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Former Wallaby David Pocock has released an alarming video on gambling in advertising to highlight a very dangerous practice heading into the next Federal election

Politicians have been warned that Parliament House could be 'shut down' if they don't meet the demands a dispute with the Australian Federal Police union continues over pay.

Fatima Payman has sensationally quit the ALP after two weeks of hostility over her position on the war in Gaza. The 29-year-old first term senator has been 'exiled' from her Labor colleagues and felt bullied and intimidated since choosing to cross the floor to side with the Greens on a motion about recognising the state of Palestine.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said he would dump Australia's 2030 target to cut emissions by 43 per cent from 2005 levels, should the coalition win the next federal election. Independent senator for the ACT David Pocock posted on X : 'Walking away from Australia's Paris commitments at a time when more action rather than less is needed would be an extraordinary act of vandalism against the future of the people and places we love.' Under the Paris Agreement, members must increase their emissions targets every five years and cannot water them down.

An employee at Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation in Western Australia warned board members that the traditional owners were being frozen of a monitoring program key to the bid to have the world's largest and oldest rock art gallery included on the World Heritage List. A whistleblower leaked the letter, which was written last July, and Senator David Pocock tabled it during an estimates committee session in the federal parliament. Rock art is pictured left and right and Mr Pocock is pictured inset.

The Medical Cost Finder was designed to be a platform for people to compare out-of-pocket fees doctors charge for specialist procedures so they could find the best deal.However, only 20 out of the 36,000 specialists across the country have provided their fees for listing. Mr Pocock fears the website is just another waste of scarce taxpayer resources.

These four politicians come from four different ends of the political spectrum: Labor, Liberals, Teals, and the Greens. But despite their differences - they share one major thing in common.

The cross bench senators are pushing the Labor government to implement changes to negative gearing and to reduce investment property tax concessions. Ms Lambie and Mr Pocock said their proposed changes could net up to $60bn over a decade that can be spent on social and affordable housing. Speaking to ABC News on Tuesday, Ms Lambie and Mr Pocock said they requested the Parliamentary Budget Office to examine five possible changes to capital tax concessions and negative gearing. 'We need to start making sensible changes,' Mr Pocock said.

The troubling state of the housing market has home-building industry groups, social welfare advocates and federal independents crying out for more action before the May 14 budget.

Paid parental leave will rise gradually from 20 weeks to a maximum of 26 by mid-2026.

During the last election in 2022, the Australian Labor Party unveiled the plan, which would make annual, sick, and long service leave 'portable.' The focus of the study is on people who work in 'insecure' jobs and are unlikely to accumulate entitlements, such as casuals, contractors, and those in the gig economy. Incolink, Australia's biggest union-backed worker entitlement scheme, is pushing for employees to shift their leave from one job to another.

Bosses are chastised over the Albanese government's 'right to disintegrate' rules in new workplace legislation, which could result in manager fines for calling employees out of hours to do unpaid labor. Following Senate crossbencher David Pocock's support for the new legislation, the provisions were included in the government's 'Closing Loopholes' Bill in order to get the Greens' approval and so will be passed by parliament this week. Andrew McKellar, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Chief, called the new regulations "ridiculous" and "a triumph of stupidity over common sense," arguing that after-hours contact should be left to be determined by employers and employees. Embolden Lord Mayor Persuader and potential state Liberal nominee Basil Zempilas contributed to the debate by tweeting (inset) that the latest legislation would not be able to 'drive our country forward.'

The increase of Australia's federal parliament to 200 MPs, up from the previous 151, is a step toward the acceptance of a controversial new plan. More MPs and senators are needed to ensure that the electoral system is made fairer for every Australian, according to the study committee, which was made up of current Labor, Greens, and independents.

After winning the battle to reclaim Marise Payne's (pictured right) NSW Senate seat, former federal minister Dave Sharma (pictured left with his wife, Rachel Lord) will return to Australia's federal parliament. Mr Sharma defeated Andrew Constance in the final election on Sunday in a vote of Liberal Party members.

