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Morning mail: Nationals defend $2bn bush fund, King Charles staff given notice, cannabis political party row

Wednesday: Former Nationals ministers are pushing back against reported plans to cut major regional infrastructure projects. Plus: can Ukraine actually win?

The Guardian - AU

Barnaby Joyce says Labor has changed the law on fuel emissions standards. Is that correct?

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce says the government has changed the law on fuel emissions standards. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News

More than 30 people died due to triple-zero delays in Victoria; Qantas boss warns against IR reforms – as it happened

Alan Joyce says multi-employer bargaining could create problems; western NSW braces for flooding. This blog is now closed

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Morrison inquiry political football: Nats

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says the government is using an inquiry into the former prime minister as a political distraction.

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A work in progress

Australia has not been spared global labour shortages so the Albanese government is being urged to move faster as new modelling shows immigration is vital to ease the shortfall.

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Call to end secret minister appointments

The Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General says it supports a process to ensure ministerial appointments are made public.

AAP

Legal advice on Morrison to be handed down

The solicitor-general will give Prime Minister Anthony Albanese advice on whether Scott Morrison secretly swearing himself in has legal implications.

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‘I’ll fix the problem, mate’: The chilling insight into how power worked in the Morrison cabinet

Experts said it was possible Mr Morrison had acted within the confines of the law while violating the principles and practices of cabinet government.

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Barnaby Joyce says he feared retribution if he crossed Morrison over resources power grab

Anthony Albanese flagged at the weekend he was open to calling an inquiry into the ramifications of Scott Morrison’s power grab, as Barnaby Joyce revealed he feared retribution if he crossed Morrison for overruling a Nationals minister.

The Conversation

Barnaby Joyce: the most perplexing contradictions in his account of the Morrison ministry scandal

Repeated questioning of Nationals leader over when he knew about Morrison taking on resources portfolio provided confusing results

The Guardian - AU

Barnaby Joyce says he didn't know 'most of' Scott Morrison's secret portfolio arrangements

Former deputy PM Barnaby Joyce says he didn't know "most of" the arrangements surrounding Scott Morrison's secret assumption of several ministerial portfolios during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABC News

Barnaby Joyce says Scott Morrison never explicitly said he was also resources minister despite using special powers

Former Nationals leader says he did not want to ‘go into bat’ on the increased powers out of concern Nationals may lose previously negotiated gains

The Guardian - AU

Barnaby Joyce rejects criticism of Tamworth's billion-dollar Dungowan Dam

Barnaby Joyce continues to back the proposal for a new dam near Tamworth, despite a damning review from Infrastructure Australia.

ABC News

Dungowan Dam likely dead in the water after Infrastructure Australia deems proposal low priority

Costs of dam project championed by Barnaby Joyce to secure water for Tamworth ‘far outweigh the benefits’, assessment says

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Morrison doubles down on move to secretly acquire ministry powers after MPs call for him to resign

Scott Morrison resists calls to resign from his own party over secretly appointing himself additional powers, saying he did everything necessary to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Federal politicians react to Scott Morrison's secret ministerial appointments, Barnaby Joyce and David Littleproud defend former PM — as it happened

Scott Morrison says it was "necessary" for him to have additional powers while he was prime minister during the COVID-19 pandemic. Look back on how Wednesday unfolded.

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‘Ordinary’ or ‘outrageous’: a handy guide to who is saying what about Morrison’s ministerial self-appointments

‘It is unbecoming. It was cynical and it was just weird,’ Anthony Albanese said of Morrison’s various cabinet appointments as PM.

The Independent UK

Scott Morrison: Former Australian PM held secret cabinet roles and ruled ‘in the shadows’

Morrison’s successor Anthony Albanese has sought legal advice over the ‘weird’ revelations

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The Conversation

View from The Hill: Morrison's passion for control trashed conventions and accountability

The only credible explanation for Scott Morrison personally installing himself, as an undisclosed ministerial partner, in several portfolios is the former prime minister’s passion for control.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese seeks legal advice over reports Scott Morrison secretly swore himself into ministry roles

Former prime minister’s senior cabinet colleagues say they were unaware he allegedly swore himself into three ministry positions

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Secret ScoMo’s business

Former PM Scott Morrison secretly swore himself in to ministerial portfolios and the NSW transport minister launches an extraordinary criticism of Treasurer Matt Kean.

Newcastle Herald

Government locks in airport terminal promise but some spending in doubt

Will big-dollar Hunter hydrogen and road projects be put on the backburner as the government tries to repair the budget?

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong warns against ‘miscalculation’ as China-Taiwan tensions escalate – as it happened

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Newcastle Herald

Barnaby Joyce blames Labor for waste of $200,000 on shortlived office

"The Labor Government has decided to close one of the only ministerial offices in regional Australia; not one of their 30 ministers was willing to host their second office in the thriving regional city of Armidale."

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Albanese’s real enemy is across from him, and in the press gallery above

Don’t be fooled by the positive political atmosphere of the new government. Unless Labor is prepared to be ruthless it won’t last.

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