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Bali bombmaker Umar Patek has sentence reduced, Anthony Albanese confirms

Survivors of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people, including 88 Australians, have spoken out about their distress over news terrorist Umar Patek could have his prison sentence cut just weeks from the terror attack's 20th anniversary.

ABC News

Bali bomber early release 'adds to trauma'

The potential early release of the bomb-maker in the 2002 Bali bombings will "add to the distress and trauma" for survivors' families, Anthony Albanese says.

AAP

Greens signal fresh fight over fossil fuels as Labor revamps safeguard mechanism to cut industrial emissions

Albanese government confident its policy will have bipartisan support, limiting the Greens’ ability to secure any concessions

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No regrets: Scott Morrison doubles down on decision to kill PEP-11

Former prime minister Scott Morrison says he has no regrets about blindsiding his resources minister Keith Pitt to ensure offshore gas exploration did not occur off the Hunter coast.

Newcastle Herald

Albanese arrives in the Torres Strait for Voice talks after locking up support from states and territories

Anthony Albanese has arrived in the Torres Strait to discuss his plans for a Voice to Parliament with Indigenous elders, after securing the support of the state and territory governments on advancing the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

ABC News

Albanese says former PM owes apology to Australian people – as it happened

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Australia's Morrison says he secretly took five ministries because responsibility was his

Australia's former prime minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday he decided to be secretly sworn in to five key ministries during the coronavirus pandemic because he felt responsibility for the nation was his alone.

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Former Australia PM says secret powers were needed in crisis

Scott Morrison says giving himself extra powers when he was Australia’s prime minister was necessary during the coronavirus crisis as criticism rose the moves were deceptive and undemocratic

The Independent UK

Governor-General David Hurley declines to comment further on Scott Morrison's secret ministerial self-appointments

The Governor-General is standing firm on his actions around Scott Morrison's appointment to five additional portfolios, declining to comment on whether or not he expected it to be made public.

ABC News

Why Morrison says Hunter residents should be 'forever grateful' for his intervention

"I don't regret that for a second"

Newcastle Herald

Unrepentant: Scott Morrison says Australians assumed he’d take on new jobs

A defiant Scott Morrison has denied his secret assumption multiple ministries was improper, saying Australians expected him to take extra responsibilities.

The New Daily

Morrison doubles down on move to secretly acquire ministry powers after MPs call for him to resign

Scott Morrison resists calls to resign from his own party over secretly appointing himself additional powers, saying he did everything necessary to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABC News

Morning Mail: ‘de-extinction’ plan for Tasmanian tiger, calls for Morrison investigation, Ukraine attack plan revealed

Wednesday: There is a growing chorus for parliament’s powerful privileges committee to investigate Scott Morrison’s handful of secret ministries. Plus: the Texans working to bring back the woolly mammoth say we’ll soon have new Tasmanian tigers

The Guardian - AU

Australia's top spies kept in dark over Morrison's secret appointments

Their job is to know other people's secrets, but not even Australia's top spooks knew about Scott Morrison's five hidden portfolios.

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AAP

No reason why ministries kept secret: GG

The governor-general says he had no reason to believe Scott Morrison would not publicly communicate his decision to swear himself into ministerial roles.

The Guardian - AU

Push for parliament’s privileges committee to probe Scott Morrison over ministerial appointments

Greens senator David Shoebridge and independent MP Sophie Scamps among those calling for investigation of former PM

Evening Standard

Outrage as Australians discover former PM Scott Morrison secretly appointed himself to five other portfolios

New leader Anthony Albanese said he could take legal action over his predecessor’s actions

The Guardian - AU

Morrison liked to think he was unchained from orthodoxy – but was he actually unhinged from reality?

The revelation the former PM had five secret portfolios demonstrates his contempt for colleagues and the longstanding conventions that underpin Australia’s democracy

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The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison’s ministerial meshuffle: why did he do it, what was happening and where to now?

Who else knew? What powers did Morrison exercise in the portfolios? And did he break any laws?

The Independent UK

Scott Morrison defends holding secret cabinet roles, says ‘acted in good faith in crisis’

Morrison confirms appointing himself to multiple portfolios and says it was done during ‘unprecedented times’

ABC News

The Loop: Scott Morrison apologises over ministry revelations, former NRL star Brett Finch pleads guilty, and a chief health officer's Bollywood dance moves

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

WEKU

Australia's former prime minister Scott Morrison defends secretly taking extra powers

The former prime minister defended his actions, saying they were a safeguard during the coronavirus pandemic and that he would have made the appointments public had he needed to use the powers.

Axios

Australian PM accuses predecessor Scott Morrison of "trashing our democracy" with secret roles

The former prime minister said he "acted in good faith in a crisis" when he took on roles amid pandemic.

Al Jazeera

Australia PM says Morrison’s secret roles ‘undermined democracy’

Anthony Albanese seeking official legal advice after it emerges predecessor had appointed himself to a number of roles.

The Guardian - AU

Outrage as Australians discover former prime minister secretly gave himself five additional ministries

Incumbent prime minister says he ‘cannot conceive of the mindset’ that enabled Scott Morrison to appoint himself to additional positions while PM

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