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Afternoon Update: fierce debate over 7 October motion; Oasis to tour Australia; and the great finger bun glow-up

Coalition accuses Labor of ‘walking both sides’ of the conflict during fierce debate on a motion condemning the 7 October attack

The Guardian - AU

‘Shows how small he is’: Dutton’s refusal to support 7 October motion condemned by Labor and crossbench

Zoe Daniel votes for motion condemning Hamas attacks and mourning Palestinians killed, saying the ‘pain of more than one group can coexist’

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians approve of Albanese government’s response to Israel-Gaza war

Of 1,139 people surveyed, younger voters more likely to say Australia’s response is too supportive of Israel

The Guardian - AU

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‘There are no limits’: How Fatima Payman plans to challenge Labor

Ex-Labor turned independent Senator Fatima Payman will launch her own party this week. Crikey caught up with her to try to find out as much as possible.

Crikey

What have you done, Tanya Plibersek?

The answers vary significantly depending on which word you emphasise in that question — but none of them are positive.

Crikey

Fresh pitch to break deadlock on home buyer help scheme

Deadlocked legislation to help first-home buyers with low deposits has returned to federal parliament as government urges opponents to put differences aside.

AAP

Australians evacuated from Lebanon

Hundreds of Australians and their immediate families have been flown from Lebanon on government-assisted flights, and Labor is feeling a sting in the polls on the cost of housing.

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Failure to launch: why the Albanese government is in trouble

It wasn’t meant to be like this.

The Conversation

'Correct the record before you pathetically withdraw': Tax stoush gets heated

Libs claim payroll tax cuts closer to $100m in barney over costings.

The Canberra Times

In the deep end: six new councillors to jump straight into business

Big decisions on the agenda at Newcastle council's first meeting.

Newcastle Herald

Libs slam 'shemozzle' as Barr opens to staged light rail opening

Transport advocates welcomed enthusiasm for a staged opening.

The Canberra Times

Construction approved on public housing block left vacant for nearly a decade

The approval follows a Labor promise for more public housing.

The Canberra Times

'Jobs for the boys': Labor councillors lash out over chief of staff role

The author of a 104-page dossier alleging bullying within the Labor party has applied for the job.

Newcastle Herald

Guardian Essential poll: voters back drastic policy action on Australia’s cost-of-living crisis

Exclusive: Price caps on rent, groceries and energy bills top list of possible reforms with 70% support

The Guardian - AU

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Division among Australian politicians easy to see and hear on 7 October anniversary

Labor condemns Hamas and acknowledges ‘devastating’ loss of civilian lives. Coalition offers emphatic support of Israel and chides calls for a ceasefire

The Conversation

View From The Hill: Fatima Payman promises PM ‘a full body contact competition’

When Senator Fatima Payman quit Labor over Gaza, she not only delivered a blow to the government, she also got under Anthony Albanese’s skin.

AAP

It's all about health, poll campaign finds its pulse

Healthy living, happy voters. Labor and the LNP have put health front and centre in the Queensland election campaign.

AAP

Experts lash search and seizure laws for school kids

Proposed laws to be introduced in the Northern Territory would mean children as young as 10 could be searched for knives while at school.

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Australian politicians mark 7 October anniversary – as it happened

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Kamala Harris maintains narrow lead in key states in US presidential race

The United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by 49.3–46.2, a slight gain for Trump since last Monday, when Harris led Trump by 49.3–46.0.

Crikey

Vigils, protests mark October 7 anniversary

One year on from Hamas’ attacks on Israel, October 7 vigils will be held across the country, and the government is threatening a double dissolution election as it reintroduces its Help to Buy bill.

Newcastle Herald

At least 20km of new footpaths in four years if council walks the walk

An average of 5000m of new footpaths could be built each year.

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s Help to Buy housing bill is darkening parliament’s doors again. Will this time be any different?

For each of the parties, the debate has little to do with the number of people in the scheme or their finances. It has become a political symbol

The Guardian - AU

Inside Queensland Labor’s scramble to protect the next generation of leaders as election defeat looms

Polls predict the LNP will take the sunshine state at the next election – but a fallback strategy is already taking shape

AAP

From 1973, a journey of land rights through the bush

Fifty years of land rights are being marked in the red centre as the Central Land Council celebrates its past, present and future.

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