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Labor is launching its $20 billion ‘rewiring the nation’ commitment by offering $1.5 billion for renewable projects in Victoria, and as a weather bomb hits Australia’s east coast, the BoM has changed its name to ‘The Bureau’.

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Independent candidates take on high-profile Liberals in Victorian state election, but can the 'teal wave' be recreated?

The success of "teal" independents in blue-ribbon federal seats has spurred another wave of community independents in Victoria. But without a federal Liberal government to campaign against, will the teals have as much success at the local level?

ABC News

Michael Pascoe: Albo does a ‘Joshy’ on infrastructure – and everybody falls for it

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday trotted out the good ol’ “billions of dollars for infrastructure” fairy floss.

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Australia needs an honest conversation about tax and budgets – and Jim Chalmers is ready to talk

Jim Chalmers is a wily operator. Ahead of delivering his first budget next Tuesday, he has given himself room to do the things a treasurer needs to do.

The Conversation

‘The Big Teal’ exposes the pettiness of politics but not how the teals changed that

More biography than behind-the-scenes, Simon Holmes à Court’s new book outlines how he bankrolled independents in a historic election.

Crikey

Court upholds finding that company part-owned by Angus Taylor illegally cleared grasslands

Jam Land ordered to pay government’s costs after federal court dismisses appeal over clearing of critically endangered NSW grasslands

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In Plagued, journalists have traded their independence for access, resulting in a kind of political pornography

The publication of Plagued, by Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers, is destined to become a classic study of the perils for journalists in writing books about current political events.

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Grattan on Friday: The Scott Morrison horror show has a way to run yet

It’s not breaking news that Scott Morrison has trouble with women. His “woman problem” was one factor in his election defeat.

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Morrison apologises to Andrews for usurping ministerial portfolio

Scott Morrison has belatedly apologised to former home affairs minister Karen Andrews for secretly taking over her portfolio.

The New Daily

View from The Hill: Morrison reverts to type in an unconvincing defence

One of the more bizarre things Scott Morrison said in his hour-long, sometimes combative, Wednesday news conference was that he’d had a “wonderful” conversation with Josh Frydenberg on Tuesday.

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Revelations of secret portfolios held by Scott Morrison have dominated headlines this week. What happened, when and who knew about it?

The former prime minister took on the health portfolio in secret in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, before appointing himself to four more ministries over the next year. Why did he do it and who knew?

ABC News

What were the other portfolios Scott Morrison took on, and why did he take them?

Scott Morrison secretly gave himself several powers, and admits he used them in at least one instance. What were the jobs the former prime minister appointed himself to?

ABC News

Questions over whether Scott Morrison was involved in delaying release of new energy price until after election

Queensland Energy Minister Mick de Brenni raises questions about who approved a delay in releasing national energy prices until after the May election.

ABC News

Scott and the spinning Jenny, Josh, prime prime minister and king of the world

The former prime minister was one for all (jobs) and all for one (him) — he just couldn’t help his colleagues out enough.

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Wiki-melts, Howard’s ruined 7.30 chat, and even the Oz is stumped: the member for Cook just keeps giving

Here in the Crikey bunker, it’s a Scott Morrison-themed affair today, as the internet (and a former PM) recoils from the scandal.

Crikey

The falsehoods keep coming from Scott Morrison, lie addict

Why did the former PM keep secret his multiple ministries? After the first lie, he had to keep going. And perhaps he liked it.

Crikey

Jobs, jobs, jobs

Even the country’s top spies were kept in the dark about Scott Morrison’s secret ministry business, and La Niña looks likely to keep eastern Australia drenched this spring and summer.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison’s ministerial meshuffle: why did he do it, what was happening and where to now?

Who else knew? What powers did Morrison exercise in the portfolios? And did he break any laws?

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Former minister urges Morrison to resign amid fury at title grab

Scott Morrison has defied a call from a senior Liberal to resign, after it emerged he secretly took over five key portfolios while prime minister.

The Guardian - AU

Jim Chalmers is a storyteller, but will Australians want to listen to a grim economic forecast?

With inflation yet to peak, the treasurer and the new government are taking out political insurance against bad news

Crikey

You think we’ve got an inflation problem? Try the UK

Inflation in the UK is approaching 10% after years of massive deficit spending. And the Bank of England can’t fix it all by itself.

ABC News

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg lands a job with Goldman Sachs

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg lands a new job with investment bank Goldman Sachs two months after losing his seat at the federal election.

Crikey

Frydenberg lands Goldman Sachs gig

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has been appointed an adviser to investment bank Goldman Sachs after losing his seat at the federal election.

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'Wellbeing'. It's why Labor's first budget will have more rigour than any before it

What if the most important thing in Jim Chalmers’ first budget is the thing his critics are writing off as a gimmick?

Crikey

Can we get the bill?

Liberal MP Bridget Archer could cross the floor to support Labor’s 43% emissions target, and Anthony Albanese has called an emergency meeting of state and territory leaders after the controversial decision to bin the $750-a-week isolation payment.

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