Recent events must ‘raise questions’ about Turnbull’s status in the Liberal Party10/05/2021|3min
Sky News host Chris Kenny says a “remarkable turn of events” must “raise questions” about Malcolm Turnbull’s status in the Liberal Party.
It comes after the former prime minister faced criticism after he indorsed an independent candidate in the Upper Hunter by-election, as opposed to backing the Nationals Party for the seat.
The Berejiklian government would fall into minority if the Independent candidate Kirsty O Connell were to win the poll on May 22.
“That is about as obvious a case of being a political turncoat as you can get,” Mr Kenny said.
Malcolm Turnbull ‘wants to be expelled’ from the Liberal Party: John Barilaro10/05/2021|8min
NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro says Malcolm Turnbull “wants to be expelled” from the Liberal Party and he’s “looking for someone to blame”.
It comes after the former prime minister endorsed the independent candidate – Kirsty O’Connell – ahead of the Upper Hunter by-election rather than the Nationals, as well as taking aim at John Barilaro on Facebook.
On Mr Turnbull’s Facebook post, he said there is “not one person in New South Wales who has done more to destabilise and disrupt the Berejiklian government than Barilaro”.
Migration dependence exposes flaws in growth myths
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Politicians and business leaders may want migration to resume as early as next year (“Treasurer banks on reopened borders”, May 10). But I doubt the average Joe, who has faced rising prices on stagnating wages for years in an insecure job market agrees with them. The fact that the federal government fears growth cannot be sustained without migrants to swell our numbers serves as a reminder that the growth model is unsustainable in the long term anyway. COVID-19 has given us an opportunity to rethink the way we do things. Simply returning to the pre-pandemic status quo is definitely not the way forward. -
NSW approves coal mine at Jerrys Plains despite protests from nearby horse stud farms
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Proposals for open-cut mines on the site had been rejected in 2012 and 2017.
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The Independent Planning Commission (IPC) in New South Wales has approved a proposed underground coal mine in the state s Hunter Valley, a week after China placed a ban on Australian imports.
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The approval comes just weeks after China moved to block Australian coal Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon says the project shows the strength of the mining industry
Malabar Resources was seeking approval to mine 148 million tonnes of coal for the next 26 years at Jerrys Plains near Muswellbrook.