A Liberal senator has painted an ominous picture of what decriminalizing drug use might mean for Canberra, advising that the Canberra area will be the ACT's 'drug capital' with bikies taking over the streets. Michaelia Cash (left) swore on Thursday that she would defame the territory's decriminalization law with a private senator's bill, but Labor and the Greens denied it. Senator Cash argued that the ACT statutes go beyond Australia's shores and lead to the use of ice on cruise ships in international waters.

On Wednesday afternoon, Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie defended his return by calling for a postponement of the probe in order for Mr Joyce, who is now in Ireland, to appear. However, Labor, alongside the Greens and Independent Senator David Pocock, was able to defeat the proposal by 34 votes to 31. On Wednesday afternoon, Ms McKenzie will hold a press conference to discuss the result of the investigation.

Caleb Bond's first home in Adelaide, South Australia, was a two-bedroom apartment for $528,000. After saving up since he was 17 and refusing to go on holidays, he bought the apartment three years ago. My parents were not able to give me a single penny - they couldn't have to.' They did, however, generously give me a roof over my head,' he wrote in an opinion piece for news.com.au.

Senator Bridget McKenzie of the United States has been calling for an official probe this week, and she was rewarded 32-31 on Tuesday afternoon. Labour and the Greens opposed the measure, although the Liberal Party, Nationals, One Country, and David Pocock all supported it. Ms McKenzie explained of the decision: "The Senate has consented to a brief and critical inquiry into Federal Labor's decision to limit flights to major capital cities.' We can now get to the bottom of why the government has banned Australians from operating a safe, reliable, and competitive airline industry.'

David Van Dyce has returned to the senate seven weeks after Lidia Thorpe had accused him of sexual assault. At 11 a.m. on Monday, the troubled senator took his new seat on the crossbench, just a stone's throw from Senator Thorpe's seat. He arrived for the morning service and made a quick exit right away.

Stan Grant (right), as he said his'soul hurts' in a moving goodbye speech (centre), he had one final dig at ABC after presenting his last ever Q+A episode (right). Grant revealed on Friday that after being exposed to "relentless racial filth," he was forced to leave the ABC as a result of his "institutional failure" after no one had his help. In an extraordinary choice of words, he apologized to the trolls who mocked him, saying, 'I'm sorry that I must have given you so much reason to hate me.' Hundreds of ABC workers (bottom left) demonstrated their love for Grant by lowering tools and holding placards in a touching march attended by his ex-wife, SBS journalist Karla Grant, and his daughter, NITV journalist Lowanna (top left).

Renters who applied for the square of grass in his backyard would have to pay $130 a week and rent their own 'tent or small shed,' the man from Eagle Vale in Sydney's southwest said. He made it clear that the space was only available for a'short stay,' and that a $520 bond and two weeks rent would be required up front. With applicants interested in the field of turf, the homeowner said he would be willing to discuss "power, water, Wi-Fi, toilets, and showers." Users of social media were quick to condemn the 'grubby' bid, with one commenter accusing the man of 'taking advantage' of the rental crisis.

After no one turned up to an open house at a house where he had been pushed out of his home due to his landlord's increase in the rent by $350 a week, a tenant has celebrated. After his landlord decided to raise the price of their apartment in the midst of Australia's devastating rental crisis, Sydneysider Sean revealed this week that he and his roommate were forced to find a new home. Despite this, the young Sydneysider discovered a'silver lining' to them being forced out, but no one appeared at the property's first inspection.

An international student who migrated to Australia said she spent $300-a-week to live in a pop-up tent in the heart of a lounge room. Because the competition for beds is so high, Zoe Jiang, 27, 27, a Chinese student, was forced to remain in short-term accommodation. She didn't even have a bed and had to pitch the tent to get some privacy from her fellow housemates, who would be in and out at all hours.