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Labor ‘unlikely’ to oppose fuel excise cut, Federal Budget splashes $18b on roads and rail

Labor is hinting it will support key Coalition budget measures designed to ease the cost of living, including a temporary cut to the fuel excise.

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Scott Morrison spruiks cost of living package as expectations of fuel excise cut grow

Coalition extends apprenticeship wage subsidy ahead of Tuesday night’s budget, which is expected to offer financial assistance to households

The Guardian - AU

Kim Carr bows out after three decades as Labor senator for Victoria

Veteran cites death of Kimberley Kitching and ‘determined urgings’ from his children as reasons for his decision to step down

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Premier Peter Malinauskas announces the Adelaide 500 supercars race will return in 2022

The Adelaide 500 supercars race will make a comeback later this year after the event was cancelled in 2020.

ABC News

Kim Carr retiring from Senate at election

Victorian senator and former Labor minister Kim Carr is retiring from politics at the upcoming election.

AAP

LA Mayor Garcetti optimistic port labor talks will be resolved

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he expects labor talks to be resolved without significant disruption to the biggest U.S. ports — and an already stressed supply chain — as West Coast dockworkers’ contracts expire this summer.

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Labor’s Katy Gallagher says ‘mean girls’ label ‘diminishes women’; 11 virus deaths – as it happened

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‘Judge me on my actions’: can Andrew Forrest become Australia’s clean, green hero?

The billionaire mining magnate known as Twiggy may be emulating Bill Gates with the scale of his philanthropy, but not everyone is convinced

The Guardian - AU

‘They brought their politics with them’: will Queensland’s newest residents affect the election?

The state’s population grew by more than 57,800 in 12 months, mostly from southern migration

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison rules out meeting with Chinese ambassador until Beijing’s diplomatic freeze starts to thaw

The Prime Minister believes it would be inappropriate for him to meet with China's new ambassador to Australia while Beijing's diplomatic freeze continues, arguing the Foreign Minister's door is open for any talks.

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Scott Morrison says it would have been ‘weakness’ for him to meet new Chinese ambassador

Australian prime minister defends level of support for Solomon Islands and rest of Pacific amid tensions over security deal

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Diplomacy with China shows weakness: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says conciliation is the "last message" he would send to China after it signed a security deal with the Solomon Islands

AAP

With numbers falling, the NSW government needs all the support it can get

Analysis: Dominic Perrottet looks to the crossbench to help his minority government

The Guardian - AU

‘They all play hard’: what happened when Kimberley Kitching came to Canberra?

After a six-year upper-house career, the Labor senator’s sudden death has prompted an outpouring of grief – and recrimination

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‘Pie in the sky’: Coalition’s $6bn dams pitch puts politics before process

Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce are touting themselves as nation-builders to Queensland marginal seats that swung its way last election

The Guardian - AU

A week of own-goals leaves Victoria’s opposition bruised

Coalition’s week began with swagger and ended in a whimper after series of stumbles

The Guardian - AU

From Lambie’s ‘loud girl’ to Ericmentum, Tasmania’s fierce Senate race is a taste of what’s to come

Weeks out from the 2022 federal election, it pays to remember the House contest determines who governs but the Senate always shapes what happens next

ABC News

Regional first home buyers scheme promised by Labor if it wins federal election

Federal Labor promises to help ease the burden of skyrocketing house prices in Australia's regions by creating a standalone regional first home buyers support scheme, if the party wins the next election.

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AAP

Vic Labor figures seek end to intervention

Victorian Labor powerbrokers have sought a ruling in the High Court on whether a national intervention in the branch is valid.

AAP

Housing, health on pre-election agenda

Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison have been on the pre-election campaign trail making announcements on housing and health.

The Guardian - AU

Labor promises review of Australia’s carbon credit system after allegations it is ‘largely a sham’

Chris Bowen says Labor wants to ensure system has integrity after whistleblower’s claims

The Guardian - AU

Liberal Andrew Bragg accused of showing ‘disdain’ for free speech with legal threat to They Vote For You site

Criticism from Institute of Public Affairs comes after senator complains site calculating MPs’ voting patterns is ‘misleading’

AAP

Study shows workers worse off over decade

New analysis by UnitingCare Australia ahead of the federal election shows employees became worse off over the past decade.

ABC News

Anti-vaxxers say three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine results in higher infection rates. Here's why that's incorrect

Anti-vaxxers are using statistics from the UK's Health Security Agency to claim those who are triple-vaccinated are more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than the unvaccinated. But they're using inaccurate population estimates.

ABC News

Sydney news: Questions remain over role of suspended politician Gareth Ward

MORNING BRIEFING: The government will face pressure today to explain what the suspension of former Liberal minister Gareth Ward will mean in practice, as he plans to continue lobbying for his constituents.

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