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Yellow-bellied ‘moderates’

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 Rachel Withers writes  in The MonthlyFor weeks now, the increasingly shrill “moderate” Liberals have been demanding to know who the teal independents would support in the event of a hung parliament. The demand is obviously ridiculous – declaring now who they would support would mean that they could no...
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Strawmen and slippery slopes: how to spot politicians tinkering with the truth

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The Guardian's Susan McDonald writes As a magician’s audience suspends its disbelief, in Australia’s parliament you aren’t allowed to call someone a liar. But in the real world people say it out loud; they don’t trust politicians. That’s depressing, particularly in the middle of an election campaign when voters are...
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The track record of Peter Dutton’s incompetence

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By Michael McKinley Failing up is a common phenomenon in many organisations – not least those concerned with national defence and security. It is too often revealed that some people have the knack of being dismal failures early on in their careers only to be subsequently promoted to even higher positions...
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Morrison ministers overrule advice on grants

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New documents show four federal ministers overruled advice from their departments to award grants – largely in key Coalition seats. By The SaturdayPaper's Karen Middleton. Four federal ministers overruled their departments and funded grants in 2021 that they were advised should be rejected, including an unapproved addition to a swimming...
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Can a bulldozer vault out of this?

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By Peter Hartcher SMH's political editor writes in The SMH The telltale came towards the end of Wednesday’s debate, when each of the two leaders was asked to name one redeeming feature of the other. Scott Morrison started well: ‘‘The thing about Anthony that I’ve always admired is that he’s never forgot...
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Alan Tudge, Scott Morrison and who knows what about Rachelle Miller’s reported $500,000 payout

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Katharine Murphy The Guardian's Political editor writes One of the stranger stories in this campaign has been the travails of Alan Tudge – Schrödinger’s minister – a person both in and out of Scott Morrison’s cabinet. Also strange: what the government has said at various times about the events that...
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Politicians make their own rules on funding

ECONOMY
by Rosie WilliamsWhat lessons have been learnt in the wake of the funding rorts that have embroiled the Morrison government? Rosie Williams finds that the problem is worse than the most pessimistic assumptions. More than a third of the 1000 or so Commonwealth Grant programs established since 2018 have been awarded...
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The class war is back, and Morrison and the media are waging it

ECONOMY
By Crikey's Bernard Keane Remember “class war”? References to class war were incessant in the 2019 campaign, with Bill Shorten portrayed as a class warrior out to get “the top end of town” — a phrase he readily used himself. “Class warfare is set to dominate this election,” News Corp stenographers...
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The $741m Resilient Homes Fund is designed to help home owners affected by flooding. Who is eligible and how does it work?

ECONOMY
Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles has deemed the new state and federally funded flood assistance package the "largest household resilience program" in Australian history. Tagged the Resilient Homes Fund, those affected by the flooding throughout Queensland can apply now for part of the $741 million on offer. The fund allows Queenslanders whose...
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The PM previously said Albanese had no power to do anything about wages – now he’s arguing the Labor leader wants to do too...

ELECTIONS
Katherine Murphy writes in The Guardian Perhaps it was the new opinion poll that dropped just hours before the final leaders’ debate of the 2022 campaign – the one suggesting Labor was on track to win 80 seats and claim government. Or perhaps these two men were genuinely chastened after acting...
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