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Albanese’s broken tax promise fires the gun on the next election campaign

The PM’s planned changes to the stage three tax cuts might be good policy but the broken promise will have Peter Dutton jumping for joy.

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Scott Morrison, an inflection point between old and new forms of rotten politics

The former prime minister was the worst of both worlds when it comes to the new era of grievance politics.

Crikey

Monarchist youth pitch, minister’s misused meme, and Barnaby can’t be caged

We present the latest in Joyce wordplay. And whether it’s the monarchist league or government ministers, it’s crazy just how well our public figures understand young people.

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Boy Swallows Universe, The Tourist season two and Expats: what’s new to streaming in Australia in January

Plus Jodie Foster in new True Detective, a documentary about the machinations of the Liberal party and big-budget war series Masters of the Air

The Guardian - AU

Cabinet papers 2003: Howard government sends Australia into the Iraq war

By far the most significant decision the Howard government made in 2003 was to support the invasion of Iraq. Journalists and historians have long maintained there was no submission to full cabinet weighing the pros and cons of the Australian intervention. Cabinet papers from 2003 released today by the National…

The Conversation

Sliding doors: cabinet papers reveal how close Coalition came to endorsing emissions trading in 2003

The Howard government drafted a statement declaring its support for an emissions trading scheme before abruptly changing course

The Guardian - AU

Funding the 12-metre platypus, and other decisions that troubled the Howard government

The 2003 cabinet papers reveal debates ranging from privatisation and workplace relations to spam and the World Expo in Japan

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This year brought Labor back down to earth. What does 2024 hold for Albanese and Dutton?

A post-honeymoon prime minister has been left battered and bruised by 2023 – but that doesn’t necessarily mean the opposition leader will win the war

The Guardian - AU

Political opposition is about more than saying 'no' all the time

You know it makes sense.

Newcastle Herald

Ita Buttrose rallies ABC staff in Christmas message while Murdoch’s annual party goes missing

Conservative festive fixtures in short supply as public broadcasting boss warns staff against complacency. Plus: the West Australian v Margot Robbie

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Thousands lose millions in crypto schemes, Queensland cyclone aftermath, Bowen hails end of fossil fuels

Investors have lost millions of dollars to ‘pyramid scheme’; homes at risk after ex-Cyclone Jasper dumps 500mm of rain but weakens as it moves inland

The Guardian - AU

Somehow Australian politics has delivered a Christmas miracle – and that’s a big deal

Anthony Albanese’s success in pushing ahead on NDIS reform is a triumph of hope over experience. Can Peter Dutton rise to the occasion?

The Guardian - AU

Happy birthday AUD: how our Australian dollar was floated, 40 years ago this week

These days, we take for granted that the value of the Australian dollar fluctuates against other currencies, changing thousands of times a day and at times jumping or falling quite a lot in the space of a week.

The Conversation

Alex Miller: ‘I’d much rather be in Paul Keating’s club than Tony Abbott’s, thank you’

In a new collection of the author’s private letters and diaries, he lets loose on mental health, the Miles Franklin, and turning down an Australia Day honour. ‘I still wouldn’t accept one,’ he says now

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Matildas Coach Tony Gustavsson AKA Ted Lasso IRL Confirms He’s Sticking Around For The Olympics

Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson has confirmed he's staying as the Tillies' coach for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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The full list of Coalition MPs who went to hang out with Jordan Peterson

We’ve previously noted the Australian connections with Jordan Peterson’s Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. Turns out there are even more.

The Guardian - AU

‘Hope has to be a strategy’: the scientist who refused to let the climate warmongers win

As one of Australia’s most influential voices on climate, Lesley Hughes has thought deeply about how to talk about the crisis and says hope has a key role to play

Newcastle Herald

Soaring spectacle of air show over Newcastle set a high bar

'I congratulate you. It was excellent.'

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Another AUKUS deal on the table

Australia, the US and the UK would have a military-style free trade zone under the Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2023 introduced quietly last week, and ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott says the Australian dream of home ownership ‘has become the preserve of the rich’.

The Guardian - AU

Rupert Murdoch eases into retirement as Lachlan takes up baton of ‘philosophical integrity’

News Corp’s new chair praises coverage of Indigenous voice referendum and rallies troops against Labor’s proposed misinformation laws. Plus: ABC boss addresses Gaza coverage

Crikey

Disgruntled Sinophobes have to stomach Albo’s patient work healing China relations

The PM isn’t Abbott, a Xi Jinping fan, or Morrison, who poked the panda. Instead he’s created a framework for China to re-engage with Australia.

Crikey

Winds of change blow hot as Abbott huffs and puffs and blows his principles down

The former PM who got booted from his blue ribbon Liberal seat by a pro-climate action independent gets booted by Crikey readers too.

Crikey

Battle of the sexes — again

Coalition Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price plans to tackle the issue of women ‘having to play sport against trans women … biological men’, and Erin Patterson, the woman who allegedly cooked a deadly beef Wellington that left three people dead and a fourth fighting for life, has been charged with three…

Crikey

Tony Abbott’s 25 consistent, unflinching core beliefs on climate change

Tony Abbott is now saying he never believed in climate change. Which only adds to his contradictory statements on the subject over the years.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Australians reportedly escape Gaza, Abbott’s ‘climate cult’ rant, minister’s Qantas meetings

The former prime minister has lashed out at ‘implausible’ climate theory, and we reveal talks between Catherine King and ex-airline boss Alan Joyce

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