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Nationals get all hi-vis and hard-headed in the battle for coal country The Upper Hunter byelection will clearly be fought over a single issue: coal. Singleton Mayor Sue Moore and preselected Nationals candidate for Upper Hunter David Layzell (Images: Singleton Council/AAP/NSW Nationals) When Michael Johnsen resigned as the Nationals MP for the Upper Hunter over an allegation of rape (an allegation he denies), he triggered a byelection that will be fought over a single issue: coal. The now-marginal Nationals stronghold lies at the heart of NSW coal country. So it was little surprise yesterd...

As Victoria reopens to more than 100 international travellers today, The Agereports that some hotel quarantine staff employed by Healthcare Australia are still working at more than one site across Melbourne, contravening a key recommendation from the state’s hotel quarantine inquiry. Emails obtained by The Age dated April 1 show Healthcare Australia told select staff their second jobs were a breach of their employment conditions “and subsequently a breach of the contract between HCA and [COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria]”. In other local news, Scott Morrison and Greg Hunt announced they...

Topic | NSW byelection | The Sydney Morning Herald We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss 1 hour ago Today, 12.56pm April 7, 2021 April 7, 2021 April 4, 2021 April 3, 2021 Upper Hunter is a must-win byelection for the NSW government, which has been plunged into minority after Michael Johnsen’s resignation and former Liberal MP John Sidoti was banished to the crossbench pending a public inquiry by the ICAC, while One Nation is preparing to take on the Coalition over coal. April 2, 2021

Australian Economy Predicted to Recover Faster than Expected Post COVID-19 [Headlines] The latest forecast from the International Monetary Fund suggests the nation's economy will expand by 4.5 per cent this year. By Hope NewsroomWednesday 7 Apr 2021 Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au. The Australian economy is predicted to recover faster than expected from the COVID-19 downturn. The latest forecast from the International Monetary Fund suggests the nation’s economy will expand by 4.5 per cent this year, but it warns the g...

Calling for a moratorium on new coal mines in NSW just hours before a Hunter Valley MP quit, trigging a by-election, contributed to Malcolm Turnbull being dumped from a clean economy job. NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean has admitted the comments made by the former Liberal prime minister on ABC radio a day after he was made chair of the state's new Net-Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board helped seal his fate. 'It wasn't helpful,' Mr Kean told ABC radio on Wednesday. Malcolm Turnbull has been dumped from his new job as the NSW government's climate change tsar Mr Turnbull's five-year appoi...