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Gather round for the final pod of the year.
Pop @Paul_Karp @AmyRemeikis @danielhurstbne and @JoshButler in your ears as we answer an excellent batch of questions from listeners about the political year that was.
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Jacqui Lambie, belting into Hanson: "Having the freedom to choose isn't the same as having the freedom to avoid the consequences of your choice" #auspol
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I've found today pretty hard. Have to be honest about that. There has been so much nonsense, so much time wasted – and reporting that looks at climate change through the prism of whether particular strategy wins elections is a big part of the problem.
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PM on ICAC. "I have honoured my proposal. The Labor Party don't support it. That is where the issue rests."
Fact check: The proposal was never introduced. Labor doesn't support if because it's been universally panned. Doesn't explain why the legislation was never introduced.
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It is one of those days (and there’s been too many over the last 12 months) where I have felt genuine, deep seated revulsion, being here, being adjacent to this #auspol
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Haven’t really wanted to engage substantively with that @apatrickafr piece today because it would dignify drivel with a response. But I do want to make the following clear. @samanthamaiden is doing stellar work with these critically important stories.
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This has been a really productive near 80 mins. If you are weighing your choice on Saturday, you could do a lot worse than watch the replay of today’s @PressClubAust address and Q&A with @AlboMP
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Dan Andrews on the feds: 'I haven't played politics during this crisis, I didn't during the bushfires and believe me I could have, but I did not, because I don't believe that is appropriate, so Josh Frydenberg can make all the comments he wants .. but I will be calling them out'
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The head of Australia's domestic spy agency is saying, clear as a bell, foreign interference is an equal opportunity threat, and national security should not be politicised. Twice this week. Over. #auspol
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.@AlboMP on the PM and weight loss: "I had a car accident in January last year. When a Range Rover is heading for a head-on collision with you, I assure you, it's a life-changing experience ... I had tried to lose some weight before then ...
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I hoped I'd missed something in translation. Apparently not. This is an absolute disgrace. This outbreak is not over. The mission is not accomplished. In a democracy, political leaders are accountable to the public. Front up. That's the job #auspol
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PM: What doesn't get us there is "laws telling people what to do and what they can't do ... on their farms, in their businesses, in their factories, in their homes .."
This would be, literally, what a parliament does: make laws to govern a country.
#qt
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Scott Morrison is setting up another fake fight on a carbon ‘tax’ – and I am all out of patience after ten years of lies theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Kind of odd dynamic in this campaign. Lots of noise about Albanese refusing to answer questions and schooling the press pack. Less about the PM not answering questions, choosing who he gives the call to, and talking through follow up questions 🤷♀️
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This should not get lost in the noise. Scott Morrison effectively ditches his promise to establish a federal anti-corruption commission #auspol theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Tell you what, if you love Australia, as the prime minister says he does, then you walk the walk on that. You do everything within your power to safeguard physical security by doing what you can to combat the threat of runaway heating, and ..
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One problem with putting the pandemic behind us. It isn't behind us #auspol
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I’m very fond of you all, but I don’t give a toss if you hate my jacket, folks. I love it. And women on television should not have to, meekly, wear a uniform, to win approval from viewers. The end.
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.@DanielAndrewsMP "You know, I just remind you all we had a ring of steel around Melbourne last year and it didn't just protect country Victoria, it protected the whole country."
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... I still enjoy a beer. I still enjoy a range of food but I'm careful about my diet and I squeeze in exercise whenever I can and I think that's a good thing, and it's up to the Prime Minister to explain, really, why he thinks that's a bad thing".
#auspol
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New: Labor has just called Gilmore for Fiona Phillips. 77 she shall be #auspol
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Sorry I'm distracted by writing a column, but did the premier just saunter out and tell the people of NSW there would be less opportunity for scrutiny at the time this epidemic is expected to peak? Did that happen? #auspol
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The ICAC legislation was never introduced, just to be clear #auspol
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers is also acting Home Affairs Minister. Today: "On the Biloela family, as the interim Home Affairs Minister I've made some substantial progress on this in the last day or two ...
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I will be joining the office of @AlboMP
I want to say farewell by thanking Australians who support good journalism.
It has never been more necessary.
Thank you for your company. It's been a honour.
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Given myself a couple of hours, but I’m still struggling to process how bad this is: the profound lack of concern for things that are really, really important theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Telling Australians net zero won’t be achieved in a wine bar isn’t leadership. It’s politics. We’ve had more than a decade of politics frustrating climate action and that hasn’t put us on a path to net zero. Achieving net zero will take leadership.
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Before suggesting there would be no job losses as a result of the efficiency dividend, David Littleproud said this: "Governments don't employ people, businesses do".
@mjrowland68 then said: "Governments do employ people, they're called public servants".
