#theguardian.com. Mark Speakman stands down as leader of NSW Liberals with Kellie Sloane expected to replace him. Opposition leader says ‘brand damage’ from the federal Liberals had colleagues looking for generational change and endorses Sloane as replacement
#Nov.20.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Labor urged not to ‘go soft’ on gambling ads after reports the government may resist a total ban. Crossbenchers and gambling harm advocates criticise suggestion the long-delayed recommendation may not happen due to under-16s social media ban
#Nov.20.2025 ×
#bbc.com. Turkey set to host COP31 after reaching compromise with Australia. Australia will now support the Turkish bid to host the climate talks in return for their minister chairing them.
#Nov.20.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Coalition and Labor negotiate nature laws as Greens warn compromise would show it was ‘written for big business’. Environment minister Murray Watt says other parties must decide ‘whether they want to see us do a deal with the other side of politics’
#Nov.19.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Labor MP Ed Husic urges own party to ‘pry open the jaws of Treasury’ after CSIRO announces job cuts. Husic, who oversaw CSIRO cuts as the former science minister, said some in government see scientific agency funding as a ‘cost’ not an ‘investment’
#Nov.19.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Tony Burke reviewing anti-hate laws and says South African neo-Nazi will not be allowed back into Australia. Home affairs minister’s comments come as NSW moves to ban white supremacist chants after neo-Nazi protest
#Nov.19.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. News Corp apologises to Victorian Liberal MP Sam Groth and wife over relationship claims. Groth had sued the Herald Sun for defamation, while his wife Brittany had launched the first test of a new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy
#Nov.17.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Victorian Liberal party ousts Brad Battin to install Jess Wilson as first female leader. First-term Kew MP elected leader after Battin lasted less than a year in role
#Nov.17.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Moderates rally around Sussan Ley as Liberal leader says she has been underestimated for much of her life. Factional powerbrokers issue statement contradicting media reports that moderates could swing behind conservative Andrew Hastie
#Nov.17.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Brad Battin faces spill after group of Victorian Liberal MPs say they have lost confidence in his leadership. Sources say shadow treasurer Jess Wilson has received enough support to test leadership of the party a year out from state poll
#Nov.17.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. South African man’s visa cancelled after neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament. Home affairs minister says ‘if you are on a visa you are a guest’ as Matthew Gruter has visa cancelled
#Nov.17.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Dugald Saunders steps down as NSW Nationals leader with speculation the Liberals’ Mark Speakman could follow. Saunders says ‘it is the right time for me to take a step back and focus on my family and myself’, week after state Nationals dump net zero commitment
#Nov.17.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. David Pocock condemns delay in establishing job ready graduates body to end $50,000 arts degrees. Senator accuses the government of not treating reform with ‘urgency it deserves’ – with no modelling done on the cost of reversing or replacing the JRG scheme
#Nov.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Will Victoria’s new youth crime laws be tough on crime or just a coward punch?. Jacinta Allan’s Labor government takes a leaf out of the playbook of conservative oppositions: focus on crime and hope voters see them as knights in shining armour
#Nov.13.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. SA attorney general refers anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe’s fundraiser ‘game’ for investigation. MLCs label bingo card-style game, where supporters were encouraged to ‘buy’ words and phrases linked to contentious abortion bill, a ‘grift’ that trivialised debate
#Nov.13.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Liberals formally abandon net zero by 2050 but Ley says reaching target would still be ‘welcome outcome’. Future Coalition government would not withdraw from Paris climate agreement altogether, Liberal frontbench decides a day after five-hour party room debate
#Nov.13.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Malcolm Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zero. Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates
#Nov.13.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. The Liberals’ so-called ‘founding principles’ underpinning their decision to dump net zero fail the credibility test. The party’s imminent move to abandon the 2050 climate goal makes the environment the loser and Labor the biggest winner
#Nov.12.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Meta could face millions in fines for not signing content deals in Australia. Labor’s proposed media bargaining incentive to apply to platforms with Australian-derived revenue of at least $250m, according to Treasury
#Nov.12.2025 ×
#huffpost.com. Bagpipers Blow Past World Record With Fiery AC/DC Tribute. "The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash" saw hundreds of pipers belt out the rock band's anthem where it all began.
#Nov.12.2025 ×
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