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Katherine Deves, Portishead, and the glorious history of artists telling politicians to sod off

Katherine Deves’ run-in with Portishead’s Geoff Barrow last week is just the latest incident in a glorious history of political figures being told by their heroes to get lost.

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Government and opposition MPs to visit Taiwan as part of Australian parliamentary delegation

A delegation of six federal politicians from Labor and the Coalition will travel to Taiwan, but Anthony Albanese says politicians travelling to the island is not unusual.

ABC News

Brush with immortality for ex-PM Abbott

A portrait of former Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott, by artist Johannes Leak, has been unveiled at Parliament House in Canberra.

AAP

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Morning Mail: Child vaping surge prompts government crackdown, ‘crazy’ Covid fines, Morrison censure motion

In today’s newsletter: children were vaping nicotine without realising it; NSW urged to cancel more lockdown fines; Morrison on track for official censure

The Guardian - AU

Losers who lived: Matthew Guy is among the rare breed of opposition leaders given a second chance

Thrashed in 2018, the Liberal leader is hoping to find redemption in this weekend’s Victorian election – but the polls are not on his side

The Guardian - AU

Morrison ministries 'corrosive' of trust

A report by former High Court judge Virginia Bell into Scott Morrison's secret self-appointment to multiple ministries has been handed to the government.

AAP

How Albanese walked a tightrope of Labor division amid fears 43% emissions target would cost it the election

Exclusive: A fierce internal debate raged as Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen pushed for an ambitious climate policy for the 2022 election

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‘Wake-up call for cops’: pleas to address ‘over-policing’ as Sydney protester Danny Lim hospitalised in arrest

The attempted arrest of an elderly Sydney man peacefully protesting has been deemed ’emblematic’ of over-policing in NSW.

Crikey

Coalition’s China blunder — or how to get caught out on fair-weather xenophobia

Liberals complain that Labor is sending money to countries affected by climate change, when it boasted of doing the same thing itself.

Crikey

In praise of cervical cancer vaccine pioneer Ian Frazer, a scientist like few others

The 69-year-old scientist and former Australian of the Year is hanging up his white coat, ending a career that saved millions of lives.

Crikey

Vladimir Putin used to bring drama to global summits. Ukraine and fear of assassination will probably keep him from the G20

From Tony Abbott's "shirtfront" vow to wild press conferences with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin always brings drama to global summits. But this year, the risks are too great for him to leave the Kremlin unattended.

ABC News

The Ferguson Report: Oil industry surrenders to white middle-class activism

The world's largest oil corporations have shut down due to a National Art Gallery protest described as "very, very Canberra".

The New Daily

Ross Garnaut thinks Australia can become a low-carbon superpower; Clive Hamilton is not convinced

Ross Garnaut is a big beast in the Australian climate policy world, and a Labor favourite since his days as economic adviser to Bob Hawke. His 2008 Climate Change Review shifted the dial on policy, encouraging the Rudd and Gillard governments to pursue carbon pricing laws. He fell out of…

The Conversation

The Liberal Party faces two paths: moderate Liberalism or Republican extremism

Two states, two political parties, two different futures — how the NSW and Victorian Liberals are on divergent paths.

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Vale Peter Reith, a political and ideological warrior the Liberals need more of

The former Liberal minister might be recalled for scandals and crises, but he never lost his zeal for political battle with a purpose.

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Alan Kohler: Jim Chalmers delivers a responsible budget, with no repair and no relief

The last time a new government brought down its first budget, in 2014, it was a disaster for all concerned.

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Paul Bongiorno: A bread-and-butter budget with no hundreds and thousands

Treasurer Jim Chalmers started it and Infrastructure Minister Catherine King joined the chorus telling us about “a bread-and-butter budget”.

The Guardian - AU

The Battleship Albanese is a paragon of calm but in the water lurks Dutton, looking for cracks in the armour

The government has achieved commendable milestones already thanks to the PM’s reset strategy. If only it could last

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God’s business: how the big religions scripted a massive tax handout

Organisations like the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, a registered basic religious charity, are largely free from accountability.

Crikey

Say it again, Albo

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says over and over again that his government’s position on the stage three tax cuts hasn’t changed, and the rain just keeps on coming on the east coast.

The Conversation

The Liberal Party is in a dire state across Australia right now. That should worry us all

“The duty of an Opposition is to oppose” – attributed to Lord Randolph Churchill – is one of those quotations I remember seeing on exam papers in high school politics classes. It is true, but only half-true.

ABC News

'Not now, not ever': 10 years on from the misogyny speech

Much has been said about the speech in the decade since Julia Gillard rose to her feet to deliver it, but what does it mean to those now inside the building? To those who've watched the political world change around them, and those just entering it for the first time?

The Guardian - AU

Wedged between the CPAC circus and the teals, will Peter Dutton wither or find a new way to live?

Could the Liberal party be co-opted by the rightwing fringe? It is structurally and institutionally weak after the May election loss

Crikey

Why we’ll never see the likes of Tony Abbott again

The world that people like Tony Abbott shaped their identity on is long gone — in more ways than we may be comfortable admitting.

The New Daily

Stage-three tax cuts: What makes them so controversial?

Stage three tax cuts will kick in during 2024 and on net it will benefit people who earn over $180,000, or the top 3.7 per cent.

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