#auspol
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People tell me this preliminary refusal of the Palmer-owned coal mine by @tanya_plibersek is the first active refusal of a coal mine by a minister under the EPBC Act #auspol
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I'm clearly the only person in the country who cannot bear to read one more word about Folau, and think this story is absolutely freaking tedious.
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PM: "All states need to lift their vaccination rates".
States: we need more Pfizer
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The last few weeks have been hell for survivors of sexual assault and today has been another gruelling day for many people. I’m in awe of the courage of so many women. We have to keep working to make things better #auspol
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.. you work to safeguard to material prospects of future generations of Australians by ensuring we make this transition from a carbon intensive economy to a low emissions one. You do not gamble with the future. You bloody well shape it – otherwise what is power for?
#auspol
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Gladys for Warringah isn’t a story about nothing. It’s a story about prime ministerial conduct, and the story ain’t pretty. Here’s my column theguardian.com/australia-ne… #auspol
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I’ve known Anthony Albanese for more than 20 years. This is the politician, and the person, I know. A campaign profile of the Labor leader - with @mpbowers #auspol theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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I’ve been off 😷 so missed most of the energy action last week. Am I right in understanding the Coalition is going to continue to sit out this transition after basically driving the grid into the ground by failing to provide a clear investment signal nationally for a decade?
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Thank you to @lenoretaylor Boss. Partner in many adventures. Force of nature. Mentor. Friend. 💜 you. @GuardianAus (and thanks @meadea for this picture).
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Good to see the NSW premier again calling out the Albanese *travel shock* bullshit #auspol
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Very hard not to be enraged by the vulnerability of Indigenous communities in western NSW. God almighty #auspol
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My thoughts on the spectacle of the self styled rude police having a performative tantrum in response to @TamePunk declining to waste her public platform #auspol theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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28 years ago, almost to the week, I arrived in the Canberra press gallery. I am deeply grateful to so many people for the opportunities I've had and for the generosity that has been extended to me by mentors, colleagues and readers.
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Still on a weird high from how beautiful Canberra was this morning. Possibly I'm losing my mind. But how beautiful? From @mpbowers
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What did Mum used to say to me? I’m not angry. I’m just disappointed. My column #auspol theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Catherine Holmes to Scott Morrison: “Are you listening at all?” (Eternal question) #Robodebt
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Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor is responding to the Chalmers statement. He’s working up a line: the new treasurer is painting a picture, not executing a plan. Taylor says the lack of a plan is costly for Australians. Sure is. We are paying the price for the lack of a climate plan.
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The birth of Morrison 2.0. Even Scott Morrison is trying to distance himself from Scott Morrison now theguardian.com/australia-ne… #auspol
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Paul Keating has just described Scott Morrison as a fossil in a baseball cap #ausvotes
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.@PatsKarvelas You said that last year's lockdown [in Victoria] was - and I wrote it down - 'the biggest public policy failure by a state government in living memory'. Is that now rivalled by what New South Wales is doing?
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analysing and categorising a group of female colleagues like he’s on a safari, and have that patronising drivel published in a newspaper that I worked for for eight years. What an embarrassment. Here’s a tip. Big story on here at the moment AP. Why don’t you show up for work?
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What bullshit. And @Birmo knows better theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Just to be clear, Dutton could have clarified these issues 48 hours ago, when we asked him. Strange some elected officials and their offices don’t feel compelled to answer basic factual questions #auspol
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.@mpbowers showed me this clip earlier today. I have reported him to human resources.
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"Ugliness and darkness is unfortunately important because it helps inform how we move into the light". Thank you Grace Tame, you brave, steady, wise, wonder of a woman.
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I’m off to get cracking on a @quarterly_essay about @AlboMP and this time in politics. I also need to step outside the daily deluge for a bit to guard against burnout, which feels like a very present risk after the tumult and slog of the past few years.
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Morrison says he'll agree to leaders debates on Seven and Nine – two next week. He says that will be three, which is a good number. The ABC has also made a request. Nothing for the national broadcaster? #auspol
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Genuine question. Why would anybody craft a policy that will result in a short term bump (as Jane Hume just said on @RNBreakfast) in housing prices? Is the government really appealing to first home buyers or to existing property owners? #auspol
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LOTO to PM: Where is your integrity commission bill? PM to LOTO: We have a bill. You don't have a bill. LOTO to PM: I seek leave for the government to table its bill. Dutton: Leave is not granted #qt
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Hate to break it to you but the warm up band for Albanese and other speakers at the May day rally in Brisvegas is currently belting out April Sun in Cuba #auspol @AmyRemeikis
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It was, actually, a public place. The "lying cow" observation was made in front of others. In front of staff. That's how we know about it #auspol
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Very confident the nation owes a debt of gratitude today to soldiers who held themselves outside this appalling culture, and to the insiders who blew the whistle, first internally, and then with the media, and paid a price for doing that. Thank you #auspol
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Q: Children in Australia under 18 can’t undergo gender reassignment surgery in Australia so how are your comments relevant? #auspol
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Tony Smith to the PM: "I'm asking you to return to the question."
