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Concession follows fierce criticism of the workaround but may not be enough to convince minor party

Animal Justice MP tells parliament of incident in her first year as a staffer and says harassment continued after she was elected to upper house

In short:

Liberal moderates are split on whether they can sell the party's "compromise" climate policy after the party signed off on a plan to ditch net zero by 2050 on Thursday.

While many Liberals who wanted to keep net zero say they are happy with the position the party has landed, some despondent moderates fear electoral oblivion in metropolitan seats.

What's next?

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said she was confident the Liberals could win seats across Australia with this policy as Labor's approach to climate action was "not working".

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The Australian Labor Party government is preparing to step in to support the Tomago Aluminium smelter in New South Wales — despite rising frustration with majority owner Rio Tinto.

What’s next?
The government says “all options” are on the table — including subsidising energy bills or taking a direct stake — while insisting no blank cheque will be written.

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Former party leader Elizabeth Lee and backbencher Peter Cain have been suspended indefinitely from the Canberra Liberals party room.

Yesterday, the two backbenchers crossed the floor on a vote about the number of sitting days next year.

What's next?

Both MLAs say they remain loyal to the Liberal Party.

A newly registered political party hopes to be a left-wing alternative for South Australian voters in the upcoming state election following the launch of the South Australian branch of right-wing organisation Turning Point Australia.

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Most of the money Climate 200 donated at the 2025 election would have been blocked under donation laws that will come into effect next year.

Election returns released Monday give the first impression of how significantly the laws will shape future elections.

What's next?

The reformed donation laws start from July 2026, but critics say they are likely to be the subject of legal challenge.

Probably should have posted this here rather than the "Australia" instance

I'll just leave this excerpt:

Highly educated, working-class, non-religious and union-affiliated voters tend to support left parties.

So I'll start as I mean to continue, by pointing out that people voting conservative tend to be stupid (I include being religious in that) and selfish

r/australianpolitics is a dump, modded by the sort of smug Tory cunts I'd punch in the pub, here's hoping it's better here