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Back with the X: Nick Xenophon running for Senate again
Former South Australian senator Nick Xenophon is running for the Senate again, more than four years after he left federal politics.
- by Angus Livingston
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Labor demands changes to government’s contentious religious discrimination bill
Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman will cross the floor over the draft law as the opposition demands gay and transgender students be protected immediately.
- by Lisa Visentin
Government wants voter ID laws passed now but must win back Hanson
A bill to make voters show some form of identification before casting their ballot will fail if Pauline Hanson maintains One Nation’s boycott on government legislation.
- by Katina Curtis
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Responsible lending
‘Creating massive uncertainty’: Government told to act on responsible lending laws
Greens senator Nick McKim will move a motion on Monday to get the federal government’s planned changes to lending laws knocked off the notice paper unless it is taken to a vote by the end of the week.
- by Jennifer Duke
‘Holding their feet to the fire’: Nationals signal unease with late defiance
Two Nationals MPs almost voted against the government’s superannuation laws, showing they are prepared to flex some muscle in a tight Parliament.
- by David Crowe
Superannuation overhaul to kick in after One Nation, Centre Alliance support
An overhaul of the $3.2 trillion superannuation system will begin in a fortnight after a messy passage through the Senate.
- by Jennifer Duke
Mostly abandoned: Senate passes remnants of Morrison’s IR overhaul
The Senate has passed just one section of the Morrison government’s industrial relations overhaul after it failed to win support for the reform package.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Industrial relations
Government overcomes major hurdle to passing IR overhaul
One Nation has proposed a modest set of amendments, putting the government closer to a major win after being politically battered for a month.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Business warns crossbench of job losses if industrial bill dies
Lobbyists swarmed the corridors of Parliament on Tuesday, trying to convince three key crossbenchers to pick their side on industrial relations.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Industrial relations
ACTU ups pressure on crossbench amid negotiations over industrial bill
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has warned crossbenchers of political retribution if they back the government’s bill without modification.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Industrial relations
One Nation begins to name its price on industrial overhaul
One Nation will demand casual staff get a choice to become permanent sooner among changes it wants to the Morrison government’s industrial relations bill in exchange for its support.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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