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Yes, Australia should extend the length of our parliamentary terms — we never really break out of election mode

Moving to four-year terms would at least put to bed the endless talk of whether we should move to four-year terms.

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No, Australia shouldn’t extend parliamentary terms — the major parties need to do some soul searching first

‘Leaders of the major political parties need to look at their own internal processes before attempting to persuade voters to support four-year terms.’

Crikey

Life without Bill Shorten: Labor eyes frontbench reshuffle

Anthony Albanese is considering a new-year cabinet shake-up following the retirement of Bill Shorten, and the housing market appears to finally be losing steam.

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No, we shouldn’t care about the PM’s new $4.3m house — it is a hall of mirrors for media stupidity

Journalists warning Anthony Albanese is ‘out of touch’ for buying a house reflect a state of journalism in which ‘optics’ are analysed ahead of substance.

Crikey

Yes, we should we care about the PM’s new $4.3m house — it’s terrible optics, whether it bothers you or not

‘Why make this unnecessary purchase now, knowing the storm that would ensue, knowing your enemies would use it against you?’

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The Albanese government: A safer pair of hands to do the selling out

The Brits think Keir Starmer is doing a bad job. Oh mates, hold my colder, better beer…

Crikey

‘Grow up Albo!’: How Crikey readers feel about Labor, less than a year out from the election

While many draw the line at comparing Albanese to Morrison, Labor’s ‘childish’ refusal to negotiate with the Greens has not gone down well with readers.

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Yes, Albo is the new ScoMo — he’s more of the void

The only real difference between Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison is that Albo would have made a pretty successful Coalition prime minister.

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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.

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Katter, unfiltered: Four outtakes from our Bob Katter interview we couldn’t help but share

‘We were violently opposed, me and Albo, on a number of things. He rang me up, he used the F-word 15 times out of 18 words! 15 of them, calling me an F-er.’

Crikey

Piers Grove’s media company stops publishing, misses salary payments

A new media venture has abruptly stopped publishing following a Crikey investigation, as one former employee says that the company has already missed deadlines for promised payments.

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Yes, Labor should ditch its caucus rules — if it wants to avoid becoming a shrinking cult

Arguing for the affirmative in this week’s Friday Fight: columnist Rachel Withers.

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ABC Australia staff’s concerns over pro-Israel bias revealed

Staff warned that language in national broadcaster’s coverage ‘favoured the Israeli narrative over objective reporting’.

Al Jazeera

Schwartz Media sells The Politics to former Junkee boss

The Monthly’s popular daily column will be spun off by Piers Grove, whose last publishing venture saw a mass exodus of staff.

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After defeat, the Yes commentariat identify their true enemy: the Australian people

The campaign and defeat has brought out totalitarian instincts, with the No case portrayed as symptom, rather than argument.

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