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Federal Editor and Canberra Bureau Chief for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Opinions my own. bevan.shields@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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  1. 1 hour ago

    The government has been scrambling to deal with a vile text message a staffer sent to award-winning journalist . Some wanted the staffer sacked but they've now settled on "indefinite leave". Story here from me:

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  2. 9 hours ago

    Labor conference off to a good start

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  3. 11 hours ago

    Wow. So in this incredible country of ours apparently we can’t find a woman to be the next governor-general.

    305 replies 368 retweets 1,343 likes
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  4. Dec 9

    Hooray! It’s @swrightwestoz’s first day at The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. Welcome, but pls change your Twitter handle ok thx

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  5. Retweeted
    Dec 7

    What a week and what a year. Join us for Politics in the Pub w/ , , and for our annual End of Year political wrap. Wed. Dec 12 . FREE, but bookings essential >

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  6. Retweeted
    Dec 7

    Dennis and Melissa have been doing the quiz together for three years. Today, she was the only one who could answer the final question

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    Dec 7

    A marriage proposal for a lucky Melissa in today’s quiz. So cute!

    5 replies 34 retweets 211 likes
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  8. Dec 6

    Bye bye

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  9. Dec 6

    Former Young Liberals president and a serving member of the NSW Liberal Party state executive

    , your encryption bill will transfer unprecedented power to the disgraceful ICAC. It will create a litany of costs, it will harm civil liberties, and it will weaken encryption. An utter disgrace.
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  10. Dec 5

    Labor caves and the encryption bill will pass the Senate tonight

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  11. Dec 5

    Bill Shorten press conference in 10 minutes. We think they will drop their proposed amendments to the , which would allow it to pass Parliament tonight

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  12. Dec 5

    Defence Minister Christopher Pyne has deleted this tweet

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  13. Dec 5

    The last day of Parliament was a day of doing nothing – and a perfect snapshot of the dysfunction in Australian politics

    14 replies 112 retweets 138 likes
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  14. Dec 5

    Things meant to be finalised this fortnight that now won't be: legislation to protect gay kids, the government's 'big stick' power prices policy, encryption legislation to fight terrorist and pedophiles, and the crossbench bill on refugees. Welcome to Canberra

    36 replies 180 retweets 275 likes
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  15. Dec 5

    Wow

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  16. Dec 5

    Breaking: Emma Husar is suing BuzzFeed and

    31 replies 72 retweets 135 likes
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  17. Dec 5

    We are now in the stunning position where the government may have to sacrifice the passage of the encryption legislation it has repeatedly argued was so essential to fight terrorists over Christmas in order to save itself from a defeat on the refugee bill

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  18. Dec 5

    The House of Representatives starts its adjournment debate at 4.30pm, and it's all over for the year from 5pm. Struggling to see how, even if the Senate gets the refugee bill passed shortly, it has time to get through the House of Reps

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  19. Dec 5

    Filibustering effort has now extended to Pauline Hanson, who is trying to derail the refugee bill

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  20. Dec 5

    Liberal Party defector Cory Bernardi defector now helping stage a filibuster for the government in the Senate in an attempt to delay the refugee bill from getting to the House of Representatives

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