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Labor promises a comprehensive overhaul of federal environmental framework

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Australia will get the biggest overhaul of its federal environment laws in two decades if a Labor government is elected next year.

Labor would establish a new Australian Environment Act and create a federal Environmental Protection Agency in its first term.

The commitments were flagged by Bill Shorten and approved by delegates at the ALP national...

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NSW Governor David Hurley will be Australia's new Governor-General

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Scott Morrison has announced that New South Wales Governor David Hurley will become Australia’s next Governor-General, succeeding Sir Peter Cosgrove.

The Prime Minister timed his news conference in Canberra with the governor-general designate to coincide with Bill Shorten’s opening address at the ALP national conference in Adelaide.

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Shorten's subsidy plan to boost affordable housing

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Shorten's subsidy plan to boost affordable housingLabor would work with community housing providers, the residential construction sector and institutional investors. Flickr, CC BY

Institutional investors would receive longterm subsidies to build new dwellings - on condition they rented them out below market rates - under an affordable housing program Bill Shorten is announcing on the first day...

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Government hopes Jerusalem compromise will smooth Indonesian trade deal

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Scott Morrison has announced a compromise position that recognises West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital but does not move Australia’s embassy there until a peace settlement determines Jerusalem’s final status.

Instead Australia will simply establish a Trade and Defence Office in West Jerusalem.

The government briefed Indonesia...

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