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League broadcast icon Ray Warren retires

Legendary rugby league commentator Ray Warren has confirmed his retirement, the 78-year-old opting not to return for next week's State of Origin series opener.

AAP

Toto Albanese steals the post-election show as News Corp front pages do an about-face

Seven’s Mark Riley catches Covid just in time to miss plane to Quad summit. Plus: the West Australian prints Noongar edition for Reconciliation Week

The Guardian - AU

Incoming Australian Prime Minister says he wants to unite country

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese said he wanted to bring Australians together as he made his first comments after leading his party to an election victory on Saturday after nine years in opposition.

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Australia ousts conservatives after nine years, Albanese to be PM

Australia's Labor Party was set to end almost a decade of conservative rule as the government was swept away in Saturday's election by a wave of support for candidates who campaigned for more action on climate change and may hold the balance of power.

Reuters

‘Technically more difficult’: ABC analyst Antony Green on the challenges of calling the 2022 election

As well as the national broadcaster, Seven, Nine, 10 and Sky News Australia are all also offering live panels and analysis

The Guardian - AU

Craig McLachlan drops defamation case against ABC, Nine and Christie Whelan Browne

Actor Craig McLachlan discontinues defamation proceedings against the ABC, Nine and co-star Christie Whelan Browne over media reports in 2018.

ABC News

BBC faces questions as damning figures reveal limited Nicola Sturgeon US in coverage

BBC Scotland’s The Nine spent more time on Monday covering Saturday's Eurovision final than Nicola Sturgeon’s trip to America – despite the…

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Labor's lead narrows in three new national polls; and seat polls galore

The final Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted May 12-17 from a sample of 2,049, gave Labor just a 52-48 lead by 2019 election preferences, a two-point gain for the Coalition since last fortnight’s Resolve. By respondent preferences, Labor’s lead was narrower at 51-49, a three-point gain for the Coalition.

The Conversation

Australia's Morrison vows more empathy if re-elected PM

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised on Saturday to be more empathetic if he wins re-election, as his government continues to trail the opposition Labor Party a week before a general election.

Reuters

Nine mutes one of its own critics after shouty leaders’ debate

Amid the ferocious feedback, a review written for the Age and Sydney Morning Herald was spiked. Plus: Katherine Deves among the most mentioned election candidates

The Guardian - AU

Second leaders’ debate a ratings winner for Nine despite employees criticising it as a ‘shambles’

641,000 viewers tuned in to watch Scott Morrison spar with Anthony Albanese in event 2GB’s Ben Fordham described as ‘all over the shop’

The Guardian - AU

Pity Australia’s voters: awful leaders’ debate cursed by absurd format and incoherent hectoring

All the worst elements of an agonisingly superficial campaign came to a head in a train-wreck brawl hosted by Nine on Sunday

The Guardian - AU

A shouty, unedifying spectacle and a narrow win for Albanese: 3 experts assess the second election debate

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese met in the second election debate on Sunday evening, before a panel of Nine Network journalists.

The Conversation

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese clash over cost of living and integrity in messy leaders’ debate

There are heated moments in the second leaders’ debate of the federal election but Channel Nine’s audience fails to find a clear winner

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Rivals face off in second leaders’ debate – as it happened

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Albanese says Labor will match Coalition’s IVF pledge ahead of second leaders’ debate – as it happened

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The gotcha question is all about reporters doing a star turn. It’s rudeness journalism

Anthony Albanese should know the jobless rate and all six points of his NDIS policy – but press conferences shouldn’t be random baiting

ABC News

Australia lags behind New Zealand, Taiwan and Timor-Leste on World Press Freedom Index

Reporters Without Borders describes press freedom in Australia as "fragile", citing a high concentration of media ownership and growing political threats.

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The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison warns overly powerful Icac could turn Australia into ‘public autocracy’

Labor, which has promised to establish a national anti-corruption commission ‘with teeth’, says the PM’s comments show his ‘true colours are emerging now’

The Guardian - AU

Seven’s election debate to air after Big Brother as prime minister snubs ABC

The federal director of the Liberal party, Andrew Hirst, rejected the national broadcaster’s offer earlier this week without giving an explanation

The Guardian - AU

Albanese and Morrison to face off in second leaders’ debate of federal election, Nine says

News of debate which will employ a panel of three journalists comes as Labor pledges robodebt royal commission and Coalition promises cheaper medicines

The Guardian - AU

Needling Albanese over his Covid workload is a sign that Morrison is starting to worry

The PM desperately needs to turn the spotlight back onto Albanese, so he is using playground tactics to goad his opponent into error

AAP

Downer slams Payne call on UK commissioner

Alexander Downer has criticised Marise Payne for letting the UK high commissioner's posting fall vacant during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

The Guardian - AU

Morrison takes aim at Albanese’s ‘quiet week’ with Covid amid wrangling over election debates

The prime minister is keen on two debates next week on Seven and Nine while Labor has proposed a press club showdown just before polling day

ABC News

Former SAS member tells Ben Roberts-Smith trial he found weapons but no insurgents inside tunnel at Afghan compound

A former elite soldier tells a Sydney court how he found a cache of weapons but no insurgents inside a tunnel at an Afghan compound that has become central to war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation case.

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