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'Cast of thousands' headlined Reynolds defamation trial

Prime ministers, TV hosts, journalists, MPs and staffers were among the who's who of mentions and witnesses in the Linda Reynolds defamation trial.

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Diana Asmar to Kimberley Kitching: The real backstory to this very mid Macbeth

The HWU has taken its low-paid, low-power, often non-English-speaking members for a ride for decades. And the ACTU has let them.

Crikey

Dutton has a dig at miner

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says some pro-Voice big companies are cowards ‘craving popularity’ by backing the Yes23 campaign, and gambling companies should pay for gamblers’ rehab and legal help.

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Penny Wong and the thousand cuts of the Kimberley Kitching saga

In this extract from her updated biography of Penny Wong, Margaret Simons exposes the foreign affairs minister’s crises of confidence.

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View from The Hill: Brittany Higgins story continues its damaging trail, with no end in sight

The Brittany Higgins saga has damaged almost everyone it has touched, or who’s touched it.

The Conversation

Daintree, Dan and the HWU: the real scandal is the contempt for working people

Victorian Labor funnelled money to a hands-off ‘training authority’ controlled by the state’s most corrupted union. Dissolve the HWU!

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IBAC’s Operation Daintree report once again damns Andrews’ government

The report centres on $3.4 million awarded by the Victorian government to the Health Workers Union (HWU) in 2018.

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AUKUS: Labor goes to war — against itself

Anthony Albanese’s commitment to the deal is driven by demands of the foreign policy elite, and the endless factional war with Bill Shorten.

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Australian intelligence agency advised departmental discretion on using Chinese equipment 14 months ago

Government’s new commitment to remove devices made by Hikvision and Dahua from buildings sweeps 2021 advice aside

The Guardian - AU

A very Labor Christmas: the alleged headbutt, the plumber, and the tip-truck union

Under the mistletoe, a Shorten fanboy allegedly goes the tonk on a rival union head. The hunting season continues in the festive season.

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Into the woods: Victorian Labor, the great defection, the HWU, training day, Daintree, and the big pile of money

Seven state MPs suddenly quit Bill Shorten’s faction, as IBAC’s Operation Daintree investigates a $3.4 million grant to a union run by his ‘mates’. Is the final act of a long drama playing out? Who’s going to be on the floor when it does?

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Twittering about trust in journalism: will we miss the platform’s media watchdog role when it’s gone?

Twitter has been effective at holding journalists and outlets to account. Will the Musk restructure neuter its role as media watchdog?

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Norman Swan apologises for linking Kimberley Kitching and Shane Warne’s deaths to Covid

The Guardian - AU

Branch stacking, national security, and the client state: the real story behind the IBAC report into Victorian Labor

Adem Somyurek had powerful supporters. His megalomania made them enemies. Whoever wanted him gone wanted a lot more as well.

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Heart checks soar post-Warne, Kitching

The number of Australians coming forward for heart checks has soared since the sudden deaths of cricket legend Shane Warne and politician Kimberley Kitching.

The Canberra Times

Ukraine, abortion and kangaroo courts: it's Geoffrey Robertson against the world

He's one of the world's most high-profile lawyers, but Geoffrey Robertson cares most deeply about people.

ABC News

Heart attacks don't wait for you to turn 52, they can strike at any age, at any time

GPs have seen a surge in people wanting to have their heart checked since the sudden deaths of cricketer Shane Warne, Victorian Labor senator Kimberley Kitching and a major heart attack suffered by the AFL's Dean Wallis.

The Conversation

The Wentworth Project: 'Soft' voters dislike Morrison but hesitate about Albanese

“Soft” voters who took part in focus groups in the Sydney seat of Wentworth this week were probably speaking for a vast number of Australians when they vented their disgruntlement with the two leaders who are fighting out this election.

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Labor confirms Kitching Senate replacement

Jana Stewart, an Indigenous woman and former bureaucrat, will be confirmed as the Senate replacement for Kimberley Kitching after her sudden death last month.

The Guardian - AU

Nearly 1,400 Afghans granted emergency visas never made it to Australia

Senate inquiry calls on government to reinstate 1,398 lapsed humanitarian visas originally granted after Taliban takeover

The Guardian - AU

Hell hath no fury like the last days of Australia’s 46th parliament

The derangements of party factionalism, the mean girls and bullyboys, were finally punctured by the gravitas of Volodymyr Zelenskiy via videolink

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Budget week punctuated by distractions

In the middle of budget week, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese boarded a VIP aircraft bound for Melbourne to attend Shane Warne’s Wednesday evening memorial service.

ABC News

NT senator Sam McMahon uses parliamentary privilege to accuse former staffer of 'abuse'

Outgoing Northern Territory senator Sam McMahon calls for 'cruel behaviour' in politics to end, using her final speech in parliament to accuse a former staffer of 'abuse'.

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Outgoing senator shines light on bullying

Outgoing Northern Territory senator Sam McMahon has used her valedictory speech to call out bullying within her former party, which sparked her resignation.

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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?

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