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RBA not swayed by jobless spike as next rate call looms

Reserve Bank governor Michelle Bullock has pushed back on rate cut expectations and weighed in on Donald Trump's pressure on Fed chair Jerome Powell.

AAP

Workers optimistic but employers wary over wages bill

Unions and business networks are clashing heads as a government bill to enshrine higher rates of pay for one in seven workers works its way through parliament.

AAP

'You'd Have to Be Very Skilled to Have A Job': AI Godfather Geoffrey Hinton Predicts Healthcare Will Survive AI Disruption

"You'd have to be very skilled to have a job," said AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton, warning that automation could erase much of today's intellectual labor. As generative AI floods workplaces, Hinton's comments highlight growing uncertainty about the future of work.

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Nearly one in five NSW trains ran late in past year, falling well short of own performance target, data shows

Government aims for 92% on-time running but only 82.5% of Sydney Trains services arrived within five or six minutes of schedule, down from 87.9% in previous year

The Guardian - AU

Mehreen Faruqi sanctioned for Gaza sign protest as Greens senator accused of ‘street theatre’

Greens deputy leader banned from taking part in any overseas parliamentary delegations for the remainder of the 48th parliament

The Guardian - AU

'Wrong side of history': senator hits out at sanction

Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi has lashed Labor and the coalition for being on the "wrong side of history" over the war in Gaza as the parliament sanctioned her.

AAP

Afternoon Update: Australia facing $500m Chevron cleaning bill; Obama breaks silence on Trump; and the blowback against office air

Deal struck in 1980s refunds about half of what the US multinational fossil fuel company paid in royalties, documents show

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Daily Telegraph headline wrongly claiming ‘Labor backs Hamas’ breached accuracy rules, Australian Press Council finds

Murdoch tabloid headline ‘To keep peace at home, Labor backs Hamas’ wrongly presented as a statement of fact, watchdog says

The Guardian - AU

Newsmax star defends Alex Acosta’s sweetheart plea deal for Epstein — but ignores the network’s conflict of interest

‘After all, this is now the Trump network,’ a Newsmax staffer told The Independent

The Independent UK

Upper house pushing Labor on 'secret' gambling ads plan

The government is under pressure over its plans for gambling advertising as an independent senator pushes for the release of documents.

AAP

One Nation turns its back on Acknowledgement of Country

A decision by senators belonging to a right-wing minor party to turn their backs during an Acknowledgement of Country has been branded "disrespectful".

AAP

No positive STI results to date as testing of children in case of accused childcare paedophile continues – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

New dawn as leaders face off in first question time

The prime minister and opposition leader have faced off on superannuation tax changes in their first question time since Labor's landslide election win.

AAP

Labor MP Ali France thanks late son for his belief in her in first speech to parliament after unseating Peter Dutton

Melbourne member Sarah Witty, who defeated former Greens leader Adam Bandt, also credits profound impact of family life on her politics

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Dutton dethroner shares emotional journey to parliament

The MP who unseated Peter Dutton at the election has paid tribute to her late son during a heartfelt maiden speech that touched on a life-changing accident.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Australia lobbied UK to avoid Indigenous leaders in 1999; SA premier calls algae ‘natural disaster’; and the case against coffee snobs

Memo sent to Tony Blair’s government shows apparent intervention by then Australian high commissioner

The Conversation

As female independent MPs descend on parliament, they’re fulfilling the dreams of women across history

Australia’s 48th parliament has a record 112 women members. Ten of those women are independents.

The Guardian - AU

New MPs deliver first speeches – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Australia condemns Israel, stories of housing despair, the problem with Labor’s Hecs debt plan

Albanese government joins 24 countries calling for immediate end to Gaza war; readers share their experiences in a newly buoyant housing market

AAP

Libs make first pitch to kingmakers in race to govern

A Liberal leader has made his first play to form government with balance-of-power independents after a state election that delivered another hung parliament.

AAP

Protests take over from pageantry as parliament returns

Protests in and around Parliament House threatened to disrupt proceedings as the nation's politicians went through the traditional ceremonies of being sworn in.

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s Hecs reduction bill not the fairest way to relieve student debt, economists say

Analysis recommends a flat cut of $5,500, and says medicine, law and dentistry graduates will benefit disproportionately from proposed legislation

AAP

PM slams 'repulsive' Latham as Labor portrait remains

Anthony Albanese regrets that Mark Latham was ever made leader of the federal Labor Party, saying the state MP holds views he considers "repulsive".

The Conversation

Labor to put disclaimer under Mark Latham’s caucus room picture

The picture of Mark Latham on the caucus room gallery of Labor leaders will have an annotation under it saying he was expelled for life and his actions do not accord with Labor values.

The Conversation

Newspoll and Resolve give Labor big leads as parliament resumes after the election

With federal parliament to sit for the first time since the election on Tuesday, Newspoll gives Labor a 57–43 lead and Resolve a 56–44 lead. In Tasmania, Labor is a chance to gain a seat despite a 3% slide in their statewide vote.

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