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Senior public servants criticised by robodebt royal commission scrubbed from organisational charts

Lawyer Annette Musolino is on leave, as PM’s department assistant secretary Russell De Burgh is replaced on staff listing

The Guardian - AU

Australian government spending on big four consultancy firms up 1,270% in a decade, analysis shows

PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY face scrutiny as critics warn core functions of democracy should not be outsourced

The Guardian - AU

Deloitte declines to tell Senate which government department’s information it leaked internally

Greens senator repeatedly asks firm to reveal which department was implicated but question taken on notice

The Guardian - AU

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First female RBA governor to bring 'reform agenda'

The incoming governor of the Reserve Bank, Michele Bullock, will have a full plate overhauling the major institution and laying out new ground rules.

AAP

PM says time to get ‘yes’ case rolling – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Newcastle's first public service academy opens

The Hunter has 'work force, profile and potential' to attract public servants

Newcastle Herald

Playing with power

The energy regulator warns Australia is too slow investing in a new, clean electricity supply, and NDIS Minister Bill Shorten describes last week in Parliament as ‘worse than shambolic, it was toxic’.

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Paul Bongiorno: Business as usual in Canberra – so much for a kinder, gentler politics

Winston Churchill once observed that “democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried”.

The New Daily

Crikey issues lengthy second apology after opinion piece on Brittany Higgins

Editors of the online news outlet vow to change editorial processes after taking down controversial article

The Guardian - AU

Advocates call for Greens to pass housing fund

The call follows a $2 billion investment in housing announced at the weekend.

The Canberra Times

Referendum bill to pass on Monday while government pulls out stops to try to secure housing fund

Federal parliament enters its last week before the winter break ready to approve legislation for the Voice referendum but with the government’s proposed $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund still in the balance.

The Conversation

Coalition has no intention of taking focus off Katy Gallagher and Higgins settlement

National Bridget McKenzie says Katy Gallagher still has questions to answer on her knowledge of rape allegations made by Brittany Higgins

The New Daily

Gallagher has questions to answer on Higgins: McKenzie

National senator Bridget McKenzie says there are still unanswered questions on knowledge of rape allegations by Brittany Higgins before they were made public.

AAP

ACT to receive $50m of social housing spend

A plan for more housing will be developed in the coming months.

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s politicians agree on one thing – it was a shocking week in parliament

Having spent two years trying to do better on sexual violence allegations, the damage will reverberate for some time

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition’s women problem is writ large in a here-we-go-again moment that returns parliament to its darkest days

Talking up the grossness of politics is a losing strategy, and one that has already backfired for the opposition

The Guardian - AU

ABC’s quiet revolution behind sackings as viewers switch off TV and tune into TikTok

So called ‘legacy jobs’ are on the way out and digital reporters are being hired as national broadcaster reinvents itself. Plus: Ten’s team shakeup

Crikey

Why Liberals still don’t understand women’s anger

Some Liberals may think they are terribly clever in politically scalping Katy Gallagher, but many women see only political point-scoring.

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The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Liberals come a cropper when they try to dig afresh into the Brittany Higgins story

Two women ended up in tears in the Senate this week, as the Higgins imbroglio exploded yet again and in the process claimed a scalp.

The New Daily

Fresh allegation on Senator Van ends Parliament’s ‘abomination’ of a week

Senator Van denied the allegation, but said he had moved his parliamentary office away from Senator Thorpe’s in 2021.

AAP

Row erupts over leaks of Higgins' texts and settlement

The prime minister says the political fighting over Brittany Higgins' leaked text messages is not a good look for parliament.

Crikey

Labor set to oppose Greens’ plea to establish a Murdoch royal commission

The Greens are trying to establish a News Corp royal commission. Now they need to find votes.

Crikey

Another Thorpedo

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe accused Liberal Senator David Van of sexual assault, then later withdrew the claim and said she’d elaborate today, and there’s speculation Rupert Murdoch is eyeing off buying The Spectator magazine.

The New Daily

Lidia Thorpe’s allegations halts Senate debate on Higgins affair

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe alleged an upper house colleague, David Van, sexually harassed and assaulted her on Wednesday afternoon.

The Conversation

Word from The Hill: Coalition attacks on Katy Gallagher, Voice losing traction, future fund holdout

As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team.

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