AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoAnti-hate crackdown: Australia has effectively outlawed a neo-Nazi network under new anti-hate laws, with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke saying joining, funding or directing the group is now a criminal offence carrying up to 15 years. Budget politics: Opposition leader Angus Taylor used his budget reply to sharpen welfare-and-migration claims, including a push to restrict key payments to citizens only, while also pitching bracket-creep indexing to inflation—an approach analysts say could cost far more than the Coalition first suggested. Housing and migration: Taylor’s plan links migration caps to new home builds, turning housing supply into the gatekeeper for intake. Local governance flashpoint: In South Australia, police arrested eight people at the North Adelaide Golf Course redevelopment site as protesters challenged tree felling and the project’s direction. Pacific leadership: Solomon Islands MPs elected Matthew Wale prime minister after a close vote, ending weeks of turmoil following Jeremiah Manele’s no-confidence ouster. Regional policy pressure: A South Australian fracking-bill attempt to lift the South East moratorium is set to stall after Liberals and One Nation vowed to oppose it.
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