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BIZARRE: 4 - What They Never Told You

I once sang Love Is in the Air to Labor’s Stephen Conroy – here’s what it taught me about Canberra lobbying

There is nothing wrong with lobbyists trying to influence the government. But we should know why they’re at Parliament House and who invited them

The Guardian - AU

Crossbenchers urge Labor to have ‘courage’ on changes to resources tax and stage-three tax cuts

David Pocock, Monique Ryan and Dai Le support revamping taxes to raise more revenue to address cost-of-living crisis

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s life-saving bone marrow registry needs $13m. Why is red tape holding it up?

The money is there to increase the number of donors to help patients with leukaemia and blood cancers but governments won’t agree to release it, MPs say

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Teal MPs call for national road-user charges after high court shuts down Victoria’s EV tax

‘We need … to maintain our roads in a way that’s fair, and aimed at helping, not hindering, electrification of transport’, says Monique Ryan

The Guardian - AU

‘So ugly it’s beautiful’: Australian politicians reveal their picks for bird of the year

Anthony Albanese plays it safe with the sulphur-crested cockatoo while the tawny frogmouth proves popular among MPs who took blue ribbon seats off Liberals

The Guardian - AU

‘Staggering’ rise of gambling among school-age children leads to calls for urgent inquiry

Exclusive: Without action, a ‘generation of young people’ could be addicted to gambling, says independent MP pushing for government to urgently intervene

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Josh Frydenberg puts political ambition aside to remain in business

Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s decision to put a business future before an attempted political revival is a blow for the Liberal Party, but a relief for the teal member for Kooyong, Monique Ryan.

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Australian MPs to lobby US to drop Julian Assange prosecution or risk ‘very dangerous’ precedent for Russia and China

Cross-party delegation of Australian politicians to travel to US in attempt to build momentum against extraditing WikiLeaks founder

The Guardian - AU

Australian lawmakers head to US to lobby against efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Assange

A group of Australian lawmakers say they will travel to Washington this month to lobby the United States to abandon its efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The Independent UK

‘New low’: Peter Dutton accused of seeking to ‘undermine’ faith in Australia’s electoral system

Exclusive: Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says opposition leader is ‘seeking to cast doubt on legitimacy’ of voice referendum

The Guardian - AU

‘Tone deaf’: MPs call for University of Sydney to return gambling research money

Independents Zoe Daniel, Andrew Wilkie and others say university’s Centre of Excellence in Gambling Research’s funding from casino and gambling companies should be scrapped

The Guardian - AU

Teal MPs criticise CO2 sea dumping bill as ‘greenwashing’ fossil fuel industry

Independent MPs Monique Ryan and Sophie Scamps say the Labor bill to allow permits for storing carbon dioxide in international waters would encourage more gas projects

The Guardian - AU

Past and present public servants to be investigated – as it happened

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Federal government under fire for hiring KPMG on health and climate while firm advises fossil fuels

Doctors and independent MPs say despite Labor’s reassurances, work should have been conducted by public servants and a clear conflict of interest exists

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Afternoon Update: no campaign ad condemned as ‘racist trope’; minister calls Donald Trump Jr ‘a big baby’; and Meta launches Threads

NSW Liberal Matt Kean and federal independents Monique Ryan and Zali Steggall among those who have criticised the newspaper ad

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Push to change kids' appetite with junk food ad ban

Junk food companies would be restricted from marketing their products to kids on TV and radio while online ads would be banned outright under a proposed bill.

ABC News

The science that unlocked a rare genetic mutation in the Folbiggs — and set Kathleen free

Extensive scientific and medical evidence proved to be key to setting Kathleen Folbigg free, 20 years after she was convicted of killing her four children.

The New Daily

Pressure for national ban on logging native forests

Crossbench MPs have urged the government to implement a national ban on native forest logging, following Victoria's move to end the practice.

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Kathleen Folbigg inquiry to shortly decide child killer's fate, two decades after conviction

Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty of killing her four children 20 years ago today. An inquiry will soon decide whether the woman dubbed as "Australia's most hated woman" at the time was wrongly convicted.

The Guardian - AU

Darwin’s ‘sustainable’ Middle Arm development is key to huge fossil fuel projects, documents show

Exclusive: Middle Arm has been sold as ‘sustainable’ but papers reveal the Albanese government was briefed on the project’s links to new fossil fuel developments, including fracking in the Beetaloo basin

The Guardian - AU

Sally Rugg accepts $100,000 to settle workplace dispute with MP Monique Ryan

Payment to former chief of staff involves no admission of fault by member for Kooyong or government

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s changes to gas tax will deliver little if any extra revenue, analysts say

Greens label move as ‘less than the bare minimum’ while Monique Ryan says Australia remains a ‘global laggard’ on taxing industry

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What's it like inside the Canberra bubble? Six first-time politicians spill the tea on the ABC's new social-first show

From forging unexpected friendships to spending their first parliamentary pay cheque, six federal parliament newbies share their experiences with the ABC's new social-first show that uncovers the realities of life inside the Canberra bubble.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese breached workplace law by cutting crossbench staff, Sally Rugg claims in court

Filing by former political staffer says PM was aware of heavy workloads and that staffing cuts would lead to longer hours

The New Daily

Julia Banks: Why the modern Liberal Party seems unable to ‘do the right thing’

At the end of the day, robust political debate shouldn’t displace civility, treating people with respect and doing the right thing.

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