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Michaelia Cash rejected transgender sports changes last year, despite Morrison embracing issue

The attorney general said changes were not being considered, despite the issue now being front and centre in the Coalition’s campaign

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2022

In Australia’s election campaign the silence on climate is deafening

Our major political parties – and the media – seem to have forgotten we’re heading for a cliff when it comes to temperature rises

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2022

Peter Dutton warns China will expand its presence in Pacific after Solomon Islands pact

Defence Minister Peter Dutton is warning China will not waste any time expanding its presence in the South Pacific, after signing its controversial security pact with Solomon Islands.

ABC News · Apr 21, 2022

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PM 'doesn't buy' pork-barrelling comments

The prime minister has announced multiple election commitments worth millions of dollars but says he is not pork-barrelling to secure support at the ballot box.

AAP · Apr 21, 2022

Scott Morrison apologises for offence caused by saying he was ‘blessed’ to have children without disability

PM says sorry for remark during leaders’ debate after claiming that opponents ‘twisted’ his words

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2022

The PM Said He’s ‘Blessed’ Not To Have Disabled Kids & His Empathy Trainer Is Dead, Probably

Sir, your ableism is showing.

Pedestrian.tv · Apr 20, 2022

PM clarifies China security threat insight

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government has been aware of a potential Chinese security pact arising in the Indo-Pacific.

AAP · Apr 20, 2022

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Sharma labels Deves’s comments on trans people ‘reprehensible’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2022

Federal election: Labor wants federal ICAC as Morrison says controversial candidate has 'common sense' views on transgender sport debate

Labor leader Anthony Albanese says his party will push for its own model of a national anti-corruption commission, as Scott Morrison defends controversial Warringah candidate Katherine Deves.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2022

Scott Morrison apologises for offence from comment about being 'blessed' not to have children with disability

Scott Morrison says he is "deeply sorry" that a comment he made during last night's leaders' debate that he was "blessed" not to have a child with disability caused offence, saying he did not intend it that way.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2022

The Loop: Ukraine's desperate negotiations on Mariupol, wash up from leader's debate and a baby supernova

Here's your TL;DR for this morning's news.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2022

Morning mail: leaders clash over China security deal, coal export boom to bust, UK thirsty for vampires

Thursday: Labor leader Anthony Albanese wins the first leaders’ debate. Plus: Russia tests new missile from its nuclear arsenal

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2022

How does preferential voting work in Australia?

Preferential voting gives people the chance to say who they want to win the election and who they don't.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2022

Deals, golf with Trump, and little introspection: Joe Hockey goes to Washington and writes his memoirs

Perhaps unfairly, the image most of us have of Joe Hockey comes from his time as federal Treasurer, when he was photographed smoking a cigar with then Finance Minister Mathias Cormann in the aftermath of the 2014 budget.

The Conversation · Apr 20, 2022

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The Conversation · Apr 20, 2022

'This worked much better than I thought.' Why you need to watch out for strategic lies in the federal election

During the federal election, politicians of all persuasions will use a range of campaigning and spin tactics. But there is a difference between “gilding the lily” and lying with strategic intent, a trend that is growing in western democracies.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2022

How an innocent Facebook post morphed into a rumour that helped fuel Labor's Cashless Debit Card scare campaign

When Corrinne Boon posted to Facebook in May last year, she had no idea her words would be twisted and used in a scare campaign by Labor in a bid to win the votes of anxious age pensioners.

AAP · Apr 20, 2022

Liberals defend PM disability comment

The prime minister is under pressure for telling a mother he was 'blessed' to have children without disability, with critics calling the term hurtful.

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2022

Amid sharp questions in leaders’ debate, Morrison stayed relentlessly on message while Albanese showed he was listening

There were stumbles and a few bad moments as audience of swinging voters asked the most substantive questions of the campaign so far

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ABC News · Apr 20, 2022

We fact-checked key claims from the leaders’ debate. Here’s what we found.

Questionable stats, misleading figures and even a call that was on the money. RMIT ABC Fact Check examines claims from Wednesday night’s first leaders' debate.

The Conversation · Apr 20, 2022

No magic moments: 3 Australian politics experts on Morrison and Albanese's first election debate

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese met at the Gabba in Brisbane on Wednesday evening with 100 undecided voters.

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022

Australian party leaders clash on China in election debate

Australia’s prime minister and his opposition rival have clashed heatedly over Australia’s tumultuous relationship with China in the first leaders' debate ahead of elections on May 21

ABC News · Apr 20, 2022

Leaders' debate: Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese clash over boat turnbacks, China, NDIS and major reforms

The first leaders' debate of the election campaign starts out as a friendly affair but ends with Labor leader Anthony Albanese accusing Prime Minister Scott Morrison of an "outrageous slur".

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2022

Morrison and Albanese clash on Solomon Islands-China pact in first leaders’ debate of federal election

Scott Morrison accuses Anthony Albanese of siding with China as Labor leader wins support of 40% of undecided voter forum over PM’s 35%

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2022

Solomon Islands’ security pact with China raises the question – is Australia the partner for the Pacific it thinks it is?

There may not be a direct link between climate policy and the agreement, but it has contributed to the dimming of Australia’s reputation in region

AAP · Apr 20, 2022

NSW politicians rush to offer trans views

Members of the NSW government and opposition have been scrambling to air their opinions on trans women in sport.

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