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Retiring backbencher gifts a lump of coal for Christmas

A retiring backbencher known for his staunch opposition of a net-zero carbon emissions target has taken a swipe at his party leader on his way out the door.

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Crikey’s editor says farewell, shares some gossip, and argues why independent media has never been more important

On her last day at the publication, Crikey’s editor Gina Rushton reflects on her years working at Australia’s most surprising, informative, challenging, gossipy and ridiculous outlet.

Crikey

Grattan on Friday: Labor has to grapple with Anthony Albanese’s ‘man problem’

Women and their issues were at the centre in the 2022 election. They were an important reason why Scott Morrison was turfed out of office.

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Australia Is Officially The Best In The World At Something: Arresting Climate Protestors

Australia has come out as the world's best country when it comes to highest rate of arresting climate protestors. Congrats Australia.

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Former admiral urges Australia to renege on Aukus deal and buy French subs

An article published by an Australian think tank is calling on Canberra to back out of the controversial Aukus submarine deal – which annulled a contract to buy French nuclear submarines in favour of UK-manufactured ones.

Radio France Internationale

Moderna’s mRNA vaccines to be exempt from advisory committee scrutiny under $2bn Morrison-era deal

Exclusive: Critics say exemption ‘deeply concerning’ and risks creating separate assessment systems

The Guardian - AU

Time for renewal: Liberal MP announces retirement

Paul Fletcher will quit federal politics at the next election, amid a prominent independent candidate preparing to mount a challenge.

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Didn’t they realise there was a war going on? Inside robodebt disaster’s slow media storm

In his new book Mean Streak, Rick Morton explores a moral vacuum, a dodgy debt generator and a multibillion-dollar government shake-down.

Crikey

Confidence in federal Labor at Morrison 2022 election loss levels, poll shows

ANU study finds Albanese ‘significantly’ more favourable as PM than Dutton and more women undecided on voting intention than men

The Guardian - AU

‘The social engineering of shame’: Rick Morton’s Mean Streak exposes the populism behind the unlawful robodebt scheme

At nearly 500 pages, Rick Morton’s Mean Streak provides a detailed account of the development and collapse of the robodebt scheme, which started in 2014 and is, in some ways, not yet finished.

The Conversation

Labor’s term began with promise on the environment. It ends with things worse than ever

The harsh lesson of this term of Parliament is that no major-party government can be trusted to take real climate action.

Crikey

Lettuce, sausages and ‘simps’: Bill Shorten’s most memorable zingers

After 17 years, Shorten leaves behind a legacy of important reforms – and some immortal one-liners

The Guardian - AU

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

Australia’s conservatives praise Trump’s ‘self-belief’ as PM sends congratulations

Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton, Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison send messages as Adam Bandt criticises ‘dangerous demagogue’ and calls on PM to cancel Aukus

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Morrison and Abbott praise Trump – as it happened

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University fees to be set by new commission as Labor urged to reverse Scott Morrison’s price hikes

Anthony Albanese hits out at Coalition MP who got a ‘free education’ but is now ‘lecturing people they can’t have their debt reduced’

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Report Into Government’s Response To Pandemic Reveals ‘Australia Was Not Prepared’ For COVID

The newly released COVID-19 Response Inquiry Report has torched the Scott Morrison Government's vaccine "strollout" response.

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

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Crikey

Flipping the bird aside, as Dutton trashes the Liberal brand, teals look even more appealing

Where to for affluent voters who want smaller government and climate action? Certainly not the Liberals, weekend election results suggest.

Crikey

To Boris Johnson, Brexit is vindicated by AUKUS

History is written by the victors, and in the former UK prime minister’s memoir ‘Unleashed’, AUKUS is cast as a singular achievement of Brexit.

AAP

Early budget points to likely May federal election

The 2025 schedule for federal parliament has revealed possible timings for the next election, following an earlier than usual budget

Crikey

Turnbull on set with Stormy Daniels, News Corp’s ‘recess’ gongs, and where’s Abbott meeting Liz Truss?

In this week’s Tips and Murmurs, we try to snag a date with Lachlan Murdoch, and share more FOI absurdity.

The Guardian - AU

Single parents in Australia are owed $3.7bn in child support. Anne says no leader has been ‘brave enough’ to fix it

Anne*, who lived in poverty with her two sons, wrote to Scott Morrison, Alan Tudge and Christian Porter about the unfair system but never heard back

Crikey

Australia’s mining lobby is running a pro-nuclear campaign using Liberal Party-linked ad firm

Exclusive: Topham Guerin, best known for its role in helping global conservative political campaigns and a number of other controversial clients, has been enlisted to promote nuclear energy in Australia.

The Conversation

More than 430,000 Australians could have owned their own home today – if not for 7 prime ministers’ inaction

Thirteen years ago at the tax summit called to discuss the Henry Tax Review, David Koch stopped discussion of negative gearing dead in its tracks.

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