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Grattan on Friday: Morrison endures the witness box, while Albanese enjoys being in the box seat with the Senate

Scott Morrison will forever be known as “the bulldozer”, and he lived up to his self-description at the Robodebt royal commission this week.

The Conversation

Wollongong clubs launch gambling OK2PLAY app as debate over cashless gaming cards builds

Four of Illawarra's largest clubs have launched a new program asking gamblers to confirm if they are OK to play before they start gaming.

ABC News

Federal government gets its power bill relief bill through parliament

Coal and gas caps passed in energy bill

Newcastle Herald

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Afternoon Update: Australia to impose coal and gas price limits; NSW blocks Byron Bay short-term housing cap; and UK airports ease liquids rule

Labor’s energy bill passes parliament including price caps

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton’s naked politicking over power prices is as cynical as it is calculating

The opposition leader is determined to reheat the climate wars, via whatever means and whatever the costs to Australia

The Guardian - AU

Perrottet 'open' to nuclear energy in NSW

The NSW premier says he is open to all options for energy, after his treasurer referred to small nuclear reactors as exciting.

AAP

It's time we aligned sexual consent laws across Australia – but this faces formidable challenges

Federal Labor Senator Nita Green has recently moved to establish a Senate inquiry into sexual consent laws.

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No date for NSW energy relief laws

No date has been set for NSW Parliament to reconvene to pass laws which would empower the commonwealth's proposed energy measures.

AAP

Parliament passes federal government's energy relief package — as it happened

An energy relief package agreed to by national cabinet has been passed after parliament was recalled to deal with the legislation ahead of Christmas.

ABC News

Alan Kohler: Three broken promises define 2022

Thanks to our unaffordable housing, Philip Lowe might not end up with a recession on his conscious, only the legacy of broken promises.

The New Daily

Credit where it's due: thanks to council, our happy place is back

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

Newcastle Herald

Live exports: just five of 38 eligible ships had Australian animal welfare observers

No reports have been published from observers on the five ships since independent monitoring program resumed in May

The Guardian - AU

Gas industry attempts to block price caps on fossil fuels shrugged off by Australian government

Crossbenchers express surprise at lack of direct lobbying from resource companies who may have been blindsided by ‘reasonable pricing’ test

The Guardian - AU

Singleton bypass families angry at 'lowball' compulsory acquisition prices

'Highway robbery' at the Singleton bypass

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The Guardian - AU

Boost for Greens in upper house as Victoria confirms election result

Samantha Ratnam says Greens will work with Labor toward ‘progressive reform’ after her party quadruples upper house seats

AAP

'Trainwreck' Morrison robodebt evidence

Labor minister Bill Shorten has lashed Scott Morrison's robodebt royal commission, saying he's failed to take responsibility for his part in the scheme.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Morrison grilled at robodebt inquiry; Azealia Banks lashes Australia; and snakes have clitorises

And new details on the brothers behind Queensland ambush

AAP

McGowan retains treasury in new WA cabinet

Western Australia's premier has appointed new child protection and education ministers in a cabinet reshuffle midway through Labor's second term.

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NSW rental market has failed: alliance

An alliance of housing groups is calling on the NSW government to urgently build more homes to solve the rental crisis, as Labor pushes for parliament recall.

The Conversation

Final Victorian election results: how would upper house look using the Senate system?

At the November 26 Victorian election, Labor won 15 of the 40 upper house seats (down three since 2018), the Coalition 14 (up three), the Greens four (up three), Legalise Cannabis two (up two), the Liberal Democrats one (down one), Animal Justice one (steady), the Shooters one (steady), Labour DLP…

The Canberra Times

'We need to reconsider': Labor MP breaks ranks on mental health sessions cuts

Medicare subsidised psychologist appointments are set to decrease from 20 to 10.

ABC News

Adem Somyurek, Legalise Cannabis MPs win seats as Victorian upper house election results are confirmed

Former Labor MP Adem Somyurek has retained his seat in Victoria's upper house, after switching to the Democratic Labour Party, meanwhile former Liberal MP Bernie Finn has lost his bid for re-election, and two Legalise Cannabis party candidates have been elected.

ABC News

NSW Labor promises minimum fee for musicians who play at publicly funded events

NSW Labor promises to make it mandatory that musicians receive a minimum fee if they play at events that have received public funding.

AAP

Weed the winner in Victoria's upper house

The majority of crossbenchers in Victoria support legalising cannabis and a One Nation MP now sits in state parliament for the first time.

The New Daily

Only one way to go on stage three tax cuts: Two wise men to PM

'Strikingly inappropriate: One hundred economists are calling on the federal government for its stage three tax cuts to be dumped.

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