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The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

‘Politics is a brutal business’: Morrison says he forgives Joyce for leaked text message

Prime minister says everyone has ‘human frailties’ after deputy called him a ‘hypocrite and a liar’ in text

The Guardian - AU

Qld says using ADF to evacuate aged care facilities ‘a last resort’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

The day the COVID 'bomb' exploded in Canberra's nursing homes

Warrigal's three aged care homes in the Canberra region had avoided COVID-19 for almost two years. That changed on New Year's Day.

The Canberra Times

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PM says he couldn't care less about texts

Scott Morrison says he doesn't care about the leak of text messages about him saying he remains focused on leading the country out of the pandemic.

AAP

PM keen to get international borders open

Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants to get international borders open as soon as possible but without impacting Australia's hospital system.

AAP

View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce's text puts another grenade under Scott Morrison

Barnaby Joyce’s leaked text calling Scott Morrison a hypocrite and a liar would be damaging in any circumstances, but it’s doubly so because it feeds into the already well-fertilised narrative about the prime minister’s character.

The Conversation

Barnaby Joyce Offered To Resign After Calling Scott Morrison A ‘Hypocrite’ & ‘Liar’ Via Text

Awkward turtle.

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Morrison rejects Joyce's offer to resign over calling the PM 'hypocrite' and 'liar'

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce this week offered his resignation to Scott Morrison over an explosive text in which he called the prime minister “a hypocrite and a liar”.

The Conversation

Barnaby Joyce pulls out of ABC’s Insiders as Labor says role as deputy PM ‘untenable’

Deputy PM replaced by Karen Andrews on Insiders as Labor leader says text calling Scott Morrison a liar not ‘just a flippant remark’

The Guardian - AU

Barnaby Joyce offered to resign as deputy prime minister over text message calling Scott Morrison a 'hypocrite and a liar'

Barnaby Joyce says he offered his resignation as deputy prime minister after an explosive text message he wrote last year — calling Prime Minister Scott Morrison a "hypocrite and a liar" — was exposed.

ABC News

'Hypocrite, liar' text damages PM: Joyce

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has played down his characterisation of Prime Minister Scott Morrison as a "hypocrite" and "liar" in a leaked text.

AAP

Victoria reports 41 Covid deaths, Qld 21 and NSW 18; anti-vaxxers protest in Canberra – as it happened

Firefighters in Western Australia battle two emergency-level bushfires. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Election diary: Libs' phantom texter pushes PM's buttons

The latest from the federal election campaign: The Libs' mystery texter, One Nation vaxes on and vaxes off, COVID strikes down candidates and the UAP prepares to form government.

Newcastle Herald

Frustrated, frazzled and under siege – Scott Morrison’s faith in himself takes a hit

The prime minister may be bruised and showing hints of self-pity, but his supporters still believe he can win – and so does he

The Guardian - AU

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The New Daily

Dennis Atkins: For Scott Morrison, currying favour with voters just isn’t working

As the election looms, you can almost hear the little feet in Scott Morrison's head stamping with a bewildered, 'Don’t you realise what I’ve done for you?'.

ABC News

Barnaby Joyce apologises for calling Scott Morrison a 'hypocrite and a liar'

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce apologises for calling the Prime Minister Scott Morrison "a hypocrite and a liar" in a text message that was passed on to former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins.

The Guardian - AU

Barnaby Joyce called Scott Morrison ‘a hypocrite and a liar’ in leaked text message

Joyce said he did not ‘get along’ with the PM in message dating from before his return to the Nationals leadership

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Messy AusPol Binch Barnaby Joyce Called The PM A ‘Liar’ & A ‘Hypocrite’ In A Newly Leaked Text

Joyce has apologised "unreservedly" for the text.

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The Conversation

View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough

Richard Colbeck had to face the music this week over attending the fifth test in his home state of Tasmania when he’d told the Senate COVID committee he was too busy working on the Omicron wave spreading through aged care to appear.

ABC News

The Loop: The PM's slip of the tongue, experts say IS leader's death won't have long-term effects and why the price of donkeys is skyrocketing

Here's your TL;DR for today's news.

The Guardian - AU

Labor offers conditional backing to Coalition’s religious discrimination bill

Opposition suggests only minor and technical amendments when the bill returns to parliament on Tuesday

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Get Your Slimy Hands Off Her!!!!!

*screaming*

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition promised in 2018 to protect LGBTQ+ children in schools. What’s taking so long?

After much wrangling over the religious discrimination bill, the view seems to remain: students can be gay or have a view about their gender, but not express it

AAP

Tudge investigation still not finished: PM

Scott Morrison has indicated minister Alan Tudge, subject to an investigation over abuse claims, won't be back in his education role in time for parliament.

Newcastle Herald

Can we trust Morrison government to deliver on a strategy to end violence against women and children?

Ending gendered violence takes political will and proper funding.

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