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The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott, James Massola, Annika Smethurst • April 2, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘We need to stop dog whistling’: MPs call for Dutton to return Liberal Party to centre
Frustrated Liberal MPs are urging Peter Dutton to move to the political centre and refresh his shadow cabinet after the stunning byelection loss in Aston.
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@abcnews • April 2, 2023 • abc.net.au
Aston By-election 2023 Results
Overview of the Aston electorate in the Aston by-election 2023
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Antony Green - elections@AntonyGreenElec
8,000 postal votes added for #aston by-election this morning but Labor remains well ahead after preferences leading 53.7% to Liberal 46.3% - results at bit.ly/3Kj0gaJ
April 2, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • April 2, 2023 • afr.com
Dutton’s suburban dream becomes a Liberal nightmare
An impending byelection in Scott Morrison’s suburban seat of Cook could make or break Peter Dutton’s leadership.
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Tom McIlroy@TomMcIlroy
Scott Morrison expected to quit politics soon after the May budget, setting up another suburban byelection challenge for Peter Dutton and the Liberals
afr.com/politics/feder…
April 2, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • April 2, 2023 • smh.com.au
Without a new direction, Peter Dutton will be swept away
After being smashed at the byelection, Dutton remains the default choice for leader. The question for some Liberals is whether Dutton will do anything with his leadership.
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ABC News • Andi Yu • April 1, 2023 • abc.net.au
Labor's Mary Doyle snatches formerly safe Liberal seat of Aston in historic by-election win
Labor has claimed victory in the federal seat of Aston, the first time in more than a century that a government has won a seat from the opposition at a by-election.
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
John Howard must have sent another of his “last minute appeals to voters…” abc.net.au/news/2023-04-0…
April 2, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Amber Schultz • April 2, 2023 • smh.com.au
What does an ex-soldier’s charge mean for whistleblowers?
A soldier accused of war crime will face trial only after the man who helped expose crimes by ADF personnel faces court.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Miki Perkins • April 1, 2023 • smh.com.au
Going against the flow: the plan to engineer Victoria’s wetlands
The Victorian government wants to flood nine wetlands along the Murray using levees and pumps. Opponents say it is a thinly veiled bid to get out of restoring the river’s environmental flows.
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd, Anne Davies • April 1, 2023 • theguardian.com
Glitch or death spiral: can the Liberal party brand be revived?
Tasmania is the only state or territory where the party remains in power. What must it do to ‘right’ the conservative ship?
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Eden Gillespie@edengillespie
“If you abandon the centre ground, you can’t win,” Turnbull says. “Are you going to win outer suburban seats by carrying on about transgender sport? Do you think that’s what people are worried about?” theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 2, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Tim Wilson, Jason Falinski • April 2, 2023 • afr.com
Why Aston lances Liberals’ delusions
Liberals are still approaching politics like it is the early 2000s, when voters got their news from nightly TV broadcasts, and demography was their friend with dominant anglo Boomers whose worlds were relatively small.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 1, 2023 • theguardian.com
Wipeout beckons for Liberals after Aston byelection and the problem is not just Peter Dutton
The historic loss for the Liberal party also represents an opportunity to alter course on key issues such as the Indigenous voice and climate policy
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ABC News • Jake Evans • April 2, 2023 • abc.net.au
Peter Dutton says he 'accepts responsibility' for devastating Aston by-election defeat
The Opposition Leader says he must take responsibility for the Liberal Party's devastating loss at the Aston by-election, after claiming during the campaign the result would be a "verdict on the leaders".
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ABC News • Steve Cannane • April 2, 2023 • abc.net.au
Why a growing population of exiled Belarusians want the West to intensify sanctions in their homeland
From exile, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya campaigns against Alexander Lukashenko, and says the Belarusian dictator has an achilles heel that could bring victory to Ukraine against Russia.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Bill Wyman • March 31, 2023 • smh.com.au
Are we watching the dying days of Trump’s shambolic dynasty?
Donald Trump has been indicted for hush money payments to a porn star. The betting now involves how many more times he may be indicted in coming months.
The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • April 2, 2023 • smh.com.au
Minns says Latham trying to bring ‘spiteful’ Trump-style politics to NSW
The premier says his newly-elected government will not support any push for the One Nation NSW leader to have additional powers in the new parliament.
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The Age • Anthony Galloway • April 1, 2023 • theage.com.au
Peter Dutton will hang onto the leadership because there are no alternatives
Dutton was supposed to appeal in places like Wantirna, Rowville and Bayswater. If they aren’t his voters, then who is?
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The Guardian • Jonathan Barrett • April 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia’s soaring interest rates have trapped ‘mortgage prisoners’ into crushing repayments
A growing cohort of pandemic-era homebuyers are also unable to refinance because they no longer meet lenders’ standards
The Guardian • Elias Visontay • April 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
Eyes on the sky: the air-traffic controllers watching 11% of the world’s airspace
Exclusive: Airservices Australia is looking to recruit up to 140 trainee controllers a year. They want you – if you can pass the test
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The Guardian • Pjotr Sauer • April 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
My friend Evan Gershkovich is no spy. Just a brave reporter jailed in Moscow
The US journalist arrested last week is the first to be accused of espionage in Russia since the cold war
news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • April 2, 2023 • news.com.au
Neighbours actor destroys Peter Dutton
The woman who destroyed Peter Dutton’s hopes of retaining the seat of Aston is a breast cancer survivor and former actor who briefly played a character in Neighbours.
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The Saturday Paper • Paddy Manning • April 1, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How News Corp is framing the ‘No’ case
News Corp has become the unofficial mouthpiece of the ‘No’ campaign against the Voice to Parliament, although its editors say they are just reporting both sides.
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