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Obama’s talking tour bound for Australia
The 44th president will deliver lectures in Sydney and Melbourne next March.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Orderly gathering: Howard invited to palace lunch with all the King’s men
The former PM has been asked to join fellow members of the royal Order of Merit at a get-together with King Charles, but it’s a blokey-looking list.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Lachlan Murdoch
Promises, promises: Murdoch pledges ‘light and insight’
News Corp has been secretive about recent high-profile departures but its US-based boss pledged to shed light and off insight on other happenings.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Betting sites battle: what are the odds!
Australia’s largest punting firm, Sportsbet, has a problem: the company that owns ‘sportsbet.com’ has been directing traffic to their competitors.
- by David Estcourt and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Palmer’s people dig deep for Victorian election cause
Billionaire Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party is taking a friends-and-family approach to financing its Victorian electoral tilt.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Malcolm Turnbull skips pleasantries as rain falls on marriage equality parade
A gathering in NSW Parliament to mark five years since the yes vote resurrected many ghosts from a not-so-distant political past.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Watchdog calls for calm as poll rage mars early voting
The Victorian Electoral Commission has called on candidates and supporters to stay on the right side of electoral laws after early voting in the state election got off to an ugly start.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Institute pulls a powerful crowd
The Sydney Institute’s annual dinner lecture showed it still has a strange amount of clout among political and corporate heavies.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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G’day sports(wash), welcome to Saudi Australia
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas was proud to announce on Monday that Adelaide would host the first Australian leg of the rebel LIV Golf Invitational Series, Saudi Arabia’s latest exercise in sportswashing.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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A few dollars go a teal long way
Donors have been sending money from as far afield as NSW and Queensland to back independent state election candidates including Nomi Kaltmann.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock sponsors Team Dutton
She may have walked away from netball sponsorship, but the mining magnate is still supporting opposition leader.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman