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The Latest Breaking News from Malcolm Turnbull

Liberal quits front bench for expected leadership tilt

Leadership aspirant Angus Taylor has resigned from Sussan Ley's front bench, paving the way for a likely showdown to head up the Liberal Party.

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Pump it up: former PM calls for action on hydropower

Hydropower projects should receive more support and faster approvals if Australia is to meet its renewable energy targets, a group has warned.

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Rival leaders dig in as clock ticks on coalition deal

Neither Liberal leader Sussan Ley nor Nationals counterpart David Littleproud are willing to cede ground as prospects of an imminent coalition reunion diminish.

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Possibility of US ever selling Australia nuclear submarines is increasingly remote, Aukus critics say

Malcolm Turnbull says government is ‘engaged in an exercise of denial’, as defence minister insists $368bn deal is ‘full steam ahead’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Shock Nationals leadership challenge; inflation jump boosts rate hike chances; and a ‘massive smack’ of red jellies

MP Colin Boyce says party is ‘committing political suicide’ by ending the Coalition

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: One Nation’s polling surge; Alex de Minaur exits Australian Open; how Sussan Ley might survive

Pauline Hanson’s party ascendant after Coalition chaos; Carlos Alcaraz overpowers Australian in Melbourne; the battle to expose Sydney Water’s secrets

The Guardian - AU

Turnbull urges Albanese to acknowledge new global political reality under ‘bully’ Trump

Exclusive: Former PM says Labor must stop ‘pretending nothing has changed’ and should outline how Australia will deal with the United States going forward

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Albanese takes safe course, appointing defence chief Greg Moriarty to replace Kevin Rudd

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed the Secretary of the Defence Department, Greg Moriarty, to be Australia’s new ambassador to Washington, succeeding Kevin Rudd, who leaves the position in March.

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Jim Chalmers says Canadian PM’s ‘stunning’ denunciation of Trump is being widely discussed in Australian government

Treasurer joins former PM Malcom Turnbull in praising Mark Carney’s comments at the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos

The Guardian - AU

Sinkhole causes in spotlight after local park opens up

Sinkholes are common and often go unreported, experts say, after residents were shocked when a huge gaping hole opened up on a popular park.

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Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal

Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

The Conversation

Ex-PM paints ugly picture of coalition's reality denial

Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministerial portrait has officially been unveiled, with Anthony Albanese's speech about a vulnerable moment almost moving him to tears.

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Over 100 issues, Quarterly Essay has generated news, controversy – and the occasional explosive scene

Perhaps the most profane opening paragraph in the history of Australian journalism can be found in one of Black Inc.’s avowedly highbrow Quarterly Essays. “Those Chinese fuckers are trying to rat-fuck us,” Kevin Rudd is quoted as saying, in David Marr’s June 2010 edition of the essay series. Profane, yes,…

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View from The Hill: The Liberals may fell Sussan Ley but she won’t make it easy for Taylor and Hastie

In 2015, soon after he had rolled Tony Abbott to become prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull was heckled when, with a straight face, he told New South Wales Liberals, “We are not run by factions”.

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Libs making 'same mistakes' after dumping net zero

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Liberals' climate policy will do little in helping the coalition win back ground to form government.

The Guardian - AU

Malcolm Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zero

Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates

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Grattan on Friday: Libs should reflect on proverb ‘As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly’

Twice in recent times the Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy: in 2009 over Kevin Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, and in 2018 over the National Energy Guarantee, a plan to reduce emissions while maintaining reliability at lowest cost.

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Albanese faces the diplomatic test of his political life to attract, and hold, Trump’s attention

Dealing with the US president requires nose holding; and the PM must navigate the delicate balance between getting Trump’s attention and attracting too much

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Australia: A History by Tony Abbott review – mostly celebratory account of ‘a land built by heroes’

Former PM lauds his country’s progress to egalitarian democracy where ‘only the very unlucky’ miss out – yet judges it ‘materially rich but spiritually poor’

The Guardian - AU

Family of Erin Patterson’s victims say mushroom trial media frenzy fed off their suffering

Heather and Ian Wilkinson’s daughter says it is ‘revolting to experience our family’s tragedy being turned into entertainment’. Plus: Andrew Greene’s second chance

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PM declines to comment on reports of other attacks orchestrated by Iran; Israel praises Australia for ‘principled stand’ – as it happened

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Trump found his immigration playbook in the most unexpected place, and now he’s taking the cruelty even further

The Southern Cross playbook.

The Guardian - AU

Australia won’t receive Aukus nuclear submarines unless US doubles shipbuilding, admiral warns

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says there is a ‘very, very high’ chance Virginia-class subs will never arrive under Australian control

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Malcolm Turnbull on Australia’s ‘dumb’ defence debate

The Albanese government remains in complicated territory on the international stage. It has to tread carefully with China, despite the marked warming of the bilateral relationship. It is yet to find its line and length with the unpredictable Trump administration.

The Guardian - AU

PM says Dfat will upgrade Middle East travel advice ‘very soon’ – as it happened

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