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Australia’s old environment laws were a box-ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too

For a quarter century, Australia’s environment laws were widely regarded as not fit for purpose. In 2020, a scathing review by Professor Graeme Samuel found the Environment Protection and Biodiversity (EPBC) Act was ineffective and unfit for future environmental challenges.

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Treasury chief defends Labor's beleaguered budget

Controversial budget changes would have cut the lifetime tax benefits for the top one per cent of earners by $400,000 if implemented in 2000, Treasury says.

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Ed Husic calls on Labor to establish ‘red line’ on Israel’s actions, including treatment of flotilla activists

‘At some point the statements have got to end and the action needs to begin’, member for Chifley says

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Afternoon Update: Keating urges Labor to stand firm on CGT; inflation eases to 4.2%; and a dog shoots a woman

Former PM warns that exempting commercial assets from the changes would further ‘distort’ the economy

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Amanda Rishworth says jobseekers will no longer be forced to submit ‘endless’ pointless job applications

Welfare advocates say that while the reforms are a step in the right direction, the privatised employment services model has failed and should be torn up

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David Pocock criticises ‘bonkers’ situation facing podcasters over gambling ad reforms

Independent senator said Labor’s plan, which could require podcasts sponsored by betting companies to produce two versions of each program, is ‘totally unworkable’

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Labor MP Ali France Reported To AEC Over Enrolment Address Claims

Labor MP Ali France is defending her enrolment details as the AEC investigates a complaint about her registered address.

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WA:Labor figure's accused killer returns to court

Brodie Jake Dewar's manslaughter case following the death of beloved Labor strategist Tim Picton has been committed to the Supreme Court.

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Labor figure's accused killer returns to court

Brodie Jake Dewar's manslaughter case following the death of beloved Labor strategist Tim Picton has been committed to the Supreme Court.

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Special poll has Labor barely winning majority as One Nation continues to gain

A special Redbridge poll that was mostly taken before the federal budget had Labor winning 76 of the 150 House of Representatives seats (a majority of one), with One Nation on 53 and the Coalition 12.

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Paul Keating urges Labor to stick with capital gains tax overhaul and avoid exemptions that would hurt economy

Exclusive: Former PM says changes to tax rates are ‘so marginal that no entrepreneurial initiative is likely to be thwarted’

The Guardian - AU

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Wolahan on when Liberals should preference One Nation

The Liberal Party is now “fighting for its existence”, according to one of its own former federal MPs.

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Morning Mail: Labor’s budget faces poll test, Trump takes health test, tinned tomatoes get taste test

Our latest Essential poll shows only a third back Labor’s hit on negative gearing and CGT; surprise Australian win at French Open

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Rein in fossil fuel tax concessions, Labor MP says after BHP revelations

Jerome Laxale breaks ranks to publicly back reforms that would also wind back the diesel fuel rebate

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FED:'Poison pill': coalition attacks Labor's tax 'wedge'

The coalition will still vote against the government's budget tax changes, even though it means voting against a $250 tax offset for working Australians.

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'Poison pill': coalition attacks Labor's tax 'wedge'

The coalition will still vote against the government's budget tax changes, even though it means voting against a $250 tax offset for working Australians.

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Taylor compares past figures with future forecast for misleading migration claim

An expert has described the Opposition Leader's methodology as "dodgy" after he claimed this year's migration rate is running 80,000 ahead of forecasts.

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BHP ‘laughing’ at Australia’s key climate policy while pocketing hundreds of millions in tax breaks, Pocock says

Outrage as leaked documents reveal mining giant’s backsliding on commitments to slash emissions

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Revealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world’s biggest miner’s climate push

Exclusive: BHP once dubbed climate change an ‘existential’ threat. But leaked documents show it has backtracked on decarbonisation at a vast network of mines

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FED:Labor happy with softer housing market since budget

Tax changes in the federal budget are already helping to level the playing field, according to the housing minister.

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Albanese forges ahead with CGT and negative gearing plan while flagging possible business carve-outs

Labor’s pre-election promise of a $1,000 standard tax deduction and $250 ‘working Australians tax offset’ will be included in the draft laws

The Guardian - AU

Labor is making a mockery of its promise of transparent government

From blocking freedom of information requests to tabling documents when no one is looking, promises of an upfront approach to power are in rough shape

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Barr dismisses concerns about bracket creep wiping out public sector wage rise

Bracket creep 'needs to be dealt with' but concerns overblown.

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