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AFL stars walk Brownlow medal red carpet – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese cements Australia’s status as the global village idiot

Anthony Albanese is only the latest politician to propose internet censorship. For a quarter of a century, Australia has had a succession of dumb censorship ideas.

Crikey

Grattan on Friday: Welcome King Charles, farewell the republic as Albanese casts aside lost causes

Anthony Albanese can’t escape the powerful symbolism. In October he is due to greet King Charles on Australian soil – hard on the heels of formally burying Labor’s hopes of turning Australia into a republic.

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Just 2% of men-only Melbourne Savage Club members surveyed support allowing women to join

Exclusive: Report says members are strongly against admitting women on an equal basis, but are open to having more ‘lady guests’

The Guardian - AU

Make Australia afraid again: must we have our own Trump moment for Peter Dutton to become PM?

In a new Quarterly Essay, Lech Blaine profiles the leader of the opposition. In this extract he considers the former Queensland policeman’s chances of getting the top job

The Guardian - AU

Jannik Sinner, 22, wins Australian Open

Italian Jannik Sinner came from behind to demolish Russian Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open’s men’s final 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, and working-class communities in Coalition regional and rural seats will be the biggest winners from Labor’s changes to the stage three tax cuts.

Crikey

If Labor wants to break a high court losing streak, it must take the drafter’s pen off Peter Dutton

Being in the right is not worth much if the Albanese government allows the opposition to bully it into making laws that won’t stand up in court

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'Player' Mike Pezzullo undone by power play

His addiction to texting is certainly bipartisan.

The Canberra Times

View from The Hill: 'Player' Mike Pezzullo undone by power play

Mike Pezzullo, one of Canberra’s most powerful and certainly most controversial public servants, cannot survive the revelation of the trove of text messages showing him blatantly inserting himself into the political process.

The Conversation

CPSU and George Brandis say Michael Pezzullo’s position is ‘untenable’

Leaked texts between Pezzullo and Scott Briggs spark widespread calls for home affairs secretary to be sacked

The Guardian - AU

Using Neville Bonner’s politics to guess his stance on the voice seems an indolent misuse of history

What would the first Aboriginal parliamentarian have thought of the voice to parliament? None of us can ever know – not even George Brandis

The Guardian - AU

Simon Crean, ‘Labor giant’, dies

Former ACTU president and Labor leader Simon Crean died suddenly in Germany on Sunday aged 74, and Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto will stand by his claims Moira Deeming associated with Nazi sympathisers at a rally in March.

Crikey

‘Outrageous’ refusals, redactions, delays: inside the fight for FOI

Many freedom of information requests fall prey to obfuscation, evasion or flat-out rejection — including from the prime minister himself.

Crikey

Sweden’s winner, Sunak’s losers and Toyah’s guitar hero – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

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The UK copying Australia's refugee policy is a bad idea, refugee advocates say

The United Kingdom's latest migration crackdown, its toughest yet, is almost a replica of Australia's asylum seeker policy. Refugee advocates warn the Australian system should be a cautionary tale, not a blueprint.

The Guardian - AU

Adelaide Writers’ Week: rare moments of empathy and nuance found amid a storm of controversy

After a contentious lead-up, this year’s literary festival was packed with audiences ready to speak their minds, but also willing to listen

ABC News

Australia's ambassador to Ukraine should return to Kyiv, former high commissioner to UK says

The Australian ambassador to Ukraine should return to the country, George Brandis says, after Ukraine's president jokes he should come back to Kyiv "on a Bushmaster".

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Russian President Vladimir Putin labelled a narcissist and vitriolic hater of the West on Q+A

Sharan Burrow, who has met Vladimir Putin several times, tells Q+A about the "narcissistic" man whose "absolute vitriol" towards the West consumes him.

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Rachelle Miller’s robodebt evidence is an indictment of the government’s media collaborators

The former Coalition staffer’s robodebt royal commission evidence shows how the Coalition led the media on the illegal scheme.

The Guardian - AU

‘The government has listened’: Australia’s peak bodies praise $300m federal arts policy

Launched by Anthony Albanese at Melbourne live music pub the Espy, the policy offers welcome support for the beleaguered industry

The Guardian - AU

Investigations into crash linked to car carrying George Brandis cost taxpayers more than $250,000

Diplomatic car driving then high commissioner was not damaged but local police want $26,320 for damage to two vehicles, Senate estimates hears

The New Daily

How a stupid comment by this wealthy old man 40 years ago is still a lesson for us all

Does Gina Rinehart have to make amends for the abhorrent statements of her father? Absolutely, but this is a question for every one of us.

Crikey

AUKUS is a living legacy of the ScoMo-BoJo show. But tickets come at a high price

Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson saw the AUKUS submarine deal as a political life raft and grabbed hold of it with both hands.

The Guardian - AU

Gareth Evans says conviction of Witness K should be reversed after Bernard Collaery decision

Former attorney general and foreign minister says prosecution of Witness K’s lawyer Collaery, now abandoned, was ‘indefensible’

Crikey

Aust-UK ties will survive Johnson quitting

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the United Kingdom-Australia relationship goes beyond individuals and will continue to thrive with new leadership.

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