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Labor offers conditional backing to Coalition’s religious discrimination bill

Opposition suggests only minor and technical amendments when the bill returns to parliament on Tuesday

The Guardian - AU

Prominent Sydney barrister knocks back run for key federal Labor seat

Son of former Whitlam government minister Lionel Murphy rejects approach to run in Parramatta for family reasons

The Guardian - AU

No, prestigious medical journal The Lancet did not advocate against vaccine mandates

A tweet retweeted by Nationals senator Matt Canavan and basketballer Andrew Bogut this week implied medical journal The Lancet had come out against vaccine mandates. But that implication isn't correct.

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Eighty-four coronavirus deaths recorded; Morrison backs slow reopening for WA – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Remaking universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe

Can we grieve not for a person but for an institution? Should we be angry over possibilities destroyed, young talents denied a chance to flourish? Is there any point in lamenting greed, short-sightedness, the brutality of power?

The Conversation

Letters: Channel dredging should be user pays

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Newcastle Herald

Labor backs faith protections with caveats

Labor politicians have backed the coalition's religious discrimination bill, albeit with caveats, in two parliamentary inquiries into the contentious laws.

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Amanda Stoker walks back on Morrison pledge to protect LGBTQ+ students in religious discrimination bill

Major parties set to present joint reports calling for the controversial religious discrimination bill to be considered for passage through parliament

The Guardian - AU

Minister faces sacking call over aged-care deaths

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has demanded the Aged Care Services Minister resign or be sacked amid the escalating crisis and death toll in aged care.

The New Daily

Who'll teach all the students promised extra TAFE places? 4 steps to end staff shortages

Under Labor’s proposed Future Made in Australia Skills Plan, Australians studying in an industry with a skills shortage will be supported through the provision of free TAFE places. This will include 45,000 new places. If Labor does that without expanding the present depleted teaching workforce, we’re likely to see more…

The Conversation

Labor demands Richard Colbeck's resignation as government launches aged care deaths task force

Anthony Albanese calls on the Aged Care Services Minister to resign as the government commissions a task force to analyse deaths in the sector.

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Does Labor’s green hydrogen plan for the Kurri Kurri gas power plant stack up?

Energy analysts say their Hunter Valley plan is just ‘an expensive way to avoid a small amount of emissions’ when there are cheaper, greener alternatives

The Guardian - AU

Angus Taylor says the carbon tax destroyed one in eight manufacturing jobs. Is he correct?

Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor says Labor's carbon tax was responsible for destroying one in eight manufacturing jobs. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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Albanese demands Colbeck ‘resign today’ as nation records 82 Covid deaths – as it happened

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Fundraising battle heats up in ACT Senate race

The emergence of former rugby star David Pocock and law expert Kim Rubenstein into the ACT Senate race has also prompted the Canberra Liberals to launch their own fundraising drive.

The Guardian - AU

Majority of voters reject Coalition’s proposal to allow discriminatory religious statements, poll suggests

Three-quarters reject key religious discrimination bill clause while almost 65% say it should be illegal for religious schools to expel LGBTQ+ students

AAP

NSW worker mandate call amid slow boosters

NSW has recorded 12,632 new COVID-19 cases and 38 deaths as Labor pushes for booster mandates.

The Guardian - AU

What’s the price of a loaf of bread? A whole lot of political trouble

Scott Morrison this week admitted he didn’t know how much staples cost. Given similar questions have undone other politicians perhaps he was wise not to take a stab

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Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck defends going to cricket instead of a COVID committee

Richard Colbeck says he has to "live with" his decision to attend the Ashes in Hobart instead of a COVID committee hearing into the Omicron spread in aged care homes.

The Conversation

Labor's plan to green the Kurri Kurri gas power plant makes no sense

Is it possible to have your cake and eat it too? Federal Labor is certainly giving it a go by supporting government plans for a fossil gas/diesel peaking plant in the Hunter Valley currently under construction – as long as the plant switches to green hydrogen by 2030.

ABC News

Regional TAFE boss wants federal Labor's education scheme to address local skills needs

Labor's promise to create 465,000 free TAFE places is exciting news to a regional provider but its chief executive warns the scheme can't be a "one-size-fits-all".

The Guardian - AU

Nation records 69 Covid deaths as hospital numbers fall – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: $1m in fossil fuel donations, Russia poses ‘clear and present danger’, why is MAFS a hit

Wednesday: Liberals, Labor and Nationals received $959,115 from oil and gas fossil fuel companies or their lobby groups. Plus: how Married at First Sight got Australia hooked

ABC News

What you need to know about the fight to raise aged care worker's pay in the Fair Work Commission

The federal government has announced cash payments to try to retain aged care workers, but at the moment the Fair Work Commission is considering a case for substantially increasing wages. This is where it's up to so far.

The Guardian - AU

‘More money than ever’: gas companies made almost $1m in donations to Labor and Liberals

Woodside Energy is the largest donor among fossil fuel producers backing new oil and gas projects across Australia

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