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Opposition leader Angus Taylor has unveiled the Coalition's immigration policy, promising the "biggest cut to immigration in the history of this country".
PK tells Raf she sees this as the Coalition attempting to "outbid" One Nation on immigration — but she's not convinced the Opposition (or anyone else for that matter) can.
Raf sees the pitch as a response to the "existential threat" facing the Coalition and an attempt to "neutralise" immigration as an issue.
But he reckons the lurch to the right could further alienate mainstream voters, and notes the Liberals are sitting on a "a razor wire fence with their rhetoric and their policy".
Meanwhile, the Greens' think tank has called for publicly owned supermarkets to break up the Coles and Woolworths duopoly.
It's a bold idea that "supercharges" a similar commitment from popular New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. So, is this this kind of "crazy brave" thinking the Greens need to cut through?
Patricia Karvelas and Raf Epstein break it all down on Politics Now.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen are in Fiji for pre-COP talks.
But back home the Opposition has labelled the high-level climate talks a "farce" and criticised Labor's investment during a cost of living crisis. So, could this critique backfire for the Coalition in the future?
Meanwhile, Queensland's crackdown on the tobacco black market is showing some early promise, with legal cigarette purchases increasing by 55 per cent. It's put a "spring" in federal Labor's step and given them a foothold back in the illegal tobacco debate.
And is the politics of pragmatism and 'the sensible centre' disappearing as the world becomes more "shouty". PK and Claudia have some big thoughts to share.
Patricia Karvelas and Claudia Long break it all down on Politics Now.
📖 Read PK's analysis here: The mood's changed. The Greens and Liberals aren't chasing the sensible centre
🎧Listen to PK's podcast chat with Larissa Waters here: Larissa Waters is a shameless optimist
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Former Greens leader, Adam Bandt, now chief executive of the Australian Conservation Foundation, says working with the government is key to delivering reform.

It's Question Time! But first, Fran does a West Wing welfare check on PK (she's in the slump part of the series).
And then it's over to your brilliant questions, including: Is it bad for brand for Anthony Albanese to snap selfies with Donald Trump?
Are Community Strong a new threat on Labor's right? Why isn't the Coalition's policy return bracket creep cutting through — and what does that say about the party leader Angus Taylor?
Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly answer your clever queries on The Party Room: Question Time edition.
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The economy has been the key story of the political week, with an interest rate rise and some less than rosy inflation figures compounding Labor's economic woes.
A war over words emerged over a discrepancy in the "emphasis" RBA Governor and Treasurer Jim Chalmers placed on the war in the Middle East.
Labor struggled to land a message that connected with voters and they also lost some of their political mojo along the way. So, is this just a run of the mill midterm slump?
And it's not just the Opposition holding the Albanese Government's feet to the fire over cost-of-living, with new Greens leader David Shoebridge focusing his stump speech on the economy and vowing to replace Labor.
But not everyone in the Greens is fully behind the new leadership, with NSW Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi making her disappointment known.
Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly are joined by Charles Croucher, Chief Political Editor for 9News on The Party Room.
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