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The Latest Breaking News from Katharine Murphy

Failure to launch: why the Albanese government is in trouble

It wasn’t meant to be like this.

The Conversation

No, Albo isn’t the new ScoMo — he may still believe in something

Like many in Labor, Albanese is scarred by Bill Shorten’s 2019 defeat.

Crikey

Guardian Australia makes quiet leadership reshuffle

Guardian Australia has quietly updated its staff page revealing a number of senior editorial changes.

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Exclusive: Guardian Australia appoints Karen Middleton as political editor

Guardian Australia has found its replacement for the outgoing Katharine Murphy.

Crikey

The office commute: The journalists that went to the dark side

Katharine Murphy’s departure from Guardian Australia ruffled feathers, but she’s not alone in crossing over to politics from the media.

Crikey

Afternoon Update: US rejects calls for ceasefire; Céline Dion on loudspeaker causes anger in NZ; and Yotam Ottolenghi’s 10 spring recipes

Biden administration insists all hostages held by Hamas must be freed before negotiations

The Guardian - AU

Australia is already an energy superpower. We should be using that to drive the world towards renewables

The coal and gas we provide internationally makes us powerful – and we waste it being craven to the mining industry

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Guardian Australia picks up seven Walkley award nominations

Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam and political editor Katharine Murphy among journalists named as finalists

The Guardian - AU

Smorgasbord of conspiracy theories join forces at Sydney’s unofficial no rally – as it happened

One Nation, Liberal Democrats and Sky News presenters among speakers at unofficial rally against the Indigenous voice to parliament

The Guardian - UK

BTS’ Jungkook ‘GMA’ concert canceled for thunder, lightning after fans wait in line for days

NEW YORK — After days of lining up to see BTS’ Jungkook serenade Central Park, crowds that had congregated along several blocks of Fifth Avenue had to pack it in Friday when the K-pop star’s performance was upended due to weather.

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Five Great Reads: the future of journalism, farewelling Martin Amis and secrets of a hostage negotiator

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

Stripped bare and born afresh: how biographies play a role in the building and rebuilding of political careers

After decades covering federal politics in Canberra, my embarrassment at not knowing Warren Denning’s Caucus Crisis: The Rise and Fall of the Scullin Government (1937) was partly assuaged when an older colleague revealed the same.

The Conversation

Five Great Reads: female fantasies, coping with grief and a nuanced take on a plagiarism scandal

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: national cabinet falls short on primary care, AMA says; US police kill again; and a Chinese spy balloon

Strengthening Medicare report welcomed but experts criticise lack of detail on making GPs more affordable for Australians

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Hiding in plain sight: the media scramble to colour in the Albanese outline

Katharine Murphy’s new Quarterly Essay attempts to understand the prime minister and the political influences that shaped him.

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: notes from China’s protests, eviscerating Scott Morrison, and the ‘new Sydney Opera House’

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Australia down Danes to reach World Cup knockout, school principal faces historical abuse claim

In today’s newsletter: Australia shock Denmark with 1-0 win to reach last 16 of World Cup; NSW teacher under investigation; weather statistics show unusually cold and wet season

The Guardian - AU

PM appoints new special envoy to south-east Asia – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: winners, losers and political fallout from the ‘no surprises’ budget; UK PM assembles cabinet

Wednesday: Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned power prices will rise next year and flagged the need for tax reform. Plus: ‘world’s dirtiest man’ dies

ABC News

'Not now, not ever': 10 years on from the misogyny speech

Much has been said about the speech in the decade since Julia Gillard rose to her feet to deliver it, but what does it mean to those now inside the building? To those who've watched the political world change around them, and those just entering it for the first time?

Crikey

‘It’s a horrible, horrible place’: ABC goof reveals David Speers’ true inner thoughts

If you thought Senator Jane Hume set the bar for candour with her comments on this week’s episode of Insiders, that was just the beginning.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria names new ministers; Penny Wong to travel to south-east Asia – as it happened

Jacinta Allan appointed Victoria’s new deputy premier; Australia records at least 56 Covid deaths and Penny Wong to travel to Vietnam and Malaysia

The Guardian - AU

TISM make long-awaited return: ‘After the election there’s a gap in the market for grotesque clowns’

After a 19-year absence, the satirical Melbourne band will be back on stage in December at the Good Things festival – and they’re ready to take the piss out of everyone. Including us

Crikey

Squat Morrison … hungry for justice … Albo’d again

The ex-PM is taking his sweet time vacating Kirribilli House. Read all about it, and plenty more, in today’s edition of Tips and Murmurs.

The Guardian - AU

PM-elect Albanese wants to ‘change the way politics works’ – as it happened

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