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Former minister hits out at Coalition’s ‘policy of appeasement’ towards China

Concetta Fierravanti-Wells says warnings about China’s influence were ignored and blasts NSW Liberals over preselections

The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2022

One Nation's Pauline Hanson wins Queensland Senate seat, Amanda Stoker out

Pauline Hanson retains her Senate seat for another term, with the Australian Electoral Commission officially declaring she has finished fifth in Queensland's upper house race.

ABC News · Jun 17, 2022

Labor confirms it will allow schools to hire secular workers under chaplaincy program

Former education minister Alan Tudge claimed the plan would ‘effectively end’ the use of religious chaplains in some schools

The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2022

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Anthony Albanese backflips on national cabinet secrecy and refuses to say why

PM opts to continue to prevent release of documents related to meetings with state leaders despite his previous criticism of the practice

The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2022

Former Labor staffer Benjamin John Waters spared jail over child abuse material

A District Court judge has described the child exploitation market as a "serious social evil", before sparing a former South Australian Labor staffer jail for viewing and sending child abuse material.

ABC News · Jun 17, 2022

Morning mail: Paul Keating got Andrews and Perrottet together, energy crisis end in sight

Friday: Labor premier Daniel Andrews reveals Keating encouraged him to work with Liberal Perrottet. Plus: has Dark Mofo learned from its mistakes?

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2022

Electric vehicles are racing ahead overseas, so why isn't that happening in Australia?

Australia's position as a laggard in the global EV race is unlikely to change despite the election of a more clean-transport-friendly Labor government, say industry experts.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

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Paul Keating urged me to work with Dominic Perrottet, Daniel Andrews reveals

Exclusive: Victorian Labor premier reveals he was encouraged to work with Liberal counterpart in NSW by their ‘mutual friend’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2022

Q+A panellists back Labor's grand plan on rewiring the energy grid but warn 'it won't be easy'

Thursday's Q+A panel was unanimous in its support for Labor's elaborate plan on re-wiring the energy grid and hoped the current crisis would create political will for a massive shift in how the country's energy market works.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

Grattan on Friday: Everything, it seems, is conspiring to test the Albanese government

On Thursday Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister Chris Bowen formally updated Australia’s international commitment for its proposed climate change action. It’s now a 43% reduction in emissions by 2030, in line with the policy Labor took to the election.

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2022

Reform vital for WA Liberals: state leader

West Australian Liberal leader David Honey has met with federal counterpart Peter Dutton as the party looks to rebuild its reputation in the state.

AAP · Jun 16, 2022

Perth to Bunbury fast passenger rail business case contract awarded

A key step has been reached in the push for a faster passenger rail link between Perth and WA's major tourism and food region as power sources for the train are investigated.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

Australia raises emissions cutting target for 2030

Australia, under a new Labor government, on Thursday raised its 2030 target for cutting carbon emissions, bringing the country more in line with other developed economies' Paris climate accord commitments.

Reuters · Jun 16, 2022

Australia's Paris Agreement commitment lifted to 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030

The federal government has formally committed to the United Nations that Australia will reduce its carbon emissions by 43 per cent by the end of the decade.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

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ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

More than 100 million people displaced worldwide, UN refugee agency says

The UN refugee agency says the world has reached a "dramatic milestone", with more than 100 million people around the world now forced to flee their homes due to persecution, war and human rights violations.

ABC News · Jun 15, 2022

South Australian Premier insists ministers complied with code of conduct amid pork-barrelling accusations

South Australia's Premier has declined to answer directly whether his Treasurer or Sport Minister absented themselves, amid conflict-of-interest concerns, from a cabinet decision to award hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to sporting clubs they were patrons or members of.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 15, 2022

Shortfall warnings cancelled as units come back online – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jun 15, 2022

Morning mail: year of learning before school, electricity crisis flares, Fed hikes US interest rates

Thursday: Preschool ‘play-based’ overhaul, electricity market in strife and Ukraine refuses to surrender city. Plus: chickens fed cannabis

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ABC News · Jun 15, 2022

How the Northern Territory has avoided the power crisis unfolding in the eastern states — for now

As the eastern states grapple with the perfect storm behind a rapidly worsening energy crisis, the skies over the Northern Territory's power system are pretty clear. Here's what makes the NT's situation different — for now.

The Conversation · Jun 15, 2022

Governments usually win a second term. But could the new Labor government be an exception?

Addressing the first meeting of Labor’s new caucus, Anthony Albanese held out the prospect of “back-to-back premierships”. But a second-term in government isn’t a given, he implied – it is something Labor will have to earn. Does he really believe Labor might not be re-elected?

The Conversation · Jun 15, 2022

How we invented 'unemployment' – and why we're outgrowing it

When Labor leader Anthony Albanese couldn’t quote Australia’s unemployment rate in the first week of the election campaign, many said it didn’t matter: the Australian Bureau of Statistics figure was “meaningless”; “fudged”; “manipulated”; and didn’t count all those who had registered for JobSeeker.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 15, 2022

Immigration minister says Nadesalingam family can stay in Biloela ‘with certainty’

Andrew Giles doesn’t specify when or how Tamil family will be allowed to remain in Australia and blames Coalition for long visa wait times

The Guardian - AU · Jun 15, 2022

‘Startling’: Queensland independent polls second in Groom with only 8.3% of primary vote

Suzie Holt finished fourth on primary vote in the LNP-held seat, but is at 42.89% of 2PP after preferences

The Guardian - AU · Jun 15, 2022

Albanese government urged to keep focus on human rights as it rebuilds relationships in Asia

Thawing diplomatic relations with China shouldn’t mean ‘taking a backwards step with Beijing’, Human Rights Watch says

The Guardian - AU · Jun 15, 2022

Employment minister urged to delay rollout of points-based system for jobseekers

Survey of unemployed people suggests ‘harm was actually being designed into the system’, academic says

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