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Rallies mark second anniversary of Ukraine invasion

Hundreds of Australians have taken part in rallies to mark two years since Russia invaded Ukraine as calls for more military support grow.

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Taylor urged to fight for the swifties of the sky

A federal senator has urged Taylor Swift to join the life-and-death fight for swifties of the feathered kind.

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'Brick wall': Young people express climate action anger

Medical professionals, young people and scientists have backed a push to legislate a duty of care for children when considering climate-related decisions.

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'No one knows': passes to halls of power under scrutiny

An unknown number of lobbyists roam parliament every day with no public register of who they are, leading to calls for transparency.

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Prominent Ngunnawal elder considers independent tilt for Assembly

Aunty Violet Sheridan is weighing up a run in Yerrabi.

The Canberra Times

Right to disconnect bill passes Senate but needs urgent fix to remove criminal penalties for employers

Labor will be forced to introduce special legislation after Coalition prevented last-minute amendments to fix the issue

The Guardian - AU

Closing loopholes bill: the right to disconnect and five other changes coming to Australian workplaces

Laws agreed by Labor, Greens and David Pocock allows casuals to more easily apply to become permanent and may increase pay in gig economy

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Right to disconnect from work laws set to pass Australian parliament after deals with crossbench

Adam Bandt says changes to industrial relations bill mean ‘when you clock off, you’ll be able to switch off’

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberals propose weakening unfair-dismissal protections under new industrial relations platform

The policy platform, to be considered later this month, also seeks to abandon annual wage rises for middle and high income earners on award safety nets

The Guardian - AU

One-third of outsourced Australian aged care home inspections rejected as substandard

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission accused of ‘unacceptable ignorance’ about standard of audits carried out by consultants

The Guardian - AU

PM says ‘protections’ needed before funding can resume – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - AU

'To shift the balance': Carnell and Emerson launch ACT independents party

The game just changed for the 2024 territory election.

The Canberra Times

What do they want? Independents. Who do they want? Um, about that.

The independent project is over before it starts without deep community backing.

The Canberra Times

David Pocock condemns Australia’s fossil fuel projects as an ‘existential threat’ to Pacific neighbours

Independent senator says depiction of Australia as part of ‘Pacific family’ is inconsistent with issuing approvals for new coal and gas projects

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Pocock wants to boost Centrelink payments using savings from stage-three tax cuts overhaul

Key senator calls for broader tax reform, while arguing changes to stage-three plan could fund increases to jobseeker and other payments

The Guardian - AU

Stage-three tax cuts: cabinet approves new cost-of-living relief for workers on less than $150,000

Taxpayers earning under $150,000 would be better off under a plan to retain the 37% tax bracket, unwinding the Morrison government’s stage-three tax cuts due to come into effect this year

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Scott Morrison’s resignation to trigger byelection; Australia backs new Yemen strikes; and Pat Cummins supports changing the date

Former PM announces he is leaving parliament to ‘pursue new challenges in the global corporate sector’

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese hoses down claims stage-three tax cuts will be changed to pay for cost of living relief

Prime minister says ‘everyone will be getting a tax cut’ on KIIS FM after 2GB says government considering lifting tax-free threshold while retaining highest tax bracket at $180,000

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Corporate Australia winning at climate 'double-speak'

Companies and industry bodies have been accused of putting climate targets at risk with public relations spin about going green while backing dirty business.

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PM pledges supermarket probe will check out all options

A former federal minister will lead a review into the supermarket sector as claims intensify of price gouging by big chains during a cost-of-living crisis.

The Canberra Times

The 2024 ACT election just got interesting

Can independents hold the balance of power in the ACT?

Newcastle Herald

From mystery bickies to a prawn at the footy, Senator discloses his 'gifts'

Senator Cadell has catalogued everything, down to the last teabag.

Newcastle Herald

Closing Loopholes Bill a crucial first step to restoring fair go for workers

These crucial IR changes are no attack on business.

The Guardian - AU

Australian government spent $52m more on welfare calculator after finding a more effective alternative

Services Australia paid Infosys almost $200m over four years before technology was written off as a failure

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s same-job, same-pay laws pass parliament after deal with Lambie and Pocock

Splitting bill means reforms to the gig economy, road transport industry and casual work will have to wait until 2024

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