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New Zealand's next PM known for his candour, diet, and poor dress sense

Wellington (AFP) - New Zealand's next prime minister does not draw adoring crowds like his predecessor Jacinda Ardern, but is well known throughout the country for his political nous, poor dress sense and a love of diet Coke.

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A 'packet of poo tickets': Joyce weighs in on wind farm

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has told a group of Walcha locals that the Winterbourne Windfarm EIS is a "packet of poo tickets".

Newcastle Herald

New Zealand's next PM led Covid-19 crackdown

Auckland (AFP) - Poised to be New Zealand's next prime minister, Chris Hipkins became a household name leading the nation's closed-border crackdown on Covid-19 and describes himself as a decisive, straight-talking politician.

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Michael Pascoe: Liberal Party unable to be honest with itself, let alone the nation

“If you can’t be honest with yourself, you can’t be honest with anyone.” That little homily is playing out for the federal Liberal Party.

The New Daily

Photos that defined 2022: How our award winning photographers saw the year

GALLERY: The best news photos of 2022 from the Newcastle Herald's award-winning photography team

Newcastle Herald

Mark McGowan's new cabinet takes shape, with Jackie Jarvis and Sabine Winton joining ranks

The make-up of Mark McGowan's next WA cabinet becomes clearer, with Sabine Winton and Jackie Jarvis picked to fill the shoes of departing veterans Alannah MacTiernan and Dave Kelly.

ABC News

Barnaby Joyce says future Taiwan visits should include officials or even ministers

Former deputy prime minister thinks it ‘could be smart’ for future delegations to be widened, despite risk of angering China

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Chinese ambassador hails ‘very successful’ meeting – as it happened

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Australia 'playing with fire' in Taiwan

China says a delegation of Australian MPs are 'playing with fire' visiting Taiwan, but one coalition senator says it's simply business as usual.

AAP

Teal voters are more likely to be Labor-leaning than conservative, study finds

Majority were not disaffected Coalition supporters and voted tactically to defeat incumbents, according to report

The Guardian - AU

MPs to visit Taiwan without Albanese

A group of MPs headed to Taiwan to convey Australia's wish to maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific will visit the country without Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

AAP

'He was woeful': in Bulldozed, Niki Savva catalogues Scott Morrison’s nasty, duplicitous, nutty behaviour

Niki Savva doesn’t like Scott Morrison. In the very first chapter of Bulldozed, she describes him as “petty and vindictive.”

The Conversation

West Australian National Party breaks ranks over Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Mia Davies has become the first state Nationals leader to criticise the federal branch's decision to not support the Voice to Parliament referendum.

ABC News

Hunter mining operators under scrutiny as local MPs call for caution amid Andrew Wilkie's coal export claims

Claims about fraud in the coal export industry made by Independent MP Andrew Wilkie have rippled through the Hunter Valley coalfields.

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Money for dams dries up as good water management finally makes it into a federal budget

A story from the early days of the Abbott government still circulates in the halls of Parliament House.

Crikey

PMs in Antarctica: is it time for Albanese to pay a visit to the frozen continent?

If New Zealand is happy to pack off a sitting prime minister to Antarctica, why is Australia cold on the idea?

AAP

Budget 'improves liveability' in regions

The Albanese government says it is committed to regional Australia's future, funding health, skills and connectivity, while delaying dam projects.

Newcastle Herald

Call for Hunter to retain budget funding for key projects

The Albanese government says it will target politically motivated grants programs and delay infrastructure projects to help cut spending.

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Regional Australia a budget battleground

The Labor government has rejected The Nationals' claim it will "rip the guts" out of the regions in its first budget.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Albo does a ‘Joshy’ on infrastructure – and everybody falls for it

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday trotted out the good ol’ “billions of dollars for infrastructure” fairy floss.

Crikey

Coalition, RSL campaign to keep War Memorial as a military theme park

Why is the Coalition opposed to the War Memorial recognising Australia’s first and bloodiest conflict? Because it prefers the national institution to serve as a military theme park, not a space of commemoration.

Crikey

Labor has made a good start on infrastructure, but it has more work to do

Now that the board of Infrastructure Australia is being purged, the government must do the same with the Australian Rail Track Corporation.

Crikey

Will the press gallery ever write about inland rail properly?

Infrastructure Minister Catherine King has announced a review of the inland rail project. No review is needed: it’s a $20 billion subsidy to coal miners that should be shut immediately.

ABC News

Former Inland Rail project director claims $14b freight line plans 'done in a rush'

A damning Senate report, ongoing community tension, and a looming government review hang over the Inland Rail, but is this vital infrastructure project really running off track?

The Canberra Times

'I say sorry': government apologises for failing Australian veterans

The government has agreed to all but two of the recommendations from the Royal Commission's first report, but won't lift parliamentary privilege.

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