PM to the Speaker: "Happy to do that, Mr Speaker".
Speaker to the PM: "I don't care whether you're happy or not. You need to return to the question" #qt
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The return of Canberra’s favourite franchise: revenge of the knockdown clowns, on a day when leadership required respect for Victorians, and bringing an anxious country together. What an absolute shocker #auspol theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Joyce says this climate decision can’t be resolved after four hours on a Saturday night. Actually this conversation has been on in earnest for a couple of decades & this govt now in 3rd term. Still no on a 2030 increase (even though state contributions make that possible on BAU).
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.@DanielAndrewsMP "Never get into an argument with a fool".
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Seriously. You can’t lie to all the people all of the time without significantly devaluing your currency either with peers and allies abroad – or with voters at home. Some thoughts on the nonsense of today theguardian.com/australia-ne… #auspol
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I don't understand what's delicate about the enforcement of public health rules with international air crews, given that's the primary point of entry for Covid.
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Minor curiosity of the day. When it was put to the PM earlier this week that intelligence chiefs had publicly counselled him against weaponising China as a partisan issue, he declared he and his ministers ran the government.
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Also congratulations to @samanthamaiden on her well deserved accolades. One of the comforts of this grim year has been the company of some of the finest women in journalism: @KarenMMiddleton @latingle @Milliganreports @Lisa_Wilkinson 💜
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Dear God, I think I’ve made it through the parliamentary year, alive #auspol
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Canberra's pale, stale and male tribe is missing the moment – as it did with Julia Gillard's misogyny speech. My column #auspol theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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So the Nationals have completely cut off Morrison’s room to move on 2030. The international pressure on this won’t abate. Metro Liberals won’t back off. Polls suggest a lot of voters want increased ambition for 2030 #auspol
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Christine Holgate: "Australia Post is a vital national asset ... I was honoured to lead it. And I was devastated to be driven out of it".
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This is going to be a really hard day for a lot of people. Please be kind to one another, and seek help and support if you need it.
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Neat, how quickly the police handed that back to the PM #auspol
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Pity @SenatorCash feels the need to implicitly question the professionalism of @PatsKarvelas for asking the bleedingly obvious question: what did you learn on climate action from the 2022 election result? Beneath her, that nonsense, really #auspol @RNBreakfast
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Why does Jenny Morrison have to save anything? Dear God (on all fronts).
After his toughest weeks in the top job, the Prime Minister fights back with his secret weapon. SUNDAY on #60Mins, can Jenny Morrison save her husband’s career?
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Not intending to provoke. Genuinely curious.
Why do you need ears if you don't want to listen to a voice?
#auspol
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Barnaby Joyce: Well, people aren’t dying.
Patricia Karvelas: People are dying. People are dying every day.
Barnaby Joyce: Sorry, sorry sorry. Yes, you are correct, I shouldn’t have said that.
theguardian.com/australia-ne… via @MatildaBoseley #auspol
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Three clear messages for Peter Dutton out of tonight. The electorate is no country for leaders deep in negative territory. It is nuts to be projecting a more regressive position on climate change than Scott Morrison. You can’t write off the city and hope to govern #auspol
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"I'm delighted to see the United States is back," Angela Merkel tells the Biden summit, speaking for the world.
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Tell you what isn’t trashy: this analysis. If you want to know why @danielhurstbne is one of the best reporters in the country, read this forensic piece. Sadly we can’t table this but @PeterDutton_MP is very welcome to read #auspol theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Also, in case this isn't obvious, you don't shut democracy because you think you won. You shut down democracy because you fear you've lost #USElection
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New: The ABC have Justin Gleeson leading the defence of the defamation action against the AG #auspol
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I'd put it this way. You really can't adjourn the parliament every time you can't control the chambers and expect voters to look at you like you are a government #auspol
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The reason I care about facts is simple: politics doesn't work, and journalism doesn't work, if we are all prepared to substitute feelings for evidence. I care about politics working, and journalism working. That's a fact #auspol
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The PM says of Albanese that Australians shouldn’t elect a blank page. Well, Morrison was a blank page in 2019, and Australians elected him. The PM says he’ll campaign on his record. Ok then, let’s look at that. Here’s my column #auspol theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Trump is no longer running against Biden, he is running against a core democratic principle. Give yourself a minute to take that in #USElection
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I think even the opposition is now sick of their strategy of voting against everything. By the looks on their faces, even they think it’s tedious #auspol @AmyRemeikis
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This isn't a plan. This is status quo, with speculative graphs theguardian.com/australia-ne… #auspol
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