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COVID updates: PM says COVID emergency payments will be funded by state and federal governments — as it happened

The government resumes $750 payments, which had ended two weeks ago, to those forced to isolate or care for someone with COVID-19.

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PM extends pandemic leave payment; 77 Covid deaths – as it happened

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk urges mask-wearing indoors after national cabinet meeting. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Balancing a budget and a pandemic, Labor must reboot public expectations

The problem for the Albanese government is the politics of pivoting away from emergency support won’t get any easier

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese brings forward COVID-19 national cabinet meeting to Saturday

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese brings forward a snap national cabinet meeting by two days and signals he is prepared to soften the government's stance on ending COVID-19 emergency payments.

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Albanese to restore Covid leave payment as emergency national cabinet meeting called

Australia’s chief medical officer will give a briefing to state and territory leaders on Saturday as the government backflips on pandemic support

The Guardian - AU

The Loop: Calls for COVID leave payment to return, Crazy Rich Asians star explains why she vanished, and why milk prices are rising

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Descendants bikie brothers face deportation to New Zealand after losing Federal Court appeal

Two founding members of the outlawed motorcycle group the Descendants face being deported after losing a bid to stop the cancellation of their visas.

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Australia's special visa program for Ukrainians to end, despite war raging on

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Ukraine this month, promising an extra A$100 million in military aid and pledging to help the country for “as long as it takes”.

The Conversation

Press watchdog wades once again into Australian tabloids’ unfair reporting of trans issues

Spike in adjudications about trans issues at various Australian publications. Plus: the political journos jumping on the Labor bandwagon

The Guardian - AU

Australia gov't faces pressure to reinstate COVID quarantine pay amid fresh wave

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a snap meeting of federal and state leaders next week as he faces pressure to reinstate compensation pay for casual workers forced to isolate due to COVID-19 amid a fresh wave of infections.

Reuters

Anthony Albanese resists growing pressure to extend pandemic leave payments

Ministers have suggested states should pick up the cost of Covid leave payments as calls grow for support to continue

The Guardian - AU

Opposition calls for COVID-19 leave payments to be reinstated, as pressure mounts on Albanese

The Acting Opposition Leader says rising COVID case numbers should prompt the government to reinstate pandemic leave payments ended by the former government, as pressure mounts on the Prime Minister to act.

ABC News

PM says he ‘wants to keep economy open’ – as it happened

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Forum leaders declare climate emergency

The Pacific Islands Forum's final communique has declared there is a climate emergency as the leaders committed to bringing Kiribati back to the table.

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The Guardian - AU

Pacific leaders welcome Australia’s ‘renewed commitment’ to climate change

Albanese hails Pacific Island Leaders Forum a success but Fiji’s prime minister says Australia must end its ‘fossil fuel addiction’Success

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: climate pressure on Labor, Biden in Israel, winter Covid wave

Friday: Chris Bowen is being pushed to beef up proposed legislation enshrining emissions targets. Plus: are we finally past the era of shameless leaders?

AAP

Australia, NZ diverge on Pacific migration

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to grow Pacific migration with a new annual ballot for 3000 migrants.

The Guardian - AU

Liberal MP Bridget Archer open to crossing floor to vote for government’s emissions target bill

Moderate Liberal says if Anthony Albanese wants to end climate wars, he must tone down ‘inflammatory’ rhetoric

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Pacific strategy set as questions linger

The Pacific Islands Forum has come out of leaders' week with a sense of purpose - but sketches in need of filling out.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Albanese needs to step up (and mask up) to help create a new mindset to meet the COVID crisis

Anthony Albanese received his fourth COVID jab this week. A commendable example to the community, now that eligibility for the “winter shot” has been widened.

The New Daily

PM’s emergency step on COVID measures as winter sick leave surge hits

The $750 pandemic leave payments had been given to casuals who were unable to work due to COVID isolation but they were stopped this month.

The Guardian - AU

Chris Bowen shares draft climate bill as independents and Greens turn up heat for more ambitious action

Greens call for moratorium on new oil and gas projects as some independents urge Labor not to rush major policy for political reasons

Reuters

Pacific islands leaders commit to regional unity in face of superpower rivalry

Pacific island leaders have agreed to take a united approach as the United States and China vie for influence in the region, and to push developed nations for bolder action on climate change, which they say is the biggest threat they face.

AAP

Tas premier 'concerned' over free RATs end

Tasmania's premier says it is not the right time for the federal government to put an end to pandemic leave and free rapid antigen test schemes.

The Guardian - AU

Labor backbenchers call for pandemic supports to continue as PM announces snap national cabinet meeting

Exclusive: Federal Labor MPs join NSW Labor leader Chris Minns in calling for Albanese government to rethink decision on Covid policies

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