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Labor secures more sitting days to push IR bill through

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That’s a wrap

  • The Senate agreed to sit this Friday and next, adding to extra sitting days for the Albanese government to attempt to get its contentious IR bill through the upper house before Christmas.
  • The Smith Family is the latest Australian organisation to disclose a data breach, after hackers attempted to steal funds from the charity.
  • The Prime Minister visited towns hit hard by floods in central western NSW, as affected communities nervously wait for water levels to peak.
  • Also touring flooded towns, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said National cabinet will look at how to rebuild communities devastated by repeat natural disasters.
  • The Greens have struck a deal with Labor to exclude plug-in hybrid vehicles from the federal government’s planned fringe benefit tax exemption.
  • National Australia bank chief executive Ross McEwan thinks Australia can avoid a recession but warned 2023 will be a difficult year.
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