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Strong political leaders are electoral gold – but the trick is in them knowing when to stand down

March this year marked the 60th anniversary of a famous “gotcha” moment in 1963, when Labor leader Arthur Calwell and his deputy, Gough Whitlam, were photographed outside the Hotel Kingston in Canberra.

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Victorian Liberals claim safe seat – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

11 Murdoch moments that shaped journalism

Once upon a time the Murdoch dynasty was the great disrupter of the world’s media. Those times they are a’changing.

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The right-wing assault on the Voice is the local front in the global war on empathy

Around the Western world, the right is fighting to strip society of empathy.

Crikey

Let's hope Hunted Australia gets a Logie on Sunday night

Dr David Craig was part of the security detail for three prime ministers.

The Canberra Times

Afternoon Update: tributes for Sinéad O’Connor; NSW police form taskforce to tackle gang war; and food companies shrinking products

‘What an amazing woman’ – Russell Crowe recalls meeting the Irish singer in Dublin

The Guardian - AU

Coles, Woolworths top of the food chain

Coles and Woolworths are making a much larger profit than UK supermarkets during Australia’s cost-of-living crisis, and Woodside Energy has threatened to sue two individual climate activists after its headquarters in Perth was stink-bombed.

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Being colonised by Britain was ‘luckiest thing’ for Australia, says former PM

‘You have to understand that in the 17th, 18th century, colonisation of the land mass of Australia was next to inevitable...’

The Independent UK

Chewing on John Howard’s preferred cultural diet

The Australian continues its grand tradition of portraying John Howard as the human expression of mainstream Australia’s pre-political soul.

Crikey

‘Kitchen Cabinet’ returns. Will we see more classic moments like this?

The ABC show is back for more cosy chinwagging with Australia’s worst people!

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‘Kitchen Cabinet’, the limp dishrag of political interviewing, returns. Let’s reminisce

The ABC show is back for more cosy chinwagging with Australia’s worst people!

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Author, ambassador, commentator, critic? It's not always easy to earn a crust as a former PM

Few Australians are losing sleep over how Scott Morrison is going to earn a crust after politics. Few outside the federal Coalition, at any rate. His continuing presence on the opposition backbench serves as a distraction from the present and reminder of the past. Unfortunately, that past keeps intruding on…

The Conversation

How elite is the No campaign? Let’s count the ways

When far-right group Advance attacks Yes campaigners as ‘elites’, it would prefer you ignore that it is bankrolled by some of Australia’s most elite individuals.

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‘Cowards!’: A short history of world leaders getting involved in the cricket

World leaders getting into the weeds over a cricket match is absurd, right? Actually it happens a lot.

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‘Cowards!’: a short history of world leaders getting involved in the cricket

World leaders getting into the weeds over a cricket match is absurd, right? Actually it happens a lot.

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Divide and conquer: on the Voice, Dutton’s stance may come back to bite him

If the opposition leader has his way and the Voice referendum fails, a dark cloud will hang over the country, Crikey readers say.

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The rise and fall of the Coalition’s favourite political tool: the royal commission

Once scarce, royal commissions have become common in recent years — the result of a Coalition government keen to politically manage crises.

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Boomers Are Flipping Their Lids At The ABC After A Cheeky Tweet Roasted John Howard At The Cricket

Protect the ABC Sport Twitter admin at all costs!!!

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Instead of trashing Simon Crean’s legacy, Labor should fix its war powers mess

The former Labor leader called for an end to the power of a prime minister alone to take us to war. Labor has snubbed him and his memory.

The Conversation

Vale Simon Crean: a true believer in the Labor Party

On reflection, Simon Crean was probably the first domino to fall in a certain madness that seized Labor during the Howard era and presaged a decade of turmoil that only settled down under Bill Shorten’s leadership (2013-19).

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Vale Simon Crean — a study in what happens to those who tell the truth

When Simon Crean opposed Australia’s involvement in the Iraq invasion, he was vilified by the Howard government and News Corp. After the utter disaster of that war, his stand should never be forgotten.

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The Capital: you could staff a (terrible) publication with politicians cosplaying as journalists

In recent years we’ve seen a baffling preponderance of politicians pretending to be the only group as bad as them: journalists.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: Time to revisit the Allan Fels system of price control – naming and shaming

It’s time to revisit the Fels system of price control.That is – put some resources into price surveillance, and name and shame the gougers.

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The whistleblower and the war criminal: David McBride and Ben Roberts-Smith

The conflicting stories of David McBride and Ben Roberts-Smith paint a bloody battle for the nation’s soul.

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Wilkinson comments come at a Price

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, leader of the Fair Australia campaign against the Voice, is using comments about her by journalist Lisa Wilkinson in a call for donations for the No campaign, and Australian troops will be required to wear body cameras.

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