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PM’s response comes as senior Liberal source says Mundine ‘made it very difficult for himself’ in race to succeed retiring NSW senator Marise Payne

Attacks on Marcia Langton prompt angry responses, Nick Kaldas delivers uncomfortable moments, and Marise Payne takes a bow

Former Foreign Minister Marise Payne, a prominent moderate in the New South Wales Liberal party, is quitting parliament at the end of this month after 26 years in the Senate.

PM Anthony Albanese will visit China later this year at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, 50 years after Gough Whitlam’s historic visit, and the jostling begins for the seat of Liberal Senator Marise Payne as speculation mounts that she will retire from politics ‘imminently’.

Exclusive: Documents show officials raised concerns SAS might be mentioned in US state department’s human rights report

Clive Palmer’s company Zeph Investments claims the Commonwealth breached a free trade agreement over coal exploration permits and wants $41 billion in damages, and according to Indigenous Bunurong oral history, Harold Holt is swimming in mermaid country.

The royal commission made clear what we already knew: the only dangers to the welfare system are public servants and policy makers.

Bureaucrats in the Department of Human Services worked hard to overcome advice that robodebt was illegal, and misled cabinet into backing it — along with their minister, Scott Morrison.

Some Liberals may think they are terribly clever in politically scalping Katy Gallagher, but many women see only political point-scoring.