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Chaffey’s Corner – Labor-Greens environmental deal

3 days ago9 December 2025

In the final week of Parliament for 2025, Labor and the Greens cooked up a dirty deal to push through changes to the EPBC Act. This last-minute pact will have implications felt throughout the electorate of Parkes and far beyond.

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Leaders Christmas messages praise resilience but fail to leave the politics aside for the day

25 December 20245 March 2025

Emergency workers have been applauded for giving up their Christmas, but with one eye on a looming election some just couldn’t keep the politics out of their Christmas Messages this year.

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