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Morning Mail: the story behind the Wieambilla shooters, Brittany Higgins settles claim, fusion ‘revolution’

In today’s newsletter: Queensland police have pledged to ‘get to the bottom’ of why the violence took place; former Liberal staffer has made a ‘confidential’ settlement with the commonwealth

The Guardian - AU

Ex-PM Morrison grilled at robodebt inquiry

Former PM Scott Morrison has claimed he was not privy to departmental discussions over the legality of robodebt in a colourful royal commission hearing.

AAP

Scott Morrison in the spotlight: what will the former PM be asked at the robodebt royal commission?

Morrison is likely to be asked what he knew about the scheme when it was devised, why he was attracted to it – and what he did when it came under fire

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‘I don’t know’: Marise Payne unsure why advice for legal change to robodebt disappeared from policy plan

‘Essentially responsibility is always borne by ministers,’ the then human services minister tells royal commission into doomed scheme

The Guardian - AU

Marise Payne tells Robodebt inquiry she doesn't know when need for legislative changes 'dropped off the radar'

Former Coalition minister Marise Payne tells the Robodebt inquiry the scheme's priority was to make sure the "right people" got the "right amounts".

ABC News

Morrison sought foreign investment powers

Documents have been released showing former prime minister Scott Morrison sought to be sworn in as treasurer to hold foreign investment review powers.

AAP

As 2022 comes to a close, Australians can enjoy a reprieve from the algorithms of fear and outrage

Let’s take this calmer mindset into 2023, where we will be invited to embark on a journey to anchor our nation to this ancient land

The Guardian - AU

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Robodebt inquiry, set to hear from Coalition members, hears Services Australia staff were alarmed about scheme

Ahead of Scott Morrison and Marise Payne appearing before the robodebt royal commission, the inquiry has heard Services Australia staff were "incensed" and "alarmed" about the scheme.

ABC News

Foul play in Fowler: Labor’s game plan didn’t follow the basic rules of fair play

To lose an unlosable seat was bad enough. But to lose an effective player like Kristina Keneally as well was sheer incompetence, Crikey readers say.

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Former high-ranking NSW Liberal warns he'll back breakaway independents over preselection 'games'

Former Liberal Matthew Camenzuli, who took Scott Morrison to court over preselections ahead of the federal election, warns over ongoing "games and chicanery" ahead of the NSW election.

ABC News

The Australian government had multiple chances to press ‘stop’ on robodebt – but didn’t

Legal advisers said again and again that the automated debt recovery scheme was unlawful. New evidence shows how the objections were overcome

The Guardian - AU

Energy makes the headlines, but reset on diplomacy is Albanese’s real power play

The government has lowered domestic tensions, enabling it to adopt a more grown-up foreign policy that can improve ties with Washington and Beijing

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt royal commission paints a bleak picture of a public service willing to break the law

Disturbing evidence from the robodebt royal commission shows senior public servants ignoring clear warnings the program was unlawful.

Crikey

Madonna King: While the Coalition ignores these cold, hard facts, it will not win back voters

If Coalition strategists aren’t concerned about this issue, they have no hope of winning back voters next time round.

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Grattan on Friday: Australians are starting to feel the economic pain, but they are not taking it out on Albanese

Anthony Albanese heads towards Christmas with inflation, interest rates and power prices all high. But, comfortingly for Labor, his own popularity is up there too.

The Guardian - AU

Former social services official told to ‘tone down’ robodebt legal concerns, inquiry hears

Andrew Whitecross says he fiercely criticised the proposal and questioned its legality in the scheme’s initial plan

The Canberra Times

Draft Robodebt proposal to Scott Morrison was a 'watering down' of legal advice

Emails between Department of Human Services and Department of Social Services officials showed the language around the Robodebt scheme had been softened.

AAP

Top officials shut down robodebt criticism

A senior public servant has told the robodebt royal commission he was instructed to not "go in so hard" questioning the legality of the disastrous scheme.

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Crikey

Hiding in plain sight: the media scramble to colour in the Albanese outline

Katharine Murphy’s new Quarterly Essay attempts to understand the prime minister and the political influences that shaped him.

Crikey

Bali bombmaker gets out of jail free

The man who made the bomb that killed more than 200 people, including 88 Australians, in a Bali nightclub in 2002 has been freed, and Brittany Higgins will take the stand in any defamation action by Bruce Lehrmann.

The Guardian - UK

‘A cultural reckoning’: how an allegation of rape in Australia’s parliament sparked a firestorm

After Brittany Higgins alleged she was raped by a colleague in a minister’s office, a mistrial and media scrutiny have failed to answer key questions

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt royal commission told ‘misrepresentation may have made its way into the cabinet’

Bureaucrats from March 2015 insisted in documents that scheme would ‘not change’ how welfare overpayments were calculated, inquiry hears

Crikey

‘Perfect storm’: what Labor got wrong in its historic defeat in Fowler

The party knows why Kristina Keneally lost her bid for a lower house seat — but the woman who trumped her says it missed a crucial detail.

Crikey

News Corp is strangely silent on its part in the Liberals’ downfall

Don’t bother reading News Corp papers for a satisfactory account of what’s gone wrong with the Liberals — a key player is absent.

Crikey

Laying down the anti-protest laws

A NSW minister has backed the anti-protest laws that has put his niece, Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco, in jail for at least eight months, and Kurdish refugee and writer Behrouz Boochani is back in Australia.

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