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Peter Dutton delivers red meat to the conservative base while moderates wait for the second coming of Josh Frydenberg

The opposition leader’s doubling down on crusades that estrange the party from its inner-city heartland must have felt pretty eccentric from the teal corner

The Guardian - AU

Michael Pascoe: The budget without reply

Next Thursday the Sydney Liberal Party faithful are being invited to pay $880 a seat for lunch and to listen to a budget reply.

The New Daily

Budget restraint? When it comes to transport projects, it's hard to find

“Restraint” – that’s what Treasurer Jim Chalmers claimed as the watchword of Tuesday’s federal budget. Perhaps the claim can be made in general, but when it comes to transport infrastructure, the budget is remarkable not for how different it is to budgets past, but how similar. It has left plenty…

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Alan Kohler: Deficits and debt are about politics, not economics

Chalmers' budget has no surpluses, only deficit and debt. His “big national conversation” needs to be about why that’s OK.

The New Daily

New Zealand has a wellbeing budget and the man behind it says it proves budgets aren't all about finance

When Grant Robertson meets his counterparts at global events, he's regularly asked about wellbeing — not his own, but that of his entire country.

ABC News

The Coalition scoffed at the idea of a wellbeing budget. But Australians want Jim Chalmers to deliver

The approach labelled ‘hippy economics’ is one that experts and the public are crying out for

The Guardian - AU

Independent candidates take on high-profile Liberals in Victorian state election, but can the 'teal wave' be recreated?

The success of "teal" independents in blue-ribbon federal seats has spurred another wave of community independents in Victoria. But without a federal Liberal government to campaign against, will the teals have as much success at the local level?

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Michael Pascoe: Albo does a ‘Joshy’ on infrastructure – and everybody falls for it

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday trotted out the good ol’ “billions of dollars for infrastructure” fairy floss.

The New Daily

Australia needs an honest conversation about tax and budgets – and Jim Chalmers is ready to talk

Jim Chalmers is a wily operator. Ahead of delivering his first budget next Tuesday, he has given himself room to do the things a treasurer needs to do.

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Court upholds finding that company part-owned by Angus Taylor illegally cleared grasslands

Jam Land ordered to pay government’s costs after federal court dismisses appeal over clearing of critically endangered NSW grasslands

The Guardian - AU

In Plagued, journalists have traded their independence for access, resulting in a kind of political pornography

The publication of Plagued, by Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers, is destined to become a classic study of the perils for journalists in writing books about current political events.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: The Scott Morrison horror show has a way to run yet

It’s not breaking news that Scott Morrison has trouble with women. His “woman problem” was one factor in his election defeat.

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Morrison apologises to Andrews for usurping ministerial portfolio

Scott Morrison has belatedly apologised to former home affairs minister Karen Andrews for secretly taking over her portfolio.

The New Daily

View from The Hill: Morrison reverts to type in an unconvincing defence

One of the more bizarre things Scott Morrison said in his hour-long, sometimes combative, Wednesday news conference was that he’d had a “wonderful” conversation with Josh Frydenberg on Tuesday.

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Revelations of secret portfolios held by Scott Morrison have dominated headlines this week. What happened, when and who knew about it?

The former prime minister took on the health portfolio in secret in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, before appointing himself to four more ministries over the next year. Why did he do it and who knew?

ABC News

What were the other portfolios Scott Morrison took on, and why did he take them?

Scott Morrison secretly gave himself several powers, and admits he used them in at least one instance. What were the jobs the former prime minister appointed himself to?

ABC News

Questions over whether Scott Morrison was involved in delaying release of new energy price until after election

Queensland Energy Minister Mick de Brenni raises questions about who approved a delay in releasing national energy prices until after the May election.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison’s ministerial meshuffle: why did he do it, what was happening and where to now?

Who else knew? What powers did Morrison exercise in the portfolios? And did he break any laws?

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Former minister urges Morrison to resign amid fury at title grab

Scott Morrison has defied a call from a senior Liberal to resign, after it emerged he secretly took over five key portfolios while prime minister.

The Guardian - AU

Jim Chalmers is a storyteller, but will Australians want to listen to a grim economic forecast?

With inflation yet to peak, the treasurer and the new government are taking out political insurance against bad news

ABC News

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg lands a job with Goldman Sachs

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg lands a new job with investment bank Goldman Sachs two months after losing his seat at the federal election.

The Conversation

'Wellbeing'. It's why Labor's first budget will have more rigour than any before it

What if the most important thing in Jim Chalmers’ first budget is the thing his critics are writing off as a gimmick?

AAP

Frydenberg drops court bankruptcy claim

Former Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg's petition for bankruptcy in the Federal Court against a former constituent has been dropped by agreement.

The Guardian - AU

‘A bit of pub talk’: Scott Morrison denies push for job in rugby league

Former PM says he didn’t tell powerbrokers he would like to join the Australian Rugby League Commission

ABC News

You can expect to be paying more for fuel again come September. Here's why

Australian motorists have been suffering pain at the bowser this year, with petrol prices pushing past $2 a litre.

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