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Right now, the UK government is deliberating on whether to sign-off on the extradition of Australian Julian Assange to the US.  If that happens, Assange — who was charged with espionage offences in relation to material published on Wikileaks — faces charges that could result in a 175-year sentence. But the Australian election has given Assange’s family and supporters renewed

Sometimes the contest for a single seat can be about more than who wins. Hunter is just that; it’s a seat that spans some of Australia’s oldest coal mines, and the questions in Hunter have huge consequences for us all. How seriously we are taking the climate crisis, how quickly we can transition to renewable energy and whether workers in these industries will be looked after.

A few weeks ago, Energy Minister Angus Taylor made changes to the Australian carbon market that crashed the value of government-issued carbon credits. The changes made it cheaper for big companies to pollute. They also cost the government as much as $3.5 billion.