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Former prime minister John Howard bowls a ball during a cricket game in Pakistan in 2005.

Pie chucker John Howard on his biggest regret

At a VIP dinner for Sydney business leaders, the former PM recounted being talked into bowling a few right-arm mediums by the Pakistani army.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook

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Cherry Bar owner James Young (left) and Lord Mayor Nick Reece.

The high-voltage row over an AC/DC tribute

An email landed in CBD’s inbox with a sensational claim about a City of Melbourne proposal for a tribute to the legendary rockers.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
The “Two Face” mural depicted a Labor Party caught between environmental and economic demands.

Community right to feel Albanese having it both ways on climate

The clear sense of betrayal from some and relief from others suggests many are not sure where the government stands on carbon.

  • The Age's View
The WA govenrment has approved the extension of the North West Shelf plant near Karratha.

Community right to feel Albanese having it both ways on climate

The clear sense of betrayal from some and relief from others suggests many are not sure where the government stands on carbon.

  • The Herald's View
Ex-senator Pat Dodson now wonders whether he should haveever entered politics.

‘Find things in common’: After a cancer shock, Pat Dodson has words of hope

Less than two years ago, the Father of Reconciliation was confronting death. Now the former Labor senator is back with a message.

  • Victoria Laurie
After playing a lead role in the campaign, Health, Disability and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler will control more than a quarter of the federal budget.

How Albanese’s wingman is now Labor’s $220b minister

Mark Butler was Anthony Albanese’s campaign wingman. Now he jumps straight into tense negotiations with the states – and a job in charge of a quarter of the federal budget.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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This election is one of the worst I’ve seen. Here’s the one thing we can do to fix Australian politics

I think both sides of politics are treating us like mugs. Maybe like the mugs many of us have allowed ourselves to become.

  • Ross Gittins
Getting ahead with leadership.

Modern Labor is losing the battle of ideas

Whatever their faults, former PMs Turnbull, Abbott and Keating were all driven to change things.

Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes speaking about her autistic son and the future of the NDIS during her final speech in the Senate.

Liberal senator’s teary speech: ‘Frightened beyond words’ for autistic son on NDIS

As the future of the NDIS was debated after the budget, outgoing Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes fought back tears as she revealed her autistic son had had his plan cut.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Bill Shorten will leave politics on Monday.

The NDIS is Shorten’s legacy, and Labor’s problem

The NDIS may be one of modern Labor’s biggest reforms, but the unwieldy scheme has come at a big cost politicians will spend years wrangling.

  • The Herald's View

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