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Spycatcher scandal: newly released documents from the Thatcher era reveal the changing nature of government secrecy

I grew up in Tasmania in the 1980s. The capital city, Hobart, had a bit of a “living at the edge of the world” feeling in those days. It seemed about as far away from anywhere as you could get. So, I remember the thrill when the first hints of…

The Conversation

Boy Swallows Universe, The Tourist season two and Expats: what’s new to streaming in Australia in January

Plus Jodie Foster in new True Detective, a documentary about the machinations of the Liberal party and big-budget war series Masters of the Air

The Guardian - AU

Sliding doors: cabinet papers reveal how close Coalition came to endorsing emissions trading in 2003

The Howard government drafted a statement declaring its support for an emissions trading scheme before abruptly changing course

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Thatcher ‘utterly shattered’ by MI5 revelations in Spycatcher, files reveal

National Archives papers show prime minister tried in vain to avoid inquiry over Peter Wright’s memoirs

The Guardian - UK

Kerry Packer was proposed as mediator in Thatcher’s fight to stop Spycatcher memoir

Counsel for ex-MI5 officer Peter Wright suggested role for Australian media tycoon but idea was swiftly rejected

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Albanese denounced Scott Morrison’s secrecy – but now he’s perpetuating it

The government continues to refuse freedom-of-information access to minutes of a committee established by the Coalition. When will it live up to its rhetoric on transparency?

The Guardian - AU

Ita Buttrose rallies ABC staff in Christmas message while Murdoch’s annual party goes missing

Conservative festive fixtures in short supply as public broadcasting boss warns staff against complacency. Plus: the West Australian v Margot Robbie

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Australians want credible climate policies: Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull says the teal independent MPs are a "potentially a terminal" problem for the federal Liberal Party that could prevent its return to government.

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Turnbull’s a friend in deed for Macron

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull has been building bridges over the troubled waters of Australia and France’s Scott Morrison-shipwrecked relationship, and the News Corp campaign to unseat Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk continues unabated.

Crikey

Coalition plan to privatise visa processing to be subject of new inquiry

Announcement comes after revelation Infosys had 46 meetings with lobbyist Scott Briggs to discuss bid for IT work

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong: Australia backs ‘steps towards a ceasefire’

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has called for ‘steps towards a ceasefire’ in the Israel-Hamas war as the ‘harrowing’ number of dead civilians grows, and former Labor and Liberal environment ministers sign up to independent MP Sophie Scamps’ push for a total ban on native forest logging.

Crikey

Turnbull double act call for 'more density, everywhere'

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former Sydney mayor Lucy Turnbull have weighed into housing affordability debate as part of a national address.

AAP

Labor turns back 200 asylum seekers

Asylum seeker boats carrying 200 people have been either turned back or those on them returned by plane seven times since the Labor government was elected in May last year, and China’s Premier Li Qiang says his constituents reckon PM Anthony Albanese is ‘a very handsome boy’.

Crikey

Morrison’s Israel trip was ‘showboating’ and PM should focus on domestic affairs, Turnbull says

Former PM dismisses suggestions Anthony Albanese should visit Israel and says he must advance interests of Australians

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Turnbull warns Albanese against making Israel visit

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says Anthony Albanese should not make a solidarity visit to Israel, arguing it would not achieve anything.

The Guardian - AU

I still hope for Australia. But all we have done in the voice referendum is hide from the facts of our history, our true character

I am determined to regain my composure, but right now I do not want to talk to those who failed so enormously to express the most basic level of generosity

The Guardian - AU

The PM is heading to China and the relationship with Beijing has thawed. But will trade ever return to normal?

Economic ties are expected to feature heavily during the first visit by an Australian PM since 2016, amid a gradual easing of export restrictions

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Chilling Hamas attack footage aired in Australia

Shocking footage of the Hamas attack on Israel has been shown for the first time in Australia, as the government urges respect for civilian life.

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Australian ex-PMs condemn Hamas, urge Israel to avoid civilian deaths

Former Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating declines to join statement, breaking ranks with six former leaders.

Crikey

Why has the government let a Chinese-owned company hold on to its Darwin Port lease?

Crikey clarifies why Anthony Albanese launched another review into the Chinese lease on the port, and why the outcome was to change nothing.

The Conversation

Pushing water uphill: Snowy 2.0 was a bad idea from the start. Let's not make the same mistake again

Last night ABC’s Four Corners investigated the problem-plagued Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro power station, focusing on a bogged tunnelling machine, toxic gas and an unexpected volume of sludge.

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I've studied the art of losing a referendum: the Australian government could have learned from other countries on these key points

It has been billed as Australia’s Brexit – a vote that pitted the so-called elites against the masses. The issue in question was the “voice to parliament”, a consultative body that would have given the roughly 3% of the Australian population that is Indigenous a constitutional right to be consulted…

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Australia decides against canceling Chinese company's lease of strategically important port

The Australian government has decided against canceling a Chinese company’s 99-year lease on strategically important Darwin Port despite U.S. concerns that foreign control could be used to spy on its military

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Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese had good motives but his referendum has done much harm

The National Anti-Corruption Commission the other day issued its weekly statement about its work program. The government legislated for the NACC late last year, it began operations on July 1, and it’s now going full steam.

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'We should be listening': the long history of Liberal innovation – and failure – on Indigenous policy

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the names and images of deceased people.

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