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Landslide Labor win out of proportion to primary vote

by Skye Predavec

Labor won nearly two-thirds of all the seats in the House of Representatives with just over a third of first preferences.

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Coal Mine Tracker

Since May 2022, the Federal Environment Minister has approved 11 new coal mines or expansions.

There are 29 additional proposals for new or expanded coal mines currently waiting for Federal Government approval.

If approved, the lifetime emissions from all 40 projects would be equivalent to keeping all of Australia’s coal-fired power stations operating for an additional 100 years.

×100 years

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Hope is alive | Between the Lines

The Wrap with Emma Shortis One year after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States for a second time, New York City elected a self-declared “democratic socialist” as Mayor. Zohran Mamdani beat independent candidate, disgraced former Democrat Andrew Cuomo, by nine percentage points. In Virginia and New Jersey too, Democrats swept to double-digit victories. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom’s

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Gas companies treat tax as optional
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Gas companies treat tax as optional

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Australia’s universities are broken

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Decades of neoliberalism have broken our universities
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Decades of neoliberalism have broken our universities

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Democrats win big on Trump reelection anniversary
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Democrats win big on Trump reelection anniversary

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Rising climate risks means less insurance for Australians
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Rising climate risks means less insurance for Australians

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Will the Liberals also dump net zero? | Unparliamentary with Jason Koutsoukis
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Will the Liberals also dump net zero? | Unparliamentary with Jason Koutsoukis

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