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Cabinet papers from Iraq war period show Howard government saw access to Middle East oil as a key national interest

Newly released documents also reveal worries that reducing troop levels in Iraq would squander ‘the benefits’ to US-Australia alliance

The Guardian - AU

Liberals pick management consultant Simon Kennedy for Cook byelection

The party misses the chance to have a female candidate in the safe seat vacated by former prime minister Scott Morrison

The Guardian - AU

Simon Kennedy to run for former PM Morrison's seat

Liberal Party faithful have pre-selected Simon Kennedy to contest the federal seat of Cook at a by-election triggered by the resignation of Scott Morrison.

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Rainbow airwaves: how JOY has helped give Australia’s queer community a voice

From the Aids crisis to the first on-air same-sex marriage – the LGBTQ+ broadcaster was forged in an era of protest but has always had fun too

The Guardian - AU

Crime, aspiration and the underdog status: Albanese and Dutton make final pitches in tight Dunkley race

Labor highlights tax changes and legacy of late MP Peta Murphy, while Liberals’ Nathan Conroy tells ‘scared’ voters to ‘send a message’ to government on law and order

The Guardian - AU

ASIO: An unnamed MP ‘sold their country’ to a foreign regime

The director of ASIO makes stunning allegations against a former MP, Lidia Thorpe stirs controversy in the Senate, and should we be able to strip people of their Order of Australia?

Crikey

Flash flooding is nothing new for Newcastle's inner suburbs

'The recent flooding has reminded me of the 1950s.'

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The awful truth at the heart of Australian housing policy

Negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount were either meant to improve affordability and failed – or their purpose was in fact the opposite

The Guardian - AU

An Aussie popstar’s Liz Truss fail-fest cameo, and a surprise push for governor-general

The Aussie celeb doing us proud overseas, Trump’s legal woes, and could a late First Nations trailblazer have been made governor-general?

Crikey

Wilkinson had ‘limited role’ in Higgins broadcast

Lisa Wilkinson’s lawyers are arguing that she had little say in the broadcast that broke Brittany Higgins’ allegations against Bruce Lehrmann, and we say farewell to one of the great Indigenous leaders.

Crikey

Australian political donations: here’s who gave the most in 2022-23

Latest Australian Electoral Commission figures give voters insights into how much each party, or candidate, is getting and who they’re receiving it from

The Guardian - AU

Albanese’s broken tax promise fires the gun on the next election campaign

The PM’s planned changes to the stage three tax cuts might be good policy but the broken promise will have Peter Dutton jumping for joy.

Crikey

How much will hosting Groovin the Moo cost Newcastle ratepayers?

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Newcastle Herald

Peter Dutton backs release of Iraq war papers after Morrison government failure

Department claims key documents outlining reasoning behind joining US-led invasion were not included in an ‘apparent administrative oversight’

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‘Australians do have a right to know’: Albanese says Iraq war documents should be released

Prime minister orders independent investigation into Scott Morrison’s government’s failure to transfer all documents

The Conversation

The world has lost a dissenting voice: Australian journalist John Pilger has died, age 84

John Pilger, a giant of journalism born in Australia in 1939, has died at the age of 84, according to a statement released online by his family.

The Guardian - AU

Greens demand full release of government documents on ‘disastrous’ decision to join Iraq invasion

Nick McKim says national security committee documents used to justify the war may answer questions about momentous foreign policy decision

The Conversation

Cabinet papers 2003: Howard government sends Australia into the Iraq war

By far the most significant decision the Howard government made in 2003 was to support the invasion of Iraq. Journalists and historians have long maintained there was no submission to full cabinet weighing the pros and cons of the Australian intervention. Cabinet papers from 2003 released today by the National…

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The Guardian - AU

Morrison government failed to give Howard-era national security cabinet papers to national archives

The department of prime minister and cabinet blamed ‘administrative oversights’ for the missing records

The Guardian - AU

Australia went to war in Iraq based on ‘oral reports’ to cabinet from John Howard

Cabinet papers from 2003 show there was no formal submission before decision was taken to join US-led ‘coalition of the willing’

AAP

Howard's key role in quashing emissions trading scheme

The reason Australia rejected a significant climate change adaptation plan has been revealed in federal cabinet documents released after a 20-year embargo.

AAP

Right decision: minister stands by Iraq invasion call

Previously secret cabinet documents have revealed discussions inside the government before Australia committed to the Iraq War.

AAP

How 2003 decision helped lay foundations for the voice

The abolition of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander body in the early 2000s paved the way for one of the most important political events of 2023.

AAP

Iraq invasion and carbon crusade in 2003 cabinet papers

High-level discussions about Australia's decision to enter the Iraq War and a deadly virus that swept the world have been revealed in cabinet papers from 2003.

The Guardian - AU

Howard government worked with Canada to oppose UN declaration on Indigenous rights

Cabinet papers from 2003 show the government pursued talks without consulting peak Indigenous body – which it then abolished

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