Factional politics
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Wagga Wagga boo-boo? Perhaps, but Speakman must defang yappy Nats
If the NSW Coalition can almost fall apart over a juvenile spat, the leader must take change and reassert his authority.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Exiled senator Payman advised by Ricky Muir’s former preference whisperer
Rogue Labor senator Fatima Payman is being advised by controversial election strategist Glenn Druery.
- by James Massola and Paul Sakkal
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Perrottet-brokered peace deal saves NSW Coalition from split
A 96-hour civil war between the NSW Liberals and Nationals was resolved late on Monday night with negotiations brokered by former premier Dominic Perrottet.
- by Max Maddison, Alexandra Smith and Christopher Harris
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘Exiled’ Payman defiant after PM tells her to consider her position as senator
The prime minister and the young Muslim senator are at loggerheads as Payman says she has been told to resign.
- by Paul Sakkal and James Massola
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Speakman’s hold on top job faces test amid push to split Coalition
NSW Liberal Party MPs will consider the future of the Coalition at a party room meeting on Tuesday after Nationals leader Dugald Saunders defied the opposition leader.
- by Max Maddison and Alexandra Smith
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Political leadership
Albanese had to act on Payman, but doing so creates new headaches for Labor
It was Fatima Payman’s third strike against caucus solidarity, but Labor is likely to face blow-back from Muslim Australians.
- by James Massola
‘I walked for humanity’: Labor senator Fatima Payman crosses floor to recognise Palestine
Labor senator Fatima Payman has become the party’s first member to cross the floor in decades after she voted with the Greens to recognise Palestinian statehood in a vote on Tuesday.
- by Angus Thompson
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Nuclear energy
Former Liberal minister’s new climate role heightens federal energy clash
A survey shows voters strongly back using subsidies to help families install solar panels, amid a wider argument about whether to embrace nuclear or renewable energy.
- by David Crowe
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Federal budget
Albanese’s GST mauling of NSW Labor mates invites blood at federal poll
Its treatment of the Minns Labor government in the GST carve-up could be costly for the federal ALP in critical NSW seats.
- by Alexandra Smith
Senator Tammy Tyrrell quits the Jacqui Lambie Network
The senator said she will become an independent after Lambie told her she should leave the party.
- by Rachel Clun
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Political leadership
Labor ‘distraught’ over Minns’ new teen bail laws: Byrne
Labor mayor and senior party figure Darcy Byrne says ALP members are furious at the premier’s proposed new laws to lock children up.
- by Alexandra Smith and Max Maddison
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