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Author, ambassador, commentator, critic? It's not always easy to earn a crust as a former PM

Few Australians are losing sleep over how Scott Morrison is going to earn a crust after politics. Few outside the federal Coalition, at any rate. His continuing presence on the opposition backbench serves as a distraction from the present and reminder of the past. Unfortunately, that past keeps intruding on…

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Ukraine appeals to Australia for engineers and specialists to help with dam disaster

Request comes as Anthony Albanese attends Nato summit in Europe and possible talks with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy

The Guardian - AU

PM says Ukraine membership ‘a matter for Nato’ – as it happened

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Paul Keating labels Nato chief a ‘supreme fool’ and ‘an accident on its way to happen’

Former PM’s extraordinary statement relates to the Nato head’s push to increase ties with Asia

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Vale Simon Crean: a true believer in the Labor Party

On reflection, Simon Crean was probably the first domino to fall in a certain madness that seized Labor during the Howard era and presaged a decade of turmoil that only settled down under Bill Shorten’s leadership (2013-19).

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Tributes flow after former Labor leader Simon Crean dies, aged 74

Labor luminary, unionist-turned-politician and former leader Simon Crean has died at the age of 74 on Sunday.

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Tributes flow after former Labor leader Simon Crean dies age 74

Crean, former opposition leader and ACTU president, died suddenly while overseas on Sunday

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Ex-Labor minister Peter Garrett brands AUKUS submarine pact ‘riskiest decision’ any government has made

Former Labor cabinet minister and Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has again condemned Australia's security deal with the US and UK

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LGBTQ+ event cancelled after threats – as it happened

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Morning Mail: ‘mortgage cliff’ looms, Keating’s Aukus email, Head start for Australia in cricket

Rate hikes mean households must find an extra $15,000 a year on average loan, FOI reveals former PM’s explosive letter, and US cities enveloped in smoke from Canada fires

The Guardian - AU

Paul Keating sent explosive email to Labor cabinet two hours before attack on Aukus, FOI documents reveal

Exclusive: Former PM warned cabinet ministers over China, Pacific and US hegemony in lead-up to his pointed speech at National Press Club

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How Garry Weaven helped start a financial revolution to boost workers’ retirements

Garry Weaven, the "godfather of the industry super fund movement," has helped turn working Australian workers into investors.

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Alan Kohler: Why the RBA thinks if there must be a recession, there will be a recession

The implication of what Philip Lowe said is that unless productivity improves fast, there will have to be a recession.

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Grattan on Friday: Labor's national conference looms but the party's rank and file has lost its bite

Stuart Robert, one of the ministers involved in the notorious Robodebt scheme, can anticipate some sharp criticism when the royal commission’s findings come. Robert won’t be able to avoid the flak, but he has made sure he is out of parliament before it lands.

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Michael Pascoe: The ‘A’ in ALP stands for Albanese

Something rather important has been overlooked in the first anniversary of the election – Anthony Albanese’s takeover of the Labor Party.

The Guardian - AU

Jim who? Chalmers may not have Keating’s cut-through but this budget is his chance to serenade Australia

The treasurer’s biggest challenge is not making the numbers add up, it’s making sure the words take voters with him

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Paul Keating warns treasurer not to remove government's power to override RBA decisions

Former prime minister Paul Keating says it would be an error for the Parliament to remove a power that allows the government to overrule the Reserve Bank's actions.

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Hell hath no fury like a former PM – but it wasn't always so

In a television interview with Phillip Adams in 1999, Paul Keating remarked that he retained much influence on the international stage.

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Alan Kohler: Something strange and sad is happening to the Labor Party

Something strange and sad has happened to Labor. The policy courage of Whitlam, Hawke and Keating has been replaced.

The Guardian - AU

The defence review says Australia is at little risk of a land invasion – but that’s not where the threats end

Fears of direct military invasion are too narrow a frame to get a true picture of the Indo-Pacific’s security outlook, report argues

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The much-anticipated defence review is here. So what does it say, and what does it mean for Australia?

The Albanese government on Monday released a declassified version of the much-anticipated defence strategic review, authored by former defence chief Angus Houston and former defence minister Stephen Smith.

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Michael Pascoe: The fallacy at the heart of the Reserve Bank of Australia review

Instead of tackling the fallacy and lie, the review came up with this: 'There should be increased joint work between Treasury and the RBA'.

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ABC Ombudsman dismisses Nine newspaper complaint about Media Watch Red Alert segment

Host Paul Barry was deemed not to have breached editorial standards because the show was opinion, not news, after SMH and Age series on China

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Paul Keating accuses Penny Wong of 'platitudes'; she says he's 'diminished his legacy'

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has launched an extraordinary fresh barrage of criticism against Foreign Minister Penny Wong, accusing her of delivering “platitudes” in her major foreign policy speech on Monday.

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Penny Wong and Paul Keating spar as minister warns against ‘frenzied’ Taiwan war speculation

Wong also hits back at former prime minister saying his comments diminish ‘his legacy and the subject matter’

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