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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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Collaery trial’s secret business should be the first job for a federal ICAC, not buried in department

There remains unfinished business from the Bernard Collaery case. Specifically, what happens to the material compiled by the government in an effort to shield the Howard government?

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With the persecution of Collaery ended, it’s time to hold the perpetrators to account

Bernard Collaery’s legal ordeal has been ended by Mark Dreyfus, but those responsible for our actions in Timor-Leste must be pursued.

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Australia’s Timor-Leste intervention has a dark history — one perpetrators want to hide

Australia’s intervention in East Timor saw serious misconduct by soldiers and bureaucrats. Some paid a terrible price for the cover-ups and harassment that followed.

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Are we learning the wrong lessons from history?

Can historians influence government policy? Should they? And, if so, what kinds of historical knowledge should they produce?

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Prince Charles is attending his first CHOGM as future Commonwealth head, but the UK's Rwanda deal could make it awkward

Inspired by Australia, the United Kingdom is trying to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda for offshore processing. Prince Charles is reportedly opposed to the idea, and it could make this week's Commonwealth leaders meeting in Rwanda uncomfortable for the future king.

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Senator, premier — or the leader the Libs never had? The road back for Josh Frydenberg

There are many ways back to politics for the former treasurer — if he wants to take them.

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José Ramos-Horta accuses Alexander Downer of ‘distorting’ issues around 2004 Timor-Leste bugging

Exclusive: President of south-east Asian nation says Australia used cover of ‘supposedly altruistic foreign aid program’ to spy on behalf of oil companies

The Guardian - AU

Hated by the right, a cowed ABC is now killing off its support in the centre

The national broadcaster is hurting itself and losing its hard-earned trust by caving in to pressure from the Coalition and News Corp.

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Downer slams Payne call on UK commissioner

Alexander Downer has criticised Marise Payne for letting the UK high commissioner's posting fall vacant during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

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Dave Sharma, Timor-Leste and the importance of speaking power to truth

What was Liberal MP Dave Sharma doing from 2003-06? Advising Alexander Downer on negotiating with Timor-Leste over access to resources under the Timor Sea — after they’d bugged them.

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He's the treasurer who may become the next leader of the Liberal Party. So how high can Josh Frydenberg fly?

`This is the first in a two-part series on the major parties’ Treasury spokespeople. You can read Carol Johnson’s profile of Jim Chalmers here.

The Conversation

Alexander Downer features in UK video promoting Britain’s ‘new plan for immigration’

Former Australian foreign minister says ‘no one will end up being able to reside in the UK if they pay a people smuggler’, in UK Home Office video

The Guardian - AU

Independents v the media: somehow it’s always about the men

A disparate group of female independent candidates have emerged to challenge political business-as-usual. But the coverage is about men and political parties.

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The Guardian - AU

Alexander Downer is the wrong choice to review the UK’s border force – Australia’s record is nothing to emulate

Downer’s appointment is clearly a political move aimed at boosting Boris Johnson’s government’s chances of re-election

The Guardian - AU

‘Deeply concerning’: British government picks Alexander Downer to review UK’s border force

Unions have condemned British home secretary Priti Patel’s appointment of the former Australian foreign minister and key architect of the Pacific Solution

The Independent UK

‘Wholly inappropriate’: Dismay as Priti Patel hires Australian asylum tsar to review Border Force

Former Australian foreign minister has vocally backed Channel push-backs and defended the home secretary from ‘widespread ridicule’

The Independent UK

Home Secretary orders ‘wide-ranging’ review of Border Force

Priti Patel has called in a former Australian government minister to oversee the assessment.

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The Independent UK

Priti Patel appoints man behind Australia’s ‘inhumane’ asylum offshoring to review Border Force

Alexander Downer negotiated Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’ to detain asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island

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Court documents claim Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an 'open book' in 2000 – years before bugging scandal

A court filing claims that then-foreign minister Alexander Downer boasted to a Labor staffer that Timor-Leste was an "open book", as allegations emerge that Australia may have been monitoring the nation's leaders before the 2004 Witness K bugging scandal.

The Guardian - AU

Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an ‘open book’ for Australia in 2000, tribunal hears

Former foreign affairs department officer says Downer made comment in private conversation years before bugging scandal

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