Australian politics
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Labor to match Coalition in dumping Medicare levy rise as tax battle strains redrawn | Australia information
Labor will match the Turnbull government’s decision to dump plans to increase the Medicare levy to fund the national disability…
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Coalition’s tax cuts might win closing two votes from former NXT senators | Australia information
Rex Patrick has signalled that the two Centre Alliance senators are open to persuasion on the government’s company tax plan,…
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Australia braces for US metal tariffs exemption rollover as deadline looms | Enterprise
Australia is hoping to secure a permanent exemption to US steel tariffs before they come into force on 1 May…
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Legalising hashish provides $3.6bn to Australian financial system, price range workplace says | Enterprise
Legalising cannabis would reap the Australian economy almost $2bn a year, the Parliamentary Budget Office has found. The Greens plan…
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Politics
33 years on, a long-term resolution to dwell export commerce stays elusive | Australia information
The first parliamentary report decrying the cruelty of the Australian live export trade was delivered in 1985. Live sheep export,…
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Frydenberg’s Neg problem is like climbing Everest with no oxygen | Katharine Murphy | Australia information
For folks who aren’t hardcore climate and energy policy tragics, it might be hard to stay on top of the…
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Frydenberg stalls on woodlands safety after stress from states and farmers | Atmosphere
Farmers’ associations, the Tasmanian deputy premier and a Tasmanian Liberal senator lobbied the environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, not…
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Greens push to exchange dwell export trade with native meat processing | Australia information
Pressure is continuing to mount on Australia’s live export industry, with the Greens pushing for a faster transition to processing…
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Kelly O’Dwyer pressured to confess banks royal fee was wanted | Australia information
Kelly O’Dwyer has been forced to admit consumers will benefit from the banking royal commission, while repeatedly refusing to concede…
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