PoliticsNow: Anthony Albanese won't budge on childcare rebate
It was a key commitment in its election campaign … but Labor is in no rush to raise the rebate for a family’s first child in care.
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Senator vows review into grants to anti-Israel artists
Opposition arts spokeswoman Claire Chandler will review the allocation of government funding to artists who express anti-Semitic views, declaring that the sector has earned a ‘bad reputation’ for being too left wing.
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Crime and cost of living drive Allan to the edge, and PM is next
If this level of rejection of Labor is happening in Victoria, it will be happening on steroids elsewhere.
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