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AFL star set to make more money from one game than he earns in a year: afr.com/companies/spor…

Cate Sayers wants public vindication over lewd photo scandal: afr.com/companies/prof…

Shout out to all the mums including @Louisedavidson @ACSI_ESG who co-founded the @MDC_walk_run - who deserve to be spoilt this weekend, whatever you can afford! afr.com/policy/economy…

@Melbourne_says At least link my story if you’re going to quote it please Wazza! :) afr.com/policy/economy…

Sir David Attenborough arrived at Royal Albert Hall for his 100th Birthday Celebrations 🎈 📹 At Horse Guards

In Burwood where the PM is tipping another $3.8 billion into Melbourne’s controversial Suburban Rail Loop: afr.com/politics/feder…

A pause on the hiring of all back-office public sector roles will save the state’s taxpayers $22 billion over the next decade, Vic Opposition Leader Jess Wilson says: afr.com/policy/economy…

PM will tomorrow give another $3.8b to Jacinta Allan’s Suburban Rail Loop: afr.com/politics/feder…

Costello warns debt in Victoria is ‘a fully blown disease’: afr.com/policy/economy…

Labor’s CGT slaughter of the young coming in next week’s budget by @JEChalmers $10k at 15% pa for 50 years = $10.84 million life’s work. Their inflation-indexed raid? Government seizes $5.23M in tax or double the current tax. This isn’t reform. It’s theft from every aspirational Australian under 40 trying to get ahead. Chalmers is burning the ladder while the boomers are at the top. #BudgetTheft2026 @AlboMP

Jacinta Allan is putting a lot of faith in Donald Trump, risk analysis buried deep in today’s budget shows: afr.com/policy/economy…

Great scoop by @sumeyyailanbey Labor pull out all stops to keep debt under $200bn in tomorrow’s budget. Don’t worry its only $199bn! Do you want fries with that?? ;p afr.com/politics/victo…

New AFR/RedBridge Accent Reseach poll. Labor 31. One Nation 27. Coalition 22. Greens 13. One Nation have been running second on primary vote nationally for months. They are not new to that position as they are now clearly the second largest party in polling. What this poll tells us is where the ceiling sits. We tested Hanson's net satisfaction among what is left of Labor's base. It sits well over negative 50. Labor's primary back to its pre-election base. What remains is locked in. These voters are not moving to One Nation. More telling, the PM’s ratings have also jumped. But the ceiling is also now shaped by Liberal party voters, that being those still supporting the Liberal Party across the country. Hanson's closeness to Trump has built much of that ceiling. Asset-rich voters, as we saw at the Nepean by-election this weekend, are repelled by it. Hanson has now consolidated a bloc. That is clear but she has not built a national movement. And the bloc she is consolidating is largely made of her historic supporters, former working class Coalition voters and a smaller slice of Labor’s outer urban and regional base. A ceiling at the national level does not mean One Nation will not do well in specific seats. Farrer and many more sit firmly in their territory. Those seats can fall to them. 2PP: Labor 54 v Coalition 46. Labor 55 v One Nation 45. The Labor Federal Government wining in a landslide in either matchup. Full piece in today's AFR link below.

All doubt about the LIberal victory in Nepean is disappearing. Anthony Marsh the new member. #nepean 12 of 15 counting centres reporting a preference count, 2CP results are LIB 54.8%, IND 45.2 - results at shorturl.at/Sokae

The Mornington Peninsula has largely been considered a safe Liberal seat. But changing dynamics mean Saturday’s byelection will be an acid test for the new leader: afr.com/politics/feder…

AI job losses could now exceed 4% of workforce, says skills tsar: afr.com/work-and-caree…

Melbourne Demons sack CEO Paul Guerra despite team’s stellar run: afr.com/companies/spor…

28pc pay rise: Victorian Labor’s massive offer for teachers: afr.com/politics/vic-l…

Great to see front page news coming ahead of our @FinancialReview #workforcesummit today with the minister for employment announcing the govt will intervene on AI forces: afr.com/work-and-caree…

Insiders say the Victorian premier announcement of a plan to legislate work from home rights was a breaking point for relations with the group: afr.com/politics/feder…