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Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal

Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

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Afternoon Update: Labor and Greens do nature laws deal; Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals; and cricket’s real-life Field of Dreams

Government agrees to prevent fast-tracking of coal and gas projects and subject native forest logging to national environment standards over 18 months

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Barnaby Joyce, Messy Bitch Who Loves Drama, Just Quit The Nationals

He chose chaos with that speech.

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Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat

Barnaby Joyce has finally announced he is quitting the Nationals Party, declaring he is “strongly considering” running for a Senate seat for One Nation in New South Wales at the next election.

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Barnaby waves bye to Nats as he exits stage far-right

Former deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has quit the rural party, but his future remains unclear as he considers joining One Nation.

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Pocock criticises lack of scrutiny for nature laws – as it happened

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View from The Hill: it’s been a carefully orchestrated political courtship, but the marriage could be rocky

The Senate might be thoroughly sick of Pauline Hanson’s antics – on Tuesday it suspended her for seven days over her appearance in a burqa – but she’s Barnaby Joyce’s kind of politician.

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Joyce's defection decision looms after high-stakes meal

After months of speculation, Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce is ready to play the wildcard and reveal if he's going to cross the Rubicon and join One Nation.

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Community spirit praised after demolition derby crash

The mayor of a regional shire where 13 people were injured in a demolition derby crash has praised locals for stepping up in the wake of the incident.

AAP

Facebook community groups and maggot-infested rats: the inner workings of Australia’s climate misinformation war

Senate inquiry hears how ‘propagandised misinformation’ is drowning out legitimate concerns in Australia’s regions over renewable energy

The Guardian - AU

Plenty of punch persists in parliament's patriarch

After 50 years of political service, colourful MP Bob Katter has left the option of contesting another election wide open as his official portrait is unveiled.

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Warning for Liberals on net zero as axing calls grow

A push to dump a major climate policy threatens to consign the coalition to even more years in the political wilderness as the Liberals close in on a decision.

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Optus customer who reported triple-zero outage told to go to store – as it happened

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The Coalition have a better chance of winning by chasing teal voters over One Nation voters

Opposition faultlines have opened up over net zero and immigration, but the data shows there’s more to gain targeting moderate electorates

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Libs closer to climate position after marathon talks

The Liberals have held hours-long talks to thrash out their policies on energy and climate change, as they inch towards a new position on the issue.

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Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie rebuked for ‘playing politics’ on abortion in debate on stillbirth leave

Experts warn the fearmongering about late-term terminations is straight out of the anti-abortion handbook

The Guardian - AU

Jane Hume renews push to lift nuclear energy ban – as it happened

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Coalition charges up energy talk as key meeting looms

The coalition is approaching a final position on energy and net zero emissions after debate on the issue sparked fractures within the opposition.

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Ivory tower MPs told to be authentic or be ignored

Politics and media corporations are losing the trust of young Australians who continually feel ignored by powerful elites, an Australian artist-activist says.

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Joyce compares climate dispute to punching a journalist

The former Nationals leader has defended his split from his colleagues but left the door open to rejoining down the track.

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'Get on board': minister's environment overhaul appeal

Negotiating the passage of major environment reforms through parliament is pulling the federal government in different directions.

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Battle ahead for Labor as details on nature bill emerge

Labor insists its long-awaited environmental reforms will be passed through the Senate despite objections from both the opposition and Greens.

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Not jumping ship: rogue Liberal MP clarifies his future

Andrew Hastie says he's deliberately avoided generating publicity after spectacularly walking away from the Liberal front bench.

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Abbott says he ‘would be very happy’ for ADF personnel to be part of Gaza peace taskforce – as it happened

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Barnaby unlikely to trigger mass exodus from Nationals

Many National Party MPs share Barnaby Joyce's bitter disdain for global climate change targets, but they are unlikely to join his long march to the exit.

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