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Labor's lead slides in Newspoll, but honeymoon continues in Resolve poll after budget

A Newspoll, conducted October 27-30 from a sample of 1,500, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a two-point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll in early September. Primary votes were 38% Labor (up one), 35% Coalition (up four), 11% Greens (down two), 6% One Nation (down one), 1% UAP…

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Inflation pledges as Vic election rolls on

The Victorian election campaign has started in earnest with promises of water bill relief, new hospitals and a regional rail shake up.

AAP

Port woes push Hunter firm to look at US factory

The company's executive chairman has called on Labor leader Chris Minns to unpick the state's container terminal deals.

Newcastle Herald

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Victorian election: with Melbourne Cup over, now comes real race for Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy

Polls and pundits have Labor winning in a canter, but strategists from both sides expect the margin to narrow as 26 November approaches

The Guardian - AU

Labor to launch trial to help NDIS participants who want to work

Social services minister Amanda Rishworth to announce pilot scheme aimed at lifting employment rates among people with disability

The Guardian - AU

Soaring power bills being used as cover for more lies about renewable energy, Labor claims

Climate minister Chris Bowen says opponents of climate action have seized on cost-of-living crisis to resume campaign against clean energy transition

The Guardian - AU

Minns says removing port limit 'crucial'

The would-be premier wants to see the detail of NSW's port privatisation deals before committing to compensation.

Newcastle Herald

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Victorian election campaign to kick off

All eyes might be on the Melbourne Cup, but Tuesday marks the first day of the official Victorian election campaign.

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Morning Mail: voters want power bill help, Kohli in hotel security breach, a taxing question for Plibersek

In today’s newsletter: a survey finds more than two-thirds of respondents want the government to intervene in energy market; Tanya Plibersek says she’d ditch tax cuts; and a flood rescue support package will be announced

The Guardian - AU

Employers say Labor's new industrial relations bill threatens the economy. Denmark tells a different story

Labor’s proposed amendment to the Fair Work Act (subtitled its Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill) has drawn fire from Australia’s three leading employer groups:

The Conversation

'All pork': Chris Steel slams funding for roads

A transport funding row which erupted last week has continued, as the ACT government defends the plans.

The Canberra Times

Deep concerns for city's most used public pool

"Yes they replaced the waterslide and that's great but the pool needs a really significant plan and investment in maintenance and rejuvenation."

Newcastle Herald

Starter gun fired for Vic state election

Victoria is stepping into election campaign mode, with official writs to be issued ahead of the November 26 state poll.

AAP

Interest in Melbourne Cup slips with more than half of Australians uninterested, poll suggests

Nearly half of those surveyed (45%) believe it promotes ‘unhealthy’ gambling and a third (34%) say it normalises animal cruelty

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Melbourne’s eastern suburbs are ground zero in battle for Liberal party’s future

Hawthorn and Kew seen as vital seats for the Victorian Liberals, still reeling from their federal election rout

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‘I would get rid of them’: Tanya Plibersek said she was against stage-three tax cuts, constituent claims

Longtime Labor supporter says Plibersek told him she disagreed with the decision to keep tax cuts legislated by former Coalition government

Newcastle Herald

Minns says Labor will have policy on Stockton before election

Opposition leader Chris Minns says Labor is "determined" to have a policy on long-term solutions for Stockton's erosion woes before the NSW election.

Newcastle Herald

Stockton solution 'three levels of government' but state is the ringmaster

Minns makes his pitch for Hunter vote

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Childcare short thousands of workers

The early childhood education sector will need to hire 16,000 new workers to meet surging demand from the Labor government's childcare subsidy package.

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40 years ago, protesters were celebrated for saving the Franklin River. Today they could be jailed for months

The 1982 campaign to stop the building of Tasmania’s Franklin River dam was a defining moment in the history of Australia’s social movements. Those events are now being recounted in the documentary Franklin, screening throughout the country.

Newcastle Herald

Labor stoush as Wallsend MP Sonia Hornery and Newcastle Labor councillors trade blows over swimming pools | UPDATED

Chris Minns on Labor internal war involving councillors and Hornery

AAP

NSW govt spruik '63-year' land tax benefit

NSW Treasury analysis says many first-home buyers who opt to pay annual land tax instead of upfront stamp duty will save money in the long run.

360info

Australia hopes to change climate reputation at COP27

A new government hopes to transform Australia’s reputation into a climate leader at COP27. But there’s a lot of damage to unpick.

ABC News

SA government launches review into Tarrkari – Centre for First Nations Cultures project after cost blowout

The state's Labor government calls an urgent review into the previous government's plans for a new Indigenous art gallery and cultural centre in Adelaide's CBD, saying the current funding will only deliver a project of state, not international, significance.

AAP

Western Sydney boost as NSW election nears

The NSW government has announced that $5 billion from the sale of a toll motorway will fund infrastructure in the state election battleground of western Sydney.

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