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Labor’s Election Review Found Its Federal Win Was Thanks To Scott Morrison’s Sheer Unpopularity

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Former prime minister Scott Morrison's lawyer pushes for full response to the Robodebt royal commission to be made public

Scott Morrison was social services minister and treasurer during the time of the scheme. His lawyer says matters that are currently protected by a public interest immunity, which protects the workings of government, informed his decision-making.

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Scott Morrison’s lawyers say his ‘reputation is on the line’ over robodebt royal commission testimony

Counsel for former PM says he should be able to refer to secret cabinet documents when giving evidence

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Paul Bongiorno: Albanese is heading in the right direction – the same can’t be said of Dutton

Peter Dutton is placing great store on Albanese and Labor failing to deliver on promises to have the Coalition back in power after one term.

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Labor review says Scott Morrison’s unpopularity ‘single most significant factor’ behind election win

Election campaign review also warns party risks losing outer suburban seats in Melbourne to independents unless lessons learned

The Guardian - AU

Labor election review warns about risks in party's 'heartland' seats

Labor needs to develop plans to address dissatisfaction among voters in some of its heartland seats, especially in outer suburban Melbourne, the party’s federal election review has warned.

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Labor's federal election review finds focus on Morrison's character 'highly effective', cites concern for loss of 'heartland' support

Labor veterans Greg Combet and Lenda Oshalem have dissected Labor's federal election campaign, its policy offerings and results, coming up with 27 recommendations to establish "a long-term, progressive Labor government".

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Robodebt royal commission told Human Services staffers attempted to influence ombudsman report into troubled scheme

A bureaucrat who helped manage the Robodebt "crisis" in 2017 tells a royal commission it is "normal practice" for public servants to provide wording to independent statutory bodies investigating government programs.

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What explained the seismic 2022 federal election? The Australian Election Study has answers

The 2022 Australian federal election was distinctive in two ways.

The Conversation

Teal voters are more likely to be Labor-leaning than conservative, study finds

Majority were not disaffected Coalition supporters and voted tactically to defeat incumbents, according to report

The Guardian - AU

Teal voters at 2022 federal election were largely 'tactical', not disaffected Liberals, says a new Australian National University study

The same university study finds Scott Morrison the least popular leader since they started measuring popularity more than three decades ago.

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Voters abandon major parties, study finds

In 1967, about three in four voters said they always voted for the same party but in 2022 this has dropped to just over one in three.

AAP

Leadership, independents key to election

An academic study of the 2022 federal election has found voters were attracted by Labor's strong leadership, but many abandoned both major parties.

AAP

Robodebt officials 'co-wrote' vital report

Human Services department officials had the opportunity to contribute to a Commonwealth Ombudsman report

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Millennials and gen Z have deserted the Coalition – this could be dire for the opposition

Labor now has the opportunity to imprint lifelong loyalty on younger people

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Key robodebt documents won't be released

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has decided only one of 12 requested documents from the failed robodebt scheme will be released to the public.

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: notes from China’s protests, eviscerating Scott Morrison, and the ‘new Sydney Opera House’

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days

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Most of us understood the COVID rules well, so why don't fines stand?

If the rest of the population had reacted the same way as these selfish few, they would have been dying in the tens of thousands.

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The Ferguson Report: Morrison gets through ‘not-sorry’ speech without smirking

Tim Ferguson breaks down this week's news, starting with Scott Morrison's not-sorry speech to the Australian parliament.

Reuters

Australian prosecutors drop parliament rape case

Australian prosecutors said on Friday they will drop the high-profile case of a former government adviser accused of sexually assaulting a colleague in parliament, because the trial was severely harming the complainant's mental health.

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Provocative political cartoons on show in Canberra as Behind the Lines exhibit looks back on 2022

The year's best political cartoons are unveiled for the annual Behind the Lines exhibit in Canberra with David Pope taking out the top honour.

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NSW Treasurer Matt Kean says Australians should judge former prime minister Scott Morrison at the ballot box

Former prime minister Scott Morrison is lashed for his secret ministries scandal on Q+A as Nova Peris says she has serious concerns about a referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

The Conversation

'He was woeful': in Bulldozed, Niki Savva catalogues Scott Morrison’s nasty, duplicitous, nutty behaviour

Niki Savva doesn’t like Scott Morrison. In the very first chapter of Bulldozed, she describes him as “petty and vindictive.”

AAP

Greens seek new Morrison inquiry referral

Greens leader Adam Bandt is calling for a new referral to parliament's privileges committee relating to Scott Morrison's secret ministries.

The New Daily

Was Scott Morrison’s censure speech a swan song?

Scott Morrison was the first former PM to be censured by the lower house while in Parliament.

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