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New Zealand in Shock as Jacinda Ardern Says She’s Stepping Down as PM

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement she had "no more in the tank" to continue leading the country and would leave office no later than early February and not seek re-election. Ardern, holding back tears, said that it had been a tough five and…

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NSW Labor promises to create Great Koala National Park on Mid North Coast if elected

NSW Labor is going to the state election with an $80 million plan to create a Great Koala National Park, which they say will protect 20 per cent of the state's koala population.

ABC News

Jacinda Ardern announces resignation as New Zealand prime minister — as it happened

Anthony Albanese says Jacinda Ardern has "demonstrated that empathy and insight are powerful leadership qualities" following her resignation as New Zealand PM — as it happened.

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Interview transcript published by PM’s office omitted wrong answer on Indigenous voice legal advice

Attorney general has clarified solicitor general is being consulted on voice to parliament after Anthony Albanese said otherwise

The Guardian - AU

Liberals urge government to reverse APS Australia Day rule

Jane Hume accused the government of telling APS employees Australia Day does not matter after they revoked restrictions on public servants working on January 26.

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Shifting sand has too many spots slipping away - it's time to act

This can be done relatively quickly if there is a political will.

Newcastle Herald

NSW Labor eyes $80m koala national park

A brand new national park on the mid-north coast will form part of NSW Labor's plan to save koalas from extinction should it win the next election.

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NSW Labor promises to create ‘great koala national park’ if it wins power

Party re-commits to establishing 300,000-hectare park in state’s north to turn around animal’s ‘grim trajectory’

The Guardian - AU

South Australian Greens back yes vote on voice amid Lidia Thorpe criticism of referendum

State support for the Uluru statement is expected to be seen as a shot across the bows to the federal First Nations spokeswoman

The Guardian - AU

‘Undermine our road safety’: promised rewards for ‘safe’ NSW drivers criticised by experts

Labor and the Coalition promise to ease penalties for ‘low-level’ offences if they win the state election

The Guardian - AU

Australia prepared for possible Russian cyber-attacks after troops sent to train Ukraine soldiers – as it happened

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Inquiry grills Workforce Australia agencies on ‘bonkers’ reporting requirements for parental welfare

Committee hears ParentNext program is ‘punitive and prescriptive’, with threats of payment suspensions ‘significantly detrimental’ for families

The Guardian - AU

Former Milton Anglican school site destined to reopen to public students

The leader of a "full" South Coast high school says the details of commitments from the Coalition and Labor to use a former private school for public education need to be made clear.

ABC News

Peter Dutton accuses PM of evading questions on whether Labor would legislate voice to parliament if vote fails

Anthony Albanese says he is not ‘leading with a position that assumes a loss of a referendum’ on the Indigenous voice

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Why Hunter motorists with good driving records could skip fines

Good drivers would be given a one-off chance to escape a fine for some offences under the proposal

The Guardian - AU

NSW treasurer refuses to say if $1,000 a day pokies spending cap is too high as he ridicules Labor policy

Key independent MP calls for a $100 daily limit as Coalition comes under pressure to release details of its cashless gaming card

The Guardian - AU

Former NSW Labor MP joins One Nation despite previously labelling Mark Latham a ‘buffoon’

Tania Mihailuk, who quit ALP in 2022, now says she’s worried state would go ‘woke and broke’ under a Labor government

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Labor 'too woke' for turncoat NSW MP

Former member of the NSW Labor Party and incumbent Bankstown MP, Tania Mihailuk will join One Nation ahead of the March state election.

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Nats dig in in the battle for Upper Hunter

Upper Hunter Nationals MP Dave Layzell believes he can hold his seat at the March election, despite a redistribution that has seen it become the state's third most marginal electorate.

The Guardian - AU

The rest of the world is in disbelief at what the gambling industry has pulled off in Australia. We need real reform

Gambling does the most harm to the people and communities of NSW that Labor is supposed to represent

AAP

Calls for JobSeeker rise in May budget

Pressure is growing on the government to lift income support payments for job seekers in the May budget as living costs soar.

AAP

Australia looks for PNG health partnership

Australian MPs are in Papua New Guinea for a first-hand look at the health situation in the hopes of forming stronger partnerships with the northern neighbour.

AAP

NSW Labor's Manly candidate bows out

A woman who planned to run as the Labor candidate in a hotly contested seat on Sydney's north shore in the NSW election in March has bowed out.

AAP

War of words over NSW pokies policies

Labor's proposed poker machine reform has been criticised by the NSW treasurer, who says it could have been written by the gaming industry.

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NSW Labor unveils driving demerit plan

Drivers who are well-behaved for 12 months will be able to wipe a demerit point off their licence if the NSW opposition wins government in March.

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