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It’s a coincidence that New Zealand elects a new parliament on October 14, the same day Australians decide whether (at the request of Indigenous people) they will entrench in the constitution an Aboriginal and Torres Islander Voice to Parliament. But there is one striking parallel between the two campaigns.

Senator and anti-‘elites’ No campaigner Jacinta Nampijinpa Price flew business class 76 times between May last year and June this year at a cost to taxpayers of $76,509.19, and eligible NSW households will get an energy bills rebate of up to $350.

PM’s response comes as senior Liberal source says Mundine ‘made it very difficult for himself’ in race to succeed retiring NSW senator Marise Payne

We’re told not to call racist No supporters racist, for fear of upsetting them — as if delicately protecting their feelings is going to win the referendum.

It would cost $387 billion for Australia to jump on to Peter Dutton’s ‘nuclear train’, and the taxpayer helped by Australian Tax Office whistleblower Richard Boyle blames himself for Boyle’s legal mess and says it’s ‘insanity’ to continue the case against him.

The figure adds fuel to the growing political dispute over the pace and form of Australia’s energy transition

The government says replacing Australia’s retiring fleet of coal-fired power stations with nuclear energy would cost some $387 billion.

Coalition wants nuclear power to play a role in the nation's energy transition.

The fracas in the wake of comments by Marcia Langton suggests a necessary conversation – led by people with lived experience – is still out of bounds