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People around the world are coming to terms with Donald Trump’s election victory, all asking the same question: What does it mean for me?

Crikey

Grattan on Friday: Donald Trump’s win will make 2025 even more challenging for Anthony Albanese

Early Wednesday evening, Queensland Nationals senator Matt Canavan raced down the Parliament House stairs to collect a bag of McDonald’s from an Uber. To celebrate Trump’s victory, he called out as he ran.

The Conversation

Australian ambassador to US deleted messages about ‘traitor’ Trump ahead of election win, report says

In one now-removed message, former Australian PM Kevin Rudd labeled Trump ‘the most destructive president in history’

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Albanese says Trump call ‘very constructive’ as Dutton calls US president-elect ‘not somebody to be scared of’

PM fully briefed on ‘potential outcomes’ of US election and says Australia is prepared for Trump’s policies on security, economic and other issues

The Guardian - AU

Shrinkflation a ‘difficult decision’ for manufacturers, inquiry told – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Australia to navigate choppy US waters under Trump

With US president-elect Donald Trump foreshadowing tariffs and American isolationism, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia will likely need to navigate change.

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Republicans outline ‘first 100 days’ of Trump presidency – as it happened

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As the US opts for more of Trump’s unpredictability, Albanese will be focusing on what he can control

The return of the disrupter-in-chief will also elevate the level of tension in global politics exponentially

The Guardian - AU

How Will Donald Trump Or Kamala Harris Winning The US Election Affect Australia?

How would a Donald Trump or a Kamala Harris presidency impact Australia? Associate professor David Smith explains it all.

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Guardian Essential poll: US gender divide in support for Harris and Trump mirrored among Australians

There was strong support for legal abortion among respondents surveyed about the US election, but almost 60% agreed with key elements of former president’s platform

The Guardian - AU

What have Australia’s most powerful people said about the US election?

While our most senior politicians have hedged their bets, there’s at least one mining billionaire who hasn’t been afraid to speak her mind.

Crikey

A second Trump presidency would put Australia on a collision course with the US

Amid the frantic effort to help Kevin Rudd build bridges, there is Australian diplomatic, military and bureaucratic panic about the 50/50 prospect of a second Trump presidency

The Guardian - AU

US election unpredictable but Australia pact a sure bet

Donald Trump's favouring of trade tariffs concerns some among Australia's political class, but one expert says he and his rival are similar on foreign policy.

AAP

Factional warlord. Backroom operator. Kingmaker. Yet on politics’ biggest night, I was an observer

‘After that outburst, I became a marked man. Things would never be quite as good for me again.’

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Afternoon Update: not guilty verdicts in high-profile Sydney rape trial; Trump calls US a ‘garbage can’; and how to think about dying

High-profile Sydney man found not guilty on two counts of rape but jury unable to reach a verdict on three other rape charges

The Guardian - AU

Kevin Rudd had secret agreement with Julia Gillard to hand over power after two terms, new book claims

Political memoir by former factional boss Kim Carr also alleges Gillard used 'tricked-up’ polling funded by the mining industry to build case to oust rival

The Guardian - AU

After 25 years of piss-taking Australia’s politicians, the ‘disturbingly accurate’ Wharf Revue bows out

The minds behind the satire reflect on a quarter century of politics and belters

Crikey

Australia’s freedom of information regime is a ████ing mess. Tell us your worst experiences

An FOI document Crikey recently received had eight almost completely blank pages. It’s part of a pattern of obfuscation.

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Police allegedly pepper-sprayed 13-year-old at Sydney rally, legal observers say – as it happened

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Crikey

CPRS: The historic acronym that opened a roomful of sliding doors

The Rudd government’s CPRS was the big political story of 2009 — and contains plenty of ‘what-if’ moments.

Crikey

Government green-lights 13,700 new homes

Labor commits to a new social housing build, NSW local council election results roll in, and someone takes another shot at Donald Trump?

Crikey

AUKUS has already succeeded in deterring China by ‘cluttering’ strategic picture: Kevin Rudd

The combined effect of AUKUS and other military alliances involving the United States has ‘clouded’ China’s view of the region and denied the country ‘absolute clarity’.

The Guardian - AU

Australia thought it was done with Trump, now the US treaty ally is readying for his possible return

Canberra is focused on what a second Trump presidency could mean for Aukus – its deal to acquire nuclear-powered submarines

The Guardian - AU

From union rabble-rouser to ‘cringe socials’, Bill Shorten was a master of retail politics

Labor’s Icarus flew high as a ‘future prime minister’ but ultimately watched his highest ambitions crash and burn

The Guardian - AU

Retiring Shorten took control of his destiny, Albanese says – probably a little later than PM would’ve liked

Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese have had a complicated political relationship, at times simmering with tension. Today, however, the PM wished him well

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