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MCA chief executive Tania Constable has warned of a widespread campaign attacking the Albanese government in the wake of its IR bill stoking concern its policies are hitting the economy but benefiting unions.
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Albo of the overflow: Labor’s seating blueprint for power
There’s no better signifier of Anthony Albanese’s power than the seating plan for the House. But where individual MPs are seated in this chamber is just as important as where the bulging Labor majority lands.
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Dick re-elected house speaker amid pomp, protests as 48th parliament begins
Milton Dick has been made speaker of the House of Representatives again with support from Labor and the Coalition; earlier, High Court Chief Justice Stephen Gageler opened the new parliamentary session as pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside.
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