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A Day After Rupert Murdoch’s Exit, Guess Who Just Got Nominated To Fox’s Board Of Directors

Just one day after Rupert Murdoch stepped down as the chairman of Fox , Tony Abbott has been recommended to join the board of directors.

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Tony Abbott nominated to Fox Corp board of directors

Tony Abbott has been nominated to sit on Fox Corporation's board of directors, a day after media mogul Rupert Murdoch's retirement plans were unveiled.

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The Prime Ministerial peril of changing horses mid-stream

To lead Labour to victory again, Chris Hipkins would have to repeat the feat of one of New Zealand's greatest leaders Peter Fraser, writes John Bishop.

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Josh Frydenberg is choosing life over politics – which paves the way for Full Dutton

Former treasurer’s decision not to contest the next election dents any Liberal party hopes of an alternative to Peter Dutton’s wrecking-ball strategy

The Guardian - AU

Sunak should be wary of backtracking on net zero – what history tells us about flip-flopping on the environment

Rishi Sunak has delivered a speech in which he announced delays to key net zero targets, including postponing the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars until 2035. It is a remarkable event given that the UK Conservative party has at least paid lipservice to environmental concerns…

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The week in parliament: a rowdy protest, ‘aggressive’ MP behaviour and then the pressure cooker blows

Qatar Airways decision and questions to Richard Marles raise hackles, NSW Liberals jostle for Senate seat and Trump’s gift to UAP’s Ralph Babet

The Guardian - AU

Modern prime ministers have typically left parliament soon after defeat. So why doesn't Scott Morrison?

With each passing month, Scott Morrison is developing into a post-prime-ministership peculiarity. Well over a year since voters cast him from power, he remains limpet-like in the House of Representatives, defying speculation that he is ready to quit parliament and trigger a byelection in his New South Wales seat of…

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Madeleine Gray: the 10 funniest things I have seen (on the internet)

This writer might be ‘bad at internet’ but she has good taste in funny videos, including Kim Cattrall scatting, Robert Pattinson’s hunt for a hotdog and Bob Mortimer

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese says ‘my son is not a public figure’ after questions about PwC internship

Reports claim PM discussed position with firm’s former government relations boss before Nathan Albanese went on to secure two-week, unpaid placement

The Guardian - AU

Premier defends Games compensation; Black Lives Matter rally in Sydney – as it happened

Indigenous voice central to Conservative Political Action Network Conference and final day of ALP conference

The Guardian - AU

Conservative group LibertyWorks has not paid more than $172,000 it owes government over failed legal cases

LibertyWorks, chaired by Warren Mundine, has been issued multiple requests on costs after actions against foreign influence scheme and Covid restrictions, Senate estimates hears

The Guardian - AU

Why Liddell should be the site of Australia's first nuclear reactor

Nuclear power will reduce greenhouse emissions and keep the lights on.

Newcastle Herald

Between nostalgia and amnesia: the legacy of Julia Gillard as PM, 10 years after her ousting

On June 26 2013, as she fronted the press gallery in Canberra after her removal as leader of the Labor Party, Julia Gillard was determined not to cry. In her prime ministerial resignation speech, she asked not for pity, but rather for a meaningful national conversation about gender and politics,…

The Conversation

Tony Abbott and John Howard join Jordan Peterson-led group looking at ‘meaning of life’

Alliance for Responsible Citizenship includes prominent Brexit voices and Bjørn Lomborg, who has questioned the urgency of the climate crisis

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Labor and the Greens don’t get along. Here’s why

Relations between a centrist Labor government feeling its way and an ascendant Greens party have become surprisingly strained of late.

The Guardian - AU

As the Ben Roberts-Smith case proves, it’s time for Australia to abandon our farcical Anzac myths

Good history – like good journalism and justice – has fact as its bedrock

The Conversation

A sustainable Australia depends on what happens in our cities – that's why we need a national urban policy

Australia has not had a national urban policy since the Rudd government. A troika of Liberal PMs followed. Tony Abbott wasn’t interested. Malcolm Turnbull didn’t quite live up to the hype but delivered cross-governmental City Deals and the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program. Scott Morrison at best presided over a…

The Guardian - AU

The top-secret leak that led to a spying scandal, infuriating Indonesia – and Tony Abbott

Lenore Taylor looks back at Guardian Australia’s first big scoop and its far-reaching repercussions

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Trade Minister Don Farrell given surprise Forbidden City tour, China's foreign minister to visit Australia

Senator Farrell says he is "very privileged to be invited here to this iconic site" as a former Chinese diplomat describes the unexpected invitation as a "very high-level welcome from Beijing".

The Canberra Times

'Attack on religion': Dutton slams ACT government's Calvary takeover

Mr Dutton said he was "shocked" by the proposal.

The Guardian - AU

Opposition will ‘use every tactic’ to block bill – as it happened

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‘People shook my hand’: the Indigenous man who spoke his mind at Liberal MP’s voice forum

Former NRL player Phil Dotti says he ‘spoke for the Aboriginal people’ when he walked on stage at a public discussion hosted by MP Jenny Ware in Sydney

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‘Simply No Time’: Liberal MP Denied First Nations Man Chance To Speak On All-White Voice Panel

“Four times, the mic went around. I kept putting my hand up. It’s like it was all played out that First Nations people weren’t going to have a voice that night.”

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Albanese enjoys London limelight while Chalmers sweats in budget spotlight

The timing of history. How Anglophile and monarchist Tony Abbott would love to have been the prime minister attending the coronation. To say nothing of John Howard, a key figure in fending off an Australian republic in 1999.

The Guardian - AU

Liberal MP tells voice discussion ‘simply no time’ to hear from Indigenous speaker

Discussion with Tony Abbott and News Corp columnist Joe Hildebrand, hosted by Coalition MP Jenny Ware, shut down after Indigenous man takes to stage

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