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More than 24 hours after Optus alerted the media of a massive cyber attack that exposed people's personal details, customers have been contacted by the telco.

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Grattan on Friday: Can Jim Chalmers become a reforming treasurer?

Jim Chalmers’ long term ambition is similar to that of most treasurers. He wants to be prime minister. More immediately, he aspires to be a reformer, which has become harder in today’s electorate, with its low tolerance for pain.

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Vic Labor has election-winning lead: poll

New polling shows the Andrews government maintains a comfortable lead heading into Victoria's state election in November, while Coalition support has dropped.

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How Victorian Labor's failure on upper house electoral reform undermines democracy

At the 2018 Victorian state election, Labor easily won a majority in the lower house of the Victorian parliament, but the upper house result was an anti-democratic shambles, as the Greens won just one of the 40 upper house seats, while three parties with very small vote shares won seats.

The Conversation

Safe staffing for nurses an 'excellent' first step

"Our health system was in crisis before the pandemic, but after getting us through multiple waves of COVID-19, we owe it to our health workers to fix this," Chris Minns.

Newcastle Herald

Daniel Andrews is on track for a third term in Victoria, but risks losing ground in safe seats

Labor is likely to secure a rare third parliamentary term, but departing MPs warn it will lose support for parachuting in non-local candidates

The Guardian - AU

ACT to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14

But the age will first be raised to 12, it will take another two years for it to be raised to 14.

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NSW Labor's Tanya Mihailuk criticises potential candidate, Canterbury-Bankstown mayor Khal Asfour

MP Tania Mihailuk uses parliamentary privilege to attack the character of a potential future candidate — linking them to corrupt former minister Eddie Obeid.

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NSW Labor MP Tania Mihailuk launches extraordinary attack on her own party in parliament

In late-night speech, Tania Mihailuk links Bankstown mayor and Labor candidate Khal Asfour to corrupt former minister Eddie Obeid

The Guardian - AU

Labor hopeful refers claims to the ICAC

A NSW western Sydney Labor MP has linked one of the party's potential candidates to corrupt ex-parliamentarian Eddie Obeid.

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Sydney news: NSW Labor promises enforceable nurse staffing levels ahead of 2023 election

MORNING BRIEFING: NSW Labor will not take a nurse-to-patient ratio to the 2023 election but has promised enforceable staffing levels.

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'I've been his boxing bag': What Jacquie Lambie really thinks about Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell

"My heart bleeds for all the Labor ministers that will go without a Micallef caricature"

The Canberra Times

Major polluters put on notice as Labor mulls shakeup of major emissions scheme

The Climate Council has put the nation's largest emitters on notice

The Canberra Times

NSW Labor promises an extra 1200 nurses

The NSW nurses' union has welcomed Labor's commitment to recruit 1200 new nurses and midwives if elected but still wants better nurse-to-patient ratios.

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Labor faces electric vehicle roadblock over inclusion of hybrid cars

Greens and David Pocock say government bill amounts to a fossil fuel subsidy and will slow uptake of zero emission vehicles

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Government announces inquiry into childcare costs, while Chalmers promises 'conversation' about budget challenges

The Albanese government will set up an inquiry into the increasing cost of child care, which will start in January and run for a year.

The New Daily

Axe hangs over Morrison’s legacy as government gets serious before budget

Slashing budget deficits have long been cast as a Treasurer’s reason for being. But Jim Chalmers was muted on Tuesday.

Newcastle Herald

Inquiry says Newcastle bus privatisation a 'disaster'

The Greens and Labor-led committee has found Newcastle's transport network is inferior and more expensive for passengers since Keolis Downer took it over in 2017.

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Federal Labor's lead in Resolve poll drops from 'honeymoon' heights; Labor winning easily in Victoria

A Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted September 14-18 from a sample of 1,607, gave federal Labor 39% of the primary vote (down three since August), the Coalition 32% (up four), the Greens 10% (down two), One Nation 6% (up one), UAP 2% (steady), independents 8% (steady) and others 3%…

ABC News

Tasmanian government increases taxpayer funding lure to secure AFL licence

As AFL club presidents pore over documents to decide if Tasmania will win the 19th AFL licence, Premier Jeremy Rockliff increases the amount taxpayers will contribute, repeating his pitch that the "flow on effects" will benefit the state.

The Guardian - AU

Emissions from Australia’s oil and gas industry rose 20% in first five years of safeguard mechanism

Scale of rise prompts warning Australia will struggle to cut emissions if Labor revamp allows new coal and gas

AAP

Integrity bill could be pushed into 2023

A Labor election promise to legislate a new anti-corruption body might not be fulfilled on time.

The Guardian - AU

Labor urged to axe $1.9bn in ‘zombie’ fossil fuel subsidies promised by the Coalition

Exclusive: Morrison government announced support for coal and gas projects in ‘gas-fired recovery’ but didn’t formalise contracts, PBO analysis reveals

ABC News

Tasmanian opposition still unsure what to make of government's pokies limits

When Bass MP Janie Finlay was asked whether Labor supported the card-based scheme under which poker machine users would have to set bet limits before they start gambling, she appeared unsure of what to say and took advice before returning to answer the question.

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Liberal senator drafts cryptocurrency bill to regulate 'stablecoins' and China's digital yuan

The use of cryptocurrency is on the rise and its lack of regulation could threaten Australia's national security, according to Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, who has drafted a private member's bill pushing for tougher regulation.

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