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Labor leads Coalition 56-44% and Morrison slumps dramatically in first 2022 Newspoll

Labor has opened a 56-44% two-party lead and Scott Morrison’s net satisfaction rating has plunged 11 points in Newspoll, after a disastrous summer in which Omicron has ripped through most of the country and deaths have spiked.

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Anthony Albanese says Labor would provide 'limited' number of free RATs, would manufacture medical supplies in Australia

Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has clarified Labor's pledge to provide free rapid tests to all Australians if elected this year, saying people will get access to a "limited" number through Medicare.

ABC News

Anthony Albanese accuses Morrison government of leaving business behind during Omicron wave

Labor leader says small firms suffering from a ‘void of national leadership’ after Barnaby Joyce defends decision not to provide extra economic support

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Joyce plays down loss of NT senator

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has played down the impact of losing an NT senator from his Nationals partyroom so close to an election.

AAP

NT chief minister says Omicron ‘too infectious’ for lockdowns to work as nation records at least 88 Covid deaths – As it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

The Guardian - AU

COVID updates: Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened

The latest information about the coronavirus pandemic from across Australia and the globe — as it happened.

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Industry stakeholders strike deal that could lead to pay rise for Australian aged care workers

Consensus statement lodged in support of case arguing for pay rises across the sector, though health department declined to participate

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Labor’s lone wolf: Anthony Albanese embarks on the fight of his life

Is Albanese ready to be prime minister? And, if he is, can he win? On the road with the stubborn, headstrong and sentimental Labor leader

The Guardian - AU

Letters: Save our beach from being loved to death

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Labor, Greens oppose migration changes

The Morrison government faces a further battle to get through parliament new powers to refuse or cancel the visas of non-citizens convicted of serious crimes.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tanya Plibersek on parents' role in reducing violence against women

As election year opens, Michelle Grattan speaks with Tanya Plibersek, Labor’s spokeswoman on education and women, about the opposition’s agenda in these two critical areas.

The Conversation

The Coalition Has Promised A $1B Great Barrier Reef Fund But Fails To Address Its Biggest Threat

Scott Morrison has announced the nine-year investment as an election promise, saying the money will go to reducing threats from pollution in our oceans, and predators such as the crown-of-thorns starfish. Ok cool but like, what about carbon emissions?

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At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morrison government announces $1bn pledge for Great Barrier Reef over the next decade

Coalition investment includes funding for water quality projects, pest management and reef science

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Grattan on Friday: A royal commission into COVID's handling would serve us well for the future

This month about as many people have died with COVID in Australia – more than 1,000 – as die in the whole of a bad year from influenza.

AAP

Labor pledges bushfire zone emergency hub

Anthony Albanese made a pledge for an emergency operations centre during a visit to the NSW south coast on Thursday.

The Guardian - AU

No decision on ‘fully vaccinated’ definition as at least 72 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

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Coalition senators join growing calls for inquiry into Australia’s Covid response

Nationals Matt Canavan and Sam McMahon and Liberal Gerard Rennick back push from the crossbench and Labor

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AAP

Minister's cricket trip 'arrogant': Labor

A decision by Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck to attend an Ashes test on the same day he declined a COVID committee hearing has been criticised.

ABC News

Ben Waters says 'endless stress' of work for Labor MP Nat Cook led to 'escape' into child abuse material

A former SA Labor staffer who committed "repugnant" child abuse offences says his offending began amid "endless stress" and "exploitation" as an adviser for the opposition. WARNING: This story contains graphic content that readers may find distressing.

The Guardian - AU

Australian Labor ‘will always be better’ than Coalition on health, Anthony Albanese says

Opposition leader’s comments are a sign Labor will outbid Morrison government on health funding in lead-up to election

AAP

Labor can end climate wars, Albanese says

Labor leader Anthony Albanese is optimistic he can put to bed Australia's long-running climate policy wars if he wins power at the looming election.

AAP

SA Labor moves to ban election donations

The South Australia opposition has proposed banning all election donations to political parties.

The Independent UK

Australian opposition leader: China relations won't change

The opposition leader in Australia says its relationship with China will remain difficult even if his center-left Labor Party wins power at elections for the first time in almost a decade

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Paul Bongiorno: Australians deserve better than the best government money can buy

There is something grossly obscene when a billionaire can boast he is already running the most expensive political campaign in Australian history.

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