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What a $5,000 ticket will and won’t get you at one of Canberra’s budget night fundraising soirees

As you decipher how the budget may alter your life on Tuesday night, your politicians will be raking in the cash by wining and dining donors and lobbyists

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‘Sign here’: high court finds no requirement for minister to read submissions on visa decisions

Long-running dispute, featuring ‘bizarre’ photo of visa cancellation next to a steering wheel, ends with ruling that minister can rely on department summaries

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Morrison ally Alex Hawke faces push to expel him from NSW Liberals amid fresh party turmoil

State council will also consider motion pushed by the conservative faction to reopen preselection challenge against frontbencher Paul Fletcher

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Coalition ministers ‘covering themselves’ by ordering Brittany Higgins incident be reported to police, court hears

Former Liberal staffer Fiona Brown tells Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial she defied Linda Reynolds and Alex Hawke’s orders as she did not want to take ‘agency’ from Higgins

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Lehrmann proceedings day 18 – as it happened

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The week in parliament: political debate sinks to new lows as Scott Morrison begins hard relaunch

Labor MPs frustrated by lack of fight back, the Nationals get rowdy and Alex Hawke’s Photoshop fail

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Why is Labor defending Alex Hawke’s ‘bizarre’, ‘steering wheel’ visa decision in the high court?

The former Coalition minister cancelled a man’s visa without reading his personal pleas to stay. A court says that was unfair, but Labor disagrees

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Liberal factions ready for brawl over free Senate spot

Liberal moderates have met in a bid to quell internal divisions over selecting a candidate for a vacant Senate seat as they try and gain support from the right.

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Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley spared preselection challenge after opponent blocked from running

Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he supports Ley along with other Liberals facing challenge, including Alex Hawke, Paul Fletcher and Melissa McIntosh

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Peter Dutton says NSW preselections will ‘roll out’ as Sussan Ley, Alex Hawke and Melissa McIntosh threatened

Opposition leader says members should be re-endorsed by Liberal party despite challenges facing Ley and colleagues

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Alex Hawke and Sussan Ley among Liberal MPs facing preselection challenges

Nominations for first batch of federal NSW seats reveal Scott Morrison allies Hawke and Melissa McIntosh face contest as does Paul Fletcher

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Afternoon Update: Morrison ally faces possible Liberal expulsion; first home buyers slash spending; and the 10 highest-paid Australian CEOs

Alex Hawke delayed preselections, harming party’s chances at 2022 election, a motion submitted to NSW Liberal state council claims

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Scott Morrison ally faces Liberal party expulsion over NSW preselection debacle

Alex Hawke to be the subject of backlash at state council over claims he harmed Coalition’s chances at 2022 election

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International student working hours in Australia are now capped again. Will it end ‘horrifying’ cases of exploitation?

Changes introduced during the pandemic allowed students to work unrestricted, leading many to take on unsustainable hours

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Dominic Perrottet, Matt Kean and the lure of Canberra: what next for NSW power duo?

While Kean has ambitions to move into federal politics, the outgoing premier’s friends say the more likely direction for him is business

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NSW premier's brother Jean-Claude Perrottet back in Sydney after evading Hills Shire Council inquiry

Jean-Claude Perrottet is filmed by Channel Nine in Sydney but did not explain where exactly overseas he had been during the inquiry hearings.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison’s secret ministries used as grounds for Afghan man’s cancelled visa case

In court challenge, man argues decision by ex-home affairs minister Karen Andrews was not valid as PM had displaced her

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Internal NSW Liberal documents detail how its right faction seized control of Hills shire

Dossier tabled by a parliamentary inquiry shows how three party branches were relocated to the area

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Contractors travel 1,900km in search of NSW inquiry witnesses, including Dominic Perrottet’s brother

Process servers have been unable to find three Liberal party members identified by the parliamentary investigation

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‘Leave my family out of it’: Dominic Perrottet angered by NSW inquiry over allegations made against his brother

Upper house probe heard claim that Jean-Claude Perrottet sought $50,000 to fund branch stacking

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Afternoon Update: RBA boss defends job at Senate grilling; public school enrolments drop; and a sit-down with Lidia Thorpe

Philip Lowe tells Senate estimates interest rates will continue to rise, ‘but how far they need to go, we’re still unsure’

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Should Australia let Kanye West in?

Just one year after then-Immigration Minister Alex Hawke moved to expel tennis star Novak Djokovic from Australia on character grounds, his Labor successor, Andrew Giles, is faced with another controversial visitor in the form of Ye (formerly known as Kanye West).

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Scott Morrison falsely claimed he lacked powers to help Biloela family

Former PM said decision on Murugappan family was in immigration minister’s hands, despite being sworn in to administer home affairs at the time

The Canberra Times

'Political stunt': Morrison faces rare parliamentary action

Labor is expected to introduce the rare censure motion on Wednesday.

The Guardian - AU

‘Eroded public trust’: text of Scott Morrison censure motion revealed as colleagues back former PM

But one opposition MP, Bridget Archer, says she is ‘inclined’ to support Labor push against the former prime minister

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