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Donald Trump and Peter Dutton have both embraced populism. Are working-class voters buying it?

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has often been accused of copying former US President Donald Trump’s tactics. Some analysts even refer to Dutton, like Trump, as a “populist” who seeks political gain by pitting ordinary citizens against corrupt “elites”.

The Conversation

Guardian Essential poll: King Charles’s job approval rating eclipses Albanese and Dutton

Taken before monarch’s Australia visit, survey finds 50% of voters approve of how he is doing his job while PM records 44% and opposition leader 45%

The Guardian - AU

With her protest before the king, Lidia Thorpe bursts the warm bubble of nostalgia around the royal visit

Charles and Camilla entered the Great Hall from a door behind the stage – not from the foyer, down the centre aisle, and past Thorpe. Now we may know why

The Guardian - AU

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Australian senator shouts 'you are not my King' at Charles during royal reception in Canberra

Senator Lidia Thorpe shouted ‘give us our land back’ at the royal reception in Canberra

Evening Standard

Afternoon Update: Senator heckles the royals; new guidelines for ‘forever chemicals’; and Hephner the alpaca’s big moment

Independent senator approaches stage at Parliament House and yells ‘this is not your land’ at the monarch

The Guardian - AU

LNP leader should vow to fight Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan in high court, Queensland premier says

Steven Miles has accused David Crisafulli of using ‘weasel words’ by failing to directly commit to a legal challenge over Dutton’s Queensland nuclear sites

The Guardian - AU

Thorpe says she intended to hand king ‘a notice of complicity in genocide’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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Grey area: questions over Sunshine State's green future

Queensland could revert to coal central as calls grow for a power plan from the energised LNP, days out from voters heading to the polls in the Sunshine State.

AAP

Freeze on home efficiency standard cops political heat

A coalition plan that would stop changes to energy efficiency standards for buildings over a decade has been criticised for stopping climate change action.

AAP

What Queenslanders in Peter Dutton’s nuclear seats really think

Reactions to the Coalition’s plan to replace coal-fired power plants with nuclear reactors are mixed – but the skies are still overcast for renewables

The Guardian - AU

Dutton sets up housing showdown with big build pledge

With housing affordability expected to dominate the federal election campaign, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has unveiled a $5 billion plan to boost supply.

AAP

Disunity is death but Liberals remain in pole position

State and territory Liberals have endured a week of unrest and agitation but things are still looking up for the party on several electoral fronts.

AAP

$With many Australians facing a fractured future, Albanese has a much bigger problem than his $4.3m house$

With many Australians facing a fractured future, Albanese has a much bigger problem than his $4.3m house

What lies beneath all the public attention of the PM’s purchase is a profound unease and acute sense of intergenerational insecurity

The Guardian - AU

LNP is set for an easy win in Queensland, but its first term may pose a much greater challenge

It’s long been assumed the Queensland election of October 26 – to elect the state’s 58th (and second fixed, four-year) parliament – would be a tough ask for a tired-looking Labor government seeking a rare fourth term.

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Grattan on Friday: whatever his policy, Peter Dutton will be a big target on workplace relations

Peter Dutton has been receiving a good many political breaks recently – Anthony Albanese’s new house is the latest icing on the cake. Although the Coalition is not expected to win next year’s election, presently it looks placed to do well.

Newcastle Herald

Outrage over Albo's property buy must be a standard applied to all

Letters: 'The criticism is so far over the top'.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Albanese would be better off if the story wasn’t ‘all about him’

Unless the government pulls up its political socks, Anthony Albanese could find himself spending a good deal of time in his spectacular new home, with its uninterrupted ocean views, sooner than he wishes.

The Guardian - AU

‘Blood on your hands’: Penny Wong heckled by pro-Palestine advocates as she gives humanitarian speech at university

Foreign affairs minister filmed walking away from podium as moderator asks some audience members to leave University of Tasmania venue

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The Guardian - AU

Rio Tinto praised for ‘breaking ranks’ to back revamp of environment laws – as it happened

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Australian PM buys £2.2m house as his government launches affordable homes plan

Anthony Albanese says he is ‘better off as prime minister’ but understands ‘struggle’ of Australians

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Queensland Premier Steven Miles is promising to hold a vote on nuclear power. Here’s why

Queensland Premier Steven Miles this week declared his party would hold a plebiscite on nuclear power if it returns to office at the forthcoming state election.

The Conversation

No, the Liberal Party does not have a history of upholding the right to protest in Australia - just look back to the Vietnam War

More than a year after the eruption of conflict between Hamas and Israel, the escalating war in the Middle East is roiling Australian society and politics.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese backs Queensland premier’s opposition to nuclear power as early voting in state election opens

PM says Steven Miles’s plan to hold plebiscite on nuclear if Labor wins 26 October poll is a ‘matter for Queensland’ but he supports the stance

AAP

Premier touts nuclear plebiscite as PM joins campaign

Queenslanders could vote twice at the next federal election with nuclear in the mix, after Premier Steven Miles vowed to hold a plebiscite if re-elected.

The Conversation

Coalition seizes Newspoll lead, but other polls have Labor improving

A national Newspoll, conducted October 7–11 from a sample of 1,258, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. After three 50–50 ties in a row, this is the first time this term the Coalition has led in Newspoll.

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