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Turbulence over upgrades as MPs jet back to Canberra

Ongoing turbulence from controversial flight upgrades is set to rumble the parliament sitting week before interest rates and the US election take centre stage.

AAP

University graduates to save $680 a year, on average, as Albanese announces increase to Hecs threshold

PM to announce change that would see minimum debt repayment threshold lifted from $54,000 to $67,000 from next financial year

The Guardian - AU

Albanese promises changes to HELP repayment arrangements to ease cost of living

People repaying HELP student debts would get cost-of-living relief under changes to repayment arrangements to be announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday.

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McKenzie defends Dutton flight, saying Coalition doesn’t ‘need Gina Rinehart to influence us’ to back mining

Shadow transport minister says she is reviewing her own declarations on flight upgrades she may have received

The Guardian - AU

Labor, coalition ensnared in flight upgrade furore

As the prime minister came under fire for flight upgrades, the opposition is defending its own travel arrangements.

AAP

Morning Mail: Harris condemns Trump vow to ‘protect’ women, Canberra bullying complaint ‘stonewalled’, Spain flood death toll rises

Donald Trump vows to ‘protect’ the women of America ‘whether they like it or not’

The Guardian - AU

Trump says he’ll protect women ‘whether they like it or not’

Trump reportedly told a rally his advisers had told him to stop using the line as it was ‘inappropriate’. And more economic data is being released this morning ahead of the RBA’s interest rates decision next week.

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Richard Marles’ chief of staff appeals to Albanese to intervene in employment standoff

Exclusive: Jo Tarnawsky’s lawyer says she remains in ‘the same limbo’ as three weeks ago and calls the situation ‘untenable’

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: furore over Anthony Albanese’s Qantas perks chips away at public trust in politicians

A major takeout from the inquiry into the national response to COVID is that a lack of trust would likely mean a less cooperative public during a future pandemic.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Dutton admits Rinehart company jet request; Woolworths employee confronts board; and a ‘hated’ hand sculpture

Opposition leader says request to Hancock Prospecting for flight to Bali bombing memorial service came only after government would not help him get a flight

The Guardian - AU

Fight or flights: the six days it took Albanese to deny he contacted Alan Joyce for Qantas upgrades

Over the course of nearly a week, the prime minister batted away questions about the Qantas upgrade scandal before eventually comprehensively denying contacting Joyce for upgrades

The Guardian - AU

‘Republicanism by stealth’: Australia’s Great Seal redesign ditches reference to monarch

Historian also questions ‘complete silence’ around First Nations sovereignty in new design

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese says he didn’t seek flight upgrades from anyone at Qantas

Prime minister’s office says it took six days to respond clearly because they had to check decades of communications between Albanese and airline

The Guardian - AU

Flight upgrades still clear for take-off despite outcry

Aviation experts say flight upgrades for business leaders and politicians are likely here to stay after concern about the prime minister's travel arrangements.

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Albo’s Qantas headache continues

Try as he might, Anthony Albanese can’t get his alleged flight upgrades from Alan Joyce out of the news, and Joe Biden has given Kamala Harris the gift of the gaffe.

AAP

PM: I never called ex-Qantas boss for flight perks

The prime minister has emphatically denied calling Qantas's former chief executive for flight upgrades, pouring cold water on an incendiary political dogfight.

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Albanese’s upgrades scandal engulfs PM

Anthony Albanese will be hoping for good inflation news when the September consumer price index is released today, and Kamala Harris is returning to an infamous Donald Trump rally site for her ‘closing argument’.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese needed a diversion after his Qantas firestorm. The Covid inquiry came at just the right time

A huge report might supplant questions over flight upgrades for now – but Peter Dutton’s attacks on the PM’s character just gained another hue

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Newcastle Herald

Centre of excellence set to supercharge Hunter's net zero transition

Centre of excellence will supercharge Hunter's net zero economy.

The Independent UK

Australian PM defends himself after being accused of seeking free flight upgrades from Qantas boss

Anthony Albanese says he has always “acted in a transparent and appropriate way,” after a new book claimed that he repeatedly requested free upgrades from Qantas Airways

AAP

Political dogfight erupts over PM's plane promotions

Australia's major party leaders are embroiled in an increasingly personal stoush after revelations the prime minister accepted a stack of flight upgrades.

Crikey

Chalmers says spending will remain measured as cost of living bites

Jim Chalmers has refused to commit to ramping up populist cost of living measures in response to Queensland’s election loss, and it’s one week until Americans go to the polls.

The Guardian - AU

Stan Grant takes shots at ‘political elites’ in US – as it happened

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AAP

Clean energy talk cheap, flight upgrades pricey for PM

Anthony Albanese has made a whistlestop tour as he ratchets up election campaign efforts, but one expert says he must do more to change public opinion.

Newcastle Herald

PM and Premier to launch net zero centre of excellence at Tighes Hill TAFE

PM announces $60m centre of excellence at Tighes Hill Tafe.

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