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The Latest Breaking News from Bernard Keane

Malcolm Turnbull says it’s unlikely we will ever see the AUKUS submarines, state premiers backtrack on a new disability system, and big companies rush to prop up cash service Armaguard.

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How I got turned by China — at least according to the mainstream media

Bernard Keane went to China, and apparently is now an example of the ‘coercive powers and surveillance capabilities’ of China’s intelligence services. Aw shucks, Keane writes.

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Shady dealings: Australia’s offshore detention

A former ASIO director has found that our offshore detention centres were run by companies linked to corruption and bribery.

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Crikey reader reply: Recent coverage of public housing misses the mark

Dr Kate Shaw hits out at Victorian Labor’s ‘sorry’ record on public housing — and questions Crikey’s coverage of the issue as well.

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$1m donation helped silence the Voice

The No campaign for the Voice to Parliament got a $1 million boost from a 94-year-old retired car dealer magnate in WA, and Victoria’s Liberal leader John Pesutto will argue ousted MP Moira Deeming who’s suing him for defamation had in fact damaged her own reputation.

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Fatter wallets for 84% of Australians

Average-wage earners will pocket more than $1,500 in tax relief under Labor’s changes to the stage three tax cuts, and Alex Zverev thoroughly defeated dual grand slam champion Carlos Alcaraz last night, leaving the Australian Open race wide open.

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Wake up and smell the fossil fuels in mining-controlled WA

Governments, media, even local sporting organisations have been wooed and won over by mining largesse, write Crikey readers.

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Setting the stage for tax cuts that will cut low-income Australians to the bone

Crikey readers debate the merits of the controversial stage three tax cuts.

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Peter Dutton and the highs and lows of scoring political points

You can’t please everyone… particularly Crikey readers who have a deep and abiding antipathy for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

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‘Progressive’ Labor is dead — supporting stage three tax cuts is pointless

The public won’t reward Labor for sticking to an election policy when its multi-term strategy has failed across the board.

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Hope springs eternal for Sussan Ley

Sussan Ley says Australians have moved on from the Scott Morrison era and the Libs plan to win back every teal seat they lost, and undercover police officers were left out in the cold by the AFP, putting their lives at risk.

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Francesca Albanese: My trip was paid for by the UN

UN expert Francesca Albanese has denied her trip to Australia was sponsored by Palestinian lobby groups, and mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s latest scathingly brilliant idea is for Perth and the Gold Coast to host a dual-city Commonwealth Games.

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Police push deportation over court

Police in NSW and Victoria have lobbied the federal government to deport non-citizens accused of crimes — even before they’ve gone to court, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is being hammered by the opposition over whether or not he raised with Xi Jinping Australian Navy divers being injured by Chinese…

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What Price Closing the Gap?

Country Liberal Party Senator Jacinta Nampijimpa Price says the Coalition will pursue its plan for an inquiry into the money spent on Indigenous Australians — despite it having little chance of success, and girls as young as 12 and 13 are being strip-searched by NSW police in what has been…

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It’s not just people against the Voice who will be voting No

There’s some disparity among Crikey readers on whether those who plan to vote the Indigenous Voice to Parliament down are racist.

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Rupert Murdoch’s corporate record over 70-plus years as CEO and chairman

News Corp’s head honcho is one of the canniest — and luckiest — media moguls in the world, taking his father’s lead and bettering it.

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Facing the climate crisis, Albanese must throw the burning toys out of the cot

It’s time for the prime minister to frighten the horses and the population, say Crikey readers. The world is on fire.

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The truth about Scott Morrison: he lied, lied some more, and then lied again

The former PM and minister for everything could have won gold for Australia in a world lying championship, Crikey readers say.

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Jail break for Julian Assange?

Washington’s ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy says it’s possible Julian Assange could get a David Hicks-style plea deal to let him come back to Australia, and Bruce Lehrmann reckons he should get $6 million compensation because he ‘may never work again’.

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Heston Russell shills on Instagram, Elon Musk changes his tune, and Crikey crops up in Canberra

Summing up the 21st century in a piece of sponsored content, Musk’s inconsistent views on hiring and firing — and more from the Crikey bunker.

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Labor takes a hit in poll

Labor has lost its huge lead in voter land and now sits at 36% to the Coalition’s 34%, according to the latest Newspoll, and Jewish students in Victoria’s public schools have been targeted with anti-Semitic bullying.

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Archer aims arrow at Morrison

Liberal MP Bridget Archer says former PM Scott Morrison’s response to the robodebt royal commission’s findings were ‘disappointing’ and it’s time for him to resign from Parliament, and current PM Anthony Albanese has sealed a $1 billion defence export deal with Germany.

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Blaming business profits for inflation is confusing a symptom with a cause

To get a clear picture of the cause of inflation, we need to accept a few inconvenient truths.

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No winners in the Hawthorn racism scandal, but one clear villain

The media, which rushed to pronounce guilt, has permanently tainted the names of the accused, while doing nothing to provide resolution for the alleged victims.

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How the Dominion case shaped Murdoch v Crikey — and offered a new defence

Across the Pacific, a much larger defamation case between Dominion and Fox News unfolded spectacularly, and helped inform a new approach.

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