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Five Great Reads: notes from China’s protests, eviscerating Scott Morrison, and the ‘new Sydney Opera House’

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days

The Guardian - AU

Most of us understood the COVID rules well, so why don't fines stand?

If the rest of the population had reacted the same way as these selfish few, they would have been dying in the tens of thousands.

Newcastle Herald

The Ferguson Report: Morrison gets through ‘not-sorry’ speech without smirking

Tim Ferguson breaks down this week's news, starting with Scott Morrison's not-sorry speech to the Australian parliament.

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Australian prosecutors drop parliament rape case

Australian prosecutors said on Friday they will drop the high-profile case of a former government adviser accused of sexually assaulting a colleague in parliament, because the trial was severely harming the complainant's mental health.

Reuters

Provocative political cartoons on show in Canberra as Behind the Lines exhibit looks back on 2022

The year's best political cartoons are unveiled for the annual Behind the Lines exhibit in Canberra with David Pope taking out the top honour.

ABC News

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean says Australians should judge former prime minister Scott Morrison at the ballot box

Former prime minister Scott Morrison is lashed for his secret ministries scandal on Q+A as Nova Peris says she has serious concerns about a referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

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'He was woeful': in Bulldozed, Niki Savva catalogues Scott Morrison’s nasty, duplicitous, nutty behaviour

Niki Savva doesn’t like Scott Morrison. In the very first chapter of Bulldozed, she describes him as “petty and vindictive.”

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Greens seek new Morrison inquiry referral

Greens leader Adam Bandt is calling for a new referral to parliament's privileges committee relating to Scott Morrison's secret ministries.

AAP

Was Scott Morrison’s censure speech a swan song?

Scott Morrison was the first former PM to be censured by the lower house while in Parliament.

The New Daily

Scott Morrison falsely claimed he lacked powers to help Biloela family

Former PM said decision on Murugappan family was in immigration minister’s hands, despite being sworn in to administer home affairs at the time

The Guardian - AU

Former Australian PM censured for giving himself secret powers while in office

Scott Morrison defends decision by saying he took it during ‘a time of extreme trial’

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: Morrison censured; anti-corruption bill passes; and a breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug

Anthony Albanese calls on the former PM to apologise for secretly appointing himself to additional ministries

The Guardian - AU

Nothing in Scott Morrison’s demeanour projected regret as he was censured by parliament

But the former PM’s oversized perception of his role in the grand sweep of history took him to a place where he disdained parliamentary and democratic conventions

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Scott Morrison makes parliamentary history – for the worst of reasons

Among the slew of mostly predictable speeches that culminated in the first-ever House of Representatives censure of a former prime minister, one stood out.

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‘Pulls the pin over Christmas’: Parliament condemns Scott Morrison

Liberal MP Bridget Archer crossed the floor and a former Liberal minister abstained from voting on the censure motion against Scott Morrison.

The Independent UK

Australian Parliament censures former prime minister

Australia’s former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has listed his achievements in government including standing up to a “bullying" China as he unsuccessfully argued against being censured by the Parliament for secretly amassing multiple ministerial powers

Reuters

Australian parliament censures former PM Morrison over secret ministries

Australia's parliament on Wednesday voted to censure former Liberal prime minister Scott Morrison after an inquiry found his secret appointment to multiple ministries during the COVID-19 pandemic undermined trust in government.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison becomes first former Australian prime minister to be censured by parliament

Former PM claims he would have answered truthfully if asked about any of the secret ministries he held and repeated past defence of arrangements

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Morrison to appear at robodebt inquiry

Scott Morrison and his former ministerial colleague Marise Payne have been confirmed to appear at the next round of robodebt royal commission hearings.

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Scott Morrison censured over secret ministries, as former prime minister decries reprimand as 'political intimidation'

The House of Representatives votes to censure former prime minister Scott Morrison for secretly giving himself powers over several ministries during the height of the pandemic, after Mr Morrison rails against "retribution".

ABC News

Former prime minister Scott Morrison censured in parliament over secret ministries — as it happened

The government has successfully moved a censure motion against former prime minister Scott Morrison for failing to disclose to the parliament and public his appointments to a number of ministries. Look back on how it unfolded.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Child vaping surge prompts government crackdown, ‘crazy’ Covid fines, Morrison censure motion

In today’s newsletter: children were vaping nicotine without realising it; NSW urged to cancel more lockdown fines; Morrison on track for official censure

The Guardian - AU

Labor adds extra week of Senate estimates – as it happened

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Multi-ministry Morrison still calling the shots

The most telling failure is sticking with Morrison after the full horror of his conniving has been exposed.

ABC News

Anthony Albanese plans to censure Scott Morrison this week. Here's what is expected to happen now

Following an inquiry into Scott Morrison's decision to secretly appoint himself to several ministries, Anthony Albanese has announced plans to censure the former prime minister. Here's what you need to know.

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