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Gold bullion, racehorses and a saxophone: the strangest assets declared by Canberra’s new parliament

A handful of politicians have property overseas including Tanya Plibersek, while just 1.8% of parliamentarians declared a Hecs debt

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LNP concedes Queensland’s crime rate fell in Labor’s final year despite ‘youth crime crisis’ campaign

Youth justice minister acknowledges ‘small decrease of 2.25%’ in 2024 but has not stated LNP’s crime reduction target for 2025

The Guardian - AU

Labor caves to pressure to bring forward funding for 20,000 in-home aged care places

Albanese government delayed new system earlier this year, despite more than 87,000 people already approved and waiting

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Albanese government to bring forward home care packages in major backdown

The Albanese government has announced 20,000 home care packages will be brought forward to be delivered before the end of October – immediately after opposing doing so in the Senate.

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Home care help kicks in sooner after political backflip

The rollout of thousands of extra home care spots has been brought forward by the federal government after intense pressure from political rivals.

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Daniel Andrews criticised after attending China military parade and posing with Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin

Former Victorian Labor premier earlier filmed shaking Chinese president Xi Jinping’s hand

The Guardian - AU

'I would have avoided': ex-premier attends China parade

The prime minister defended the presence of ex-Victorian premier Daniel Andrews at a Chinese military parade alongside several controversial figures.

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Labor is poised to make a big call on our nation’s carbon emissions target. But who is Albanese going to listen to?

Australia’s 2035 target for cutting emissions will reveal how serious we are about addressing the climate crisis

The Guardian - AU

Police fight to keep neo-Nazi leader locked up

A neo-Nazi leader has faced a bail hearing, where police raised fears of escalating violence after an alleged attack on an Indigenous camp.

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'Divisive' coalition blamed for scapegoating migrants

The major political parties are pointing the finger at each other for fuelling anti-immigration sentiment that drove violent rallies in Australia's capitals.

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Australian politicians reveal their housing portfolios, with some owning as many as six homes

Dozens of politicians are landlords, having also declared rental income from their investment properties

The Guardian - AU

Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by ‘sledgehammer’ powers to deport noncitizens to Nauru, lawyers warn

Greens senator David Shoebridge accuses Tony Burke of ‘doing his Peter Dutton impression, dog-whistling and punching down on migrants’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Katter distances himself from neo-Nazi-linked megaphone; FoI transparency backlash; and ‘cosmic’ algae in Melbourne

The veteran politician was seen speaking into a microphone claimed by the National Socialist Network at the weekend anti-immigration rally in Townsville

The Guardian - AU

Minister grilled on 'difficult' delays to home care

Labor's been forced to defend controversial aged care reforms that would see thousands of people wait longer for placements, before a looming Senate showdown.

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Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell arrested outside court

Prominent neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has been arrested outside court after his group attacked an Indigenous sacred site.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: how the March for Australia mobilised, ‘insane’ Gaza Riviera plan, de Minaur reaches US Open quarter finals

Organisers have used the concerns of regular people to mask extreme views; opposition parties pile on government to change course on aged care and Nauru

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Liberal members to push for regulated cannabis market at state council

Proposal to treat cannabis similarly to alcohol among 62 policy motions on draft agenda, alongside increased parental leave and scrapping net zero

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Anti-immigration protesters say Australia’s migration is at record highs – but the figures tell a different story

Latest net overseas migration figures are down 37% from recent peak, with experts pointing to misunderstanding of arrivals data

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Queensland showdown looms over pill-testing clinic’s plan to reopen with private funds

Deputy premier threatens to ban practice that was opened as publicly funded service by previous Labor government and then shut down by LNP

The Guardian - AU

Everyone in Canberra agrees action is needed on AI. But what to do and how? And at what cost?

Balancing productivity gains with the potentially negative impact on jobs and our way of life will be a defining issue for Labor

The Guardian - AU

PM says neo-Nazi giving speech from Victoria’s parliament steps ‘isn’t the Australian way’ – as it happened

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'No-brainer' to end negative gearing on holiday rentals

A group of crossbenchers and Labor parliamentarians have heard ending negative gearing on short-stay rentals would boost housing affordability and the budget.

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'Serious concerns' rights undercut in migration changes

Australia's human rights watchdog is alarmed proposed changes to migration rules would stop natural justice applying to foreign criminals facing deportation.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face

If the intelligence community had its Logies, ASIO chief Mike Burgess would be chasing gold this week.

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Australian Prime Minister cautions against gambling ads ban: ‘People just go offshore, then there’s no revenue at all’

Good news for the Australian gambling industry.

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