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Single parents in Australia are owed $3.7bn in child support. Anne says no leader has been ‘brave enough’ to fix it

Anne*, who lived in poverty with her two sons, wrote to Scott Morrison, Alan Tudge and Christian Porter about the unfair system but never heard back

The Guardian - AU

'Big swinging d--ks', Wolf of Wall Street party and Barr staffers

Excerpts from Brittany Higgins' unpublished book revealed in court.

The Canberra Times

First person jailed under foreign interference laws

A former Liberal Party candidate will be jailed for at least a year after becoming the first person in Australia found guilty under foreign interference laws.

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Man guilty of foreign influence asks to be spared jail

A Victorian jury found Di Sanh Duong guilty of planning to engage in foreign influence by handing a $37,000 cheque over to a minister for a hospital donation.

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Former Liberal candidate guilty over Chinese influence

Di Sanh Duong has been found guilty of planning to engage in foreign influence by handing a $37,000 cheque over to a minister for a Melbourne hospital donation.

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Former minister set up media op with influence accused

A federal minister set up a media event with a man accused of foreign interference to spread a positive story about the Chinese community facing COVID-19 racism

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First person charged under Australia's foreign interference laws denies working for China

Lawyers for the first person to be charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws have told a court that a hospital donation made through a federal government minister was not a covert attempt to curry favor on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party

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Hospital donation 'to combat anti-China sentiment'

A man on trial for alleged planned foreign interference says he was trying to combat anti-Chinese attitudes when he handed a politician a $37,000 cheque.

AAP

China foreign influence trial over $37k donation begins

The first trial to test Australia's foreign interference laws, involving alleged planned political gain over a $37,000 donation, has begun in Melbourne.

AAP

Fadden will show if voters are ready to blame Labor for the economy, or keep bashing the Coalition

Peter Dutton wants to portray the government as too focused on the voice, but while an Aston-style upset is unlikely, the opposition leader is still on thin ice

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Fadden byelection is Dutton's immediate hurdle but party reform is the bigger challenge

Stuart Robert has kept well away from the byelection to choose his parliamentary successor, but Labor has made sure the controversial former member hasn’t been forgotten.

The Conversation

Explainer: what is the 'tort of misfeasance' and how might it apply in the case of robodebt?

The final report of the robodebt royal commission has revealed the full extent of one of the most egregiously harmful acts our government has ever committed against some of the most vulnerable Australians.

The Conversation

The Robodebt Report Absolutely Skewered Our Politicians So Here’s Yr Explainer On Its Findings

The report called for certain politicians to be referred to criminal and civil prosecutions for the "cruel" scheme.

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The robodebt scheme was passed like a hot potato up the line of Coalition ministers – but who will be held responsible?

Unless agencies take up the commissioner’s invitation to prosecute, who is most to blame could remain sealed away in the report’s ‘confidential chapter’

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All governments try to ‘manage’ stories – but with robodebt it became a stubborn refusal to admit the truth

The royal commission’s final report lays bare how ministers and officials frustrated honest questioning and used friendly media to spread misleading information

The Guardian - AU

How the Coalition collaborated with ‘friendly media’ to silence robodebt victims

Alan Tudge’s office planned to use sympathetic outlets such as News Corp to counter reporting on scheme, royal commission report reveals

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison rejects robodebt royal commission findings but won’t say if he was referred for prosecution

Anthony Albanese highlights commission’s ‘extraordinary’ conclusion that former PM’s evidence was ‘untrue’

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt royal commission final report: what did it find and what will happen next?

A 900-page report released on Friday labelled the scheme as ‘cruel and crude’. Here’s what you need to know

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The Guardian - AU

The robodebt royal commission revealed the worst of ‘welfare cop’ politics. But what happens next is up to us all

Catherine Holmes’ report is damning for the Coalition and the public service, yet the reckoning she advocates will take more than policy change

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle nurse says illegal robodebt scheme ruined trust in government

'I was treated as a cheat and somebody who was trying to get money out of the government.'

AAP

Minister, officials ignored robodebt deaths and harm

A royal commission has found two government departments failed to properly respond to the deaths of people who had automated debts raised against them.

AAP

Ministers taken to task for unlawful robodebt scheme

The report of the royal commission into the robodebt scheme has found a series of failures by ministers, but the consequences for them are unclear.

The Guardian - AU

What is robodebt? Six things to watch for in the royal commission’s final report today

With the inquiry findings into the $1.8bn scandal due, who knew what and what happens next?

ABC News

Anthony Albanese blasts Stuart Robert for 'completely unacceptable' parliamentary no-show

The prime minister criticises the Gold Coast MP for failing to attend parliament, despite continuing to be paid as a shadow minister.

The New Daily

Liberals look for answers after Labor by-election win

The Liberals are reflecting on what went wrong in Aston, as the first opposition in a century to lose a by-election to a government.

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