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As a young reporter, I saw a listing for a case at the High Court of Australia. Few Australians then knew the name Eddie Mabo but I sensed this case may change Australia, says Stan Grant in this extract from his 2022 Mabo Lecture.

Have we seen the former Liberal deputy’s star rise as high as it’s going to? Apparently not. Do not miss this cringe-fest, plus plenty more.

Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen says the Liberals "lied" about a federal ICAC, as he and Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg trade insults over integrity and Anthony Albanese on Q+A.

“If my question was not appropriate for the show after being vetted and edited, I wonder why I was invited at all.”

We may reject the premise of the question that got Sasha Gillies-Lekakis kicked off Q+A, but it is tough to detect a direct call to violence in it, as host Stan Grant claimed. How has Q+A handled other controversies?

Stan Grant tells Sasha Gillies-Lekakis to leave ABC show in response to question about media coverage depicting ‘Ukraine as the good guy and Russia as the bad guy’

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Good morning, early birds. The Mid North Coast and the Hunter have been warned to brace for severe thunderstorms and potential flash flooding, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for one-to-one talks. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

Q+A host Stan Grant asks a pro-Russian audience member to leave the studio after a "rogue question" about the war in Ukraine.

Australia doesn’t have a God problem — or if we do, it’s trivial compared to past decades. But it’s not in the right’s interests to accept that.