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Piper tables port bill, slams 'straitjacket' on Hunter economy

Mr Piper has tabled legislation seeking to scrap controversial penalties on Newcastle developing a large-scale container terminal.

Newcastle Herald

Federal government to pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30 per cent

The move is in contrast to the former Coalition government, which refused to sign up to the target, which is already supported by the United States and the European Union.

ABC News

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.

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Good cop, bad cop?

China has set up 80 police operations or ‘contact points’ for its citizens across the world, including one in Sydney, and teal crossbenchers are considering fundraising to pay for more staff.

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Water ministers leave door open on extension to water-saving deadline in Murray-Darling Basin Plan

Australia's water minister has hinted major water-savings deadlines in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan could be extended beyond 2024, as New South Wales claims it has won a commitment for "greater flexibility" to deliver one of the country's biggest environmental reforms.

ABC News

Doh! Who stacked the AAT again? The Oz forgets as even Liberals now raise questions

The Australian has decried the AAT as ‘politically stacked’ some time in the ‘past three years’. Who was responsible, we wonder?

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Federal Labor's honeymoon continues in Resolve poll; can the Liberals regain office without those 'lefties'?

A federal Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted October 5-9 from a sample of 1,604, gave Labor 39% of the primary vote (steady since September), the Coalition 30% (down two), the Greens 12% (up two), One Nation 5% (down one), the UAP 3% (up one), independents 9% (up one) and…

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How the Coalition ignored experts to protect religious charities

There have been multiple calls over the years to abolish financial exemptions for certain religious charities, and yet they remain.

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Bugs in the system

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal will sign off today on warrants for phone taps on everyone from spy chiefs to the prime minister, and one in five Australians were working from home on census day last year.

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Michael Pascoe: Coalition still hasn’t learned its integrity lesson

Five months after being defeated by a “teal”, Dave Sharma has demonstrated he still doesn’t get the integrity thing.

The New Daily

Minority Coaching Coalition to Get $1.5M Boost From Under Armour

Much of the money will go to expanding the coalition’s academy program that pairs up-and-coming Black coaches with athletic directors.

Sports Illustrated

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

God’s business: how the big religions scripted a massive tax handout

Organisations like the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, a registered basic religious charity, are largely free from accountability.

Crikey

It takes a village idiot to raze a country. But it takes a world of villages to rebuild it

The idea that Australia could help restore infrastructure in ravaged areas of Ukraine by ‘adopting’ them was both praised and pilloried by readers.

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Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day — completely, Illinois coalition urges

Les Begay, co-founder of the Indigenous Peoples Day Coalition of Illinois, said he doesn’t want to share the holiday with Columbus anymore.

ABC News

Victorian opposition promises to halve V/Line train fares if elected, after pledging $2 daily cap on local transport

The Victorian Coalition's promise to halve the price of catching a V/Line train follows its commitment to cap local public transport fares at $2 per day.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese gives strongest indication yet stage-three tax cuts are here to stay

Prime minister says he’ll stick to election promise as Defence is told to tighten its belt ahead of looming budget

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New report: taxpayer funds routinely used for ‘on-brand’ political advertising

A Grattan Institute report has found that political advertising dominated taxpayer-funded ad campaigns.

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Santos chief’s new climate scam: a fossil fuel-driven zero carbon future

Fossil fuel company Santos continues to spruik carbon capture and storage. And the technology continues to fail.

Crikey

Say it again, Albo

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says over and over again that his government’s position on the stage three tax cuts hasn’t changed, and the rain just keeps on coming on the east coast.

The Conversation

The Liberal Party is in a dire state across Australia right now. That should worry us all

“The duty of an Opposition is to oppose” – attributed to Lord Randolph Churchill – is one of those quotations I remember seeing on exam papers in high school politics classes. It is true, but only half-true.

The Guardian - AU

Defence projects suffer $6.5bn cost blowout as Marles promises more scrutiny in future

Minister takes aim at Coalition’s handling of defence projects, saying money was ‘flushed down the toilet’

The Conversation

Albanese insists tax position 'hasn't changed', as the government targets defence delays

Anthony Albanese on Sunday insisted the government’s intention to deliver the Stage 3 tax cuts has not changed, while he reinforced the expectation of deep spending cuts in this month’s budget to attack “waste”.

The Guardian - AU

Stage-three tax cuts: what are they, how do they work and why do they exist?

They’re the biggest debating point ahead of the Labor government’s October budget, but what actually are the stage-three tax cuts?

ABC News

Victorian opposition pledges to cap public transport fares at $2 a day

The Victorian opposition promises to cap public transport fares at $2 per day for most commuters if it is elected at next month's election.

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