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With Scott Morrison gone, Sussan Ley has taken up the task of baseless EV bashing

The deputy Liberal leader has been taken to task over the ‘totally wrong, wholly incorrect’ claim that no one is making electric utes

The Guardian - AU

Albanese’s ahead of the game as the media fail to learn the rules

Journalists have been huffing and puffing over the inquiries set up by the Labor government — but to no avail. This prime minister isn’t for turning.

Crikey

John Howard calls for 'a sense of balance', but can he help the Liberal Party find it?

When stories about former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s secret ministerial roles emerged, John Howard was called on by all and sundry for comment. For some, Howard represents stability, convention and commonsense liberalism, a Menzies in our own time. (It is a parallel Howard has carefully cultivated).

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‘Monumental blunder’: opposition small business spokesperson claims electric utes don’t exist

Sussan Ley has wrongly claimed electric utility vehicles do not exist. And boy have people let her know about it.

Crikey

Debt to society: robodebt royal commission a first step to ease anguish

Some believe it’s time to look to the future instead of raking over old (but still burning) coals. Most Crikey readers don’t agree.

Crikey

Cut above the rest

Stage three tax cuts will give the richest 1% of Australians the same amount of money as the poorest 65% combined, and teal independent Kylea Tink has shares in two fossil fuel companies.

Crikey

Democracies are fragile. Australians must act urgently to safeguard ours

The solicitor-general’s recent finding that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s furtive accrual of ministerial portfolios “fundamentally undermined” the principles of responsible government has drawn attention to the precarity of democracy. In seeking to safeguard our democracy, we must consider the extent to which Australians’ long-standing apathy about our democratic system…

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Delivery will determine the success of Albanese’s jobs summit

How Anthony Albanese delivers on the expectations his gesture politics have built up will be critical to the success of his two-term strategy of government.

The New Daily

160 blank pages: the federal government's response to Port FOI request

The federal government has been accused of erecting a wall of secrecy around the details of a $250million Port of Newcastle container terminal funding package.

Newcastle Herald

Labor and Murdoch, a match made in silence

Labor hasn’t commented on the prime minister’s reported meeting with Lachlan Murdoch. But if it has met with the News Corp billionaire, why is the government dealing with such a company?

Crikey

Ousting ScoMo wasn’t Fran Bailey’s only good idea

Former Tourism minister Fran Bailey is back in the news, having called on Scott Morrison to resign from Parliament. We look back on some of her other contributions to public debate.

Crikey

Morrison flags post-parliamentary venture

Former prime minister Scott Morrison could soon enter the private sector after registering a company on his parliamentary declaration of interests.

AAP

Morrison revealed how fragile our conventions are — and how badly they need fixing

The former PM showed just how easy it was to dismantle responsible government.

Crikey

Scott Morrison is a politician, and politicians don’t apologise

There’s a big difference between seeming to be sorry and actually being sorry. Which side do you think the former prime minister falls on?

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In Peak Influencer Style, Ex-Bachie Jimmy Proposed To Holly A Photographer Captured It All

It’s giving Scott Morrison self-isolating with his photographer.

AAP

Morrison inquiry political football: Nats

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says the government is using an inquiry into the former prime minister as a political distraction.

The Guardian - AU

Pocock urges Labor to scrap tax cuts – as it happened

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Newcastle Herald

Letters: Why didn't the Coalition help the Port of Newcastle sooner

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AAP

Greens, coalition query Morrison inquiry

As former high court judge Virginia Bell prepares to inquire into Scott Morrison's secret ministerial appointments, questions are being asked about her powers.

The New Daily

The Ferguson Report: Governor-General ‘acts on government advice’ unlike anyone rational

Warning: acting on the advice of the government if your Governor-General does not mean that the "government" has given that "advice".

The Guardian - AU

Does an inquiry into Morrison’s secret ministries risk taking focus off more pressing issues?

Albanese may be setting up a standoff over whether the former PM will cooperate but the greatest pitfall for Labor could be distraction

ABC News

The Loop: Scott Morrison's secret ministry inquiry, a massive drug bust in Sydney, a grim COVID-19 milestone and LastPass suffers a security breach

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

The Independent UK

Judge to probe how former Australia PM gained secret powers

A retired judge has been appointed to investigate how former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was able to secretly amass unprecedented ministerial powers in defiance of political conventions

The Conversation

Former High Court judge Virginia Bell to investigate Morrison's secret ministries

The government has appointed former High Court judge Virginia Bell to inquire into former Prime Minister Scott Morrison having himself secretly appointed to five ministries.

Reuters

Former judge to head Australian inquiry into ex-PM Morrison's secret roles

Australia appointed a former High Court judge on Friday to lead an inquiry into former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's secret appointments to some ministries at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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