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As parliament springs back to life for the final sitting week of the year, the Albanese Government is looking to pass a key flank of its legislative agenda - the EPBC act. But with sticking points for both the Greens and the Coalition, where will the legislation ultimately land?
And as talk of killing season shows no sign of abating, the latest Newspoll paints a dire picture for the Coalition - who remain at a historic low primary of 24 per cent. And while Sussan Ley crept up slightly as preferred Coalition leader, has the energy policy mess been for "net zero" gain?
Patricia Karvelas and Jacob Greber break it all down on Politics Now.
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about 1 month ago
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The Liberals in two big Australian states are realigning themselves — shifting to what Sussan Ley once described as the sensible centre.
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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As the federal Liberal Party embarks on more self-harm over climate change policy this week, the idea seems to have set in among some that tearing down its first ever female leader could be a low-consequence affair.
about 2 months ago
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To borrow the words of former prime minister Tony Abbott, the net zero emissions by 2050 policy for the Coalition is now dead, buried and cremated.
about 2 months ago
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The Coalition goes into the sitting fortnight managing grievance and division. Labor carries the weight of needing to prove it can manage the parliament. It is not hard to work out who you would prefer to be this week.
2 months ago
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Immigration has become a new fault line inside the Liberal Party that will erupt again.
3 months ago
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There is open despair inside the Liberal Party about how to rebuild its standing in multicultural communities after Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's inflammatory comments about Indian migrants.
4 months ago
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If the parliament does not take action — even symbolically — against Bob Katter's threats to punch a journalist, the perception of double standards will be hard to avoid.
4 months ago
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New analysis argues that under John Howard, the Liberal Party became increasingly influenced by a social conservatism that emphasised traditional gender norms.
4 months ago
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