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Tony Abbott during a previous visit to Melbourne.

Not even Abbott’s iron political will could get the better of this Melbourne icon

Former prime minister Tony Abbott decided it was best not to stand his ground in the CBD on Monday.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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Family union in a league of its own

Grandson’s finals matches provide brain training for grandparents.

Jeremy Hearder, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) former diplomat and historian, at the M. E. Bliss Law Library in Canberra.

From Robert Mugabe to Alexander Downer: Jeremy Hearder retires after 65 years as a diplomat

Few people could work the same job for 65 years and not get bored. But Jeremy Hearder did – and he got to criss-cross the world doing it.

  • James Massola
An Australian engineer in Antarctica.

The ‘once-only’ opportunity to expand Australia’s size by almost 50 per cent

Cabinet documents reveal the Howard government moved quickly to lock in a claim over huge areas of the seabed across the Pacific, Indian and Southern oceans, including key areas off Australia’s Antarctic territory.

  • Shane Wright
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Britain needs to explain PM’s green shift, says Australia’s high commissioner

Last month, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was delaying the mandatory take-up of electric vehicles until 2035.

  • Latika Bourke
Tony Staley with former prime minister John Howard.

Tony Staley: The last of the Liberal hard men

Tony Staley was a tough and canny political operator who read the classics and was inspired by poetry. Even Labor’s Graham Richardson was in awe of his audacity.

  • Tony Wright
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George Brandis during his posting to London.

Embassy’s ‘woke’ portrait wall is all white in the end

Someone was triggered when portraits were removed from Australia House in London, but the patriarchy will now be uncancelled.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Peter Reith has raised concerns that the GrainCorp decision, which was supposed to have been made by Treasurer Joe Hockey, makes a bailout of Qantas Airways more likely.

Former Howard government minister Peter Reith dies after battle with Alzheimer’s disease

He was the industrial relations minister in the Howard government which introduced tough reforms following the 1998 waterfront dispute.

  • Stephanie Peatling and Latika Bourke
Sunak and Downer

‘Don’t try and seduce them’: Downer reveals secret role in advising Rishi Sunak

Alexander Downer’s advice was based on his experience as Australia’s longest-serving foreign minister in the Howard government, which won four terms in office and won key battles on immigration and the economy.

  • Latika Bourke
Michael Hintze.

Boris Johnson made Aussie billionaire a Lord on his way out the door

Media-shy businessman Sir Michael Hintze has donated to a range of causes, including the Conservative Party and the Brexit campaign.

  • Rob Harris

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