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It was a big week of both policy and politicking in parliament.
All sides laid out their pitches to win over voters; Labor's Digital Duty of Care, One Nation's pitch for early super access and the Coalition's proposal to ban burning the flag.
Meanwhile, Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie took the fight directly to One Nation this week, labelling Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce "lying cowards" over a One Nation cartoon that called him a "traitor" — over his involvement in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial.
Coalition MPs have lined up to back in Andrew Hastie. So, has it given them something to coalesce around? And has it placed Pauline Hanson on the wrong side of a culture war?
Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly are joined by Phil Coorey, political editor at the AFR on The Party Room
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The Prime Minister has dismissed concerns about censorship in Labor's digital duty of care bill as "disingenuous", as divisions emerge in the Coalition over the policy.
It comes as Anthony Albanese faces questions about an undeclared honorary membership at the Marrickville Golf Club, after the club was awarded $6 million via an "invite only" grant scheme.
The PM is adamant he wasn't aware of his honorary membership and has taken a swing at the ABC in the process.
And an annual report into Australia's progress in ending violence against women and children has been tabled, with Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence commissioner Micaela Cronin warning government policy has not meaningfully reduced rates of sexual violence.
Patricia Karvelas and David Speers break it all down on Politics Now.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled Labor's draft Digital Duty of Care legislation, vowing to give people "choice and control" over their social media feeds.
The Government's policy framing comes as some in the Coalition — including Opposition leader Angus Taylor — have raised concerns over censorship.
Meanwhile, One Nation has continued to sell its super policy, with One Nation Treasury spokesperson Barnaby Joyce engaging in series of heated exchanges over modelling.
And it seems the Coalition might have been gazumped again, with reports they were preparing a similar policy of their own. So, as the super wars continue, is Labor on the safe ground they think they are?
Patricia Karvelas and Tom Crowley break it all down on Politics Now.
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Parliament is back for another sitting fortnight and "rival ideas" are already dominating the agenda.
The Albanese Government is set to unveil draft Digital Duty of Care legislation by the end of the week, while One Nation has unveiled its plan to allow Australians who rent or pay a mortgage to divert a portion of their super payments as salary for up to three years.
As PK tells Jacob, the Coalition is again starting the week on the backfoot — "who is in the field? It's Labor and One Nation."
So, while One Nation's super plan cuts through, do the economics stack up?
Patricia Karvelas and Jacob Greber break it all down on Politics Now.
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ACOSH Chief Executive Laura Hunter tells David Speers there's no evidence cutting the tobacco excise would work.