Australian Politics

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Centrelink mutual obligations: budget changes tipped to prevent 1m jobseeker suspensions a year ( www.theguardian.com )

Changes to the mutual obligations scheme, contained in the federal budget, will ease the rules that govern when a person’s payments are suspended, meaning job seekers will have a five-day grace period – rather than 48 hours – to account for missing employment services appointments and other activities before their income...

Rupert Murdoch is now a shadow director of the ABC after completing a takeover of ABC news programs ( kangaroocourtofaustralia.com )

Federal Government announces a $100 million National Active Transport Fund ( minister.infrastructure.gov.au )

That's not a lot of money compared to what we spend on car-oriented infrastructure, but it's a good start.

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It’s a good thing they died at Gallipoli ( medium.com )

Should we allow job-sharing in parliament? ( www.theguardian.com )

These two potential candidates want to try become the first job-sharing parliamentarians. I can see the benefits of opening up possibilities for people with kids/dependents. I think a broader range of perspectives in parliament would be great. And these people would be there to do the job, rather than career politic-ing. The...

Government minister calls for national consistency on knife laws after Sydney attacks ( www.abc.net.au )

Government increases mental health funding after mass murder by schizophrenic… I’m sorry, I read that wrong.

Greens senator threatens Woolworths CEO with six months in prison for contempt of Senate ( www.abc.net.au )

I want daylight savings time to end. Who do I whinge to?

I fucking hate DST. It’s like dog diarrhoea splashed over a fat girls tiddies....

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Arab and Muslim voters in Australia feel unheard by our major parties ( www.abc.net.au )

Dutton accuses Wong of 'most reckless act' in decades over Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution calls ( www.abc.net.au )

Dean Winter elected as new leader of Tasmanian Labor Party ( pulsetasmania.com.au )

Dean is part of Labor’s right faction. Might mean he’s more likely to work with the Liberals. Our native forests may not survive this.

Liberals will have difficulty forming government after final Tasmanian results ( theconversation.com )

At the March 23 Tasmanian state election, the Liberals won 14 of the 35 lower house seats, Labor ten, the Greens five, the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) three and independents three. This leaves the Liberals four short of the 18 needed for a majority....

Images of federal Liberal MP Warren Entsch appear to contradict claims he was unaware his wife was paid to run dress-up and face-painting classes ( www.abc.net.au )

Push to lower Australia's compulsory voting age to 16 as advocate says youngsters feeling 'disenfranchised' ( www.abc.net.au )

The week in parliament: Albanese’s attempts to appease Dutton land Labor in a political quagmire of its own making ( www.theguardian.com )

Tasmanian senator Tammy Tyrrell resigns from Jacqui Lambie Network, will sit on crossbench as independent ( www.abc.net.au )

Timing huh, left it until just after the Tas. election :)

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