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Lawyers 'appeared to come under pressure' from then-social services minister Scott Morrison to provide Robodebt advice, inquiry is told

A commission of inquiry had been shown emails between the lawyers within the Social Services Department in 2015 relating to a draft brief being prepared for then social services minister Scott Morrison.

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Was the robodebt fiasco pure ideological bastardry?

The robodebt royal commission, now finally in motion, will prove to be a morality tale about how governments operate in the age of technology.

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Book extract: Dreamers and schemers and the election that changed us

This is an edited extract from Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia by Frank Bongiorno, La Trobe University Press, 2022.

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Young #BlackLivesMatter

Almost every child in the Northern Territory’s youth jails is Indigenous, and as WA Liberals implode, Victoria’s Coalition is sticking to its pledge to spend $25.7 billion on 222 announced promises as it heads towards the November 26 state election. (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the…

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Peter Dutton delivers red meat to the conservative base while moderates wait for the second coming of Josh Frydenberg

The opposition leader’s doubling down on crusades that estrange the party from its inner-city heartland must have felt pretty eccentric from the teal corner

The Guardian - AU

Former PM Scott Morrison may have breached cabinet confidence by briefing journalists during COVID pandemic, a senior public servant says

A senior public servant says former prime minister Scott Morrison may have breached the principles of cabinet confidence when briefing journalists during the COVID pandemic.

ABC News

Attorney general investigates alleged cabinet leak in book that revealed secret Morrison ministries

Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet says alleged leak relates to national security committee deliberations

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Attorney-general examines Morrison leaks

Former prime minister Scott Morrison's leaking of confidential cabinet information to two journalists is being examined by the Attorney-General's Department.

AAP

Stunts, gaslighting, bullshit: the Republicanisation of the Coalition resumes in earnest

Yesterday’s stunt by Coalition women to claim the mantle of bullying victims is straight from the Republican playbook of manufacturing grievance.

Crikey

Brittany Higgins rape trial collapses after juror ‘brings own research into court’

The jury was discharged after a 12-day trial and five days of deliberation after the print-out was found

The Independent UK

Australian court discharges jury in parliament rape case

An Australian court discharged a jury on Thursday in the trial of a former government adviser accused of sexually assaulting a colleague in Parliament House, after it said a juror got access to details that were not submitted as evidence.

Reuters

Libs to make Jerusalem election issue

Simon Birmingham says the federal opposition stands by recognising West Jerusalem as Israel's capital and will take the position to the next election.

AAP

Lehrmann trial aborted after juror accessed own information

The jury in the Lehrmann trial has been discharged after it was discovered a juror had obtained information outside the evidence presented.

The Conversation

A bundle of energy

Former ACCC chair Rod Sims says the big gas companies should be bullied into lowering their prices, and the risks of heart disease from two of the COVID vaccines were not known until months after being put into Aussie arms.

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Michael Pascoe: The budget without reply

Next Thursday the Sydney Liberal Party faithful are being invited to pay $880 a seat for lunch and to listen to a budget reply.

The New Daily

Anthony Albanese plays the long game

The sobriety of Budget 2022 reveals much about the political evolution of Anthony Albanese, Matthew Franklin writes.

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyers argued Scott Morrison’s apology to Brittany Higgins was ‘particularly egregious’

Newly released judgment on Lehrmann’s failed attempt in April to halt sexual assault case shows defence argued then PM’s comments could prejudice fair trial

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Lidia Thorpe Messed Up, But The Backlash Shows WoC In Politics Are Held To A Different Standard

The vitriol spat at Lidia Thorpe about her undisclosed relationship shows First Nations women in politics are held to a different standard.

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Blow-by-blow accounts

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says energy bills will surge in the next two years but the government will spend $25 billion on climate change until 2030, and the Medibank cyber attack details get worse by the day.

The Guardian - AU

Budget cuts and Morrison’s pledges: where are the biggest savings coming from?

At least $9bn of regional, environmental and infrastructure spending has been slashed in Labor’s October budget – here are the projects that will miss out

The Guardian - AU

Federal budget 2022 summary – winners and losers: who will benefit and who was left behind?

The governor general, Bob Katter, jobseekers, seniors and Double J listeners – everyone has a stake in the federal budget, but some have done better than others

The Guardian - AU

Albanese budget scraps ‘risky’ Coalition plan to underwrite new power generation

Exclusive: Scheme had been criticised as a ‘slush fund’ that could have cost billions and pushed up power prices

Crikey

Australia’s submarine debacle, and how the carousel keeps spinning for retired US Navy officials

An investigation by The Washington Post has revealed that a dozen Americans received around US$10 million as consultants on Australia’s botched submarine program.

Newcastle Herald

Abuse group says Newcastle memorial to institutional victims needs to be ready a year from today

Survivors say time to move on memorial

ABC News

Malcolm Turnbull, an architect of stage 3 tax cuts, still backs them, despite higher costs

The prime minister who originally introduced the stage three tax cuts to the parliament says you would probably not legislate them today, given their growing cost and the deteriorating budget position.

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