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Desperate Australians risk wading through crocodile-infested floodwater to get to safety

Some locals are traversing floodwaters to flee their damaged homes or get to higher ground

Evening Standard

‘Not a perfect science’: Murray Watt defends BoM amid criticism over rain estimates and late warnings

Federal emergency management minister says government has ‘full confidence’ in BoM predictions but admits warning systems ‘fell short’

The Guardian - AU

Australian military called in as far north Queensland devastated by floods

Towns cut off leaving people without power and at risk from crocodiles after ex-tropical cyclone Jasper dumped 2m of rain

The Guardian - AU

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Defence force deployed to north Queensland flood zones as thousands remain without power and supplies run low

Rain is finally easing, but emergency alerts remain for parts of the state’s far north, with communities from Cooktown to Innisfail cut off by record flood waters

The Guardian - AU

The most cooked morsels of 2023 politics

Crikey is going to make you earn your break this year, with another rundown of the dumbest moments in the politics of 2023.

Crikey

Major jet aircraft joins the fight this bushfire season

Australia's largest water-bombing aircraft is ready for service as large swathes of Australia again face an increased risk of bushfire this summer.

AAP

Bushfire warning for new residents in regional towns

Former city slickers turned regional dwellers have been urged to get up to speed on bushfire preparedness as the nation readies for a dangerous summer.

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Australian barley back in China after lifted tariffs

China's customs agency has released data on Australian barley imports for the first time in three years.

AAP

Labor’s frozen ham, Lehrmann lawyer’s weird tweets, and the AFR spits in our faces again

From the bunker this week: Murray Watt endorses ham caps, the sporadic and strange tweets of Steve Whybrow, and Sussan Ley’s grand delusion.

Crikey

Coles & Woolies Are Being Urged To Freeze The Price Of Ham In The Lead Up To Christmas

Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has called for a supermarket price freeze in the lead-up to Christmas.

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Ham over fist, supermarkets face a grilling over prices

Christmas ham has become a political issue with a minister urging supermarkets to freeze its prices as the major chains face an inquiry into price gouging.

AAP

Labor’s new laws to re-detain migrants at risk of reoffending to be modelled on Coalition’s anti-terror orders

The draft laws allow the government to apply to a court to put migrants released after a landmark high court decision back in detention

The Guardian - AU

Barbs traded over push to lock up released detainees

Labor and the coalition are teaming up to expand a preventative detention model that applies to terrorists to apply to recently released immigration detainees.

AAP

Dire warning as Australia braces for summer bushfires

Every state has been put on alert for a heightened bushfire risk over summer with metropolitan areas among those under threat.

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Live sheep export ban could cost WA economy $128m

A report commissioned by a group of West Australian councils has found a live sheep export ban could cost the state up to $128 million over two decades.

AAP

Digging in to improve Australia's poor soil health

A national action plan aims to address the long-term security of Australia's soil, considered among the oldest and most nutrient poor in the world.

The Guardian - AU

Rift widens between NSW and federal Labor as Chris Minns demands state’s ‘fair share’

Before national cabinet, premier waits for answers from Albanese government on protest policing and infrastructure funding

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s emergency laws after immigration detention ruling may amount to ‘extrajudicial’ punishment

Legal experts say constitutional challenges to new laws are likely as Labor braces for possible compensation claims following high court decision

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Consumers still being hammered on meat prices

Agriculture Minister Murray Watt wants the supermarkets to do more about dropping meat prices but hasn't supported calls for the ACCC to investigate.

AAP

What Westpac zero deforestation pledge means for ag

A zero deforestation target for agriculture set by Westpac has been described as "enormous" by the conservation movement but condemned by farmers.

The Canberra Times

'Our diggers have to smile': Lambie questions uniformed Defence personnel pay fight

The senator regards the 11.2% pay rise over three years as a cut.

AAP

More relief on way for bushfire-hit Queensland

Bushfires continue to burn across Queensland but more relief is on the way for people hit hard by blazes.

The Canberra Times

APVMA cultural review uncovered (no, not that one)

Bursting the bureaucracy's bubble.

The Canberra Times

Farrell dashes home from historic China trip as Gallagher gets COVID

There's a need to back up Murray Watt in the Senate.

AAP

No quick fix to remaining tariffs ahead of China visit

China's remaining tariffs on Australian products won't be removed immediately despite the prime minister's upcoming visit, Murray Watt says.

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