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The Latest Breaking News from Tony Abbott

Taylor Swift's reach is limitless. Even Aussie politics isn't immune

Think Swift's catalogue has nothing to do with politics? Think again.

The Canberra Times

We came of age during the Nemesis years — of course we’re turning away from major parties

For almost a decade there was no substantial policy debate for young voters to unpack. Now, we’re deciding elections.

Crikey

Let’s talk about… tax, baby

The Australian media’s love of conflict and willingness to kowtow to vested interests have prevented us from having a serious conversation about tax reform. That needs to change.

Crikey

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Can you replace News Corp’s columnists with AI?

News Corp is very proud of its push for AI in newsrooms. But what does it mean for the job prospects of people like Andrew Bolt and Peta Credlin?

Crikey

Morrison’s women problem

Former PM Scott Morrison has been criticised for his attitudes towards women on ABC’s Nemesis, and Shane Drumgold’s case against the ACT government begins today.

Crikey

That was then, this is now: Tony Abbott’s changing tune on China

Tony Abbott wants a more aggressive posture towards China. It is distinctly at odds with his views when he was prime minister.

Crikey

The office commute: The journalists that went to the dark side

Katharine Murphy’s departure from Guardian Australia ruffled feathers, but she’s not alone in crossing over to politics from the media.

Crikey

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Dutton blew his ‘tax reform’ cobra strike. But what about a python squeeze?

Dutton has been gifted a rare political opportunity. So far he’s blown it.

Crikey

Was Peta Credlin correct in defending the Abbott government’s election promises?

‘The 2014 budget did not break election promises,’ says Tony Abbott’s former chief of staff. Hmmm…

Crikey

Abbott became ‘a very dangerous PM’: Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull started thinking then-PM Tony Abbott was ‘a very dangerous prime minister’ when he considered sending troops to Ukraine after the 2014 MH17 disaster, and there are fewer rental properties on the Australian market than ever before.

Crikey

Booing the PM: did Anthony Albanese fall victim to an Australian sporting ‘tradition’?

Prime minister is the latest to cop jeers at a major event, this time the Australian Open. History suggests he won’t be the last

The Guardian - AU

The rich Australian history of booing PMs

Are boos for the PM a sign that the recently announced tax changes have backfired on Labor? Or simply the sturdiest tradition Australia has?

Crikey

Former senator Eric Abetz wins pre-selection in Tas

Former senator Eric Abetz has won the backing of Tasmanian Liberals for preselection at the upcoming state election.

AAP

A taxonomy of tax cut takes: How the stage three changes played across Australian newspapers

Crikey takes a look at how Labor’s stage three tax cuts flip has played in the nation’s media.

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Crikey

Child-rearing to retina-searing: Scott Morrison’s greatest hits

Tips and Murmurs bids a fond farewell to a man who gave us so very much over the years.

Crikey

Albanese’s broken tax promise fires the gun on the next election campaign

The PM’s planned changes to the stage three tax cuts might be good policy but the broken promise will have Peter Dutton jumping for joy.

Crikey

Scott Morrison, an inflection point between old and new forms of rotten politics

The former prime minister was the worst of both worlds when it comes to the new era of grievance politics.

Crikey

Monarchist youth pitch, minister’s misused meme, and Barnaby can’t be caged

We present the latest in Joyce wordplay. And whether it’s the monarchist league or government ministers, it’s crazy just how well our public figures understand young people.

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The Guardian - AU

Boy Swallows Universe, The Tourist season two and Expats: what’s new to streaming in Australia in January

Plus Jodie Foster in new True Detective, a documentary about the machinations of the Liberal party and big-budget war series Masters of the Air

The Conversation

Cabinet papers 2003: Howard government sends Australia into the Iraq war

By far the most significant decision the Howard government made in 2003 was to support the invasion of Iraq. Journalists and historians have long maintained there was no submission to full cabinet weighing the pros and cons of the Australian intervention. Cabinet papers from 2003 released today by the National…

The Guardian - AU

Funding the 12-metre platypus, and other decisions that troubled the Howard government

The 2003 cabinet papers reveal debates ranging from privatisation and workplace relations to spam and the World Expo in Japan

The Guardian - AU

Sliding doors: cabinet papers reveal how close Coalition came to endorsing emissions trading in 2003

The Howard government drafted a statement declaring its support for an emissions trading scheme before abruptly changing course

The Guardian - AU

This year brought Labor back down to earth. What does 2024 hold for Albanese and Dutton?

A post-honeymoon prime minister has been left battered and bruised by 2023 – but that doesn’t necessarily mean the opposition leader will win the war

Newcastle Herald

Political opposition is about more than saying 'no' all the time

You know it makes sense.

The Guardian - AU

Ita Buttrose rallies ABC staff in Christmas message while Murdoch’s annual party goes missing

Conservative festive fixtures in short supply as public broadcasting boss warns staff against complacency. Plus: the West Australian v Margot Robbie

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