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Sally McManus of the ACTU says the country’s lowest-paid workers still can’t afford to live in our capital cities. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSnap protests continue over extension of major gas plant to 2070Snap protests are being held in capital cities across Australia in opposition to the Albanese government’s decision to provisionally approve the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing plant to 2070.Minister Watt’s provisional approval of the North West Shelf last week has received unprecedented national public backlash as new information about the impacts of the project continue to emerge.Over 65 groups are calling on Minister Watt to release the conditions of the decision and open the decision for public consultation.From Broome and Darwin, communities are witnessing an alarming trend as these fossil fuel projects get ticked off. It isn’t a coincidence – it’s a pattern of climate change denial. Continue reading...

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