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Sri Lanka is on the verge of 'humanitarian emergency', with hundreds boarding boats set for Australia

More than 300 Sri Lankans have tried to get to Australia in the past few weeks as the country's economic crisis has worsened, with people smugglers claiming those on board will be allowed into the country under the new Labor government.

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Ex-Wallaby beats Liberal for Senate seat

Former Wallaby David Pocock has become the ACT's newest senator, securing the territory's second spot in the upper house.

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Dominic Perrottet to seek federal backing to scrap NSW stamp duty

Under NSW proposal, buyers will reportedly be able to choose to pay an annual land tax instead of a lump sum on purchase

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Consultation to start on SA Indigenous Voice to Parliament ahead of 2023 launch

South Australian Attorney-General Kyam Maher wants to begin talks on a state version of the First Nations Voice to Parliament ahead of a launch of the body next year.

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Hawke's special skill was levelling with the Australian people. It's Albanese's only option

As every historian knows, the frame you use to analyse the past affects the stories you tell about that past. Time is foremost among those frames.

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Alan Kohler: The NDIS could crush the Labor government

The Albanese government faces something of a classic Hobson’s Choice when it comes to the revamping the NDIS, writes Alan Kohler.

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Sleeping soundly: the Nadesalingam family find peace and comfort in their Biloela home

As their youngest daughter plays games on her fifth birthday, mum Priya reflects on relief at being back in her community and her hopes for the future

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Adelaide train line back in action, amid claims ending transport privatisation deal could cost taxpayers $70m

Adelaide’s Gawler rail line is back online on Sunday, after lying dormant for 18 months.

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People born from sperm donations want urgent crackdown on assisted reproductive technology industry

While other states in Australia have legislated donor conceived registers, the ACT is yet to do so. People born through donation want to see that change.

ABC News

What will the teal wave mean for Victorian and NSW state elections?

Swings at federal election hint at shifts that could be replicated in state polls due in November and March

The Guardian - AU

Nadesalingam family: the ‘jolt to Australia’s conscience’ back in Biloela’s embrace

The family have returned to the town they were taken from in an early morning raid four years ago, with hopes of changing the system for others

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'Multi-city economy': Business Hunter says $500 million fast rail investment on the right track

Business Hunter CEO Bob Hawes said both the NSW and new Federal Government were starting to realise the priority and value of connecting regional cities.

Newcastle Herald

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers Backs State Talks To Scrap Stamp Duty So Here’s The Lowdown

Starting with “what the fuck is stamp duty?“.

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Aukus pact: Australia pays $830m penalty for ditching non-nuclear French submarines

Anthony Albanese pledges to reset Australia’s strained relationship with France after settling cancelled contract with Naval Group

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'Stupid' gas policies led to energy crisis in eastern states, say former premiers

With WA's policy of quarantining 15 per cent of gas for its local market bearing fruit, former rivals and premiers Alan Carpenter and Colin Barnett say the east coast gas crisis was avoidable.

The Guardian - AU

The challenge for the Victorians party, born from lockdown anger

New party hopes to win up to 10 seats in November’s state election, but political insiders and observers have doubts

The Guardian - AU

Chris Bowen warns energy generators against market manipulation amid crisis

Minister say he’s not aware of any specific allegations but ‘would not tolerate’ inappropriate behaviour

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Anthony Albanese shows he’s a big-picture empath – more like Hawke than Rudd or Gillard

In these opening weeks, the new prime minister is drawing on Labor songlines from the 1980s and 90s

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The Guardian - AU

The change in tone at Ardern and Albanese’s meeting could not have been more stark

A lot has changed since the fraught trans-Tasman exchanges of the Morrison government with the two countries now hitting reset

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‘We can’t lose any more’: how the teacher shortage grew into a national crisis

As Covid and flu compound exisiting staff vacancies, principals and teaching unions worry about additional pressure on schools

The Guardian - AU

As the temperature cools, the heat is on Chris Bowen

Gas shortages, reported delays to major projects and coal-fired power woes are among the gifts handed to the new energy minister

The Canberra Times

Could Australia's climate wars be coming to an end?

The latest energy ministers' meeting could well mark the start of a cooperative path forward for a new federal government.

Newcastle Herald

Government acquisition of former Truegain site a 'huge win'

It has taken years of a Hunter community living with a "ticking environmental time bomb", but the state government's acquisition of the polluted Truegain site - six years after it was abandoned - is a "huge win", a NSW Labor MP says.

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Peter Dutton’s claim he planned to buy US nuclear subs is ‘political point-scoring’, defence experts say

Liberal leader is in damage control after his comments raised eyebrows, one analyst saying ‘there’s no way this is a plan’

The Guardian - AU

Albanese vows to reconsider Australia’s deportations rules in olive branch to New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern welcomes ‘reset’ in trans-Tasman relationship after years of tension over visa cancellations on character grounds

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