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December 2, 2025

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David Pocock disappointed Labor ducking key recommendations after ‘jobs for mates’ report

Independent senator David Pocock said he was deeply disappointing the Labor government had largely refused to accept the recommendations made in a scathing “jobs for mates” report released yesterday.

It’s so disappointing to have a Labor government that talked such a big game and I think very rightly criticised the Morrison government on jobs for mates.

When given all these recommendations, and I think critically the need to actually legislate this, they’ve said, ‘no, we’re just going to have a framework and a little bit more transparency, we want to be able to continue to essentially appoint who we want’.

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Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from ‘serial liar’ trope in legal shake-up

Exclusive: New laws will also curb questioning and aim to stop complainants being discredited over previous reportsRape victims will no longer be depicted as serial liars in courtrooms in England and Wales as part of the biggest shake-up “in a generation”, the Guardian can reveal.New measures will stop the “profound […]

December 2, 2025