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Fierravanti-Wells opens up the weeping sore of NSW Libs’ factional warfare

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells is leaving no one in two minds about her views of the NSW Liberal Party. What will the press gallery do?

Crikey

Paul Bongiorno: Expensive, temporary and targeted – and likely to fail

The death rattle of sinking governments is billions of dollars being shovelled out the door in an attempt to buy the votes of an unimpressed electorate.

The New Daily

At this gravest of times the Coalition has served up an election budget designed simply to keep itself in power

If we move from Josh Frydenberg’s rhetoric to content, we discover this isn’t a serious plan for the future. This is a plan for the next few months

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A final budget, and one last chance to fix two glaring fiscal loopholes

In all the budget babble there’s a deafening silence about two of Australia’s biggest tax rorts. And that’s bad news for first-homebuyers.

Crikey

Michael Pascoe: Morrison’s gone, cynical Frydenberg trying to save the furniture

Scott Morrison is gone. Anthony Albanese will win the election. Josh Frydenberg is fighting to save some of the furniture. There, it’s been said.

The New Daily

The budget so far: Political vision or short-sighted?

With the election likely to be called no more than weeks away from tomorrow, politics has weighed as heavily on the production of this budget as any before.

The New Daily

Politics 101: voters forced to pay higher mortgage rates don’t reelect governments

An interest rate rise during the election campaign could have consequences as huge as our rampant real estate market.

Crikey

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Memo to Scott Morrison: this might be a good time to ask John Howard what not to do

If history has taught us anything, it’s that a fuel excise cut isn’t a solution to the rising cost of petrol. Just look at John Howard.

Crikey

Sorry, but cutting the fuel excise won’t help that much

There’s rising clamour for cuts to fuel excise, but the higher the price of petrol, the lower the benefit from cutting excise.

Crikey

'Special' league icon Raper farewelled

Former prime minister John Howard says Johnny Raper "left behind a wonderful legacy" as the rugby league Immortal was farewelled at a state funeral at the SCG.

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Happy 21st, Scott. Why Howard’s 2001 playbook lights a path to another election miracle

Back in 2001 John Howard was failing in the polls, had few policy successes, and was looking to capitalise on national security. Sound familiar?

Crikey

Paul Bongiorno: Hardball politics exposes a defenceless scare campaign

Scott Morrison’s ramping up of a scare campaign has shone a laser-like focus on how defenceless Australia is against any military threat China might pose.

The New Daily

Titans of bygone Melbourne: revisiting John Elliott and Andrew Peacock

A twofer memorial day bade farewell to Melbourne political heavyweights Andrew Peacock and John Elliott, attended by Liberal VIPs and footygoers alike.

Crikey

Explained: Petrol prices are smashing records, so why isn’t fuel tax on the agenda?

Motorists are facing an historic squeeze at the bowser, but despite an election coming up neither big party is talking about fuel taxes.

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PM got copy of report into Tudge allegations on 28 January – as it happened

This blog is now closed

Crikey

Present at the creation: giants of the ’80s leave the stage, with lessons still relevant

Andrew Peacock and John Elliott were key figures in 1980s Australia. The lessons they represent shouldn’t be forgotten.

Liverpool Echo

Driver furious after seeing how car was scratched outside shop

John is now looking for the man in the video

The Guardian - AU

‘He fought his whole life’: independence advocate who fled persecution dies from Covid-19

John Souisa steered refugees to safety and never stopped campaigning for Moluccan freedom

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The New Daily

The story behind the cost-of-living gotcha that stumped the PM

The question, some members of the commentariat noted, was cheap, gotcha journalism. But it was also a classic of the genre.

Crikey

Morrison’s press club nothing-burger serves no one — not even him

If you expected any agenda or vision from Scott Morrison’s speech, you’ll be sorely disappointed. This PM isn’t interested in such frippery.

Crikey

Figures don’t lie: taxes are not lower under the Coalition

Conservative governments have claimed since forever that they keep taxes low and that Labor sends them through the roof. It’s a lie.

Crikey

The politics of the everyday and the every day of politics laid bare

Judith Brett’s writing stands alone in its deep understanding and rendering of not only current events but the characters generating them.

Wales Online

The death notices from Swansea this week as families remember loved ones

Our thoughts are with loved ones during this difficult time

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