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The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Afternoon Update: Biden tests positive for Covid; Labor distances itself from CFMEU; and is there life on Venus?

US president, who has mild symptoms, to self-isolate but will ‘continue to carry out full duties’

The Guardian - AU

Albanese denies candidate drive a sign of early poll

Labor has revealed another federal candidate in a crucial Queensland seat as it plays down murmurs it is planning for an early election.

AAP

Lidia Thorpe sees her Senate spot as the Greens ‘paying the rent’

The independent senator won’t try to stay in Parliament when her six-year term comes to an end. But she hopes to pass her Senate seat onto another proud Blak activist

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Labor suspends affiliation with construction arm of CFMEU

Anthony Albanese says the government had acted fast in taking ‘strongest possible action’ against alleged corruption

The Guardian - AU

Zomi Frankcom investigation ends

A former defence chief will release his report into the killing of an Australian aid worker by Israel, and Labor is tightening its purse ahead of the budget update.

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Morning Mail: revolt in WA Labor; footage shows anguish of children in custody; pressure grows on Biden

Fallout over Fatima Payman continues for Labor; videos show kids screaming, struggling to breathe in police custody; Joe Biden urged to drop out

The Guardian - AU

'Universal frustration' for Canberra tech firms as govt contracts go overseas

A series of recent revelations has left local CEOs exasperated.

The Canberra Times

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CFMEU suffers labor pains as ALP turns on the blowtorch

National and state Labor parties will no longer accept donations from the CFMEU's construction arm as it breaks links with the troubled union.

AAP

WA Labor multicultural group in revolt over treatment of Fatima Payman

Exclusive: Two officeholders quit, with one claiming the party has ‘become a spineless jellyfish’

The Guardian - AU

ACT Labor halts donations from CFMEU after administrators appointed

Chief Minister Andrew Barr condemns alleged criminal activity.

The Canberra Times

Labor wants to put the construction union into administration, but last year it axed the cop on the beat. That doesn’t look wise

The government has backed a move by the Fair Work Commission to place the construction division of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) into administration.

The Conversation

Culture wars reignite over 'disingenuous' energy change

Renewables will be in the energy mix under a nuclear-powered coalition government, but investment has stalled and emissions are flatlining, the opposition says.

AAP

AFP asked to investigate CFMEU corruption allegations as ACTU suspends union’s construction and general division

Tony Burke’s request to federal police comes as he vows to ‘take action’ after Nine investigation into construction division of union

The Guardian - AU

Lee calls for ACT donation halt, suspended affiliation during CFMEU probe

Opposition says Andrew Barr's response was 'weak'.

The Canberra Times

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Fossil fuel execs welcome, Rudd goes stateside, and Labor doesn’t mind religion in politics after all

In a jam-packed edition of tips, Kevin Rudd presses the flesh at the RNC, and climate governance is no barrier to fossil fuel CEOs in Western Australia.

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John Setka, the CFMEU and the fine art of capturing a state government

State Labor governments are vulnerable to capture by trade unions. The CFMEU’s capture of the Andrews government in Victoria is a perfect demonstration.

The Guardian - AU

Minns calls for NSW Labor to suspend CFMEU affiliation and stop donations after corruption allegations

Premier says he has written to NSW Labor general secretary requesting immediate suspension of party’s affiliation to CFMEU’s construction and general division

The Guardian - AU

Mining giant to cut 700 jobs – as it happened

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Trump basks as Biden infighting returns

Donald Trump has received a hero’s welcome at the Republican National Convention as Joe Biden struggles to shake calls to step aside, and Chris Bowen brings the nuclear debate back into focus.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: inside the Muslim Votes Matter group, Jack Black duo ‘on hold’ after Trump comment, try our trends quiz

Claims Muslim voters are underrepresented in Australian politics; Tenacious D face backlash for Sydney concert comment

AAP

'Devastating' allegations force NSW hand against CFMEU

The NSW government is moving to force an independent administrator on the CFMEU's state construction arm, mirroring a push from its federal Labor counterpart.

The Guardian - AU

Labor ‘clearly afraid’ of backlash after taking Islamic community for granted, Muslim Votes Matter says

Exclusive: Muslim voters are ‘grossly underrepresented at all levels of government’, Ghaith Krayem says

AAP

Victoria's 'true servant' farewelled at state funeral

Barry Pullen, a former minister in Victoria's Cain and Kirner governments, has been farewelled at a state funeral.

Crikey

Unlike Keir Starmer’s, Albanese’s cabinet mostly went to elite fee-paying schools

What does it say about Australia’s Labor government that more than half of cabinet ministers went to independent or Catholic schools?

The Guardian - AU

‘National menace’: CFMEU construction arm’s suspension from Victorian Labor under way, premier says

Jacinta Allan confident push to suspend union division will succeed amid questions over government’s response to earlier allegations

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