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ABC staff to walk off job next week – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Former prime minister Scott Morrison defends secrecy of early AUKUS plans

Former prime minister Scott Morrison says China's rapid military build-up was at "the top of the list" of factors driving the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal he brokered in deep secrecy with the United States and the United Kingdom.

ABC News

Employing young people could ease worker shortages, but employers need to make it happen

With businesses crying out for more workers as Australia experiences near-record job vacancies, could an army of unemployed young people be the answer?

ABC News

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New push to bring Queensland’s lagging emissions targets into line with other states

Environmental advocates urge state to ‘do better than 30% by 2030’, and propose doubling of current targets

The Guardian - AU

Australian PM boosts ties with security partner India ahead of US visit

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited India to cement ties before dashing off to the US for talks that could include a scuppered submarine deal which infuriated France.

Radio France Internationale

What will next week's AUKUS talks mean for South Australia's shipbuilding industry?

SA's shipbuilders are on tenterhooks ahead of next week's AUKUS discussions, which will finalise an agreement around the future of Australia's submarine fleet. Here's why that deal is so important for South Australia.

ABC News

What we've learnt from nine weeks of Robodebt royal commission hearings

More than 100 witnesses, including two former prime ministers, have faced the Robodebt inquiry and sworn to tell the truth.

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Attacks on Hindu temples have ‘no place in Australia’, PM says; Sydney trains hit by delays – as it happened

Burketown flood at ‘record levels’ with helicopter evacuations to continue throughout the day

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt: five years of lies, mistakes and failures that caused a $1.8bn scandal

The royal commission ended on Friday, having heard shocking testimony from officials and politicians, and heart-rending accounts of the impact of the botched scheme

The Guardian - AU

Kathleen Madgwick tells Robodebt royal commission about her son Jarrad and the damage the scheme caused

Just weeks before his 23rd birthday in 2019, Jarrad Madgwick left the house hours after being issued with a $2,000 Robodebt. He never returned home or into the arms of his mum Kathleen.

ABC News

Michelle Grattan: Could Josh Frydenberg still have a path to the Liberal leadership?

Frydenberg hasn’t declared whether he will run again for Kooyong, but he hasn’t lost his political ambition., Michelle Grattan writes.

The New Daily

Agriculture department's financial woes are due to demerger with environment, David Littleproud says

Former agriculture minister David Littleproud says he is "totally surprised" to hear the Agriculture Department is facing hundreds of millions of dollars in cost blowouts, and points the finger at a decision by the Labor government as the cause.

ABC News

‘Speed, stealth and firepower’: the submarines that redefine Australia’s ‘strategic personality’

V Adm Jonathan Mead hails a ‘generational challenge’ that will see Australia become the seventh country to have nuclear-powered boats

The Guardian - AU

Bombshell crime claims about Hillsong finances rock Parliament

The leader of one of Australia’s largest Pentecostal churches has been accused in Parliament of money laundering and tax evasion.

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The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Could Josh Frydenberg still have a path to the Liberal leadership?

One of those closely watching the extraordinary legal face-off between independent Monique Ryan and her former high-profile staffer, Sally Rugg, will be Josh Frydenberg, who lost Kooyong to the “teal” at last year’s election.

The New Daily

The irony of Albanese’s big trip to Washington

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make a trip to Washington next week and announce a deal to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.

The Guardian - UK

‘Stop the boats’: Sunak’s anti-asylum slogan echoes Australia’s harsh policy

In Australia, hostile rhetoric has fuelled a toxic public debate and sought to dehumanise people fleeing harm

AAP

Nuclear subs deal to prevent Pacific war: Morrison

Former prime minister Scott Morrison says the AUKUS alliance and the acquisition of nuclear submarines is about deterring any attacks on Australia.

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Top bureaucrat who oversaw Robodebt rollout says document to ministers was potentially misleading

Kathryn Campbell tells the Robodebt royal commission that a document put to Cabinet failed to mention the need for legislative change.

The Guardian - AU

I’m still angry at the architects of robodebt, and furious that they have faced no consequences

I’m grateful to all those who spoke out, but it should never have happened and we have no guarantee it won’t happen again

The Guardian - AU

Are Australians ready to shed the aspiration paradox and vote for self-interest over self-image?

Far from a nation of strivers, Australians see their future getting harder rather than easier

The Conversation

The long-awaited AUKUS submarine announcement is imminent. What should we expect?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to visit Washington in the next two weeks to announce the long-awaited roadmap for the AUKUS submarine agreement alongside UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden.

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: The robodebt royal commission is our most important in a long while

It has taken the robodebt royal commission to do it, but Australians are being given dramatic evidence that the very underpinnings of our system of government have been trashed at great cost to the nation.

The New Daily

No time for ‘freebies’: Calls for another tax break to be axed

Income tax cuts are back at the centre of debate as key independents say the public won’t tolerate another tax break for the very wealthy.

The Guardian - AU

Malcolm Turnbull tells robodebt inquiry ‘I did not turn my mind to the legality of the program’

Former PM tells royal commission he accepted what then human services minister Alan Tudge told him about legality of scheme

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