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Labor extends big lead in Newspoll, but Morgan is much better for Coalition

This week’s Newspoll is the second since the May federal election, after the first appeared five weeks ago. Labor led by 57-43, a one point gain for Labor. Primary votes were 37% Labor (steady), 31% Coalition (down two), 13% Greens (up one), 7% One Nation (up one), 2% UAP (steady)…

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Morning mail: Britain gets Truss for PM, Albanese flags ‘orderly’ emissions cuts, when cosmetic fillers go wrong

Tuesday: Liz Truss will meet the Queen then face a national cost-of-living crisis after winning the Tory leadership. Plus: Australia’s corporate gender equity stalls

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: about half say Scott Morrison should resign over secret ministries

Just over half of poll respondents say the former PM must go, including a third of Coalition voters

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Scott Morrison without remorse as he hints at injustice over ministries scandal

Despite three weeks in which his political legacy has collapsed and his personal character condemned, Scott Morrison is showing no signs of remorse.

The New Daily

Tracy Grimshaw to depart A Current Affair after 17 years as host

Grimshaw says decision is hers alone and she’s ‘not being shoved out the door by the boys club because I’m too old’

The Guardian - AU

Move to disallow $18m leadership program grant pitched by David Hurley

Greens senator David Shoebridge says grant impacts ‘independence’ of governor general’s office and Scott Morrison should have rejected requests for support

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison tells Sky News he didn’t want to be drawn into ‘political circus’ over secret ministries

Former prime minister says he does not want to engage with those ‘having a big crack at me’ in first TV interview since revelations

The Guardian - AU

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Speaker rules against referring Scott Morrison to privileges committee over claims he misled parliament

The Speaker says there is no apparent case for him to send Mr Morrison's secret self-appointments to the powerful privileges committee.

ABC News

Morrison still has case to answer: Bandt

The Greens are still considering whether to try and refer Scott Morrison to a privileges committee for misleading parliament over his secret ministries.

AAP

Plagued: book revealing Morrison’s ministries discloses national security discussions

Book also includes comments about the government’s approach to dealing with China and discussions around Australia’s defence posture

The Guardian - AU

Climate, integrity on parliament's agenda

The Federal Parliament resumes for two weeks on Monday, ahead of the Albanese government's first budget on October 25.

AAP

Albanese claims he can’t stop them, but the stage three tax cuts threaten his political legacy

The cuts benefit the wealthy over the strugglers, ploughing fertile ground for conspiracy theorists to accuse MPs of looking after themselves

The Guardian - AU

Michael Pascoe: The Governor-General may have some questions to answer about this charity

This is a story about a story that nobody else seems to think is a story. When the story is about the Governor-General’s rather odd $18 million pet

The New Daily

View from The Hill: Summit triggers immediate action and elevates gender equality

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.

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The Guardian - AU

Chris Dawson verdict a big moment for the Australian’s podcast, but redundancies thin ranks

Swathes of national broadsheet devoted to covering guilty verdict in Teacher’s Pet case, while behind the scenes many staff packed up their desks. Plus: date night for Morrison and Murray

The Guardian - AU

With Scott Morrison gone, Sussan Ley has taken up the task of baseless EV bashing

The deputy Liberal leader has been taken to task over the ‘totally wrong, wholly incorrect’ claim that no one is making electric utes

The Conversation

John Howard calls for 'a sense of balance', but can he help the Liberal Party find it?

When stories about former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s secret ministerial roles emerged, John Howard was called on by all and sundry for comment. For some, Howard represents stability, convention and commonsense liberalism, a Menzies in our own time. (It is a parallel Howard has carefully cultivated).

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Democracies are fragile. Australians must act urgently to safeguard ours

The solicitor-general’s recent finding that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s furtive accrual of ministerial portfolios “fundamentally undermined” the principles of responsible government has drawn attention to the precarity of democracy. In seeking to safeguard our democracy, we must consider the extent to which Australians’ long-standing apathy about our democratic system…

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Delivery will determine the success of Albanese’s jobs summit

How Anthony Albanese delivers on the expectations his gesture politics have built up will be critical to the success of his two-term strategy of government.

Newcastle Herald

160 blank pages: the federal government's response to Port FOI request

The federal government has been accused of erecting a wall of secrecy around the details of a $250million Port of Newcastle container terminal funding package.

AAP

Morrison flags post-parliamentary venture

Former prime minister Scott Morrison could soon enter the private sector after registering a company on his parliamentary declaration of interests.

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In Peak Influencer Style, Ex-Bachie Jimmy Proposed To Holly A Photographer Captured It All

It’s giving Scott Morrison self-isolating with his photographer.

AAP

Morrison inquiry political football: Nats

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says the government is using an inquiry into the former prime minister as a political distraction.

The Guardian - AU

Pocock urges Labor to scrap tax cuts – as it happened

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Letters: Why didn't the Coalition help the Port of Newcastle sooner

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