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Peter Dutton’s pre-Dunkley detainee scare blew up, but cost of living is the real electoral dynamite

The opposition leader’s line of attack in question time came unstuck, but it was an irresponsible ploy all the same

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Meta to stop paying Australian publishers for news; Linda White dies; and the best LGBTQ+ shows ever made

Current contracts with publishers that expire this year will not be renewed by technology giant

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton doubles down on immigration attacks despite Victoria police clearing detainee of assault charges

Deputy leader Sussan Ley refuses to delete tweet claiming ‘Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals’

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Secretive ‘No’ consultants received taxpayer cash

A secretive consultancy firm behind the No campaign invoiced several senators for taxpayer money, Sky News goes off at ‘woke’ AI, and the ‘long-Covid’ effects of early super withdrawal.

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Morning Mail: secretive firm behind Coalition messaging, NZ vape ban defiance, shooting near Gaza aid trucks

FOI reveals $135,000 in public money to secretive firm to help rightwing campaigns; New Zealand exporter vows to continue e-cigarette trade

The Guardian - AU

Secretive firm behind voice no campaign billed taxpayers almost $135,000 via Coalition MPs, documents show

Exclusive: Whitestone Strategic, which has close ties to rightwing lobby group Advance, was paid to craft messaging on topics such as vaccine mandates and renewable energy

The Guardian - AU

Assault charges to be dropped against man released from indefinite detention hours after Dutton question time attack

Police say CCTV footage indicates another man, not the 44-year-old former detainee, involved in alleged sexual assault in Melbourne

The Guardian - AU

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This is what happens when an uncosted Coalition thought-bubble on nuclear power is presented as a concrete proposal

Anyone reading the Australian’s Newspoll survey might think there was an actual proposal in place to build small modular nuclear reactors around Australia – except there isn’t

The Guardian - AU

Advance’s tactics in Dunkley herald a new, nastier brand of politics

The far-right campaigners’ huge spend in the Dunkley by-election implies US-style electoral warfare is being trialled by the disintegrating right.

Crikey

Calls for Closing the Gap to be 'above politics'

With only four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets on track to be met, a range of senators put forward different ideas on how best to address Indigenous inequity.

AAP

Former NSW government accused of ‘pork barrelling at public’s expense’ after scathing audit

The $5bn post-pandemic spending program ‘not informed by robust research or analysis’ auditor general finds

The Guardian - AU

Independent MP Helen Haines has a plan to stamp out pork-barrelling. Would it work?

Rorting scandals keep happening because those in power believe channelling money to marginal and government electorates will help them win elections.

Crikey

Palmer battles jab mandates — and wins

Clive Palmer successfully funded a challenge against Queensland’s vaccine mandates, Lidia Thorpe backs Mardi Gras’ police ban, and NDIS-funded programs have been unlawfully restraining children with autism.

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Deal allows police to march in parade – as it happened

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Australian voters are increasingly driven by issues rather than party loyalty – and that’s bad news for the old political order

Climate crisis deniers beware! These days, the environment and other traditionally left-leaning issues are more likely to be front of mind when Australians – young and old – head to the polls

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: big gender pay gaps revealed, Coalition pulls ahead in poll, police told to sit out Mardi Gras

Landmark data paints stark picture of gulf at leading companies; Anthony Albanese sees trustworthiness fall in latest voter survey

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: Coalition leads for first time since election as Anthony Albanese’s trust ratings tumble

Exclusive: Labor’s change of position on stage-three tax cuts appears to have hit the prime minister’s personal favourability

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Minister admits likely shortfall in funding for Labor’s regional decarbonising program

Exclusive: Catherine King describes $400m budget for decarbonising program as ‘modest’ and says it will require ‘additional funding in future’ to meet aims

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Zachary Rolfe says racist language rife in NT police; Barnaby Joyce takes a week off; and Gaza death toll to pass 30,000

Former police officer apologises for using racist language in text messages

The Guardian - AU

Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest labels Coalition push for nuclear energy ‘bulldust’ and a ‘new lie’

Mining billionaire says cost of nuclear will be four to five times that of renewables and opposition’s policy is ‘an excuse for doing nothing’

The Guardian - AU

Senate votes against reviving Qantas inquiry – as it happened

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Crikey

Coalition overtakes Labor for first time since election

Labor has dropped below the Coalition in federal primary vote polling, Chalmers urged to keep interest rate powers, and the Libs double down on their Border Force tactics.

Newcastle Herald

Undisclosed credit card fees are a price gouge

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Greens-Coalition alliance may force Chalmers to keep power to overrule RBA on rates

Chalmers had announced plans to scrap the veto power but former treasurers and RBA governors say it is a vital ‘safety valve’

The Guardian - AU

‘Everything is so expensive’: tax cuts, cost of living and the battle to win the Dunkley byelection

Early voting may be slow but political analysts say the Melbourne electorate’s mood may be an indicator for Australian politics as a whole

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