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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.

ABC News

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

The Guardian - AU

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

The Guardian - AU

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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

The Guardian - AU

‘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 Guardian - AU

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.

The Canberra Times

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.

Newcastle Herald

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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The Conversation

Edtech is treating students like products. Here's how we can protect children's digital rights

Schools’ use of educational technologies (edtech) grew exponentially at the height of COVID lockdowns. A recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has exposed children’s rights violations by providers of edtech endorsed by governments in Australia and overseas.

The Conversation

First Nations people shouldn't have to wait for a referendum to get a Voice to Parliament

The new Labor government has promised to make a significant change in the life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, with a full commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart. But rather than waiting for a referendum to enshrine the Indigenous Voice to parliament, Labor should do it…

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WA Nationals MP Vince Catania to resign

Western Australia's depleted opposition alliance has suffered a further blow, with Nationals MP Vince Catania announcing his resignation from parliament.

The New Daily

Albanese, Ardern trade vinyl at inaugural Sydney meeting

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern have met for the first time as leaders of their respective countries.

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The Guardian - AU

A five-point plan alone won’t undo decades of neglect for Australia’s aged care sector

Labor must move beyond the slogans and make the policy reforms necessary to improve life for older Australians in care

AAP

Boat turnback policy to continue: Labor

The Albanese government has vowed to continue to turn back boats as more vessels arrive carrying asylum seekers.

The Guardian - AU

Labor says Dutton ‘desperate’ to distract from defence failures – as it happened

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Dutton, Labor duel over submarines plan

Peter Dutton has questioned Labor's commitment to the new submarine deal and the AUKUS trilateral security pact, attracting pushback from the government.

ABC News

Nationals MP Vince Catania quits state politics, sparking West Australian by-election

West Australian Nationals MP Vince Catania announces his resignation from state politics, dealing another blow to the already depleted Liberal-National alliance in opposition.

ABC News

Anger at Peter Dutton's disclosure of AUKUS submarine negotiations with the United States

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's decision to divulge sensitive discussions with the United States on acquiring nuclear-powered submarines has sparked concern that he may have jeopardised plans for a joint agreement by year's end.

ABC News

Anthony Albanese is hosting Jacinda Ardern in Sydney today. What will they discuss?

While both leaders find themselves straddling huge areas of common ground whenever they meet, there are still some real points of disagreement and tension in the Australia-New Zealand relationship.

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