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The Voice promises more efficient government, but try telling the No camp that

Why don’t conservative No supporters want a less powerful, more efficient government? Because that’s not what government is about for them anymore.

Crikey

Why do I suddenly owe tax this year? It could be because the Low and Middle Income Tax offset is gone, forever

Why do I suddenly owe tax this year?

The Conversation

‘What if there was a war?’ Chinese Australians wear the scars after bitter years of hostile rhetoric

Hawkish messaging in Australia in response to China’s foreign policy has left Chinese Australians bruised – and increasingly volatile in their local politics

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Why is Labor’s bill on combatting disinformation so controversial?

Coalition is ringing alarm bells about legislation, despite it containing many Morrison-era proposals. But they’re not alone in their concerns

The Guardian - AU

Our leaders are burning out while polarisation splits the nation and erodes trust in politics

After the voice referendum on 14 October, an act of leadership will be needed to knit the country back together

The Guardian - AU

From Pezzullo to PwC, people really like failing their own very public standards

It has been an incredible week for the glorious political art of doing the exact things one has loudly condemned in the past.

Crikey

Chinese ambassador says Australian lawmakers who visit Taiwan are being utilized by separatists

China’s ambassador to Australia has criticized Australian politicians who visit Taiwan, saying they are being utilized by separatists on the self-governing island

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Just how bad is Dan Andrews’ financial legacy?

As the Victorian premier hangs up his hat, he leaves a state with blistering debt, project cost blowouts, and a lack of transparency.

Crikey

Government spin on Modi was already questionable. Now for an awkwardly timed book launch

PM Anthony Albanese seems resistant to the suggestion that the view from halfway up the Indian PM’s arse is far less scenic than advertised.

Crikey

'Player' Mike Pezzullo undone by power play

His addiction to texting is certainly bipartisan.

The Canberra Times

Pezzullo’s mate Scott Briggs is a man with fingers in many, many pies

Just who is Briggs, the powerbroker and ‘shrewd operator’ who was a long-time confidant of the country’s leaders?

Crikey

How do Pezzullo’s texts stack up against the public service code of conduct?

Unless the leaked messages from the country’s most powerful mandarin are the fraud of the century, he’s a goner.

Crikey

View from The Hill: 'Player' Mike Pezzullo undone by power play

Mike Pezzullo, one of Canberra’s most powerful and certainly most controversial public servants, cannot survive the revelation of the trove of text messages showing him blatantly inserting himself into the political process.

The Conversation

Senior Australian public servant steps aside during probe of encrypted texts to premiers' friend

A senior Australian public servant has stepped aside while an investigation is underway into allegations that he sent encrypted messages to undermine some ministers and promote others to further his own career

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The Guardian - AU

Home affairs department head Michael Pezzullo standing aside pending investigation over leaked texts

The home affairs minister Clare O’Neil said she was ‘aware’ of reporting by Nine of the texts, which include comments about political figures

Crikey

Scott Morrison is right: Any COVID inquiry that doesn’t look at state issues is meaningless

It might be the first time we’ve said this with no equivocation: Scott Morrison is absolutely right. Here are some major decisions in the management of COVID-19 the ALP doesn’t have an interest in looking into.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Josh Frydenberg puts political ambition aside to remain in business

Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s decision to put a business future before an attempted political revival is a blow for the Liberal Party, but a relief for the teal member for Kooyong, Monique Ryan.

Crikey

Sordid, mendacious, riven with division — No camp is a cesspit. But it works

Lies, division, racism, culture warring, foreign interference — the No campaign has it all. Not that any of that is holding it back.

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‘It’ll sell fewer than 100 in the US’: Has ScoMo misjudged the Christian publishing market?

Our former Pentecostal prime minister has promised a PM’s memoir ‘unlike any other’. But will his tilt at the US Christian market pay off?

Crikey

‘It’ll sell less than 100 in the US’: Has ScoMo misjudged the Christian publishing market?

Our former Pentecostal prime minister has promised a PM’s book ‘quite unlike any other’. But will his tilt at the US Christian market pay off?

Crikey

COVID back under the microscope

Today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce a ‘deep’ inquiry with wide-ranging powers into Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 21-year-old male Liberal candidate for Mark McGowan’s WA seat wanted to know if his female Labor opponent would resign if she got pregnant.

Newcastle Herald

NSW taxpayers dealt double power punch

Both Labor and Coalition governments are responsible for the state's current electricity woes.

AAP

PM set to announce COVID-19 inquiry: report

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could be poised to announce the details of a special commission of inquiry into the handling of COVID-19 pandemic.

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ScoMo Says He ‘Stepped Down’ As PM, Seemingly Forgets The Whole ‘Massive Election Loss’ Thing

Scott Morrison has said that he "stepped down" from the role of prime minister in a recent sermon to a church in Perth.

Crikey

The challenge of disagreeing better

Conflict and disagreement are just part of the grand scheme of life, but when they turn nasty our tenuous hold on civility is endangered.

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