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More than 5.4m extra doctor visits were bulk billed last year after incentives boost, health minister says

Increase follows Albanese government tripling financial rewards for GPs to bulk bill pensioners, concession card holders and children

The Guardian - AU

The Liberal party is 80 years old. But what would Menzies think of Peter Dutton’s divisive negativity?

The purpose of a political party, Menzies believed, was not just to occupy the government benches but to serve the national interest

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: court rules Hanson racially vilified Faruqi; Jennifer Lopez campaigns with Kamala Harris; and a really, really, really big fine

Justice Angus Stewart found Pauline Hanson’s comment that Mehreen Faruqi should ‘piss off back to Pakistan’ was a ‘strong form of racism’

The Guardian - AU

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McKenzie defends Dutton flight, saying Coalition doesn’t ‘need Gina Rinehart to influence us’ to back mining

Shadow transport minister says she is reviewing her own declarations on flight upgrades she may have received

The Guardian - AU

Labor, coalition ensnared in flight upgrade furore

As the prime minister came under fire for flight upgrades, the opposition is defending its own travel arrangements.

AAP

Afternoon Update: Dutton admits Rinehart company jet request; Woolworths employee confronts board; and a ‘hated’ hand sculpture

Opposition leader says request to Hancock Prospecting for flight to Bali bombing memorial service came only after government would not help him get a flight

The Guardian - AU

Fight or flights: the six days it took Albanese to deny he contacted Alan Joyce for Qantas upgrades

Over the course of nearly a week, the prime minister batted away questions about the Qantas upgrade scandal before eventually comprehensively denying contacting Joyce for upgrades

The Guardian - AU

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Flight upgrades still clear for take-off despite outcry

Aviation experts say flight upgrades for business leaders and politicians are likely here to stay after concern about the prime minister's travel arrangements.

AAP

PM: I never called ex-Qantas boss for flight perks

The prime minister has emphatically denied calling Qantas's former chief executive for flight upgrades, pouring cold water on an incendiary political dogfight.

AAP

Morning Mail: The MPs in Qantas’ Chairman’s lounge, judge rules on Australian right to privacy, lost Mayan city found

More than 90% of federal parliamentarians benefit from the airline’s exclusive lounge, analysis shows; researchers find a lost city in the Mexican jungle

The Guardian - AU

Albanese needed a diversion after his Qantas firestorm. The Covid inquiry came at just the right time

A huge report might supplant questions over flight upgrades for now – but Peter Dutton’s attacks on the PM’s character just gained another hue

The Guardian - AU

Australian PM defends himself after being accused of seeking free flight upgrades from Qantas boss

Anthony Albanese says he has always “acted in a transparent and appropriate way,” after a new book claimed that he repeatedly requested free upgrades from Qantas Airways

The Independent UK

Political dogfight erupts over PM's plane promotions

Australia's major party leaders are embroiled in an increasingly personal stoush after revelations the prime minister accepted a stack of flight upgrades.

AAP

Stan Grant takes shots at ‘political elites’ in US – as it happened

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The Independent UK

Australian PM defends his free first-class upgrades on Qantas flights

‘All of mine have been declared,’ Albanese says, defending the first-class upgrades

AAP

Greens point finger at Labor after another poll letdown

The Greens have gone backwards at another election after a disappointing state poll result but haven't specified where they can improve.

The Guardian - AU

Cushy Qantas perks in Chairman’s Lounge book shine spotlight on travel habits of Albanese and others

Prime minister allegedly used personal relationship with former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce to request free upgrades on flights

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Dutton questions PM’s ‘strange’ flight upgrades; greenwashing case against Santos begins; and a celebration of long dogs

Albanese reportedly sought free Qantas flight upgrades directly from Alan Joyce while serving as transport minister and opposition leader

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Anthony Albanese Cops Heat For Asking Qantas CEO For 22 Flight Upgrades Before He Was PM

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is under fire for asking Qantas CEO Alan Joyce for flight upgrades before he was ever PM.

AAP

Parties set sights on federal poll as state turns blue

A change of government in the Sunshine State has left the major parties pondering a different plan of attack for the upcoming federal election.

The Guardian - AU

Labor lost Queensland election partly because it was obsessed with the Greens, Chandler-Mather says

Greens housing spokesperson argues that lesson for federal Labor is if PM spends next six months fighting party ‘he’s going to hand the keys to Peter Dutton’

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Queensland’s lessons for Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and Adam Bandt’s band

Often state elections don’t mean much federally, but Saturday’s Queensland’s result does carry implications for Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and Adam Bandt.

AAP

'We are not the US': abortion erodes LNP winning margin

Ahead of a federal contest, Queensland voters have sent a clear message to the major political parties: do not repeal abortion laws.

The Conversation

LNP wins Queensland election, likely with a clear majority

With 45% of enrolled voters counted in today’s Queensland state election, The Poll Bludger’s results have the Liberal National Party (LNP) winning 38 of the 93 seats, Labor 26, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) three and independents one.

The Guardian - AU

I understand Thorpe seizing the moment. I interjected during George W Bush’s speech over the Iraq invasion

The furore over the senator’s challenge to King Charles has been about her manner. Its substance is what will be remembered

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