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Review of NSW Labor’s controversial $37m election fund urges rapid overhaul of grant guidelines

Auditor general’s report on LSCA scheme calls for new rules to deal with election promises that later lead to government funding

The Guardian - AU

Labor's pork-barrelling answer managed 'effectively'

Pork-barrelling, slush-fund and vote-buying claims trailing a $37.2 million taxpayer-funded program for years have been hosed down in an independent audit.

AAP

'Temu version': opposition lashes visionless budget

A state opposition leader has promised to extend land tax concessions indefinitely after calling the government's budget a cheaper version of his party's ideas.

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NSW Coalition proposes cuts to ‘crippling’ fees on housing construction in budget reply

Exclusive: Opposition leader to outline plan for lowering costs amid state’s ongoing housing crisis

The Guardian - AU

Budget woes anything but child's play before snap poll

The prime minister has joined the campaign trail for the first time in Tasmania, where Labor is aiming to topple the Liberals who have been in power since 2014.

AAP

Election flows reveal nearly 90% of Greens preferenced Labor ahead of Coalition

Minor party preference flows for the federal election have been released, with Labor winning Greens preferences by 88.2–11.8, while the Coalition won One Nation preferences by 74.5–24.5. I also cover a SA state poll that gave Labor a massive 67–33 lead.

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Joh: The Last King of Queensland captures Bjelke-Petersen’s political persona – but omits key details of the story

The new documentary film Joh: The Last King of Queensland offers a dramatised account of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s premiership from 1968 to 1987.

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'Boring' budget to get finances ready for future shocks

Having sped up home approvals, a building laggard is shifting focus to getting construction going in a bid to reduce the biggest strain on family finances.

AAP

Queensland state budget 2025: five key takeaways

A looming wage fight, the end of the coal boom and a shared equity scheme for first home buyers is on the cards

The Guardian - AU

Penny-pinching NSW budget lacks vision and offers few solutions to state’s most pressing problems

The Minns Labor government appears obsessed with keeping the state’s AAA ratings – so citizens of New South Wales will just have to wait

The Guardian - AU

Queensland treasurer rejects budget ‘horror show’ and finally exorcises Campbell Newman’s ghost

David Janetzki’s ‘no austerity’ budget grows the public sector, increases state debt to more than $200bn and is relatively free of ideological nasties

The Guardian - AU

Queensland state budget 2025: LNP to boost spending and hire more frontline staff as debt projected to top $200bn

Treasurer David Janetzki says his ‘no austerity’ measures aim to end Labor scare campaigns about job cuts

The Guardian - AU

NSW budget 2025 winners and losers

Developers and police the big winners in state budget while injured workers and koalas lose out

The Guardian - AU

Housing push the centrepiece of NSW budget which projects $3.43bn deficit next financial year

Financial position of Australia’s most populous state then expected to improve with a projected surplus by 2027-28

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Debt forecast has alarm bells ringing for Olympic hosts

A state government's debt is set to reach record heights as it plans an Olympics, with the threat of higher borrowing costs for major infrastructure projects.

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Surplus in sight but few sweeteners in 'careful' budget

A nation-first approach to back up housing projects headlines Australia's largest state budget as critics attack surplus projections and support for services.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland budget 2025: Crisafulli vows no austerity despite state facing $218bn debt

Premier says you can ‘respect people’s money’ and still lift public services as LNP hands down first budget since 2014

The Guardian - AU

Tasmanian leaders struggle with a basic fact: environment laws should protect the environment

Nature in Australia’s smallest state is in poor health, but this has been largely ignored by both major parties in the lead-up to the early state election

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The Independent UK

An international law expert says US strikes on Iran were illegal. Here’s why

ANALYSIS: Donald Rothwell says, under the UN Charter, there are just two ways in which a state can lawfully use force against another state

The Guardian - AU

NSW upper house president seeks advice from Bret Walker over possible political staffer arrests

High-profile barrister consulted over arrest warrants for five government staffers who did not attend inquiry into Dural ‘fake terrorism plot’

The Conversation

View from the Hill: Albanese supports US bombing, reluctantly

When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong went out on Monday to back the United States attack on Iran, it was obvious their support was through gritted teeth.

The Guardian - AU

As the US chooses destruction over diplomacy in Iran, Australia has to decide between principle and prostration

Australia, like Little Sir Echo, whimpers after the world’s premier bully bombs the ‘bully of the Middle East’

The Conversation

Why the US strikes on Iran are illegal and can set a troubling precedent

After the United States bombed Iran’s three nuclear facilities on Sunday, US President Donald Trump said its objective was a “stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror”.

The Guardian - AU

Lambie labels Trump a ‘bloody sociopath’ – as it happened

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Voters want AFL stadium deal redo but leaders unmoved

A survey shows two-thirds of voters in one state believe they're getting a raw deal on an AFL stadium as election day approaches.

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