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Parliament debates character test bill – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Michael Pascoe: The chutzpah of calling black white

It takes a certain chutzpah to call black white with a straight face, but that’s what Josh Frydenberg and Peter Dutton are doing.

The New Daily

‘Unsuitable’ projects approved for community safety grants after ministerial visits, auditor general says

Coalition funded at least 10 projects from $187m Safe Communities Fund after applicants were visited by Peter Dutton’s assistant minister

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Peter Dutton 'more likely' to fund community grants in Coalition seats, audit finds

Defence Minister Peter Dutton approved a higher proportion of community safety grants to Coalition electorates, and was more likely to hand-pick some of the funds in Coalition-held seats, the auditor-general has found.

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Coalition tries to set up showdown with Labor on deporting criminals

Morrison government ramps up pre-election bid to wedge Labor on national security issues as Kevin Rudd condemns ‘rancid lies’ on China

The Guardian - AU

Speculation on Tudge’s future; integrity commission plans shelved – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Audit office accuses another federal grant program of favouring Coalition-held seats

An audit finds almost 60 per cent of projects funded since 2016 have been in government-held electorates, compared to 27 per cent in solely Labor electorates.

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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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The Guardian - AU

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

The Guardian - AU

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’

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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.

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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.

The Guardian - AU

‘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’

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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.

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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.

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’?

The Guardian - AU

Religious discrimination laws in limbo – as it happened

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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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