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Josh Frydenberg Revealed His Greatest Fear Of A Labor Govt & It Actually Sounds Pretty Great

BRB, getting a one-way ticket to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's nightmare land where there's childcare support and bounties of parental leave.

Pedestrian.tv · May 4, 2022

Candidates clash on Labor emissions plan

Mr Thomson has challenged Mr Repacholi's assurance that "no Hunter mines" would be affected by the party's policy.

Newcastle Herald · May 4, 2022

Coalition and Labor have pledged to freeze the age pension deeming rate until 2024. Here's what that means for pensioners

Deeming is an assumption about how much income people earn from their investments — and it's part of the process the government uses to work out whether someone is eligible for the age pension.

ABC News · May 4, 2022

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Treasurer, Chalmers keep to familiar lines

Josh Frydenberg and Jim Chalmers have failed to deliver any blows during the treasurers' debate at the National Press Club.

AAP · May 4, 2022

How Do The Major Parties Measure Up On LGBTQIA+ Policy?

We’re here to help you understand and compare each major party’s policies for LGBTQIA+ rights without the political spin.

Pedestrian.tv · May 4, 2022

Labor pledges cancer radiation centre for NSW Far South Coast but locals sceptical

Unlike their city counterparts, having access to essential cancer treatments is merely a dream for many on the NSW far south coast. And despite political promises, some fear that dream may never become a reality.

ABC News · May 4, 2022

PM sticks to criticism of NSW ICAC

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has taken another swipe at the NSW ICAC while Labor's Anthony Albanese maintains a federal body is needed to clean up politics.

AAP · May 4, 2022

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No contact with Solomons' leader: PM

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has criticised Prime Minister Scott Morrison for not contacting his Solomon Islands counterpart as relations deteriorate.

AAP · May 4, 2022

Greens want cost relief in SA budget

The Greens have called on the South Australian government to help people struggling with cost of living pressures in the upcoming state budget.

AAP · May 4, 2022

Morrison shrugs off 'buffoons' sledge from NSW anti-corruption watchdog commissioner

Scott Morrison shrugs off a frank character assessment from one of the commissioners of the New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog, who labelled critics of his organisation as "buffoons".

ABC News · May 4, 2022

The election is a fight of who is disliked the least – there is a clear and growing destabilisation in our politics

As the pandemic eases, confidence in major parties and traditional politicians is returning to earlier trends of disaffection and distrust

The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2022

Plenty of resilience, but little resistance in a new account of Australia's Great Depression

In her latest book, Australia’s Great Depression, Joan Beaumont offers a deeply conservative history animated by the neoliberal spirit of our age.

The Conversation · May 4, 2022

SA to change virus management

South Australia's new Labor government plans to allow for some COVID-19 restrictions to remain after the lifting of the state's emergency health declaration.

AAP · May 4, 2022

Scott Morrison warns overly powerful Icac could turn Australia into ‘public autocracy’

Labor, which has promised to establish a national anti-corruption commission ‘with teeth’, says the PM’s comments show his ‘true colours are emerging now’

The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022

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ABC News · May 3, 2022

Federal election 2022: Political parties spend big to win over West Australian voters

An ABC analysis of advertising dollars being ploughed into social media campaigns by political parties reflects the key role Western Australia will play in the federal election.

ABC News · May 3, 2022

Federal election: Rising interest and inflation rates dominate debate between Josh Frydenberg and Jim Chalmers — as it happened

Interest rates, cost-of-living pressures and how each party would start to repay our historic debt dominate the treasury debate. Look back at all the day's politics.

The Conversation · May 3, 2022

How the Liberals lost the 'moral middle class' - and now the teal independents may well cash in

Josh Frydenberg says they are fake independents, John Howard called them anti-Liberal groupies, Scott Morrison points out they are only standing in Liberal seats, and that a vote for them is in fact a vote for Labor.

The Canberra Times · May 3, 2022

ACT govt to investigate sick leave for casuals

The Victorian government announced a casual sick pay leave pilot earlier this year.

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The Conversation · May 3, 2022

Centre-left parties worldwide have struggled to reinvent themselves – what kind of ALP is fighting this election?

With due caution about the (in)accuracy of opinion polls, Australian voters may bring in a Labor government on May 21. If so, what kind of government would they get?

ABC News · May 3, 2022

Vote Compass data finds most Australians support Indigenous Voice to Parliament — and it has grown since the last election

Vote Compass asked whether Australia should amend its constitution to establish a representative body to advise Parliament on laws and policies affecting Indigenous peoples — and there was clear support for the idea.

The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022

Coalition accused of stalling ban on imports made using slave labour

Morrison government wants time to consult business and upgrade IT but campaigners say Australia is lagging other countries

The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022

Seven’s election debate to air after Big Brother as prime minister snubs ABC

The federal director of the Liberal party, Andrew Hirst, rejected the national broadcaster’s offer earlier this week without giving an explanation

Pedestrian.tv · May 3, 2022

Anthony Albanese Was Intv’d By Those Teen Journos, But Unlike Morrison He Wasn’t Condescending

At least it went a bit better than when they chatted to the PM.

The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2022

‘Vote for us because we are not Labor’ is the most unfulfilling call to action in recent memory

After the rate rise blow, Scott Morrison suggested Australians had been preparing for it and had ‘strengthened their balance sheets’. The rhetoric felt ludicrous

ABC News · May 3, 2022

NT federal MP, Solomon incumbent Luke Gosling tests positive for COVID during federal election campaign

Luke Gosling will be forced to take a week's break from campaigning in the lead-up to the federal election after returning a positive test result this afternoon.

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