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Crosby Textor’s influence on prime ministers helped it dominate the Anglosphere

C|T Group’s political influence reached far, having at one point former senior officials at the apex of power in both Australia and the UK.

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Crosby Textor group’s influence on the Liberals has been pervasive. Is it time to cut the link?

C|T and the Liberal Party are so closely linked it can be hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.

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Julian Assange: the plot thickens

The FBI has reopened its case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, putting a dampener on hopes he could soon be released, and Health Minister Mark Butler’s wife Daniela Ritorto has quit her job at a company linked to a $23.4 million government contract.

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It's time to end Western Australia's $4 billion-per-year GST bonus

The Morrison government’s decision to give a special deal to Western Australia for the distribution of the income from the goods and service tax is one of the worst public policy decisions made in Australia in the past two decades.

The Conversation

A sustainable Australia depends on what happens in our cities – that's why we need a national urban policy

Australia has not had a national urban policy since the Rudd government. A troika of Liberal PMs followed. Tony Abbott wasn’t interested. Malcolm Turnbull didn’t quite live up to the hype but delivered cross-governmental City Deals and the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program. Scott Morrison at best presided over a…

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Scott Morrison issues blanket denial on nuclear submarine questions

The former PM answered with an emphatic ‘No’ when asked if he knew of links between powerful lobbyists and the AUKUS deal.

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Mere coincidence? Crosby Textor is the common link in Morrison’s AUKUS deal

The nuclear-powered submarine deal with the UK and the US was backed by the nuclear-powered lobbying firm and political consultancy.

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Crosby Textor: the pollsters that took over the Liberal Party and became a global power

Is the political lobbying powerhouse serving Liberal governments? Or are Liberal governments serving the group and its clients?

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Scott Morrison says sport should stay out of the referendum. Is he right?

Last week more than 20 Australian sporting codes united in support of the Yes vote in the upcoming referendum. Some say we should be keeping politics out of sport, but what does that actually entail?

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A new trade deal delivers cheaper Australian beef and British sweets – but does little to avert dangerous global warming

A free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom begins on Wednesday. When it was announced in 2021, then-prime ministers Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison cheerily exchanged packets of chocolate biscuits. Meanwhile, one British newspaper celebrated the prospect of cheaper steaks.

The Conversation

The housing crisis threatens to unleash Australia’s darker angels. Peter Dutton is intent on exploiting it

Weaponising housing has stark consequences. But progressives have the chance to lead a national risk mitigation effort based in genuine systemic reform

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Nats say No to Dutton

Nationals Leader David Littleproud does not and will not support Liberal Leader Peter Dutton’s claim the Voice will ‘re-racialise’ Australia, and Australians who rent pay nearly a third of their income to keep a roof over their heads.

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How non-government politicians use the FOI system to hold the government accountable

Whether it’s informing public policy debate or calling out broken election promises, FOI is a vital tool.

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NSW Liberals pick Maria Kovacic to fill late Jim Molan’s seat in Senate

Maria Kovacic, the former president of the NSW Liberal Party, will fill the senate vacancy left by the death of Jim Molan

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Michael Pascoe: We urgently need a real national security review

For all the effort of current Labor and LNP politicians to talk tough, they don’t even have a national security strategy.

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Former prime minister Morrison pens religious book deal

Former prime minister Scott Morrison has landed a surprise book deal with a major international publisher. Mr Morrison has declared on his MP interest

The New Daily

The Ferguson Report: DeSantis Twitter campaign launch smooth as a driverless Tesla

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis launched his presidential campaign on Twitter. To avoid seeming biased, Twitter stopped working.

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US Park Police investigate attack on Australian journalists

The U.S. Park Police says it has placed two officers on administrative leave after video showed Australian journalists being attacked during Monday's protest in Washington, D

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MPs see red over Green

Two lower house MPs have complained to Speaker Milton Dick about ‘vicious’ personal attacks on Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather by Labor MPs, and the reproductive healthcare Senate inquiry has recommended that access to abortion should be easier.

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Top cop’s dressing down over text from Morrison’s mate about bigger problem

The sheer size of PwC and the $250 million in government contracts it has already won this year makes this investigation far from ordinary.

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Which three issues inspire Scott Morrison to stand up in Parliament these days?

The former prime minister has stood up and spoken up for the third time since he lost the top job. First for the queen, second for a censure motion, and now over the Voice.

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Bribery and corruption

The Morrison government paid a corrupt businessman millions of taxpayer dollars for offshore processing on Nauru, and Clare Nowland, the 95-year-old woman tasered by police, has died only hours after the officer allegedly involved was charged with three offences.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: millions paid to corrupt Nauru businessman, Tina Turner dies, renewable zones delayed

Morrison government paid man convicted of bribing two Nauruan officials; renewable energy projects pushed back; tributes flow for 1980s rock legend

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PM makes plea to opponents to back Indigenous voice

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged coalition MPs to back the Indigenous voice, saying the body would provide meaningful action.

The New Daily

Morrison rises to speak in favour of Australia 55 years ago

Former prime minister Scott Morrison has spoken against the indigenous Voice in a rare contribution to parliamentary debate.

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