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What does vaping do to your body and why is it being banned in Australia?

Vapes with nicotine were first banned in 2021 but now the federal government is getting serious about border control laws allowing the import of devices.

ABC News

NDIS cost scrutiny is intensifying again – the past shows this can harm health and wellbeing for people with disability

Those in the disability field have been expressing a sense of whiplash since Friday. Many had felt buoyed by reassurances from Bill Shorten, minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), at the National Press Club the previous week that a reboot would ensure the scheme was “here to stay”.…

The Conversation

Student visa rules tightened, skilled worker wage threshold lifted as government begins immigration rewrite

Lifting the minimum pay rate for skilled workers, tightening rules for people seeking to study in Australia, and ending the permanent migration cap are all changes on the table for the federal government, as it seeks to rewrite the rules on immigration.

ABC News

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Greens aim to be 'the party of renters': Adam Bandt

Adam Bandt promised to make rent a political issue at the next federal election.

The Canberra Times

Penny Wong said this week national power comes from 'our people'. Are we ignoring this most vital resource?

During her speech at the National Press Club this week, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong argued that the “unprecedented” circumstances our region faces “require a response of unprecedented coordination and ambition in our statecraft”.

The Conversation

Shorten pledges to eliminate 'predatory' NDIS providers

Bill Shorten will provide a 'state of the union' address on the National Disability Insurance Scheme and argue for a reboot to disability services and support.

AAP

Lower the heat on regional tensions: Penny Wong

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has argued for Indo-Pacific nations to work towards a strategic balance as competition intensifies between the US and China.

AAP

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The mining sector made more than half of Australia's corporate profits, so why do economists want to ignore it?

Australia's mining sector has generated windfall profits over the past two years, the result of dramatically higher prices for fossil fuel energy, but has it driven inflation?

ABC News

‘We need to break down their power’: why Australian music is facing an ‘existential threat’

It’s becoming harder for local artists to find an audience, raising urgent questions for the industry – and for the culture

The Guardian - AU

The National Press Club, explained - Roll Call

Political Theater discusses the National Press Club, what it is, what goes on there, who belongs? With Herb Jackson and Jason Dick.

Roll Call

ACCC rejects claims gas price cap and safeguard mechanism harming new investment

Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb says it’s not ‘accurate’ to claim the government’s policies were making Australia uncompetitive

The Guardian - AU

Lehrmann accuses ABC of 'contemptuous attempt to prejudice jury'

He is suing the national broadcaster over its coverage of a National Press Club address.

The Canberra Times

Bruce Lehrmann alleges ABC YouTube clip of Higgins speech was ‘attempt to prejudice jury’

The former Liberal staffer alleges in court documents that the ABC broadcast of the National Press Club address defamed him by suggesting he raped Brittany Higgins, which he denies

The Guardian - AU

Philip Lowe in spotlight after welcome cash rate call

The Reserve Bank has kept interest rates on hold but a public appearance from the bank's boss could shed some light on the likelihood of more hikes.

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Rio Tinto confirms stolen employee data posted on the dark web after GoAnywhere cyber hack, ASX finishes slightly higher — as it happened

Rio Tinto has confirmed that employee data stolen in last month's cyber hack has been posted on the dark web by a cybercriminal group. Look back on the day's market and business news with our blog.

The Canberra Times

'Stand with us' urges transgender activist

'If you want the pride and the glitter and the confetti you also have to stand with us': Stone

AAP

'Why risk racial harmony?': Key Lib queries voice vote

Opposition Indigenous Australians spokesman Julian Leeser has suggested the government should reconsider the timing of a referendum on a voice to government.

Capital & Main

Teachers Union Head Says Critical Race Theory Bans Are a Front for School Privatization

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says GOP has an “intentional strategy” to sow distrust of public schools.

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Federal government warned of $2 billion funding black hole ahead of green and gold decade

Australian sport is about to embark on its most critical decade, but unless a $2 billion budget shortfall is met, Australian athletes will struggle to win the medals that will inspire a generation.

ABC News

NASA boss Bill Nelson visits Canberra, amid concerns for Australian space industry's failure to launch

Industry figures privately express concern that Australia's fledgling space industry has lost momentum, as the head of American space agency NASA pays a visit to Canberra.

Newcastle Herald

Grace Tame focuses on the fight for sex abuse victims

A determined and intelligent advocate for prevention

The Guardian - AU

How many ex-PMs does it take to sink Australia’s nuclear submarine deal?

Malcolm Turnbull was quick to share his concerns about the $368bn deal but the opposition to Aukus was led by that old Labor war horse: Paul Keating

The Guardian - AU

We shall fight them on our pages: Nine newspapers invoke Churchill to defend their Red Alert series

Newspapers’ leadership angrily rejects criticism of China series with insiders saying their efforts were similar to ‘Churchill taking on the Nazis’. Plus: the end of the shock jock?

The Guardian - AU

The ‘worst deal’ in history and an Albanese snub: Paul Keating’s most memorable calls at the press club

Former Labor prime minister attacks Aukus, the media, post-Brexit Britain and his own side of politics

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Keating calls Aukus submarines ‘worst deal in history’; power prices to surge; and ‘Violet’ Coco’s sentence quashed

Former Labor prime minister launched an extraordinary broadside against the Albanese government’s key Aukus policy

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