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Wednesday briefing: Reform did for the Tories. Could Labour face the same threat from the left?

In today’s newsletter: Jeremy Corbyn’s upstart faction aims to “provide hope in a parliament of despair”. Now there are questions over whether it could be the first step to a more formal challenge

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

EU leaders may envy Starmer’s stable majority – Brexit’s part in it less so

Britain has already had its populist reckoning, in 2016. European states can take few lessons from our current calm, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

The Greens want a super-profits tax. Labor and business used to like the idea too

When the Greens proposed an extra super-profits tax on the excessive part of really excessive profits last week, business and the government acted as if the sky was about to fall in.

The Conversation · Sep 3, 2024

Housing approvals bounce back but market still subdued

Housing approvals have risen 10 per cent off the back of a surge in new apartments as opposition parties release policies to tackle the housing crisis

AAP · Sep 2, 2024

Muslim groups to campaign on gambling and domestic violence in lead-up to Australian election

Candidates will be assessed on eight-point criteria that includes their stance on the war in Gaza

The Guardian - AU · Sep 2, 2024

Newspoll remains tied at 50–50, but Albanese’s net approval slumps

A national Newspoll, conducted August 26–30 from a sample of 1,263, had a 50–50 two-party tie between Labor and the Coalition, unchanged from the previous Newspoll three weeks ago. This is the first time this term there have been two successive ties in Newspoll.

The Conversation · Sep 1, 2024

Morning Mail: Greens spruik rental watchdog plan, far-right gains in Germany, the rise of sexual choking

New body could give tenants more power in landlord disputes; tensions over Gaza war escalate in Israel; choking during sex now common among under-35s

The Guardian - AU · Sep 1, 2024

Scholz urges German parties to exclude far right as AfD poised for state election victory

Alternative für Deutschland leader speaks of ‘historic success’ of top place in Thuringia and second in Saxony

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024

Greens appeal to renters with regulator that could fine real estate agencies

Creating a national renters protection authority is one of several policies party is taking to election as possible kingmakers in a hung parliament

The Guardian - AU · Sep 1, 2024

‘Less money for health and education’: Albanese slams Coalition threat to cut GST unless states build housing

The opposition is yet to announce a policy that would create more housing supply, while the Greens put Airbnb in their sights

The Guardian - AU · Sep 1, 2024