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Special DemosAU poll has Labor well short of a parliamentary majority

A special DemosAU poll has Labor winning 68 of the 150 House of Representatives seats, well short of the 76 needed for a majority. One Nation is on 60 seats, the Coalition 13, the Greens three and Others six.

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Labor showdown looms as premier refuses to quit

A Labor premier is not backing away from a leadership showdown with her deputy, refusing to stand aside after being told she has lost the backing of most MPs.

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Victoria premier Jacinta Allan vows to stand in any ballot as Ben Carroll confirms he’ll contest leadership

Deputy premier says he told leader of his intention on Monday after Allan refused request to stand down

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Independents are targeting safe Labor seats in the ACT

Andrew Leigh holds his north Canberra seat on a hefty margin.

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'Should be done by ATO employees': call centre jobs come back to headquarters

Federal Labor has backed a change to APS call centre arrangements.

The Canberra Times

'Pro-Israel forces': union explains conference backdown

Labor powerbrokers believe a show of unity at its conference is a sign of the party's strength, but some members say a lack of debate is damaging long term.

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Australia’s ‘most progressive’ census comes at personal cost to April – but it means their family will finally be counted

August 11’s national census will for the first time include questions about sexual orientation, sex recorded at birth and gender

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ACT's new deputy chief minister confirmed as Barr reshuffles cabinet

A new-look cabinet has been unveiled after a week of turmoil.

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Albanese at odds with Labor policy which now says telehealth should be allowed for euthanasia consultations

Campaigners say existing federal ban on phone or video calls for assisted dying consultations adversely affects people living in regional Australia

The Guardian - AU

Crossbench to force Labor hand on telehealth euthanasia

Labor will come under pressure to allow Australians to access voluntary assisted dying through telehealth as rival MPs try to force the government's hand.

AAP

‘Socialist’ teachers target eight Victorian Labor MPs including education minister – as it happened

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One Nation's rise in new heartland a warning to majors

Changing local politics in a newly minted One Nation town offer a sign of what's to come for the rest of the country as the populist party builds support.

AAP

Labor women outnumber men in the caucus. Why are they overlooked as Albanese’s potential successor?

Kate Ellis now heads an all-female executive as women hold a majority in the party room for the first time. But when talk turns to leadership, women barely rate

The Guardian - AU

PM spruiks party unity despite stifled Israel debate

Anthony Albanese has praised the cohesiveness of Labor after the party's national conference, despite concern key debates were blocked from the floor.

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View from The Hill: Labor’s ‘managed democracy’ reaches high point as blanket thrown over Israel-Gaza dissent

Labor national conference has been a textbook exercise in managed democracy.

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Former Labor senator Nova Peris accused of ‘amplifying’ anti-Muslim social media posts

Olympian and Labor Friends of Israel patron shared posts about Palestinians that were ‘dehumanising’, Muslim advocacy group alleges

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Labor to introduce lockout laws for striking workers

Labor has agreed to measures to prevent workers from being locked out of their jobs during industrial disputes, but has stopped short of a total ban.

The Canberra Times

A $200k soft landing? Why Yvette Berry should leave the Legislative Assembly

Why stepping down from the cabinet is not true accountability.

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ACT Libs demand ministers, staff to tear up CFMEU cards

Chief Minister warned of opposition straying into 'McCarthyism'.

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Exiled union leader wants home country on Labor agenda

The head of Myanmar's union movement has called on the federal government to implement stronger penalties on his country, ahead of Labor's national conference.

AAP

Labor summit 'most united' but Israel debate quashed

Anthony Albanese has singled out unity among Labor delegates at the party's triennial policy summit but contentious issues remained off the conference floor.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese is fond of saying people underestimate him. He should be careful not to do the same with Pauline Hanson

No politician is as good at evading scrutiny as the One Nation leader, whose actions this week would be disqualifying if she represented any other party

The Independent UK

Even longtime pal Scott Jennings is telling Mitch McConnell he needs to be more transparent about his health

‘Truthfully, I think a little transparency on the front here would’ve saved him a whole lot of grief,’ Scott Jennings said

The Conversation

Labor national conference backs use of telehealth in voluntary assisted dying care

Labor’s national conference has written into the party platform support for telehealth as part of voluntary assisted dying care.

AAP

Anti-racism measures bolstered after One Nation rise

Labor members have committed to implementing national anti-racism plans, while speaking out against the threat One Nation poses to multicultural communities.

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