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Housing policies at lock-up stage with Greens support

Labor has had a breakthrough on its stalled housing agenda after securing Greens support for a federal shared-equity scheme and build-to-rent policies.

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Greens back Albanese government’s Help to Buy housing bill after failing to win concessions

Minor party says it is waving bills through after accepting government ‘doesn’t care enough about renters to do anything meaningful for them’

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Greens and One Nation accuse Albanese of trying to ‘ram’ social media ban through parliament

Sarah Hanson-Young says online safety review ‘kept secret from public’ as Senate committee given just four hours to hear expert evidence

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Labor and the Coalition are closing in on a deal to pass a trio of controversial migration bills. What is in them?

Government accused of enabling a form of ‘human trafficking’ by the campaign group Labor for Refugees NSW

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Labor gave the public one day to weigh in on teen social media ban. It got 15,000 responses

Elon Musk helped boost interest in the inquiry by making a viral post on X. Then the submissions started flooding in.

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Musk argues social media bill may not be lawful – as it happened

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Thirty bills still before Parliament in final sitting week

The government is scrambling to pass, scrap or delay dozens of bills in the last sitting week of the year, and developing countries are incensed by the ‘bad faith’ climate deal struck at COP29.

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Labor notches win as time runs out on political year

Labor has chalked up a last-minute legislative victory, with the Greens backing its housing scheme, as several MPs bid Canberra farewell.

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Deal or no deal: can Labor avoid an ‘end-of-year dumpster fire’ and pass its legislative agenda?

If Peter Dutton senses an opportunity in blocking bills in the lead-up to an election, he might just take it

The Guardian - AU

Scottish Greens slam ‘hopeless’ COP29 climate deal

THE SCOTTISH Greens have slammed the new COP29 climate financial package for falling short on the funds requested by developing nations.

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Victorian Labor considering push to retake Prahran after surprise resignation of former Greens MP

Sam Hibbins announced resignation from parliament three weeks after confessing to consensual relationship with staff member

The Guardian - AU

Misinformation crackdown officially on scrap heap

The federal government has walked away from its misinformation bill intended to stop the spread of conspiracy theories.

AAP

Ex-Greens MP quits, claims parliament office vandalised

Former Greens MP Sam Hibbins is quitting politics, alleging personal items including photos of his children were vandalised inside his parliamentary office.

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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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Pressure on PM to ram through agenda in final sitting

The federal government has a laundry list of policy promises to push through before the next election, but it looks unlikely to get much done before 2024 ends.

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Greens and some independents are biggest winners from Labor’s proposed donation cap, data shows

Labor and Coalition would have missed out on $4.1m and $4.7m in donations after public funding boost, while the Greens would have been $2.9m better off

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Greens put nail in coffin of misinformation crackdown

The federal Greens have decided not to support the government's moves to tackle online misinformation, putting another Labor bill in political purgatory.

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Victoria will not renew defence memorandum of understanding with Israel

Exclusive: Jacinta Allan has been criticised by Labor and Greens over agreement signed before the 7 October attacks

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Labor to confiscate phones from non-citizens in immigration detention in new bill

Greens and legal advocates say bill will make it harder to hold authorities accountable for conditions in detention facilities

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Migration laws crackdown blasted by experts, advocates

Legal experts and advocates have lambasted the government's proposed migration bill changes as "constitutionally unsound" and "misguided", at a Senate inquiry.

The National (Scotland)

Donald Trump's Scotland visit 'should be met with mass protests'

DONALD Trump’s visit to Scotland is unwelcome and should be met with mass protests, the Scottish Greens have said...

The National (Scotland)

SNP to remain largest party at Holyrood as Scottish Labour fall further behind

SCOTTISH Labour have fallen further behind the SNP in the latest Holyrood polling...

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From far-right gains to the economy: What’s at stake in Germany’s election?

Germans will head to the polls early next year after the coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed.

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Opposition fails to stub out lighter tobacco fines

Moves to lighten penalties for first offences by small operators ignited a row that could have delayed a government crack down on illegal tobacco.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Trump picks Dr Oz to run Medicare; bullying reports increase at Rio Tinto; and the new word for cost-of-living rage

The president-elect has also nominated former WWE executive Linda McMahon as education secretary

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