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The Latest Breaking News from Adam Bandt

The wording of the Voice referendum is close to being announced after intense talks between senior Labor figures and Indigenous leaders, and negotiations over Labor’s safeguard mechanism between Greens Leader Adam Bandt and Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen are continuing in ‘good faith’.

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Bob Brown renounces Australian Conservation Foundation life membership over Labor’s climate policy

Conservationist criticises ACF for working to strike a deal on safeguard mechanism and undermining the Greens’ position

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That sinking feeling

Discontent is growing in the Labor Party over its adoption of the $368 billion Morrison government-led AUKUS deal, and Dominic Perrottet will take on Labor challenger Chris Minns today in the final debate before the NSW election.

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Minister uses UN report to urge action on safeguard

Chris Bowen says the latest UN report on climate change makes clear the need to legislate the government's safeguard mechanism.

AAP

Bid to protect personal life with after-hours comms ban

Australian workers should have the right to screen calls and emails from their boss when they are off the clock, Greens leader Adam Bandt says.

AAP

Greens vow to block Labor’s carbon-pollution plan unless coal mines and gas wells are banned

The federal government's signature climate policy faces a Senate blockade unless the Greens are promised no new coal mines and gas wells

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Research points to 'unlikely' need for new coalmines

The Greens are maintaining pressure to stop new coal and gas projects from opening in exchange for their support on the government's signature climate bill.

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Climate policy push heats up as parliament returns

With a fortnight of parliamentary sittings in Canberra, Labor is keen to secure a win on its centrepiece election promise to cut carbon emissions.

AAP

‘Demoted’: Did Albanese put Plibersek in a fossil-fuel-friendly portfolio to dent her popularity?

Tanya Plibersek spent years dreaming of the best way to revolutionise our education system, only to have the politically toxic environment portfolio thrust upon her. What was the PM thinking?

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Premier Dominic Perrottet spurns federal Liberals’ involvement in NSW election campaign

The sole Liberal leading a mainland state government won't rely on federal MPs as he campaigns to retain power in NSW

The New Daily

NSW Liberals to seed $400 future accounts for children

The NSW Liberals have officially launched their campaign for re-election with a promise to help young people create savings funds of up to $49,000.

AAP

NSW Greens lay out terms for backing Labor if Chris Minns becomes next premier

A Minns Labor government in NSW would need to scrap a gas pipeline and make all pokies cashless if it wants Greens support

The New Daily

NSW Greens put up a list of balance of power demands

Federal Greens leader Adam Bandt has helped launch the NSW Greens election campaign, listing seven demands that must be met if it holds the balance of power.

AAP

Thorpe alleges she was sexually assaulted four times

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has blasted "toxic" parliamentary workplace standards, saying she was repeatedly sexually assaulted as a new MP.

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The New Daily

Lidia Thorpe lobbies bullying allegations at the Greens

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has launched allegations of bullying at the Greens, following her shock exit from the party last month.

ABC News

Lidia Thorpe says she was sexually harassed, assaulted in Parliament House

As well as saying she was being bullied by members of her former party the Greens, the senator alleges she was sexually harassed and assaulted by Labor and Coalition parliamentarians.

The Guardian - AU

‘No room for mediocrity’ in voice referendum wording, working group member says

Advisory group agrees the voice should advise both executive government and parliament

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Labor, Greens strike deal in ‘big win for the climate’; Oscar nominees get piece of Queensland; and is Twitter falling apart?

Government agrees to Greens’ amendments in what the minor party leader Adam Bandt called a ‘constructive approach’

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Labor meets Greens demand for ban on reconstruction fund investment in coal, gas and native logging

Deal secures passage of NRF bill through lower house and provides likely pathway to pass it in Senate

The New Daily

Greens strike deal on Labor reconstruction fund

The Greens will support the government's national reconstruction funding following a guarantee the $15 billion fund won't be used for coal and gas projects.

AAP

Labor, Greens manufacture deal for reconstruction fund

The $15b national reconstruction fund is a step closer after passing the lower house, following a deal to ensure it won't be used for coal and gas projects.

The Conversation

The Greens aren't grandstanding on a new coal and gas ban – they're negotiating well

This fortnight, Australia’s parliament is considering an amendment to the safeguard mechanism, which is the main way we’ve tried to cut emissions over the last nine years. As you may already know, it hasn’t done what it was meant to do.

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Going along for the ride

Former Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe says she was advised by the party’s lawyers to say she had dated ex-bikie boss Dean Martin even though she hadn’t, and taxpayers paid for secret polling about what they thought of Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and his pandemic lockdown efforts.

AAP

Debate to resume in parliament on safeguard mechanism

Federal MPs will resume debate in parliament on the safeguard mechanism, despite the emissions reduction scheme yet to have the numbers to pass.

ABC News

Senate probe clears Lidia Thorpe of contempt over undisclosed relationship

A parliamentary investigation into senator Lidia Thorpe's undisclosed relationship with a former motorcycle gang leader has cleared her of contempt of parliament.

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