Going nuclear on power and wages may not be the election winner Peter Dutton thinks it is #auspol
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Reached the stage in our culture when people exclaim 'real money!' when you pay in cash.

ICYMI: Labor senator Fatima Payman has rejected claims her use of a politically charged phrase promoting Palestinian freedom is antisemitic, describing these accusations as a “moral absurdity”, w Daniel Hurst #auspol
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Peter Dutton talks a big game on migration – but do his promises stack up? #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

Labor and Greens gag debate on fuel efficiency standards in deal on offshore gas bill #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

That's just over 4mins per kilometre. A quick Google tells me Andrew Leigh can go faster than that over a full marathon.
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Over the last few weeks, associates for Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart have been complaining to the National Art Gallery over a portrait from Indigenous prize winning artist Vincent Namatjira which she dislikes.

Column:

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'What would the economy & budget need to look like for you to further increase JobSeeker?'

Chalmers: 'We think there's more than one way to help people who are vulnerable

Good Labor governments with hard heads & warm hearts into the future will do what they can'🤢
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Paul Karp And the answer (“hard heads and ✨warm hearts✨”)

Another good question from Paul Karp re refusal to increase JobSeeker:

Jim Chalmers says high income earners are 'not our focus, not our concern' for energy rebates. The lines have changed since saying cost of living pressures felt 'up and down the income scale'. #auspol

Coalition to help pass $300 energy rebate but Future Made in Australia shaping up as key budget fight #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

Federal budget 2024: $300 energy rebates, cheaper medicines and rent relief in Jim Chalmers’ cost-of-living budget #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

Greens to move this motion in solidarity with university encampments

#breaking Four Vietnamese unauthorised maritime arrivals found near Broome as Australia’s asylum boat policy under strain.

There were THREE boats thru last week: Saibai, Christmas Island, and Broome. #auspol
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Rains all weekend during an Aurora Australis then sun comes out at 4pm, two hours before sunset on a Sunday arvo before budget week.

Hi, sky expert here. This is not funny, Aurorae only do this when they're in extreme distress.

Laura Tingle “It was perhaps the most egregious & dishonest bit of parochial toadying we have seen from this govt, done at the cost of undoing a lot of political work persuading voters it was more serious about both climate change & an energy transition than the Coalition #auspol