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Justine Davis talked about keeping people out of prison – and still won a ‘tough on crime’ NT election

Independent in Darwin’s north says ‘if you spend time listening and talking’, people begin to think differently about law and order – and locking up children

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: What if Bill Shorten had become PM in 2019?

Politics is full of “what ifs?” As Bill Shorten prepares to exit parliament early next year, and Anthony Albanese may be on the path to a minority government, the question invites itself: what if Shorten had won the 2019 election?

The Conversation

NSW's lauded cashless gaming trial has just 32 users

A 'really good picture' is being painted by a small trial charting the path forward for one of the world's largest pokies jurisdictions, a minister insists.

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'Stood up and fought hard': lord mayor states case for re-election at campaign launch

Labor heavyweights turn out for Newcastle campaign launch.

Newcastle Herald

Labor's future made plan could already be history

The federal government's $22 billion Future Made in Australia plan is 'flawed' and a way to entrench unions in manufacturing, the coalition says.

AAP

Independent targeting western Sydney seat says he ‘supports Palestine resistance’ after Facebook controversy

Peter Dutton says Labor shouldn’t do preference deal with Dr Ziad Basyouny after it was reported he shared post celebrating 7 October Hamas attacks

The Guardian - AU

Ta-ta, Bill Shorten, the coming man always and the great never was

Twice opposition leader, the retiring minister is a victim of the supreme paradox of ambition: the greater the height, the further the fall.

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Morning Mail: Albanese’s plan to tackle DV, Virgin’s cabin crew surveillance, Socceroos shocker

The prime minister will propose a raft of measures to address crisis of family violence; airline sacked a crew member after monitoring hotel CCTV

The Guardian - AU

Bullock doubles down on interest rates

RBA governor Michele Bullock is standing by her board’s interest rate decisions, and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris agree on a set of rules for next week’s presidential debate.

Crikey

'A natural fit': How Burch's old career set her up well to be speaker

The Labor MLA is not recontesting her seat in the election.

The Canberra Times

Labor drops plans for tougher cuts to pokies as stoush hits 'lowest point'

But Greens say they would have backed the change despite arguments.

The Canberra Times

Shorten trades politics for 'ironic' career move

After a 17-year career in Parliament House, Bill Shorten will stick around in the nation's capital as the next vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra.

AAP

Labor dealt another blow as Greens claim victory

Former Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has lost her seat to the Territory's first Greens member after more than a decade in the job.

AAP

Labor factions draw battle lines for Maribyrnong seat after Bill Shorten’s retirement from politics

AWU says it is a rightwing seat but UWU’s Jo Briskey has backing of Queensland powerbroker

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NSW drug summit to be co-chaired by former state Liberal leader who denounced pill testing

Exclusive: Health minister says John Brogden and former deputy premier Carmel Tebbutt ‘respected across the aisle’

The Guardian - AU

Anti-gambling ads to ‘swarm’ key Labor seats during footy finals season

Exclusive: Alliance for Gambling Reform to ramp up pressure on Albanese government to impose a full gambling ad ban

The Guardian - AU

From union rabble-rouser to ‘cringe socials’, Bill Shorten was a master of retail politics

Labor’s Icarus flew high as a ‘future prime minister’ but ultimately watched his highest ambitions crash and burn

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Liberals send in veteran warhorses to deal with party’s hot mess

Finally, just months out from the election, the Liberal Party is tackling the Augean stable that is its New South Wales division. It is a task that should have been a priority two years ago, after the division’s toxic factionalism had been on inglorious display in the run-up to the…

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The Guardian - AU

Retiring Shorten took control of his destiny, Albanese says – probably a little later than PM would’ve liked

Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese have had a complicated political relationship, at times simmering with tension. Today, however, the PM wished him well

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: retiring Shorten channels Sinatra; Harris and Trump agree debate rules; and con artist to star in hit show

Plus, new Māori queen crowned

Crikey

‘An exercise in revisionism’: Crikey readers correct the record on the 2009 CPRS

Plus, WA voters aren’t the ones being pandered to by the Albanese government — rather, Labor is courting the state of ‘Woodside Australia’.

Crikey

Shorten, for all his faults, leaves with a substantial legacy

As the Albanese government struggles to make its mark, Bill Shorten is a reminder that if good policy isn’t always good politics, politics can still be a vehicle for good policy.

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Bill Shorten Announces Retirement From Politics After 17 Years Of Zingers And Election Losses

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has announced his retirement from politics, leaving behind a long career of election losses and zingers.

Crikey

The Bill comes due: Shorten’s exit is the end of a quarter-century battle for Labor

The Albo-supporting Left and the Conroy-Marles Right have been taking Shorten’s outfit apart for months. Today they got him.

AAP

Scrapping Vic electorate a 'backwards step', MP says

The Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed it will abolish the Melbourne-based seat of Higgins at the next election, leading to backlash from its MP.

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