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Rolling back the red carpet

Australia has evicted Russia from its new embassy in Canberra and Australia’s biggest polluters face having to cut emissions by…

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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…

ABC News

So many questions, so few answers. We asked a lawyer to unravel Morrison’s biggest lies

You’re wondering just what the former prime minister did, what it meant and how he got away with it, aren’t…

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The falsehoods keep coming from Scott Morrison, lie addict

Why did the former PM keep secret his multiple ministries? After the first lie, he had to keep going. And…

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Morrison's extraordinary secrecy makes a mockery of democratic government

Scott Morrison, the minister-in-secret

Newcastle Herald

Morrison liked to think he was unchained from orthodoxy – but was he actually unhinged from reality?

The revelation the former PM had five secret portfolios demonstrates his contempt for colleagues and the longstanding conventions that underpin…

The Guardian - AU

David Hurley did exactly what he was supposed to do. Spare us activist G-Gs

Critics of Governor-General David Hurley over the multiple Morrison ministries miss that it was not his role to second-guess his…

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David Hurley did exactly what he was supposed to do. Spare us activist governors-general

Critics of Governor-General David Hurley over the multiple Morrison ministries miss that it was not his role to second-guess his…

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More power to him

PM Anthony Albanese is chasing up whether or not former PM Scott Morrison swore himself into more than three ministries,…

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Paul Bongiorno: Scott Morrison’s ‘frightening’ secret ministry trashed democratic conventions

Scott Morrison having himself secretly appointed as health, finance and resources minister is more than weird and bizarre – it is…

The New Daily

View from The Hill: Morrison's passion for control trashed conventions and accountability

The only credible explanation for Scott Morrison personally installing himself, as an undisclosed ministerial partner, in several portfolios is the…

The Conversation

Scott Morrison faces probe over secret ministry claims as government seeks legal advice

Former prime minister declines to comment as Peter Dutton and other senior ministers say they were ‘not aware’ of appointments

The Guardian - AU

The secrecy factor is telling in Scott Morrison’s alleged ministerial portfolio grabs

If there was a compelling justification for this strange arrangement, why wasn’t it revealed to the public at the time?

The Guardian - AU

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Some Porter court files sealed until 2052

Some documents related to Christian Porter’s now-settled defamation case against the ABC will remain secret for decades.

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Anthony Albanese seeks legal advice over reports Scott Morrison secretly swore himself into ministry roles

Former prime minister’s senior cabinet colleagues say they were unaware he allegedly swore himself into three ministry positions

The Guardian - AU

Judges need better education and structures to improve impartiality: report

Australians expects judges to make decisions impartially: that is, free from a range of improper and unacceptable political, financial and…

The Conversation

Ashley Christensen and James Egan jailed over heist at Yangebup gun shop in Perth's south

Two Perth men will each spend around a decade behind bars after a judge found they played an "instrumental role"…

ABC News

What do TikTok, Bunnings, eBay and Netflix have in common? They’re all hyper-collectors

You walk into a shopping centre to buy some groceries. Without your knowledge, an electronic scan of your face is…

The Conversation

Can we get the bill?

Liberal MP Bridget Archer could cross the floor to support Labor’s 43% emissions target, and Anthony Albanese has called an…

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Christian Porter loses appeal against judgement to remove lawyer Sue Chrysanthou in settled defamation case against ABC

Former federal attorney-general Christian Porter loses his Federal Court appeal over the removal of lawyer Sue Chrysanthou from his defamation…

ABC News

Porter’s defamation spinoff appeal fails

An appeal by Christian Porter over the removal of his leading barrister in the now-settled defamation case against the ABC…

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Porter's defamation spinoff appeal fails

An appeal by Christian Porter over the removal of his leading barrister in the now-settled defamation case against the ABC…

AAP

Christian Porter loses appeal against Jo Dyer in spinoff case to ABC defamation action

Former attorney general had appealed court decision to stop Sue Chrysanthou representing him, despite dropping his claim against ABC

The Guardian - AU

The unconscionable prosecution of Bernard Collaery was an assault on the values Australia holds dear

Last week Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus put an end to Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery’s criminal prosecution.

The Conversation

Gareth Evans says conviction of Witness K should be reversed after Bernard Collaery decision

Former attorney general and foreign minister says prosecution of Witness K’s lawyer Collaery, now abandoned, was ‘indefensible’

The Guardian - AU