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Council elections reflect unprecedented change across the Hunter

At least three Hunter councils will have new mayors next week.

Newcastle Herald

Enemy at the gate? The West Australian turns its guns on Labor to back the mining giants

The newspaper owned by billionaire Kerry Stokes has not been shy about attacking environmental reforms – but are readers getting the full picture?

The Guardian - AU

Farming fuels NSW land clearing crisis: data

NSW cleared an area more than 160 times the size of Sydney's CBD in a single year, new government figures show.

AAP

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Aged care reform will be a major Labor legacy… with help from the Coalition

It’s taken Labor two governments to reengineer aged care in Australia — with some help along the way from the opposition.

Crikey

The biggest perpetrators of misinformation and privacy breaches will escape new laws

Social media misinformation and doxxing will be subjected to new laws while the worst offenders and privacy breachers will escape scrutiny.

Crikey

Albanese to Biden’s Wilmington for Quad

The prime minister will join Quad leaders in Joe Biden’s home town of Wilmington later this month, and the government strikes a deal with the Coalition on aged care.

Crikey

$84bn lost to housing tax lurks? That would go a long way towards ending the housing crisis

Australia’s deep housing crisis is causing enduring and widespread harm. A key impact is that it is increasing inequality.

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Labor promises multi-storey car park for Canberra Hospital

Construction would start in the next term if Labor is re-elected.

The Canberra Times

'Mortgaging the future': Liberal state debt criticised

Labor and key cross bench independents have lashed the Tasmanian Liberal minority government for a budget which doubles debt.

AAP

Albanese and Labor left pick climate expert Alice Jordan-Baird for Victorian seat of Gorton

Richard Marles wins stoush against Bill Shorten’s old union, the Australian Workers’ Union, for the safe Labor seat

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s stalled environmental agenda under pressure from left and right

While the Greens remain hopeful of compromise, the PM has indicated he wants a deal struck with the Coalition

The Guardian - AU

Shane Rattenbury for Chief Minister? Greens shift campaign pitch

Greens could lead government, more credible than Liberals, leader says

The Canberra Times

Grattan on Friday: Coalition backs Labor’s heavy lifting on aged care, hoping to reap the benefit down the track

In agreeing earlier to the Albanese government’s changes to the NDIS and now endorsing its aged care reforms, Peter Dutton is calculating it’s easier for Labor than the Coalition to find big savings that produce serious “losers”.

The Conversation

Lawyer X compensation payouts capped at $1 million

The Victorian government has passed a bill limiting the amount of compensation awarded to individual Victorians embroiled in the Lawyer X scandal to $1 million.

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Miles makes voter pitch as parliament wraps before poll

Queensland's premier has made one last parliamentary pitch to voters ahead of October's election.

The Guardian - AU

Hate crimes bill: LGBTQ+ and Jewish groups disappointed Labor has dropped plan to outlaw vilification

New laws will expand the existing offence of urging violence but won’t criminalise conduct such as inciting hatred, serious contempt, revulsion or severe ridicule

Newcastle Herald

Roads rate highly as key council election issue in Cessnock

A Facebook group about the project has 2000 members.

The Conversation

New polling: half of Australians want gambling ads banned entirely; LNP has big Queensland lead

A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted September 3–7 from a sample of 1,614 people, gave Labor a 51–49% lead using 2022 election preference flows. However, respondent-allocated preferences favoured the Coalition by 51–49%.

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Crikey

Time for the Financial Review to be honest: It wants a punitive recession

The AFR should stop misleading its readers and be upfront about what it wants: a recession to inflict misery on workers.

AAP

Teal MP won't 'cannibalise' crossbench as seat scrapped

The teal-held seat of North Sydney will be abolished at the next election, forcing its independent MP to reconsider her political future.

Crikey

People think Max Chandler-Mather is annoying. Does he care?

The Greens housing spokesperson annoys the hell out of Labor. He reckons he’s speaking for the majority.

Crikey

In the shadow of the referendum, Dutton alone doesn’t shoulder the blame

‘Dutton’s racism is fresh in the minds of a lot of progressive people in this country,’ writes Celeste Liddle. ‘But can we honestly claim that Dutton not supporting the referendum was any more racist than what the ALP has done?’

The Guardian - AU

Australian military officers to be stripped of honours after alleged war crimes under their command

Government acts on longstanding recommendations from Brereton inquiry into ADF conduct in Afghanistan

Crikey

Labor bills aim to clean up online discourse

The government will today introduce bills aimed at cracking down on online misinformation and privacy breaches, and Kamala Harris wins the latest presidential debate.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: PIs used in family violence cases, Republican dismay after debate, Clover Moore rejects ‘ageism’

Why was a man with a history of domestic violence able to hire detectives to spy on his family; survey reveals pathways to addiction

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