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Neoliberals want an austerity budget, but the economy doesn’t need savage cuts

There’s pressure on Labor to produce a contractionary budget next week. But the economy is already weak as rate rises inflict a huge toll.

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Crunching the numbers on the environment since Labor took office

Australia needs to annually reduce emissions by 17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent to meet its 2030 goal. In 2022-23, we increased emissions by 4 million tonnes.

Crikey

QLD police removes Indigenous advisory

The First Nations advisory group to Queensland’s police force has been sacked, Josh Frydenberg wants campus protests cleared out, and China has fired flares at an Australian Navy helicopter.

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Australia's housing woes to be focus in federal budget

The plight of struggling renters will be addressed in the upcoming federal budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.

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Deportation bill held up as major High Court case looms

A Senate committee is split over laws threatening foreigners with jail time if they don't comply with deportation orders as a significant High Court case nears.

AAP

'So done with coal and gas': climate protesters demand action

About 30 people took part in the climate protest

Newcastle Herald

Tasmania's AFL team, stadium dream jumps big hurdle

The Labor opposition has backflipped and will now support a new Hobart stadium, paving the way for the project to be voted through parliament.

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Greens poised for historic upper house election win

The Greens are likely to claim their first seat in Tasmania's upper house, as counting continues after elections in three Legislative Council divisions.

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'Tool of violence': calls to reform child support

Perpetrators of violence can weaponise the child support system to withhold payments and continue their abuse, prompting calls for change.

AAP

NSW 'awash with privatisation' and it's a very tight ship

Power bounty ahead: Hunter poised to fill coffers again

Newcastle Herald

Tax revenue surge as treasurer tempers expectations

Labor won't receive as much tax revenue compared with previous years, but a surplus still remains within reach for the federal budget.

AAP

The Coalition says it can improve Labor’s deportation bill – but might Dutton blow it up instead?

The Greens are out to kill legislation they hate while the opposition is yet to finalise its position – it could be a budget week blockbuster

The Guardian - AU

‘Placement poverty’ to be tackled in Labor budget with new payments for student teachers and nurses

Midwives and social workers will also be given a $320 weekly payment for undertaking mandatory work placements at university

The Guardian - AU

Horror and fury in Australia as epidemic of violence against women sweeps across the country

Anger and grief have erupted, with women demanding action from the government on what has become a national emergency

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Only 30 of 500 family violence workers promised by Labor have been delivered, minister says

Katy Gallagher says more aid for women escaping violence could come in form of increased rent assistance as sector struggles to recruit workers

AAP

Finding savings in budget getting 'harder': Labor

The upcoming federal budget may contain more government spending than economists would like as they warn not to place more pressure on inflation.

The Guardian - AU

Jason Clare hints at more budget relief for students – as it happened

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Labor to wipe $3bn from Hecs and Help debts through indexation changes

Measure to ensure student debts can’t outpace wage growth by retrospectively capping indexation rate for loans

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The Guardian - AU

Queensland MP claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted

Police investigating after Brittany Lauga allegedly assaulted in central Queensland town of Yeppoon

The Guardian - AU

If Jacinta Allan isn’t Daniel Andrews, her first budget should show Victorians exactly who she is

A huge infrastructure agenda helped win Andrews three elections but the priority now for the state – and new premier – is the housing crisis

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s housing crisis to worsen with ‘significant shortfall in supply’, Labor’s expert council says

Report predicts numerous factors, including migration, mean housing affordability and inequality, will continue to deteriorate

The Canberra Times

'Haven't been putting our orders in on time', Greens say about buses

The party has released their transport policy for the election.

Crikey

Age verification won’t work, but idiot verification is doing fine in the male violence debate

Imposing age verification in an effort to block kids’ access to pornography will just send Australians to the darker and more sinister parts of the internet.

The Canberra Times

ACT Greens unveil transport policy, want buses to run every 20 minutes

The plan includes more electric buses and drivers.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland Labor’s lurch to the right on youth justice shows a government that’s lost principles and perspective

Premier Steven Miles’ erasure of the human rights principle of ‘detention as a last resort’ for children defies logic

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