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Families who pay out-of-pocket childcare costs to benefit from Labor's subsidies promise

Parents and guardians will benefit from Labor's promise to increase childcare subsidies and lift the household income threshold from July next year. But the sector is facing staff shortages and thousands of families are missing out.

ABC News

Australia's first two Muslim federal ministers sworn into office in historic moment

Labor MP Ed Husic said he "felt the weight of the moment" to be one of the first two Muslim ministers to be sworn into Federal Parliament.

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Disgruntled NSW Liberals lay blame for federal election rout

After preselection chaos, party is pointing fingers at the state executive, Alex Hawke, Scott Morrison – and Covid restrictions

The Guardian - AU

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Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened species and habitats in one of its final acts

‘On what sort of planet does the commonwealth think they don’t need a recovery plan for a Tasmanian devil’, asks Wilderness Society

The Guardian - AU

The unexpected date on the calendar upended Anthony Albanese’s planned start to government

“You shouldn’t waste a day in government,” Anthony Albanese told the first meeting of the ALP caucus this week, smilingly. “We don’t intend to."

The New Daily

Labor’s full cabinet has finally been sworn in. Here’s a who’s who of new ministers

Although Labor hasn't been in government since 2013, almost half of the new cabinet have past experience as government ministers.

The New Daily

Anthony Albanese to create climate super-department in bureaucratic shake-up

Prime minister also plans to remove AFP from home affairs portfolio as he reshapes the public service

The Guardian - AU

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New Tas stadium $750m price tag queried

Documents show the $750 million price tag for a proposed new stadium linked to Tasmania's AFL bid was a ballpark figure and could cost more.

AAP

'Tremendous influence': Pat Conroy's hopes for the Hunter

Australia's new Defence Industries Minister Pat Conroy plans to build on the foundations that his predecessor Greg Combet laid to make the Hunter one of the world's top aerospace hubs.

Newcastle Herald

Penny Wong ramps up Pacific lobbying effort as she flies out to Samoa and Tonga

Foreign affairs minister tells regional leaders ‘we understand we need to work together like never before’ as battle for influence with China intensifies

The Guardian - AU

Australia has more women in cabinet than ever before: what difference will diversity make?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s first cabinet is Australia’s most diverse ever. Not only do women comprise ten of 23 cabinet ministers (or about 43%), many have diverse race, ethnic and religious backgrounds.

The Conversation

Labor urged to scrap nuclear dump

Traditional owners have urged the federal Labor government to drop plans for a nuclear waste facility on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.

AAP

South Australian government axes Home Battery Scheme, saving money in state budget

A key renewable energy policy of the former South Australian government that was designed to help more people access home energy storage systems will be axed in Thursday's state budget.

ABC News

The Loop: Treasurer warns of 'dire' budget situation, Labor's new ministry sworn in, and a community's farewell of the 'waving man'

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Coalition set to be biggest Senate party

Counting is continuing for the final seats for the Senate, where the coalition is on track to have the most seats in the upper house.

AAP

SA Labor to deliver on election promises

South Australian Treasurer Stephen Mullighan says the Labor government will deliver on its election commitments in Thursday's state budget.

ABC News

No change to preschool election promise, says SA government

The state government has denied accusations that it is breaking an election promise to offer free preschool for three-year-olds from 2026.

The Guardian - AU

Is Australia’s election result a teal revolution or an old story of centre-right flight?

History shows us that when a centre-right party drifts from the priorities of their ‘broad church’, their support and party structure fractures

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The Conversation

With diesel $2 a litre and a new leader, the Nationals could pivot on climate to focus on energy independence

You might look at the recent election result and conclude it was a reasonable one for the National Party. Its MPs held their seats despite several swings against them, and gained strength within the Coalition, after the Liberal Party suffered major losses.

ABC News

Greens senator-elect Penny Allman-Payne sets up in Matt Canavan's Central Queensland region

Just who is Queensland's new senator from Gladstone? The former high school teacher and lawyer who looks set to become the state's second Greens senator insists she will base herself in the heartland of fossil fuel.

The Guardian - AU

Five graphs that show how Australian voters turned on the Coalition

The primary vote for both major parties dropped dramatically, but in the Coalition’s case, it cost it 18 seats. Here’s how the numbers played out

Reuters

Australia PM Albanese appoints record number of women to diverse cabinet

Australia's new federal ministry was sworn into office on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointing a record number of women to a diverse cabinet team that includes religious minorities and Indigenous Aboriginals.

The Conversation

There's one big reason wages are stagnating: the enterprise bargaining system is broken, and in terminal decline

Real wages in Australia have been stagnating for the better part of a decade. Now, with higher inflation, they’re declining. So what can the new Albanese government, having campaigned hard on the previous government’s failures, do about it?

Newcastle Herald

Former NSW minister Ian Macdonald seeks judge-alone trial

The Crown has yet to say whether it will oppose the application for the trial, which relates to a Hunter Valley mining licence.

AAP

Ex-NSW minister seeks judge-alone trial

Former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald and union boss John Maitland want their criminal retrial to be heard by a judge and not a jury.

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