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ScoMo, Peter Dutton, Lyle Shelton: the best of Tips and Murmurs 2023

And that’s a wrap. The goss, the innuendo, the claims and counterclaims — oh! and the weed sent to our former PM — have given us a great year.

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Anthony Albanese says Australia isn’t trying to ‘hold back a changing world’ as he defends foreign policy record

Prime minister claims ‘significant progress in the Pacific’ and implicitly rejects criticism of his international travel

The Guardian - AU

Setting the stage for tax cuts that will cut low-income Australians to the bone

Crikey readers debate the merits of the controversial stage three tax cuts.

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Migrants scapegoated as cause of Australia’s housing crisis a ‘disturbing’ trend, advocates say

Housing and welfare groups call on Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton to show leadership amid rise in ‘nonsense’ rhetoric

The Guardian - AU

Labor regains lead in Newspoll after tie, but Freshwater has a 50--50 tie

A national Newspoll, conducted December 11–15 from a sample of 1,219, gave Labor a 52–48 lead, a two-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll three weeks ago that had a 50–50 tie. Primary votes were 36% Coalition (down two), 33% Labor (up two), 13% Greens (steady), 7% One Nation…

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Peter Dutton and the highs and lows of scoring political points

You can’t please everyone… particularly Crikey readers who have a deep and abiding antipathy for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

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US and UK nuclear waste coming here

A ‘low-level radioactive waste management’ facility is planned for near Perth and US and UK nuclear waste could be stored here as early as 2027, and the latest Newspoll has Labor leading the Coalition 52% to 48% two-party-preferred.

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Reimagining Newcastle's buildings could help our homeless people

'I have noticed large and modest-sized vacant warehouses.'

Newcastle Herald

PM, Dutton share Christmas rise in approval: Newspoll

Support for Labor has bounced back in fresh polling that shows negative sentiment improving slightly for both the prime minister and opposition leader.

AAP

Labor’s ‘policy shift’ on Gaza may have been inelegant, frayed and contested, but was in no way incoherent

As adversity increases and polarisation reasserts itself as the national default, everything gets harder for the incumbents

The Guardian - AU

Look closely — there are real warning signs in Labor’s MYEFO budget report

The release of the MYEFO report shows tax revenues roaring back. The main reason? Abolishing a tax concession for low- and middle-income earners.

Crikey

Dutton is Australia's least trusted MP: Roy Morgan

Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is Australia's least trusted politician, according to a Roy Morgan poll.

AAP

Can Labor win the war on gambling advertising or will it capitulate in a brutal betrayal?

Any retreat from the proposed bans would be seen by some as a betrayal of the most personal kind

The Guardian - AU

Reasonable to assume public trust eroded

Letters and Short Takes December 14, 2023

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Dutton’s parting gift: Conservative Australia Day outrage, a Christmas tradition

Peter Dutton used his final pre-Christmas press conference to bestow upon us (yet again) the gift of indignation over January 26.

Crikey

Dutton demands more immigration, less immigration. In one breath

Peter Dutton wants more migrants and fewer migrants. Is this contradictory? Well, yes, but it doesn’t matter when you’re in opposition.

Newcastle Herald

Painful reality of people lingering on waiting list

The Guardian - AU

Ed Husic says Israel action in Gaza ‘very disproportionate’ and children shouldn’t bear brunt of conflict

Labor minister immediately criticised by Peter Dutton who says Husic’s comments are ‘ill-considered’ and ‘offensive’

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Labor’s handling of released immigration detainees is fuelling harmful rhetoric against refugees

A lack of information, polarising language and hurried-through laws are all harming how we discuss asylum seekers, writes former refugee Behrouz Boochani.

Newcastle Herald

Fan of the ban: eyes on job, not phone

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The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: financial woes trigger frustration with Albanese and mistrust in institutions

Cost of living and inaction on climate and housing affordability are among issues making voters pessimistic about the future

Crikey

And Crikey’s politician of the year for 2023 is…

In a year dominated by the Voice referendum and the cost of living, Crikey’s politicians of the year aren’t likely to please anyone — but that’s 2023 for you.

The Guardian - AU

The migration strategy won’t silence Dutton but Labor is backing away from the feared Big Australia

The Albanese government is reducing migrant intake as it seeks to make inroads to easing the population and housing squeeze before the next election

The Guardian - AU

Coalition opposes Australia tripling renewable energy, backs nuclear power pledge at Cop28

Ted O’Brien declares global climate summit ‘the nuclear Cop’ despite only 11% of nations backing the pledge

AAP

PM will be hoping there's time to reset going into 2024

After a difficult end to the parliamentary year, Anthony Albanese will be hoping the summer break will give his government time to refresh going into 2024.

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