‘no red lines’ and party will deliver changes within first 18 months of government

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s reform of safeguard mechanism will fail unless changed, say Greens

Party will oppose the changes after the government refused to rule out banning new coal and gas projects

The Guardian - AU

Scientists challenge Australians to answer Indigenous Voice call

The peak body representing more than 100,000 science and technology workers has thrown its support behind a Voice to Parliament.

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Review of core Labor climate policy splits on party lines, Greens decry lack of ambition

A Senate committee reviewing the government's proposed changes to the safeguard mechanism splits along predictable lines, with Labor MPs supporting the legislation and Greens and crossbenchers arguing it is not ambitious enough.

ABC News

Former Miss Australia accused of domestic violence

A one-time Miss Australia and former politician is facing accusations she abused or intimidated her partner over more than a decade.

AAP

Court hears Milton Orkopoulos allegedly plied boys with drugs, alcohol at 1999 state election party

A friend of a boy allegedly abused by Milton Orkopolous has told a court he used to smoke "pot" with the former New South Wales MP two or three times a week.

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Federal Labor recommits to building multi-million-dollar Kakadu tourist centre, four years after election promises

The federal government has recommitted to funding a multi-million-dollar visitors centre in Kakadu National Park but says careful consultation is continuing with traditional owners.

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Former Tasmanian Labor MP Kathryn Hay accused of emotional abuse and intimidation of partner

A former Tasmanian government MP and Miss Australia is alleged to have punched her partner in the face, made throat-slitting gestures, and verbally abused him multiple times over a decade, according to court documents.

ABC News

Super changes could affect 10% of people retiring in 30 years, Labor reveals

Coalition accuses government of misrepresenting impact, while crossbenchers push to further tighten tax breaks for wealthy

The Guardian - AU

South Australian Liberal Party task force aimed at engaging more women rejects enforceable quotas

The South Australian Liberal Party has rejected enforceable quotas, and will instead adopt targets in its attempts to increase the number of women in the state's parliament.

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Labor approves $9.5m for ‘facts of the voice’ but says it is not funding de-facto yes campaign

Coalition ‘concerned government is putting fingers on the scales’ and independent David Pocock says information should be fact-checked

Newcastle Herald

Privatisation fight reignites after Eraring buy-back left on the table

Labor says NSW is paying the price for privatisation of vital infrastructure as the planned closure of the nation's largest coal power station could be delayed.

The Conversation

Labor slides in a federal Newspoll; NSW polls give Labor a modest lead

A federal Newspoll, conducted March 1-4 from a sample of 1,530, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll in early February. Primary votes were 37% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (up one), 10% Greens (down one), 7% One Nation (up one) and…

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Albany goes from conversion therapy to one of Australia's biggest regional Pride festivals

In a town that was known to be conservative, Pride festival organisers say their 10-day event celebrates and accepts people for who they are.

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The New Daily

Newspoll shows voters approve of super tax plan

The latest Newspoll shows a majority of voters approve of the government's superannuation tax plan, but Labour and PM down

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Promises and insults: PM weighs in on NSW election

The major parties have promised millions more to rebuild essential services as the NSW election heats up and the PM weighs in

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Alan Kohler: To defeat climate change, Australia must do the impossible

The climate argument between Labor and The Greens is as strange as the carbon-reduction target being impossible to meet.

ABC News

Independent MP Alex Greenwich vows to make pokies cashless even if NSW Labor wins the election

Alex Greenwich is adamant the state will have cashless gaming regardless of which party wins and, as the likely kingmaker in the event of a hung parliament, he could be right.

AAP

'Come see the homeless': Beach visit plea for Perrottet

Premier Dominic Perrottet has urged voters to stick by his government during a visit to Sydney's Northern Beaches, where he was confronted over social housing.

AAP

Ending 'jobs for mates' put on parliament's agenda

Independent MPs will back a proposal to end the 'jobs for mates' culture of federal politics as parliament resumes for the autumn session.

The Guardian - AU

NSW Labor promises to slash $1.6bn from budget by cutting private labour hire

Chris Minns says reducing government spend on third-party workers will allow party to reinvest extra savings into health and education

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