Exclusive: Liberal Katherine Deves claimed “transvestism is very common among sexual predators - even serial killers” in Sept 2021 tweet news.com.au/national/feder…

Analysis: Despite all the focus on the PM's "blessing" comment, Catherine wanted to talk about cuts to her son's #NDIS plan.



“It was a poor choice of words and I do believe every child is a blessing.”
Catherine, who asked Scott Morrison about the NDIS last night, responds:

I wrote a column for @GuardianAus on why the right-wing media isn’t nearly as powerful as many progressives think theguardian.com/commentisfree/…








It remains the $889 billion elephant in the room - neither side has ventured any plan on how to pay down the debt incurred during the Covid recession. And Aust has taken on a lot of debt with more to come .. here with @rachelclun ... smh.com.au/politics/feder…

The PM's office has been ordered to process a Labor FOI request for documents relating to the Angus Taylor/City of Sydney altered document scandal from 2019, after claiming it was too much work for a busy office.


Temperature Check this week is a look at what's going on with fossil fuels in the campaign. There's quite a bit.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Always fascinating how the coverage of the debate has more impact than the debate itself.
It has produced a boost for Anthony Albanese — while not so many saw it, there is now widespread coverage that he won.
Here’s how I saw it.