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‘My door is open’: Anthony Albanese challenges political foes to contribute to voice legislation

PM’s call comes as Greens face party split on issue and Liberals signal they will oppose the proposal

The Guardian - AU

Two NDIS providers banned after fraud claims – as it happened

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Michael Pascoe: Liberal Party unable to be honest with itself, let alone the nation

“If you can’t be honest with yourself, you can’t be honest with anyone.” That little homily is playing out for the federal Liberal Party.

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Grattan on Friday: Liberal post-mortem urges party to address flight of female vote – but not by quotas

The Liberal Party’s review of its election rout has highlighted the party’s broad and deep problem with the female vote, but shied away from recommending quotas to elect more women.

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NSW Liberal MP Melanie Gibbons dumped after latest effort to run for upper house

Melanie Gibbons's political career has been dumped as the Liberals are set to favour gender parity. It is Ms Gibbons's latest loss after she failed to recontest her south-west Sydney seat after 12 years.

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Liberals must regain ground in cities, win back female and Chinese voters: review

The review of the Liberals' disastrous election defeat has been published

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Liberal party review of election loss finds 50% of candidates and new MPs should be women

Review recommends setting a target for greater female representation but not a binding quota

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Hint on raising age as Vic parliament sits

Victoria's premier has indicated his government may act alone on raising the age of criminal responsibility as parliament opened with more than 40 newcomers.

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Bruising truths for obsolete Liberals

A Liberal Party internal review of its devastation in May’s election has concluded it ‘no longer represents modern Australia’, and police plan to raid the homes of Saturday’s A-League pitch invaders after releasing photos of nine men.

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Vic opposition unveils new shadow cabinet

Victoria's opposition has unveiled its shadow cabinet after its loss to Labor, with several MPs elevated to the Liberal frontbench for the first time.

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NSW Liberals members suspended for ‘elaborate’ branch-stacking scheme – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

The Scott Morrison robodebt show

Scott Morrison ducks, dodges and weaves but finally concedes robodebt was illegal, and a Greens and Legalise Cannabis bloc will hold the balance of power in Victoria’s upper house.

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Top staff 'resistant' to robodebt overhaul

Senior staff were resistant to overhauling robodebt because government budget targets required a higher number of interventions, an inquiry has been told.

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Scott Morrison leaned on his faith in his department to explain the ‘critical failure’ of robodebt

Former PM’s verbose approach in stand meant it took an eternity to establish his position that he didn’t see vital legal advice on the scheme and can’t say why

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Former PM grilled at royal commission – as it happened

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“No one dared tell him to stop”

In her latest post-election book Niki Savva puts Scott Morrison through the wringer. But has she avoided all the pitfalls of the genre?

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Paul Bongiorno: Politically charged Albanese braces for a high-voltage end to the year

Apparently, the penny hasn’t dropped that a longer term end to energy from fossil fuels is the very outcome voters are demanding.

Inside Story

Cometh the hour

Katharine Murphy’s latest Quarterly Essay probes where politics meets personality

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Public duty? For these Tory defectors, being an MP is just another career move

The Conservative ship is sinking – and MPs from Matt Hancock to Sajid Javid would rather make more money than face the opposition benches, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Australians are starting to feel the economic pain, but they are not taking it out on Albanese

Anthony Albanese heads towards Christmas with inflation, interest rates and power prices all high. But, comfortingly for Labor, his own popularity is up there too.

The Guardian - AU

Moderate John Pesutto elected leader of the Victorian Liberal party, defeating Brad Battin in ballot

Pesutto will now seek to rebuild Coalition fortunes after three straight election losses to Daniel Andrews’ Labor government

ABC News

John Pesutto chosen as new Victorian Liberal leader after bruising election defeat

The Victorian Liberal Party has elected Hawthorn MP John Pesutto as its new leader after meeting for the first time since its bruising state election defeat.

Crikey

Hiding in plain sight: the media scramble to colour in the Albanese outline

Katharine Murphy’s new Quarterly Essay attempts to understand the prime minister and the political influences that shaped him.

AAP

Pesutto elected new Victorian Libs leader

Former shadow attorney-general John Pesutto has been appointed leader of the Victorian Liberals' after the party's third state election loss to Labor.

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How Scott Morrison won the election for Labor

Labor’s 2022 election post-mortem analysis is out — and it contains some curious lessons for the party, and the opposition.

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