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AFP on alert for domestic protests, disinformation and foreign interference as election looms

Commissioner warns disinformation may incite violence and threatens ‘integrity of our institutions and the election itself’

The Guardian - AU

Auditor general finds no ‘clear basis’ for half of Safer Communities Fund grants

Five applicants deemed ‘ineligible’ under program’s guidelines received money

The Guardian - AU

PM got copy of report into Tudge allegations on 28 January – as it happened

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Making a big song and dance

Good morning, early birds. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s wife Jenny says she was “disappointed” by Grace Tame’s refusal to smile for the cameras at The Lodge on Australia Day, and for the first time ever the seat of Bega has been won by Labor. It’s the news you need to…

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At the prospect of ending a decade of climate bollocks, the PM donned a dusty Abbott onesie and zipped up

The desperation on show during this past parliamentary week tells us we’ve entered the ‘whatever it takes’ zone of pre-campaign campaigning

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Peter Dutton accuses Liberal rebels of breaking undertakings

It’s a bad sign when a government starts eating its own.

The Conversation

‘I did what was right’: Liberal rebel Fiona Martin on the change that sank the religious discrimination bill

The Reid MP, who provided the decisive third vote, is now being accused of breaking her promise not to cross the floor

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Anthony Albanese hits back at ‘nonsense’ suggestion China wants Labor to win federal election

Opposition leader says Asio has not raised any concerns about ALP candidates while NSW branch questions ‘timing and source of allegations’

The Guardian - AU

Albanese denies Chinese spies tried to bankroll Labor candidates

Anthony Albanese has emphatically denied allegations a Chinese spy ring tried to bankroll Labor candidates, declaring “total confidence” in his party.

The New Daily

China behind failed attempt to bankroll Labor candidates in federal election

A Beijing-orchestrated plot to bankroll NSW Labor candidates in this year's federal election has been foiled by ASIO.

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Morrison and Frydenberg have a disastrous week. Dutton, on the other hand…

After another disastrous week for the government, Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have humiliated themselves, this time over ideological issues.

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‘Reckless and desperate’: Malcolm Turnbull savages Peter Dutton for claiming China is backing Labor

Former Liberal prime minister says defence minister has undermined national security ‘purely for crass political advantage’

The Guardian - AU

Albanese hits back at China poll claim

Labor leader Anthony Albanese says the head of Australia's counter-espionage agency hasn't raised concerns about any of his party's candidates.

AAP

Prime Minister Scott Morrison 'misled' by moderate Liberals on religious discrimination vote, Dutton says

Leader of the House Peter Dutton says the government was given undertakings on a vote on its religious freedom bill that were not honoured, leading to its defeat in parliament yesterday.

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The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s ‘code brown’ to end; WA records second Covid death – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Fresh leak reveals Scott Morrison rolled in cabinet over plan to win back renegade MPs

PM hoped to persuade Liberals opposed to religious discrimination bill by promising a beefed-up integrity commission

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton has plumbed new and dangerous depths by suggesting China is backing Labor

Did the defence minister not hear the Asio boss warn that stoking community division has ‘the same corrosive impact on our democracy as foreign interference itself’?

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Religious discrimination laws in limbo – as it happened

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Religious discrimination bill passes lower house

Good morning, early birds. The religious discrimination bill narrowly passed the House of Representatives at 4am after 10 hours of debate, and new data shows coal-fired power is at its lowest level since records began in Australia. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

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Carr crashes into ‘psycho’ text — but did he defame Peter Dutton? We sought an opinion

Naming Dutton as the minister who leaked the ‘psycho’ text exchange to a journalist was a provocative move by Bob Carr. It was also a savvy play.

The Guardian - AU

Lower house sits late to continue religious discrimination bill debate – as it happened

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Paul Bongiorno: ‘Dutts’ to the rescue in a sure sign of desperate times

Supporters of Peter Dutton in his failed 2019 tilt at the Liberal leadership believe he's their only hope of saving the furniture at the election.

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People Reckon Morrison’s About To Be Knifed (Like He Did To Turnbull) So Wait, Is This Happening?

#Libspill has been trending on Twitter for a week, so here's a quick explainer on the reasons why.

The New Daily

‘Most to gain’: Bob Carr doubles down on Dutton text claims

Former Labor cabinet minister Bob Carr has doubled down on allegations that Peter Dutton is behind the leaking of explosive texts about the Prime Minister.

Tribune News Service

US ‘acquiesced’ to China in Asia seas, Australia minister says

The U.S. and its allies need to push back harder against China after they “acquiesced and allowed” Beijing to expand its footprint in the South China Sea over the past decade, Australia’s Defense Minister Peter Dutton said.

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