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Bureaucracy: Philip Green to be Australia's new High Commissioner to India

Green would succeed incumbent Barry O'Farrell. Philip was most recently Australia's ambassador to Germany. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Philip Green to be Australia's new envoy to India

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on June 16 announced the appointment of Philip Green as Australia’s next High Commissioner to India.

The Hindu

Dodson sends heartfelt message urging for voice

While on medical leave, Indigenous senator Pat Dodson has used a message read in parliament to advocate for the upcoming voice referendum.

AAP

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Grattan on Friday: Liberals come a cropper when they try to dig afresh into the Brittany Higgins story

Two women ended up in tears in the Senate this week, as the Higgins imbroglio exploded yet again and in the process claimed a scalp.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Brittany Higgins story continues its damaging trail, with no end in sight

The Brittany Higgins saga has damaged almost everyone it has touched, or who’s touched it.

The Conversation

Michaelia Cash accuses Labor of ‘weaponising’ Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation

Shadow attorney general says Katy Gallagher has questions to answer about her knowledge of the claim before it became public

The Guardian - AU

Quietest auction week since Easter – as it happened

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Gallagher vehemently denies ‘weaponising’ advance details of Brittany Higgins’ rape complaint

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has denied both misleading parliament over the Brittany Higgins case and politically 'weaponising' the issue

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Katy Gallagher denies misleading parliament over knowledge of Brittany Higgins rape allegation

Finance minister says she was in contact with David Sharaz but did not know the full allegations or decide ‘to weaponise’ them

The Guardian - AU

PM denies Katy Gallagher misled parliament over Brittany Higgins case after text messages released

Coalition presses finance minister over her comment to Senate estimates that ‘no one had any knowledge’ before rape allegation was made public

The Guardian - AU

Paul Keating sent explosive email to Labor cabinet two hours before attack on Aukus, FOI documents reveal

Exclusive: Former PM warned cabinet ministers over China, Pacific and US hegemony in lead-up to his pointed speech at National Press Club

The Guardian - AU

Greens say Israel is 'practising crime of apartheid' and call for boycotts of far-right figures

The Greens adopt a new party position on Palestine and Israel, saying Israel is practising the "crime of apartheid".

ABC News

Labor and the Greens don’t get along. Here’s why

Relations between a centrist Labor government feeling its way and an ascendant Greens party have become surprisingly strained of late.

The Conversation

Majid Kazemi executed after 'torture', his Sydney cousin urges Australia to cut ties with Iran

Sydney man Mohammad Hashemi's cousin Majid Kazemi was executed after a "forced confession and sham trial". He says if the Australian government is serious about stopping the Islamic Republic's human rights abuses, it will cut ties with Iran and list their military arm as a terrorist organisation.

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The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: The ‘A’ in ALP stands for Albanese

Something rather important has been overlooked in the first anniversary of the election – Anthony Albanese’s takeover of the Labor Party.

AAP

PM to meet Modi at Kirribilli after huge welcome

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor-General David Hurley will meet Indian leader Narendra Modi at Kirribilli ahead of bilateral talks.

AAP

Robodebt bureaucrat given role before evidence revealed

Penny Wong has defended the appointment of a bureaucrat who oversaw the rollout of the disastrous robodebt scheme.

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong gives qualified defence of robodebt official’s $900,000 Aukus role

Kathryn Campbell appointment made before royal commission evidence went ‘beyond what was envisaged’

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong says prime minister won't visit China unless 'progress' is made

The foreign minister says more progress is needed before the prime minister goes to China.

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One year ago Labor won the federal election. Here are some of the key moments since then

Over the past 12 months, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his government have put in place many of their key election promises, signed historic defence deals and re-engaged with China, but the year hasn't been without its curve balls either.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy welcomes ‘historic’ Biden decision to back fighter pilot training; US issues more Russian sanctions – as it happened

Ukraine president on way to G7 summit in Japan; US measures aimed at firms involved in Russian energy production

Al Jazeera

Australian doctor freed 7 years after abduction in West Africa

Kenneth Elliott was taken captive in Burkina Faso in 2016 along with his wife who was released shortly afterwards.

The Independent UK

88-year-old Australian doctor free 7 years after kidnapping in West Africa

Australia says an 88-year-old doctor held captive in West Africa for more than seven years has been released

The New Daily

Perth doctor kidnapped and held in West Africa released

Perth doctor Kenneth Elliott who was kidnapped by terrorists has been released after being held in West Africa for more than seven years.

The Guardian - AU

Kidnapped Australian Dr Ken Elliott released by al-Qaida in Africa after seven-year fight for freedom

Penny Wong says the 88-year-old Perth man, who was kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2016, has been reunited with his family

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