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Anthony Seibold claims he will be a better coach for his horror final year at Brisbane, as he prepares to make his NRL return at Manly.

Seibold was finally unveiled on a new three-year deal by the Sea Eagles on Tuesday night, with the 48-year-old's exit from England Rugby now complete.

He will link up with Manly on November 28, with new assistants Shane Flanagan and Jim Dymock to lead training until then with mainstay Stephen Hales.

Seibold's return to first-grade coaching comes after one of greatest rollercoaster rides any mentor has experienced in the NRL in recent memory.

Dally M coach of the year in his rookie season at South Sydney, Seibold lasted just one-and-a-half years at Brisbane after moving north on a five-year deal.

In that time he endured a horror run through COVID during a season where Brisbane copped their first wooden spoon, as well as a raft of off-field issues and a smear campaign.

But the returning mentor has insisted it means he will now bring more experience to the Manly job, and that he is ready to jump back in the hot seat at an NRL club.

"Some of the challenges that were presented to me, I feel as if I have a vast array of experiences," Seibold said in a club video.

"I know as having coached for a long period of time, some seasons are more challenging than others.

"But I have got great experience for the position and I have great optimism for what we can do over the coming seasons."

Seibold also believed he would be a better coach for his time under Eddie Jones in England rugby, proud of his transition between codes.

"I have been a head coach for 16 seasons and had some really successful periods of time and challenges as well," Seibold said.

"One of the things I am really proud of is the past 16 months, going to another country in a different sport, and having some success in a different code.

"It has rounded me as a coach."

Seiboild will need that experience and then some at Manly.

While players and officials are adamant there is no split in the group, there is no denying there was frustration from players over Des Hasler's axing.

The club also lost seven straight games off the back of the Pride Jersey saga last year, as they fell from out of the top eight and turned into a basket case.

But as a former assistant at Manly, Seibold is adamant he can see a way forward for the club.

"Having worked with guys like Tom Trbojevic, Jake Trbojevic and Daly Cherry-Evans in the past, I have great relationships," he said.

"The potential and talent I see in the current squad, I see it as an opportunity to not just build but bring success to the Manly team."

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The government has been accused of attempting to stifle debate on its workplace reforms by pushing to pass laws on the issue before the end of the year.

Debate will continue in the House of Representatives on Wednesday on changes to industrial relations, which would see multi-employer bargaining rolled out and workers in feminised industries better protected.

However, independent and crossbench MPs have criticised the government for trying to rush the bill through parliament without enough time to consider the issue.

A vote in the lower house is expected to be held on Thursday before the bill moves to the Senate, but it will have just two sitting weeks to consider the changes before parliament rises for the year.

Independent MP Allegra Spender said the workplace changes needed proper oversight so businesses could understand the extent of the changes.

"Government legislation needs scrutiny and input from stakeholders from right across the spectrum, without it, we're going to repeat the mistakes of the past," she told parliament.

"It really troubles me that this bill is going to have a huge impact on thousands of smaller businesses around Australia, but most of them aren't aware that it's coming."

Ms Spender called for the government to split the bill so non-contentious elements can pass while other proposals, such as multi-employer bargaining can be considered in greater detail.

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has insisted the legislation is urgent in order to get stagnant wages moving as soon as possible.

Further amendments to the bill are expected to be debated, with more likely to be considered once a Senate report into the proposed laws is handed down later this month.

"The current bargaining system will not deliver pay equity and the rules they need to be changed," he said.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the coalition would fight the laws, saying the reforms would take industrial relations backwards.

"The government said it would support workers and that it would work to support all Australians - instead, it will sacrifice them at the altar of unionism," he told parliament on Tuesday.

"In its current form, it will impose the most radical changes on Australia's industrial relations system in decades, changes which will complicate the system, create conflict in workplaces and cause delays."

Negotiations are still ongoing with crossbench members of the upper house, with independent David Pocock saying he has yet to make up his mind on supporting the bill.

"I'm not here to be a rubber stamp, I'm here to work constructively and to ensure that we get this right and to ensure that we have enough time to get this legislation right," he told reporters in Canberra.

Labor will need the Greens plus one crossbench senator to pass the bill.

Senator Pocock said more time was needed to consider all the elements of the legislation.

"I put to the Senate that we need to consider adding more (sitting) days, but that's up to the government, they set the schedule," he said.

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Americans are casting ballots in midterm elections that will determine whether Democrats lose control of Congress, and with it the ability to push forward on President Joe Biden's agenda in the next two years.

The party that controls the White House typically loses seats in midterm elections, and nonpartisan forecasts suggest Tuesday's results will be no exception.

Concerns about high inflation and crime outweigh the end of national abortion rights and the violence of the January 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol in voters' minds.

Thirty-five Senate seats and all 435 House of Representatives seats are on the ballot.

Republicans are widely favoured to pick up the five seats they need to control the House, while the Senate - currently split 50-50 with Democrats holding the tie-breaking vote - could come down to a quartet of toss-up races in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona.

But even before the midterm elections were completed, the 2024 presidential election was taking shape.

Former President Donald Trump on Monday night sent his strongest hint yet that he would be kicking off his third consecutive White House campaign soon, telling supporters in Ohio that he would be making a "big announcement" on November 15.

Hundreds of supporters of Trump's false claims that his loss was the result of widespread fraud are on the ballot this year, including several seeking positions that would give them direct oversight of the 2024 president elections in competitive states.

More than 42 million Americans voted ahead of Election Day, either by mail or in-person, according to data from the US Election Project. State election officials caution that full results may not be known for days afterward as they count ballots in close races - with control of the Senate perhaps not known until a potential December 6 runoff in Georgia.

A Republican-controlled House would be able to block bills addressing Democratic priorities such as abortion rights and climate change.

Republicans could also initiate a showdown over the nation's debt ceiling, which could shake financial markets, and launch potentially politically damaging investigations into Biden's administration and family.

Republicans would look to use their leverage to make the 2017 individual tax cuts passed under Trump permanent, and protect corporate tax cuts that Democrats have unsuccessfully tried to reverse over the past two years.

A Republican Senate, meanwhile, would hold sway over Biden's judicial nominations, including any Supreme Court vacancy.

Divided government would intensify the spotlight on the increasingly conservative court, which has already issued sweeping decisions erasing a nationwide right to abortion and vastly expanding gun rights, among others.

There are also 36 governorships and scores of other state-level races on the ballot, including hotly contested gubernatorial campaigns in the swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia.

Biden and former President Barack Obama, still the party's biggest luminary, have crisscrossed the country over the past week, urging supporters to vote in hopes of stemming Democrats' losses, while Trump has done the same as he lays the groundwork for another run at the presidency.

However, some Democrats in tough races have deliberately distanced themselves from the White House as Biden's popularity languishes.

Despite one of the strongest job markets in memory, stubbornly rising prices have left voters dissatisfied, helped along by relentless attacks from Republicans over petrol and food prices, as well as crime.

Biden and other Democrats have sounded the alarm over a raft of Republican contenders who have either echoed or refused to contradict Trump's false claims that he lost the 2020 election due to widespread fraud.

"Democracy is literally on the ballot," Biden said on Sunday at a rally in Yonkers, New York.

The prevalence of election deniers among Republican candidates has elevated down-ballot races that typically receive little attention, including contests for secretary of state, the top election official in most states.

In swing states such as Nevada, Arizona and Michigan, the Republican nominees to head up the states' election apparatus have embraced Trump's falsehoods, raising fears among Democrats that, if they prevail, they could interfere with the 2024 presidential race.

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