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Solar boost could mean good news for renters, regions

Environmental and community groups have welcomed a directive to boost funding for renewable energy projects in each state and territory.

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Australian children seeing gambling ads via Sportsbet filter on instant messaging app Snapchat

Exclusive: Filters, including one that turns a person into a horse, include Sportsbet logos and direct 18+ users to open a gambling account

The Guardian - AU

McKinsey paid $1.6m to ‘guide’ Australian climate policy despite working for fossil fuel companies

Firm disclosed its private sector work, Guardian Australia is told, but it is not known which clients were listed

The Guardian - AU

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Betting ads played before, after kids' song shock dad

A fight for a blanket ban on gambling advertising has been reinvigorated after Sportsbet paused promotions on Spotify following an incident.

AAP

Australian father calls out Spotify for allegedly playing Sportsbet ads during Frozen and Bluey songs

Man says gambling ads ‘potentially damaging’ for his children who regularly listen to Disney and the Wiggles on his account on music streaming app

The Guardian - AU

‘Pushing isn’t always pretty’: Adam Bandt on why the Greens blocked Labor’s agenda until last sitting day of the year

But Bandt would not be pressed on Anthony Albanese’s decision to cancel a environment deal the Greens and David Pocock struck with Tanya Plibersek

The Guardian - AU

Plibersek had nature positive deal in writing before Albanese vetoed without her knowledge

Exclusive: Environment minister agreed detail with Greens but the PM intervened after lobbying from WA premier and miners

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese gets down and dirty in deal making and breaking as Senate rushes to Christmas finish

In the chaotic dying days of 2024’s final parliamentary sitting, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reverted to a role he played in Julia Gillard’s government.

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Senate moving through 31 bills in frantic end to year as Labor strikes deal with Greens

Albanese government reliant on Coalition to pass three controversial migration bills and the under 16 social media ban

The Guardian - AU

Lidia Thorpe suspended after racism row with Pauline Hanson

The independent senator threw pieces of paper at Hanson after the One Nation leader questioned Fatima Payman’s Senate eligibility, and there are still a least 37 bills the government wants to ram through on the last sitting day.

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Australia needs an AI law to stop copyright 'pirates'

Artificial intelligence tools, including chatbots from Google, Amazon and OpenAI, need to be regulated by law in Australia, an inquiry recommends.

AAP

'Absolutely gutless': gambling ad ban delay condemned

The government has been accused of letting down Australian communities after its long-awaited gambling advertising policy was officially delayed.

AAP

Rush to pass social media ban angers experts, MPs

As parliament prepares to stop people younger than 16 using social media, the government has been accused of trying to ram through the laws without scrutiny.

AAP

Squeeze on election spending but cash caps up in air

Australians are being told they will have more of a say compared to billionaires in future elections but some say there's a bitter pill hidden among the sweets.

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Senate censures Lidia Thorpe for disupting King’s reception and Ralph Babet for posting hate speech

The Senate has censured two of its own, Lidia Thorpe and Ralph Babet, both of whom were absent when the votes were taken because of problems with their flights to Canberra.

The Canberra Times

The ACT government's hunt for an elusive koala spotted at a development site

Authorities are using several methods to find the mystery marsupial.

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Coalition accused of cooking up ‘secret deal’ on electoral rules as Clive Palmer signals court challenge

Independent senator David Pocock ‘deeply concerned’ legislation designed to cap donations and electoral spending would lock out community independents

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Labor is running out of allies on its misinformation bill

The government’s path towards passing its bill is narrowing after a pair of key crossbench senators came out against it.

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'Clearly there are huge issues': Pocock quizzes dept on Brindabella school probe

Senior bureaucrats confirmed the school was not meeting conditions.

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‘I think the major parties need a kick in the nuts’: How ‘Punter’s Politics’ stormed Parliament House

Punter Konrad has built up a large social following by questioning politicians on behalf of ‘the punters’.

AAP

Mining heartland backs environment watchdog with teeth

Voters living in one of the nation's mining strongholds support the protection of nature and a role in emissions reduction despite intense lobbying by industry.

The Canberra Times

David Pocock's house is on the market

It was here the former rugby star planned his election campaign.

The Conversation

NACC decision not to investigate Robodebt referrals will be revisited by ‘eminent person’

The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s controversial decision not to investigate referrals from the Robodebt Royal Commission will be revisited by an independent person.

AAP

Gaza crisis warning as Israeli aid agency ban condemned

Australia has joined a chorus of countries including Britain and Canada in condemning Israel's move to ban a Palestinian aid agency it accuses of terror links.

AAP

Australia urged not to pull the plug on hybrid tax cuts

Sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles are accelerating in Australia as a tax deadline approaches, but some automotive groups say an extension is needed.

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