Barnaby Joyce and senior Nationals MPs have warned that the coalition agreement
could be severed over energy policy, setting up a showdown with city-based
Liberal MPs fearing a voter backlash over coal in affluent blue-ribbon seats in
Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
NSW is on the brink of minority government for the first time in 24 years, with
the coalition and Labor deadlocked less than two weeks out from the March 23
state election.
The Age
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing a coalition split on energy and a bitter
Nationals row on leadership after he pushed back at demands to help fund a new
coal-fired power plant in Queensland.
The Daily Telegraph
The widow of Sydney hitman Christopher Dale Flannery claimed in an explosive
police interview she was offered $50,000 by the country's most infamous corrupt
cop, Roger Rogerson, as restitution for his murder.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Climate change is a key election 2019 issue for most people in NSW, polling
reveals, as the environment emerges as a more pressing concern for voters than
hospitals, schools and public transport.
Financial Review
Scott Morrison has dismissed a push for new coal-fired power in Queensland as
impractical as he tried to quell a worsening civil war inside the Nationals
prompted by a revolt over coal and Barnaby Joyce making a naked play for the
leadership.
The West Australian
WA Environment Minister Stephen Dawson yesterday criticised the Environmental
Protection Authority for not consulting properly on new carbon emission
standards, insisting that he was not a jobs killer.
The Advertiser
South Australians turned out in force to witness Surprise Baby's Adelaide Cup
win, delighting organisers who say it should cement the event's place in the Mad
March calendar.
The Mercury
A $60 million bag of goodies handed out by independent member for Clark Andrew
Wilkie since the start of the year has raised questions of a "special
relationship" between the MP and the Federal Government. But Mr Wilkie said it
was appropriate he announced proposals he'd put to Government.
The Courier Mail
Queensland Nationals are privately warning they will not be sacrificed to save
inner-city Liberal seats and are not ruling out divorcing themselves from an
election campaign that is anti-coal.
The Canberra Times
A woman was in hospital with a gunshot wound to the shoulder after a bikie-
related drive-by shooting in Richardson in the early hours of Monday morning.
Federal Labor would contribute $200 million to the second stage of Canberra's
light rail project if elected, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has promised.
