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'Home matters, help matters and hope matters': Newcastle's homeless in spotlight

Homelessness gathering combines serious message with some free food and haircuts

Newcastle Herald

What’s behind the Victorian anti-corruption body’s complaints about leaking?

Explainer: A parliamentary committee has been accused of leaking confidential correspondence and compromising investigations

The Guardian - AU

Who's holding back electric cars in Australia? We've long known the answer – and it's time to clear the road

New analysis this week found strong fuel efficiency standards would have saved Australia A$5.9 billion in fuel costs and emissions equal to a year’s worth of domestic flights if the policy was adopted in 2015.

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David Pocock to use Senate balance of power to push for waiving of ACT’s public housing debt

Independent calls for $100m debt to be wiped as part of negotiations over Labor’s $10bn housing policy, which also faces Greens resistance

The Guardian - AU

It’s time to tax mining and energy giants properly. Struggling Australians should share in their record profits

The fact that an energy exporter like Australia is having a tough time when the prices of our energy exports are sky high shows just how broken our political debate has become.

The Guardian - AU

Building watchdog letter sent to ICAC

Dominic Perrottet says a controversial resignation letter from the state's building commissioner has been sent to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

AAP

NSW disaster agency clearly failed: Labor

Labor is calling for Resilience NSW to be abolished after it failed in its mission to help victims during the disastrous floods earlier this year.

AAP

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Zed admits 'deep sense of dread' before election loss

In his first media interview since losing his Senate seat, Zed Seselja said he believed voters had made up their minds about the Morrison government before the election.

The Canberra Times

IBAC voices 'grave' Vic inquiry concerns

A Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the state's anti-corruption agencies has been lambasted for an alleged departure from procedural fairness.

AAP

North-west Brisbane traffic and transport study draws heated debate between Labor state, LNP local governments

Queensland's Transport Minister has described Brisbane City Council's latest vision for a new toll road to relieve congestion in the city's north-west as a "feeble fantasy" and a "farce".

ABC News

GPs warn against over-the-counter Covid treatment – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: bulk billing numbers ‘not honest’, Trump raid galvanises right, Serena Williams to retire

Wednesday: Health minister says primary healthcare in ‘worst shape’ since Medicare began. Plus: Australia’s highest and lowest income suburbs

The Guardian - AU

Northern Territory opposition calls for petrol price inquiry, with prices per litre 30 cents higher than in other states

Petrol prices in Darwin are still up towards the $2 mark, despite recent drops in other states, and the pain at the pump is even worse in Alice Springs.

ABC News

How 'fast' politics has left the NSW government staring into the electoral abyss

The 1973 Watergate Committee hearings ran for 51 days. The televised revelations drew a huge audience. The pressure built with slow, devastating intensity, devouring then US President Richard Nixon’s agenda, eventually leaving him no option but to fall on his sword.

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The Canberra Times

David Barnett remembered as a 'bastion of the media and politics'

Tributes have flowed for David Barnett, the husband of former Goulburn MP, Pru Goward.

Newcastle Herald

Education bureaucrats have lesson to learn from teachers of the past

It could be asserted that staff shortage problems have been fuelled by the education department administration itself

The Guardian - AU

FOI documents show Peter Dutton’s ‘captain’s call’ to make senior Liberal head of defence thinktank

Documents obtained by Guardian Australia show the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s choice of candidate was overruled by then defence minister

The Guardian - AU

ACTU pushes for caps on energy bills and a windfall tax on corporate profits ahead of jobs summit

Report proposes big changes to Australian economy including giving workers more clout to bargain for better pay

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AAP

NSW commissioner's resignation unread

The NSW premier confirmed he has not read the resignation letter of the building commissioner who quit shortly before the minister he reported to was dumped.

AAP

SA to push on with political donations ban

The South Australian government will push ahead with plans to ban political donations in the wake of controversy over a gift from the CFMEU.

AAP

WA premier defends by-election no show

Labor is opting not to run a candidate in an upcoming West Australian by-election because it is unlikely to win, Premier Mark McGowan has admitted.

The Canberra Times

Ask for light rail funding when you're ready, Commonwealth tells ACT

Joint funding for ACT's light rail is the sort of partnerships the Commonwealth wants to have, the federal Infrastructure Minister says.

The Conversation

Explainer: how neoliberalism became an insult in Australian politics

The much-debated term “neoliberalism” again entered the political debate last week, with Greens leader Adam Bandt using a National Press Club speech to decry neoliberalism in the Labor Party.

ABC News

Bail act, Crown Perth and Metronet top priority list as WA Parliament resumes after winter break

Reforms to bail laws and Crown Casino are among the priorities on the West Australian government's to-do list as parliament returns after the winter recess.

ABC News

Nationals MP Vince Catania hands in resignation for WA seat of North West Central

Nationals MP Vince Catania's departure in the seat of North West Central officially triggers the process of holding a by-election — leaving both sides of the Liberal-National Alliance to compete for votes.

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