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Labor thinks it can win elections defending super. For Hanson, it’s just another way to deprive Taylor of political oxygen

Despite leading in the polls, Hanson is allowed to offer thought bubbles instead of actual policy

The Guardian - AU · Aug 19

I have seen the raw grief of a family who lost a son to gambling. Labor’s stitch-up shows politics is broken

How is it that Australians can call so strongly for action on gambling advertising and the major parties fail so comprehensively to listen?

The Guardian - AU · Aug 19

Defence joins search for missing bushwalker – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 18

Severe weather warning for northern Victoria – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 17

Paul Kelly’s exceptional history charts the decline and fall of the Coalition – but leaves questions unanswered

The Twilight of Exceptionalism is veteran journalist Paul Kelly’s latest contribution to the chronicles of Australian political history. In the tradition of Edward Gibbon, it’s a story of the decline and fall – not the rise and fall – of the Coalition government from 2013 to 2022. And in this…

The Conversation · Aug 17

Taylor demands Albanese repeal ‘cruel tax’ in return for NDIS bill support

Coalition leader tells Anthony Albanese that delaying change to budget measure is ‘unconscionable’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17

Coalition, One Nation revive push on abortion crackdown

Conservative politicians have joined with a Christian lobby group on the lawns of Parliament House to request healthcare for babies born alive via abortions.

AAP · Aug 17

Resolve poll suggests more voters support Labor’s federal budget changes than oppose them

The three new federal polls have the total vote for One Nation and the Coalition at 46% in YouGov (down one), 48% in Morgan (up 0.5) and 49% in Resolve (steady). The Resolve poll gives Labor encouragement by suggesting their May budget changes are becoming more popular.

The Conversation · Aug 16

Exclusive poll shows nearly half of respondents defecting from Victorian Labor. What do these voters care about?

A new poll of Victorians shows almost half of respondents who voted Labor in the 2022 state election intend to vote differently this November, with more than 13% moving their vote to One Nation and a further 11% intending to vote for the Coalition.

The Conversation · Aug 16

As melon-gate raged, Albanese quietly cut deals in parliament. The PM should make some noise this week

With gambling, the news bargaining incentive and NDIS reform all set to pass, the PM needs to get the focus off fruit and on to policy

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16