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Commonwealth should become a trade bloc and invite Ukraine to join, says new report

Ahead of next week’s Commonwealth heads of government summit in Samoa, a major report recommends a complete overhaul of the organisation with historic links to the British Empire

The Independent UK

Abbott influences the global far right, AUKUS Forum courts Trump, Downer investigates cover-ups

Former sex addict Hillsong minster has a lot of friends in the Liberal Party, and Tony Abbott wins praise from a man (repeatedly) convicted of using a Nazi slogan.

Crikey

Dutton is demanding Australia resist ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders – and a Howard-era law could help him

Legal experts say a ‘carve-out’ clause in the law relating to extraditions could let the attorney general decline to enforce arrest warrants issued under international law

The Guardian - AU

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Starmer’s Home Office immigration plan does not answer call for safe routes

Plans for head of border security with access to home secretary will not satisfy all critics of Labour’s immigration policies

The Guardian - UK

Peter Dutton’s memory is slightly wanting when it comes to ‘reckless’ foreign ministers

Peter Dutton called Penny Wong’s statements on Palestine the most ‘reckless act of a foreign minister I have seen in my 22 years’. He might be forgetting a few things…

Crikey

Cabinet papers from Iraq war period show Howard government saw access to Middle East oil as a key national interest

Newly released documents also reveal worries that reducing troop levels in Iraq would squander ‘the benefits’ to US-Australia alliance

The Guardian - AU

Secret Iraq War cabinet documents released publicly

Cabinet documents have revealed concerns Australia would not be able to contribute to peacekeeping efforts after the Iraq War.

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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

Howard government worked with Canada to oppose UN declaration on Indigenous rights

Cabinet papers from 2003 show the government pursued talks without consulting peak Indigenous body – which it then abolished

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Australia toughens stance as Gaza death toll soars; woman found dead at Bendigo home; and Australians eat too much salt

Foreign minister Penny Wong says the world will ‘not accept’ continuing civilian deaths in Gaza

The Guardian - AU

Plan to build Aukus submarines in Adelaide is ‘a fairytale’ and ‘pork barrelling’, Alexander Downer says

Former foreign minister says building nuclear submarines at South Australian shipyard will ‘drain the national economy’

The Guardian - AU

Which bloke is going to replace Marise Payne?

Crikey runs a pencil over the exclusively male names of those vying to replace the former minister for women.

Crikey

ABC omits the full job title, Tas Libs stick to the script, and Prince Harry dons a German uniform (again)

The ABC deletes a misleading tweet, the scattered approach of the Tasmanian Liberals, and Alexander Downer goes after ‘elites’.

Crikey

Vale Simon Crean — a study in what happens to those who tell the truth

When Simon Crean opposed Australia’s involvement in the Iraq invasion, he was vilified by the Howard government and News Corp. After the utter disaster of that war, his stand should never be forgotten.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Stop the boats’: Sunak’s anti-asylum slogan echoes Australia’s harsh policy

In Australia, hostile rhetoric has fuelled a toxic public debate and sought to dehumanise people fleeing harm

The Independent UK

Sunak migrant plan succeeded in Australia, claims top politician

The Guardian - UK

Children fleeing danger in small boats should be deported, says Tory thinktank

Policy Exchange paper envisages sidestepping Human Rights and Modern Slavery acts to eliminate legal challenges

AAP

Ex-minister Downer fronts natural hydrogen

A South Australian start-up chaired by a senior Liberal wants to add naturally occurring hydrogen gas to the clean energy mix with drilling to begin this year.

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The Guardian - AU

UK taps Alexander Downer for ‘independent’ oversight of asylum seeker deportation plan

Former Howard-era foreign secretary was involved in setting up controversial offshore processing regime in Australia

ABC News

'Some of them just come here and relax': The $600,000 NSW job few knew about, until now

John Barilaro may have brought the highly paid trade role to the spotlight, but what do NSW's six representatives to the world actually do? And, do the positions represent any value for money?

The Independent UK

Approach to small boats crisis may have been counter-productive, review says

Border Force reform planned as report finds ‘suboptimal performance’.

The Independent UK

Home Office to pilot ‘contactless corridors’ to allow travellers to breeze through border control

The pilot scheme will hopefully begin running in 2024, the Home Office said

Daily Mirror

Airport passenger misery caused by 'unsustainable and inefficient' Border Force, review finds

Three hour queues at Heathrow - the UK's biggest airport - are causing issues in other regions as staff are relocated to deal with the crisis, a review by Australian immigration minister Alexander Downer found

The Independent UK

Border Force reform planned as report finds ‘suboptimal performance’

An independent review of the agency was commissioned by Home Secretary Priti Patel.

Crikey

Drill or be drilled … the Stoker is wild … coup know who

NSW Police is cracking down on drill rappers for supposedly inciting violence — are John Lennon and Johnny Cash next? Also, Stoker goes op-ed and China can indeed access Australian TikTok data but probably won’t. Plus more tips from the bunker.

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