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In a debate about migration, the ABC had to present multiple views. But where to draw the line?

Panel guest Conrad Gillard thanks broadcaster for allowing him to normalise ‘the idea of net-negative immigration’. Plus: Today’s ‘content-to-commerce engine’

The Guardian - AU

Labor staffer and former Play School host sacked for ‘abhorrent’ posts attacking Peta Credlin

Rhys Muldoon uses X to target Tony Abbott’s former chief of staff and senator Jacinta Price

The Guardian - AU

How does unthinkable policy become inevitable? The ‘Overton window’ is one possible answer

Not that long ago, Australians owned many public enterprises and lived behind high tariff walls. The country ran on cheap coal-fired power. A pro-China foreign policy and a large, bipartisan migration program worked to the country’s benefit.

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Shocks, alchemy and John Howard’s ‘long shadow’ have shaped 21st century Australian politics

It says something not too flattering about Australian politics that respected academic Paul Strangio’s new book The Alchemy of Leadership only discusses 21st century prime ministers, but still needs to cover seven of them. Or eight, if you count Kevin Rudd twice.

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Morning Mail: Woolworths increased prices during ‘freeze’; Abbott weighs in on Hastie cartoon; and turning the algorithm off

Cost of chicken fillets, potatoes and donuts rose during supermarket giant’s three-month promotion; former PM calls on One Nation to remove ‘offensive’ animated series; Caitlin Cassidy tries to travel back to 2012

The Guardian - AU

Tony Abbott says it would be ‘right’ for One Nation to remove cartoon labelling Andrew Hastie a ‘traitor’

Former prime minister joins in widespread condemnation of ‘offensive’ animated series posted on social media by One Nation

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition wants to make flag burning a crime. It’s a revival of a decades-old battle

This week, the Coalition released a policy it promised would “protect and defend our national day, our national flag and our war memorials”.

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Big tobacco is back in town as cigarette tax fight lights up Australian politics

The industry has been pushing for cuts to excise for decades. With the explosion in illegal cigarette sales, those calls have grown louder

The Guardian - AU

Thrown shoes, sabotaged launches and exposed affairs: the drama of Australian political publishing

The most striking example of performance politics in Joshua Black’s entertaining book comes when an audience member at a 2010 taping of the now-defunct ABC show Q&A throws a shoe at former prime minister John Howard. (It echoed a famous moment two years earlier, when an Iraqi journalist threw his…

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Barack Obama, JFK and … Josh Frydenberg: what can a memoir do for an ambitious politician?

The former treasurer’s new book will hit shelves soon, but he may learn that memoirs can be blunt instruments for political renewal. Just ask Peter Costello

The Guardian - AU

War memorial not the place to 'dwell on' frontier wars

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has backed calls for a separate museum commemorating the frontier wars, rather than being part of the Australian War Memorial.

AAP

Who are the Brethren and what do they believe in?

In recent days, investigative journalists have accused members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church of mobilising far-right influencers to harass and heckle Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as well as Labor and Greens candidates, during the 2025 federal election campaign.

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Abbott's 'very informal' role in right-wing lobby group

A right-wing lobby group denies it has any involvement in party stacking claims despite senior Liberal operatives being among its ranks.

AAP

Paul Kelly’s exceptional history charts the decline and fall of the Coalition – but leaves questions unanswered

The Twilight of Exceptionalism is veteran journalist Paul Kelly’s latest contribution to the chronicles of Australian political history. In the tradition of Edward Gibbon, it’s a story of the decline and fall – not the rise and fall – of the Coalition government from 2013 to 2022. And in this…

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Electoral Commission backs off Tasmania name change

A backlash which included Aboriginal groups and former prime minister Tony Abbott means Tasmania will not get a first indigenous-named electorate.

AAP

Liberal faction gave 'bogus' invoices for donations

Factional infighting within the Liberal Party has been compared to epic war film Braveheart by a conservative Christian faction member at a corruption hearing.

The Guardian - AU

Petrol back above $2 a litre in some areas – as it happened

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When vows of loyalty foretell acts of betrayal

Politics is an ugly business, especially when leaders are deposed.

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The Guardian - AU

Senior politicians supported young NSW Liberal power brokers trying to shift party to right, corruption watchdog hears

So-called ‘Reformers’ hosted recruitment functions with speakers including Tony Abbott and Alan Jones

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Paul Kelly on why Albanese is ‘misunderstood’ and Taylor needs to stay

In more than 50 years of covering Australian politics, journalist Paul Kelly has “certainly never seen a crisis like this”.

AAP

Trailblazing Indigenous leader honoured with electorate

The Australian Electoral Commission is renaming the South Australian federal seat of Grey as O'Donoghue, in honour of an Indigenous rights advocate.

The Canberra Times

A 'new coke' moment: why rebranding would destroy the Liberal party

Any 'rebrand' would be a Liberal surrender.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Even when they’re doing quite well, Liberals find a way to put their foot in it

The Liberals, it seems, can’t resist returning to damaging infighting even in the one part of the country where things have been going quite encouragingly for them.

The Guardian - UK

Shark bites are down globally – so why are they going up in Australia? It’s complicated

Opinions are divided on how to mitigate risk, and whether it’s sharks or humans themselves who are the problem. Plus, Europe breaks heat records

AAP

Liberal stalwart and defector dead after short illness

Former prime minister Tony Abbott says the Liberal Party has "lost a fine servant" in Teena McQueen, who died following a short and severe illness.

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