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Anthony Albanese announces $7.2bn in funding for Queensland’s Bruce Highway in first major election promise | Queensland newsthirst.

In the first major promise of the election year, Anthony Albanese has announced $7.2bn in funding for Queensland’s Bruce Highway. The federal government will fund 80% of the upgrades, with the state funding 20%. In 2023 the infrastructure minister, Catherine King, sparked a war of words with the then Labor-led sunshine state by defunding $449.5m…

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Give working parents help with childcare and commuting costs, UK thinktank says | Poverty newsthirst.

Labour must offer extra support to working parents, including with childcare and commuting, if it is to fulfil its promise of cutting child poverty, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has argued. The government’s manifesto promised an “ambitious strategy” on child poverty, and ministers have said they will publish a 10-year plan in the spring. A report…

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Badenoch defends Jenrick’s remarks about ‘people from alien cultures’ | Conservatives newsthirst.

Kemi Badenoch has defended Robert Jenrick after he described Britons of Pakistani origin as “people from alien cultures”, saying it was vital to have an open debate about the abuse and rape of women and girls by grooming gangs. The Conservative leader’s intervention was made after Samuel Kasumu, a former Tory adviser on race issues,…

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