politics

The Albanese government faces internal pressure to strengthen its gambling reforms, with more MPs calling for sweeping amendments.  Source link

Parliament is yet to resume but the stage has been set for the political fights set to play out next week. Source link

Australia’s only silicon producer will exit the US market next week, but the federal government says the Trump administration’s move does not undermine the critical minerals agreement between the two countries. Source link

The NT government has rejected a federal plan to mandate the use of renewables for new large-scale data centres, but the Commonwealth says it will block proposals that rely on gas. Source link

The One Nation leader says her focus is on a “decent standard of living” and “way of life”, saying she does “not care” if cuts to skilled migration will affect businesses. Source link

Anne Webster says a Senate inquiry into Labor’s gambling advertising legislation shows the bill has “plenty of deficiencies”. Follow live.  Source link

For the first time since World War II, a formal plan will be proposed, reflecting increasing concerns about conflict breaking out in this region. Source link

If stopping asylum seeker boats was the great immigration challenge in decades past, achieving a lower Net Overseas Migration (NOM) figure has become the new political test. Source link

Labor is unlikely to entertain major changes to its gambling ad crackdown despite the bill being ‘friendless’ in parliament.  Source link

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is set to take over the case against Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling, to avoid a perceived conflict of interest within the Northern Territory Director of Public Prosecutions. Source link