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Jillian Segal hired former Scott Morrison adviser on $200,000 contract without public tender process

Company founded by Yaron Finkelstein received contract to advise on antisemitism under a limited tender due to an ‘absence of competition for technical reasons’

The Guardian - AU

From ancient kings to Trump and Xi: when did humans start shaking hands? And why?

On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands outside China’s Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, for 14 seconds. Almost immediately, we saw various pundits trying to interpret the meaning of the interaction.

The Conversation

'I wanted him in handcuffs': why this play could really push ScoMo's buttons

A Canberra writer is turning his political fury into theatre.

The Canberra Times

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One in four humanities students in Australia to take more than 25 years to pay off student loans, Treasury finds

Job-ready graduates program will also leave almost two-thirds of humanities and creative arts students with debts exceeding $50,000

The Guardian - AU

The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese. So why isn’t he more popular?

The times might be bad, but they have suited Anthony Albanese. The explosions on the political right since the 2025 election have, in electoral terms, resulted so far mainly in a rearrangement of debris between the Coalition and One Nation.

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Built to last? History shows us the art of reform that’s both bold and enduring

Reform, while never an easy task, is probably more difficult now than it used to be. Not only is declining trust a problem, belief in governments’ ability and willingness to affect real change is also in decline.

The Conversation

How a moment of despair turned into a movement

Five years on from the historic March 4 Justice, organiser Janine Hendry reflects on the impacts of the protests and the challenges that remain.

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After nearly three years, the robodebt report’s secret chapter has been unsealed. What does it reveal?

Officials named who drafted unlawful debt recovery scheme - and who royal commissioner referred to corruption watchdog for further investigation

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed

The final report into the Centrelink debt recovery process that wreaked havoc on the vulnerable is not the full-stop many wanted. It has not restored the trust that was so fundamentally broken

The Guardian - AU

Revealed: secret robodebt scandal report made public

Investigations into politicians and public servants involved in the unlawful debt collection scheme have been finalised with the release of a secret chapter.

AAP

NACC investigation into Robodebt reveals public service corruption, but it will take much more to fix the system

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has released its much-anticipated investigation into the six people referred by the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.

The Conversation

Former PM cleared, two robodebt officials found corrupt

Two bureaucrats won't face criminal charges despite a watchdog finding they carried out corrupt conduct through the unlawful robodebt scheme.

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Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared

Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals

The Guardian - AU

The Liberal Party’s current woes are many. Sidelining Victoria is one of them

The recent elevation of Angus Taylor to leader of the Liberal Party generated an expected avalanche of commentary. The reactions ranged over most points of the compass. In some, Taylor was depicted as a final leadership throw of the dice to avert the slide of the Liberals towards electoral oblivion.…

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Tabled document reveals Liberal party’s secret election review of its ‘worst campaign’: from ‘grim’ Dutton to ‘weird’ nuclear policy

PM tables copy of secret review, which describes former leader Peter Dutton as ‘unattractive to women’

The Guardian - AU

Albanese’s ‘difficult’ moment with Grace Tame: in one dumb word he summoned the spectre of Scott Morrison

Forgetting the history of this term suggests alignment between past and present PMs at a desperately inopportune time

The Independent UK

Australian PM Albanese apologises after calling child sex abuse survivor ‘difficult’

Grace Tame describes apology as ‘a patronising cop out from a total coward’

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'Old man': Grace Tame lashes PM after difficult apology

The prime minister has found himself at loggerheads with a former Australian of the Year over an 'unfortunate' one-word remark.

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View from The Hill: Chris Minns makes sense on ISIS brides’ children, while opposition adds to scaremongering

Among today’s leaders, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is notable in a couple of ways.

AAP

Ex-PM ensnared in legal battle over Higgins scandal

Former aide Fiona Brown will enter mediation with the Commonwealth after alleging the then-prime minister let her down after Brittany Higgins' rape claim.

The Guardian - AU

The Liberal party believes Trump-style politics is the way to win back power. But it just won’t work in urban Australia

It appears the Liberals are living in an echo chamber. The young voters they need to find are not

The Guardian - AU

Nearly 20% fewer lower socioeconomic students studying law as Pocock calls to scrap Morrison-era job-ready scheme

Experts say the Morrison-era Job-ready Graduates scheme has instead had a ‘devastating impact’ on the very people higher education needs to serve

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Grattan on Friday: Can Angus Taylor get beyond slogans to craft a sound immigration policy?

This week we pressed the rewind button on the Pauline tape, back to Hanson maxing out with inflammatory statements about Muslims, attracting a blaze of publicity and widespread outrage.

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Grattan on Friday: How did the Liberals’ first female leader find herself on the mat in under a year?

Sussan Ley always seemed set to be only an interim Liberal leader. If, as is likely, Angus Taylor wins the ballot on Friday morning, he could suffer the same fate.

The Guardian - AU

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus: the story of one of Australia’s favourite political memes

Almost seven years ago, Angus Taylor gassed up his own Facebook post. What happened and why are people talking about it again?

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