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Andrew Broad quit over sugar daddy allegations.
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Andrew Broad

PM's office had known for weeks about 'sugar daddy' Andrew Broad

Scott Morrison's office knew about the "sugar daddy" allegations surrounding Coalition MP Andrew Broad two weeks before it was published.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw & Fergus Hunter
Malcolm Turnbull's final press conference as prime minister, and Scott Morrison addressing the media after winning the Coalition's leadership spill in August.
Scott Morrison

Switch to Scott Morrison a boon for printers and computer suppliers

  • by Shane Wright
Former Liberal MP Julia Banks.
Political infighting

Julia Banks says Howard-era views are holding back Liberal Party women

  • by Fergus Hunter
Shoppers que outside David Jones on Boxing Day.
Retail

'Big ships to turn around': Department stores face new year slump

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
Japan to resume commercial whaling.
Whales

Australia lashes Japan's decision to restart commercial whaling

  • by Fergus Hunter & Steve Jacobs

Opinion & Perspectives

Treacherous path to election could erase memento Morrison

Shane Wright
Shane Wright

Are Australian voters preparing for their own form of damnatio memoriae?

Erring Bancroft must know right from wrong

Somewhere along the way Cameron Bancroft has been badly let down: possibly by his parents, probably by his junior coaches, certainly by the Australian Cricket Board and senior players; and ultimately by himself.

Labor sets the right course on nuclear disarmament

Gem Romuld

It is beyond time for Australia to quit our role as a nuclear enabler for the United States.

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Federal

Dyson drawing; re LNP problems, Turnbull, Morrison, Elections, Age Opinion 28 December 2018
Opinion
Election

Treacherous path to election could erase memento Morrison

Are Australian voters preparing for their own form of damnatio memoriae?

  • by Shane Wright
Australian Signals Directorate boss Mike Burgess, pictured when he was chief of information security at Telstra.
Public service

Shadowy agency wants to tell its story

The best spy books are the ones where it's all true.

  • by Sally Whyte
Malcolm Turnbull's final press conference as prime minister, and Scott Morrison addressing the media after winning the Coalition's leadership spill in August.
Scott Morrison

Switch to Scott Morrison a boon for printers and computer suppliers

  • by Shane Wright
Illustration: Simon Letch
Federal

Today's cartoons: The illustrated news

Simon Letch
9 images
Federal

Best of cartoons December 28, 2018

NSW

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Victoria

The Victorian Treasury is concerned about the knock-on effect of the cooling property market on the wider economy.
Australian Economy

Victoria less glum on growth than other states

  • by Shane Wright
Christmas

'Jesus is the reason': Church leaders say faith complements the season

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Road safety

Car crash at Mount Lonarch leaves one dead, two in hospital

Queensland

A police-issued Glock has gone missing from an Ipswich police station.
Queensland Police

Police officer found guilty of misconduct over missing Glock

  • by Felicity Caldwell
High school

Plans for new inner city school campus revealed as work set to start

  • by Tony Moore
Prisons

Prison officers walk off the job over assault on Woodford prison guard

  • by Felicity Caldwell

ACT

ACT chief minister Andrew Barr.
Analysis
Canberra

ACT politics: Where to from here in 2019?

  • by Daniel Burdon
Opinion
ACT government

So what did our ACT politicians actually do this year?

  • by Katie Burgess
Industrial relations

ACT executives must now encourage public servants to join a union

  • by Katie Burgess

Western Australia

Liberal Democrat MP Aaron Stonehouse has mailed out one of the more bizarre Christmas Cards ever sent by a member of Parliament.
Opinion
Christmas

Weekend Washup: 'Merry Christmas, comrade' and other festive abuse

  • by Nathan Hondros
City of Perth

Sacked in secret, paid out in secret: City of Perth settles with dumped CEO

  • by Nathan Hondros
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Chinese influence

Labor MP in more hot water over undeclared political association

  • by Nathan Hondros

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