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First minister hopefuls clash over continuing SNP’s centre-left policies

Humza Yousaf warns fellow frontrunners to replace Sturgeon in Scotland not to abandon her progressive agenda

The Guardian - UK

Angus Taylor says Labor has breached trust with ‘reckless’ superannuation changes

Jim Chalmers has accused shadow treasurer of waging a ‘ridiculous scare campaign’ that doesn’t stand up to the facts

The Guardian - AU

Greens demanding super tax start on July 1 and affect accounts of $1.9 million and more

The Greens want to expand Labor's plans to boost the tax rate on super accounts, almost tripling the number of Australians affected

The New Daily

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PM gives Greens' super demands short shrift, says Labor's 'got the balance right'

The prime minister quickly dismisses calls from the Greens to expand the scope of the government's changes to superannuation tax concessions.

ABC News

Adam Bandt says Greens could support key Labor climate policy if fossil fuels developments paused

Greens leader says party will negotiate in good faith on proposals that deal with the ‘untenable’ opening of new coal and gas mines

The Guardian - AU

PM says Labor has ‘balance right’ on super tax concessions – as it happened

Anthony Albanese answers questions in Aston, where today Labor candidate Mary Doyle launched her campaign.

The Guardian - AU

Greens want super changes on accounts over $1.9 million

The balance-of-power wielding Greens are demanding the government impose a higher tax rate on superannuation accounts above $1.9 million to secure their vote.

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Sinn Féin and Greens clash over where to place experimental recycling bins in Belfast

Parties clash over whether to concentrate pilot in city centre or spread city wide

Belfast Live

Labour holds Byker in Newcastle by-election as Greens optimistic after doubling vote share

Hayder Qureshi polled almost half of the vote to hold a vacant Byker ward seat for Labour on Thursday

Chronicle Live

Labor accused of ‘fiddling at the margins’ on super as Greens urge greater crackdown on tax concessions

Nick McKim says Albanese government proceeding with stage-three tax cuts means a ‘money-go-round scheme for the rich’

The Guardian - AU

NSW government called out on net zero goal as own data projects coal and gas emissions until 2050

Data also shows land sector will absorb more carbon than it emits from 2015 despite passage of laws that make land clearing easier

The Guardian - AU

Greens in fresh push for Murdoch media inquiry

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will introduce legislation to establish a federal commission of inquiry into Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

The New Daily

No real estate agents fined for breaking NSW rent bidding rules, despite hundreds of warnings

Fair Trading says it is taking ‘an educative approach’ to new laws and planning for future audits and enforcement action

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberal MP Lee Evans fronts voters in Heathcote where boundary changes put Labor ahead on paper

Against a literal Labor wall of fame, Liberal MP Lee Evans addresses voters in the seat of Heathcote, where electoral boundary changes have given the opposition an estimated margin of 1.7 per cent.

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The Guardian - AU

Superannuation on paid parental leave still ‘on the table’ for May budget, Katy Gallagher says

Minister for finance says she would ‘like to do it now’ but concedes pressures on the budget are intensifying

The Guardian - AU

Greens to push Labor to fast-track 26 weeks of paid parental leave and pay superannuation on it

Party joins chorus of super funds and crossbenchers who want to use government’s tax concessions bill to call for broader changes

AAP

'Prohibition has failed': Push to legalise weed in NSW

The Greens want to legalise and regulate cannabis in the next term of NSW parliament in a move they say could help end the war on drugs.

The New Daily

Richard Denniss: Climate action undermined by ineffective legislation

Passing climate legislation that does nothing to stop new gas and coal mines will make it harder for Australia to reduce its emissions in the future.

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The Guardian - AU

Super reforms a ‘good start’ but Labor under pressure on stage-three cuts and parental leave

Crossbenchers welcome changes but some say government should revisit other tax concessions that have become ‘taboo’

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Greens members call for special meeting to debate Bute House deal with SNP

Greens members have petitioned the party to hold a special meeting to debate the future Bute House agreement amid the SNP leadership contest.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens leader Adam Bandt on trying to force Labor's hand on reform

Adam Bandt aspired to power-sharing with a Labor government. That was never going to happen but, possessing the major slice of the balance of power in the Senate, the Greens have considerable potential muscle – at least in theory.

The New Daily

Senators call for more detail on emissions safeguard climate policy

A carbon price and investment certainty are built into an emissions safeguard but senators scrutinising the changes remain unconvinced.

AAP

Qld Greens push plans to end fossil fuel industry

The Queensland Greens will table legislation to ban new coal and gas projects and exports by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

AAP

More funding, uniform law needed to fix abortion access

Funding gaps, lack of training opportunities and inconsistent legislation are some of the barriers to abortion access, a parliamentary committee has been told.

The Guardian - AU

Labor plan to beef up government’s cyber powers faces Senate block

A paper expanding on greater ability to intervene during hacks – especially on private companies – causes alarm among Coalition and Greens

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