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Sirius talk: What you said about Health's plan to ditch First Fleet connection

Readers speak out on plans to rename Sirius building.

The Canberra Times

Aussie aid worker says convoy shot at in Gaza mission

A Unicef worker says her convoy was shot at as Australia urges Iran not to exacerbate geopolitical tensions amid threats of retaliation against Israel.

AAP

'Pointless petulance': Howard blasts Sirius renaming

More signs of First Fleet removed by Department of Health.

The Canberra Times

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Blaming John Howard is easy, but his government helped shape the world we live in – now and for future generations

An overheated property market, education taxes and more expensive healthcare – successive governments have left a bitter legacy for millennials

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

Australian efforts on Islamophobia flag despite Christchurch wake-up call

Five years on, there has been little reflection on the Islamophobia behind the Christchurch mosque attacks.

Al Jazeera

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

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Liberals pick management consultant Simon Kennedy for Cook byelection

The party misses the chance to have a female candidate in the safe seat vacated by former prime minister Scott Morrison

The Guardian - AU

Simon Kennedy to run for former PM Morrison's seat

Liberal Party faithful have pre-selected Simon Kennedy to contest the federal seat of Cook at a by-election triggered by the resignation of Scott Morrison.

AAP

Rainbow airwaves: how JOY has helped give Australia’s queer community a voice

From the Aids crisis to the first on-air same-sex marriage – the LGBTQ+ broadcaster was forged in an era of protest but has always had fun too

The Guardian - AU

Crime, aspiration and the underdog status: Albanese and Dutton make final pitches in tight Dunkley race

Labor highlights tax changes and legacy of late MP Peta Murphy, while Liberals’ Nathan Conroy tells ‘scared’ voters to ‘send a message’ to government on law and order

The Guardian - AU

Flash flooding is nothing new for Newcastle's inner suburbs

'The recent flooding has reminded me of the 1950s.'

Newcastle Herald

The awful truth at the heart of Australian housing policy

Negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount were either meant to improve affordability and failed – or their purpose was in fact the opposite

The Guardian - AU

Australian political donations: here’s who gave the most in 2022-23

Latest Australian Electoral Commission figures give voters insights into how much each party, or candidate, is getting and who they’re receiving it from

The Guardian - AU

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Newcastle Herald

How much will hosting Groovin the Moo cost Newcastle ratepayers?

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The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton backs release of Iraq war papers after Morrison government failure

Department claims key documents outlining reasoning behind joining US-led invasion were not included in an ‘apparent administrative oversight’

The Guardian - AU

‘Australians do have a right to know’: Albanese says Iraq war documents should be released

Prime minister orders independent investigation into Scott Morrison’s government’s failure to transfer all documents

The Conversation

The world has lost a dissenting voice: Australian journalist John Pilger has died, age 84

John Pilger, a giant of journalism born in Australia in 1939, has died at the age of 84, according to a statement released online by his family.

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The Guardian - AU

Greens demand full release of government documents on ‘disastrous’ decision to join Iraq invasion

Nick McKim says national security committee documents used to justify the war may answer questions about momentous foreign policy decision

The Conversation

Cabinet papers 2003: Howard government sends Australia into the Iraq war

By far the most significant decision the Howard government made in 2003 was to support the invasion of Iraq. Journalists and historians have long maintained there was no submission to full cabinet weighing the pros and cons of the Australian intervention. Cabinet papers from 2003 released today by the National…

The Guardian - AU

Morrison government failed to give Howard-era national security cabinet papers to national archives

The department of prime minister and cabinet blamed ‘administrative oversights’ for the missing records

The Guardian - AU

Australia went to war in Iraq based on ‘oral reports’ to cabinet from John Howard

Cabinet papers from 2003 show there was no formal submission before decision was taken to join US-led ‘coalition of the willing’

AAP

How 2003 decision helped lay foundations for the voice

The abolition of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander body in the early 2000s paved the way for one of the most important political events of 2023.

AAP

Right decision: minister stands by Iraq invasion call

Previously secret cabinet documents have revealed discussions inside the government before Australia committed to the Iraq War.

AAP

Howard's key role in quashing emissions trading scheme

The reason Australia rejected a significant climate change adaptation plan has been revealed in federal cabinet documents released after a 20-year embargo.

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