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Coles & Woolies Will Finally Cop A Senate Inquiry Into Grocery Pricing After Record Profits

Coles and Woolworths will soon face a Senate inquiry into whether they have been price gouging consumers during a cost of living crisis.

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Coalition and Greens unite to demand Labor release legal advice on indefinite detention court case

Push comes after home affairs minister said government was advised it would win legal challenge that instead saw 93 people released

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Grattan on Friday: A government in a big hurry gives opposition some wins on ex-detainees

It’s not very often we see a bill marched through parliament at such a pace as this week.

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Labor accused of caving to Dutton as ‘draconian’ bill restricting released detainees is passed

The Albanese government has agreed to a raft of Coalition amendments, including criminal penalties for breaching restrictions

The Guardian - AU

Labor accused of ‘outrageous secrecy’ as border force confirms 11 asylum seekers sent to Nauru

Officials refuse to answer questions at Senate estimates about the first transfer to immigration detention on the island in nine years

The Guardian - AU

Grounding of Taipan helicopters ‘can be dealt with’, Marles says; Morrison accuses Labor of ‘political lynching’ over robodebt – as it happened

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Greens renew push for rent freeze as housing bodies say ‘time is of the essence’ to pass Labor bill

Nick McKim to introduce private member’s bill in Senate to promote market intervention

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Labor and the Greens don’t get along. Here’s why

Relations between a centrist Labor government feeling its way and an ascendant Greens party have become surprisingly strained of late.

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Senator alleges 'perception of contamination' as police investigate firm working inside its buildings

The Australian Federal Police has reasserted its ability to effectively investigate a former member of PwC, as the firm completes millions of dollars worth of contracts working alongside AFP staff.

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Nauru offshore processing to cost Australian taxpayers $485m despite only 22 asylum seekers remaining

Home affairs department officials dispute suggestions this year’s cost amounts to $22m a person

The Guardian - AU

Doubts over Cradle Mountain cableway future after funding deadline missed

The Cradle Mountain Cableway is in serious doubt after the Commonwealth withdraws $30 million in funding from the project because the Tasmanian government missed a deadline.

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Labor’s changes to gas tax will deliver little if any extra revenue, analysts say

Greens label move as ‘less than the bare minimum’ while Monique Ryan says Australia remains a ‘global laggard’ on taxing industry

The Guardian - AU

Greens to introduce legislation to block Reserve Bank rate rises

n a move that runs counter to history and convention, the Greens will seek changes that would see interest rates capped and rents frozen.

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Greens announce plans to introduce bill to federal parliament to freeze rents and interest rates before budget announcement

Their proposal would see the federal government work with states and territories to freeze rent increases nationwide.

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Morning Mail: Putin cyberwarfare plans exposed, debate over minimum wage, Aston to test Dutton

Secret documents leaked by a whistleblower angry about the Ukraine war reveal military’s tactics and mindset

The Guardian - AU

Greens senator Nick McKim says climate groups are too afraid to push for change against ‘ecocidal’ government

Australia’s environment movement needs to ‘collectively get its shit together’, senator says

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‘Psychopaths, puppets’: Greens senator’s fury over climate deal

The plan to cut emissions from industry to tackle climate change appears on track to pass parliament – despite dissension in the Greens.

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Federal politicians form refugees support group

Almost 50 senators and MPs have joined the Parliamentary Friends of Refugees group to promote fairer refugee and asylum seeker policies.

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Federal politicians form group to support refugees

A newly formed parliamentary refugee support group of almost 50 politicians aims to improve Australia's policies towards those seeking protection.

The Guardian - AU

David Pocock says offshore asylum seekers ‘victims of our collective political failure’ as evacuation bill defeated

Independent’s comments made in support of proposal to bring to Australia 150 refugees and asylum seekers held in PNG and Nauru

The Guardian - AU

Refugees held offshore plead with Australia to be moved, saying ‘every day is suffering’

Home affairs department’s submission to inquiry is the only one opposing Greens senator’s bill calling for refugee evacuation to Australia

The New Daily

Greens demanding super tax start on July 1 and affect accounts of $1.9 million and more

The Greens want to expand Labor's plans to boost the tax rate on super accounts, almost tripling the number of Australians affected

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PM gives Greens' super demands short shrift, says Labor's 'got the balance right'

The prime minister quickly dismisses calls from the Greens to expand the scope of the government's changes to superannuation tax concessions.

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Greens want super changes on accounts over $1.9 million

The balance-of-power wielding Greens are demanding the government impose a higher tax rate on superannuation accounts above $1.9 million to secure their vote.

The Guardian - AU

Labor accused of ‘fiddling at the margins’ on super as Greens urge greater crackdown on tax concessions

Nick McKim says Albanese government proceeding with stage-three tax cuts means a ‘money-go-round scheme for the rich’

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