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Adam Bandt says Greens could support key Labor climate policy if fossil fuels developments paused

Greens leader says party will negotiate in good faith on proposals that deal with the ‘untenable’ opening of new coal and gas mines

The Guardian - AU

NSW Labor promises never to privatise new Harbour tunnel

NSW, Labor is vowing to keep the Western Harbour Tunnel in Sydney a public asset and cap tolls at $60 a week.

The New Daily

Labor to keep Western Harbour Tunnel publicly-owned

In its election pitch to voters, NSW Labor is vowing to keep public ownership of Sydney's Western Harbour Tunnel and cap toll charges.

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Seeing double, but no sign of the premier

The election for the next State Government of Western Sydney is only three weeks away, and Dominic Perrottet remains busy meeting the needs of his most important constituents.

Newcastle Herald

PM says Labor has ‘balance right’ on super tax concessions – as it happened

Anthony Albanese answers questions in Aston, where today Labor candidate Mary Doyle launched her campaign.

The Guardian - AU

Orica says federal emissions reduction changes 'a brick through the window' of Kooragang plant

Orica slams Canberra over carbon credits

Newcastle Herald

Michael Pascoe: More rubbish about taxing super than you’ll find at the tip

In or out of superannuation, the serious money isn’t made by wages and salaries. It is made by capital gains on investments.

The New Daily

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The state of play in NSW election battleground

While Labor and the coalition battle to lead NSW for the next four years, many contests will come down to a fight with a non-major-party candidate.

AAP

Superannuation squeeze can help stop unearned inheritance tax breaks

Superannuation tax concessions costs taxpayers $52 billion per year. That's money that doesn't get spent on schools, hospitals and public infrastructure.

Newcastle Herald

Greens want super changes on accounts over $1.9 million

The balance-of-power wielding Greens are demanding the government impose a higher tax rate on superannuation accounts above $1.9 million to secure their vote.

AAP

NSW Labor pledges to protect koala population with new national park in Sydney’s south-west

Georges River koala national park would be developed on publicly owned lands within three years

The Guardian - AU

Will Labor’s super changes force people to sell assets to pay their tax? Here’s what the experts say

Fears that asset rich but cash poor Australians will be hurt by the new regime are overblown, economists argue

The Guardian - AU

Labor accused of ‘fiddling at the margins’ on super as Greens urge greater crackdown on tax concessions

Nick McKim says Albanese government proceeding with stage-three tax cuts means a ‘money-go-round scheme for the rich’

The Guardian - AU

NSW government called out on net zero goal as own data projects coal and gas emissions until 2050

Data also shows land sector will absorb more carbon than it emits from 2015 despite passage of laws that make land clearing easier

The Guardian - AU

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Hundreds of Sydney real estate agents on notice for breaching new rent bidding rules

Fair Trading officials will start attending open house inspections after hundreds of real estate agents were issued with warnings for breaching new rent bidding rules.

The Guardian - AU

Australia to phase out live sheep export amid opposition from peak farmers body

Consultation begins on timeframe as National Farmers’ Federation says ‘wiping out an entire industry is not the answer’

Newcastle Herald

Mayor says Labor's plan to ditch local road handover will cripple councils in the long run

Maitland mayor Philip Penfold says NSW Labor's plan to ditch the government's road reclassification program, which would see the state take back responsibility of local roads, in favour of a $670 million emergency road repair fund will cripple local councils in the long run.

ABC News

WA industry to consider 'legal avenues' if federal government's live sheep export ban goes ahead

Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt says it is up to sheep producers to decide if they want to fight the government through legal avenues, or work with it to put an end to live sheep exports.

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NSW Is Set To Ban No Grounds Evictions (Yay!) But Not For All Renters (Boo)

Make it for all tenants you cowards!!!!!

The New Daily

Sydney-Newcastle high-speed rail plan looks like it’s been shunted aside

Reports the NSW government will dump plans for a fast train from Sydney to Newcastle haven't exactly been denied by Premier Perrottet.

ABC News

Tasmanian Liberal John Tucker accepts apology from Labor after being mocked for speech stumble

A Liberal politician who stumbled while asking a question in parliament was heckled by Tasmania's Labor leader, who joked "an edu-ma-cation's a good start" — a barb she has since apologised for after learning he has "a bit of a speech impediment".

The New Daily

Dominic Perrottet’s surprise ‘occasional’ vaping revelation

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has made a surprising admission about his use of a controversial controlled substance.

The New Daily

Greens in fresh push for Murdoch media inquiry

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will introduce legislation to establish a federal commission of inquiry into Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

The Guardian - AU

The Australian finds super ‘victims’ among Sydney’s well-heeled – or is it satire?

The paper has a case study of the pain to be inflicted by Labor’s higher tax rate on superannuation above $3m, but so does the Shovel. Plus: the ABC’s Mardi Gras ‘indulgence’

The Guardian - AU

No real estate agents fined for breaking NSW rent bidding rules, despite hundreds of warnings

Fair Trading says it is taking ‘an educative approach’ to new laws and planning for future audits and enforcement action

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