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A question of trust? Brittany Higgins leaks bathe Canberra in a new light

The asking of the old question will hang over Parliament as old details in the Brittany Higgins case take on new political importance.

The New Daily

View from The Hill: Brittany Higgins story continues its damaging trail, with no end in sight

The Brittany Higgins saga has damaged almost everyone it has touched, or who’s touched it.

The Conversation

Greens refine demands on $10 billion housing fund

Negotiations over the federal housing fund continue, with the Greens urging Labor to meet them halfway to secure the party's support.

The New Daily

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Queensland youth justice minister denounced policies now spruiked as ‘toughest in the nation’

Di Farmer told state parliament in 2019 the sorts of measures now championed by Labor would almost guarantee children would reoffend

The Guardian - AU

Greens and Labor still deadlocked on scheme to solve housing crisis

Renters ould have longer to wait for action on the housing crisis as the Greens and Labor remain at loggerheads over size, cost and scale

The New Daily

Michaelia Cash accuses Labor of ‘weaponising’ Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation

Shadow attorney general says Katy Gallagher has questions to answer about her knowledge of the claim before it became public

The Guardian - AU

Labor talks up possible aged care levy as minister says Australians willing to pay for more ‘choice’

Anika Wells says taskforce will include consideration of levies but government ‘still not advocating any particular proposal’

The Guardian - AU

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Opposition stepping up ‘Brittanygate’ attacks on Gallagher and Labor

The opposition has sharpened its attack on Katy Gallagher as she insists Labor did not leverage Brittany Higgins' rape claims

The New Daily

Quietest auction week since Easter – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

The devils and the detail of the $715m AFL stadium dividing Tasmania

A plan to build a new ground during a housing crisis has split the community – and could cost the state a football team

The Guardian - AU

Greens 'disappointed' no alternatives found to removing Narrabundah trees

The 27 trees will be removed from a park in Sprent Street.

The Canberra Times

Gallagher vehemently denies ‘weaponising’ advance details of Brittany Higgins’ rape complaint

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has denied both misleading parliament over the Brittany Higgins case and politically 'weaponising' the issue

The New Daily

On Higgins and grants, Labor must earn a reputation for transparency – not just declare it

The ghosts of parliaments past haunt this new era of politics. True renewal can’t take place until they’re gone

The Guardian - AU

Labor sees ‘political profit’ in Higgins: Coalition

Labor and the coalition are locked in a war of words over the handling of the Brittany Higgins allegations.

The New Daily

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The Guardian - AU

NSW withdraws seven ‘flawed’ water resource plans, throwing doubt on Murray-Darling Basin plan

Labor says plans ‘should never have been submitted’ by former Coalition government ‘because they were never going to get accredited’

The New Daily

Housing, Voice key issues for federal parliament

Federal parliament is set to sit over the next fortnight to finalise the Indigenous voice referendum as debate continues on a Labor housing pledge.

The Guardian - AU

Pharmacy Guild accused in Senate of using patient contact details to protest Labor’s dispensing changes

Medical association labels guild’s opposition to new rules a ‘sick joke’ and says patient’s personal information is ‘sacrosanct, not a plaything’

The Guardian - AU

Alleged sexual assault victim unable to be examined at local hospital due to staff shortages, Queensland MP says

Labor MP Tom Smith raises concerns after speaking to alleged victim who was taken in the back of a police car to a hospital 90 minutes away

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The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Labor caught in pincer movement of fighting inflation and delivering to its constituency

During the election campaign Anthony Albanese repeated, endlessly, that everything was going up except people’s wages.

The Guardian - AU

Leaked Brittany Higgins material to be raised in federal court hearing of Bruce Lehrmann defamation case

The federal court will consider the audio and text messages of Higgins and her partner David Sharaz published by several media outlets

The Guardian - AU

Paul Keating sent explosive email to Labor cabinet two hours before attack on Aukus, FOI documents reveal

Exclusive: Former PM warned cabinet ministers over China, Pacific and US hegemony in lead-up to his pointed speech at National Press Club

Newcastle Herald

Disgraced ex-NSW MP Milton Orkopolous in hospital after prison bashing

The former state Labor MP was found by staff with head injuries.

The Conversation

A major review of the government's multicultural policies is under way – what is it seeking to achieve?

Fifty years after the Whitlam government released its landmark report on multiculturalism in Australia, the Albanese government has launched a major review of its policies to ensure they are serving multicultural communities in the best ways.

The Canberra Times

Free period products will soon be available in a range of public spaces

The ACT will be the first Australian jurisdiction to pass legislation.

The Guardian - AU

Labor opens door to more aged care self-funding as minister declares ‘baby boomers are coming’

Anika Wells sets up taskforce to solve ‘unanswered question’ of royal commission about how to pay for higher standards of care

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