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Labor and Greens senators back four-day work week

Committee members support a suite of policies that would radically adjust Australians’ work-life balance

The Guardian - AU

Greens to push Labor to fast-track 26 weeks of paid parental leave and pay superannuation on it

Party joins chorus of super funds and crossbenchers who want to use government’s tax concessions bill to call for broader changes

The Guardian - AU

Why is JobSeeker going to be reviewed? Will it go up?

Starting next year, the income support payments that millions of Australians rely on will be scrutinised by an expert committee, but the government is making it clear that while it will listen to its advice, it won't necessarily follow it.

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Most of Australia’s nuclear waste comes from Lucas Heights – should it stay there?

Opponents of proposed dump site at Kimba in South Australia say it would be safer to keep the waste where it mostly is

The Guardian - AU

Childcare desert in remote NT town of Ti Tree forces locals to travel two hours or go without

In the remote central Australian desert families are travelling two hours to the closest childcare centre. They say their whole town is suffering because of it.

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‘Role overload’: the mental health burden of being a woman

Women are doing more paid work but the bulk of household labour still falls to them – and research shows it takes a toll on wellbeing

The Guardian - AU

Flexibility at heart of fair work: inquiry

The role of carers in Australia is being examined by a parliamentary inquiry to understand how the federal government could provide greater support.

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Barbara Ehrenreich never stopped trying to change the world

We’ve just lost one of the world’s finest writers about inequality and class – and the business of being alive in the United States today. Barbara Ehrenreich, best known for her “classic of social justice literature”, Nickel and Dimed, died on Thursday, aged 81.

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Business lobby calls to open temporary skilled migration to all jobs earning more than $90,000

Business Council of Australia also calls for migrant intake boost as Greens set up Senate standoff to raise wages in female-dominated industries

The Guardian - AU

Palmer senator hits out at political class

The United Australia Party’s Ralph Babet and the Greens’ Barbara Pocock have given their first speeches in the Senate.

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Labor steady, Coalition down, crossbench up: who’s who in the new Senate

The upper house results from the May federal election have been released, and Labor will need the support of 13 crossbenchers to pass legislation

The Guardian - AU

James Stevens set to retain seat of Sturt as voters send 'unequivocal' message to Liberal Party

SA Liberal incumbent James Stevens says while he was still not yet confident to claim victory over Labor's Sonja Baram in his eastern-Adelaide seat, postal votes were so far in his favour.

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New Greens senator elected in South Australia, as One Nation, Nick Xenophon and Rex Patrick disappointed at results

South Australia will have two Greens senators for the first time since 2016, while Nick Xenophon and Rex Patrick almost certainly fail to get elected.

ABC News

Sturt Liberal MP James Stevens pulls ahead of Labor's Sonja Baram, as Premier celebrates Boothby win

The Liberal Party is almost 400 votes ahead on a two-party preferred basis in what had been the safe seat of Sturt, in Adelaide's eastern suburbs.

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In A Fkn Huge Move For Young People, The Greens Says It’ll Scrap All Outstanding Student Debt

It's the first Aussie party to make abolishing student debt a policy in the lead up to the Federal Election.

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