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On climate, the Coalition looks for an each-way bet on a losing horse

The only hope for the Coalition of ever winning government again will require them to at least pretend to re-engage with constituents on climate.

The New Daily

Grattan on Friday: Government win on climate legislation leaves opposition looking like a stranded asset

Perhaps not since the marriage equality vote has the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives carried such a combination of substantive and symbolic import as the Albanese government’s climate legislation.

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Albanese declares Coalition ‘stuck in time’ after Labor’s climate bill passes lower house

Legislation passes with amendments from independents and Greens, enshrining an emissions reduction target of 43% by 2030

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Climate bill passes lower house as Liberal MP defects

A bill enshrining an emissions reduction target of 43 per cent into law passed the House of Representatives. The government’s Climate Change Bill passed

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Penny Wong warns against ‘miscalculation’ as China-Taiwan tensions escalate – as it happened

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Iranian asylum seeker on bridging visa wants permanency in Australia to care for her sick daughter

Elham Amareh is used to feelings of fear and uncertainty, having fled Iran with her husband, son and daughter and making the journey to Australia by boat in 2013. Ms Amareh has lived in Australia for a decade now, but her attempts to secure a protection visa have been denied.

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The Greens have backed Labor's 43% target - but don't think Australia's climate wars are over

After a decade of climate policy failure, Wednesday brought good news and slightly less good news for Australian action on climate change.

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‘Nothing off the table’ in bid to deliver 450GL of water for Murray-Darling, Labor says

Tanya Plibersek accuses the Coalition of preventing the delivery of water for South Australia through ‘brown tape’ bureaucracy

The Guardian - AU

‘Historic’ climate bill for reducing carbon emissions poised to pass into law

The Greens confirmed they would support the climate bill in the lower house and Senate, and Liberal MP Bridget Archer would cross the floor.

The New Daily

It's official: the Murray-Darling Basin Plan hasn't met its promise to our precious rivers. So where to now?

A long-awaited report released on Tuesday found the amount of water promised to river environments under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan “cannot be achieved” under current settings. In short, the plan is failing on a key target.

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Government's 43 per cent emissions target set to become law, as Greens offer votes needed to pass climate bill

A bill to write the government's climate target into law is set to be passed, as the Greens decide to back the bill, giving the government enough votes to pass the legislation.

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Liberal MP Bridget Archer to cross the floor on climate bill – as it happened

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NSW government slides further into trouble as Perrottet struggles for clear air

Clear air is essential ahead of an election. Space to make the case to voters. Room to build positive momentum. And yet, hurtling towards a poll in March 2023, the NSW Liberal-National government is gasping for breath.

The Conversation

Cashless debit cards linked to buy now, pay later services raise concerns ahead of end of scheme

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth said transitioning people off cashless debit cards could take time due to a number of people linking theirs to buy now, pay later services.

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Greens in ‘powerful position’ on climate as Labor faces scrutiny over Coalition’s ‘gas-fired recovery’ projects

Calls for Labor to review how much of the Morrison government’s pledges towards a ‘gas-fired recovery’ has been spent, contracted or merely promised

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Peter Dutton has reached into the weeds of the climate wars and pulled out nuclear energy. It’s beyond ludicrous

The Coalition could’ve progressed a domestic industry in its nine years in power, but it didn’t

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton rejects push by moderate Liberals to change position on climate legislation

Opposition leader tells shadow cabinet voting against bill does not mean it opposes targets, while Greens yet to reach consensus

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Tony Burke flags parliamentary inquiry to consider overhaul of Workforce Australia jobs program

Labor supported $1.5bn-a-year program implemented by Coalition but employment minister says some aspects require ‘scrutiny and oversight’

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TGA extends shelf life of Covid anti-viral stock – as it happened

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Paul Bongiorno: Righting wrongs puts Voice referendum in box seat

Earlier prime ministers have heralded false dawns promising First Nations people they would receive the recognition and respect so long denied them.

ABC News

The price of fuel is set to rise next month, and calls are growing for the government to step in

The fuel excise relief is rapidly coming to an end and the government is about to face plenty of pressure to extend it so Australians can avoid pain at the pump.

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous voice to parliament: how will the constitution change and what will Australians be asked to vote on?

The idea of recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution has gone through many iterations. Here’s what the government is proposing

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Warren Entsch may support Labor’s climate target if he can be shown it’s not a ‘brain fart’

Liberal MP says he is open-minded on bill but doesn’t want it to become an ‘impost on the community’ amid high inflation

The New Daily

ICAC finding puts MPs on notice over misuse of public money

A new ICAC report could put paid to a belief popular among some MPs that using public money for political purposes is normal practice.

The Guardian - AU

‘Put your masks on’: Monique Ryan gives Coalition dressing-down during question time

Former paediatric neurologist was speaking about the risk of long Covid when opposition MPs, most of whom were not wearing masks, interjected

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