The prime minister has awarded three MPs a total staffing package worth up to $550,000 as Pauline Hanson and others call on him to give up such powers.

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‘Crazy’ Coalition making huge mistake by opposing EU trade deal: Turnbull

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‘Crazy’ Coalition making huge mistake by opposing EU trade deal: Turnbull

The former prime minister said middle powers such as Australia have to build partnerships with each other as the US was unlikely to “snap back” to multilateralism after the Trump era.

#trump #crazy #turnbull

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‘This really is Albo’s cabinet’: How the PM’s razor gang hindered the treasurer’s saving plans

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‘This really is Albo’s cabinet’: How the PM’s razor gang hindered the treasurer’s saving plans

Jim Chalmers had often advocated for the lowest-cost option when proposals came to the cabinet’s expenditure review subcommittee, but it hasn’t always backed them.

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Payman and Hanson are right. Albanese should forget the king rat

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Payman and Hanson are right. Albanese should forget the king rat

The two women have formed an unlikely alliance to try and pressure the prime minister to change his mind. Here’s why it’s not working.

#albanese #payman #hanson

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Albanese offered One Nation MP an extra staffer. Hanson says it’s an attempt at undue influence

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Albanese offered One Nation MP an extra staffer. Hanson says it’s an attempt at undue influence

A letter authorising Farley to hire an additional staff member on a $200,000 package was delivered to the MP’s Parliament House office on Monday.

#albanese #hanson #farley

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The debate over the debate: Carroll v an empty podium the highlight of the campaign so far

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The debate over the debate: Carroll v an empty podium the highlight of the campaign so far

Premier Ben Carroll has addressed two empty lecterns and a sparse lecture hall in a media stunt designed to heap pressure on Opposition Leader Jess Wilson to attend a three-way debate with Warren Pickering.

#carroll #wilson #jess

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NDIA managers on leave after COVID cover-up findings

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2w ago

NDIA managers on leave after COVID cover-up findings

Two senior managers overseeing the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme are on leave while the agency reviews damning findings made against them in a Victorian integrity investigation into COVID-19 business grant rorts.

#ndia #covid #disability

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Nick O'Malley | The Age

Nick O'Malley is National Environment and Climate Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. He is also a senior writer and a former US correspondent.

#malley #climate #sydney

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Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

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Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Halfway through the government’s second term, how many ordinary Australians could identify what its big defining goals are?

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Victoria Politics | Breaking News and Headlines | The Age

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Victoria Politics | Breaking News and Headlines | The Age

The latest Victoria Politics breaking news, comment and analysis from The Age covering Local & State politics and politicians

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Is that a whiff of arrogance we detect from the Liberal leader? Jeff Kennett seems to think so

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2w ago

Is that a whiff of arrogance we detect from the Liberal leader? Jeff Kennett seems to think so

If a generation spent in the political freezer hasn’t taught the Liberal Party a hard lesson about humility, they are glacially slow learners.

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Regional road patching works slashed 68 per cent in a year, but more potholes filled

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2w ago

Regional road patching works slashed 68 per cent in a year, but more potholes filled

The Department of Transport’s annual report has laid bare a sharp decline in major repair works, as Labor moves to win back frustrated regional motorists with $893 million for upgrades.

#transport #labor

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