Malcolm Turnbull
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Neither Dutton nor Pezzullo convinced me to set up Home Affairs
I must correct my former colleague. I was persuaded to set up the Department of Home Affairs, in the end, by my own team.
- by Malcolm Turnbull
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National security
‘Judgment was sacrificed to ambition’: Malcolm Turnbull’s ASIO folly rightly reversed
Despite the warnings of Australia’s most senior national security professionals, Peter Dutton and Mike Pezzullo convinced Turnbull to act in error.
- by George Brandis
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‘It’s a delusion’: Kelty hits back at Coalition call to deregister CFMEU
But the former ACTU secretary says the move to overhaul the CFMEU is justified by the need to protect the interests of ordinary members.
- by David Crowe and Angus Thompson
ABBA Voyage negotiations bog down amid ‘greedy’ accusations
The state government was heading towards a deal to bring the concert to Melbourne but talks stalled.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Justin Hemmes takes over Sydney’s most exclusive sports club
The Merivale magnate has skipped the $20,000 membership fee and set up shop inside the exclusive Sporting Club of Sydney.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
It’s not like Melbourne! Cooper Cronk’s very Sydney property ding-dong
The former Melbourne Storm star has been in a property tussle a long way from his former Richmond bachelor pad.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Trump's White House
Trump 2.0: What four more years mean for Australia and the world
In the first of a five-part series, international editor Peter Hartcher examines why Donald Trump is more inclined to like a US enemy than a friend if he wins a second term as president.
- by Peter Hartcher
Defence conference brings Labor’s old enemies together again
Old foes from Labor’s internal power struggles Kevin Rudd and Stephen Smith will join former PM Malcolm Turnbull at defence think tank’s conference next month.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle
This week’s Melbourne Writers Festival will hope to capture the same success as the Sorrento Writers Festival held last month.
- by Stephen Brook