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Sharri Markson
Sharri MarksonSky News Host

Sharri Markson is the host of ‘Sharri’ on Sky News Australia, Monday-Thursday at 5pm. She is a two-time Walkley Award winner, the recipient of the 2018 Sir Keith Murdoch Award for Excellence in Journalism, the winner of the 2020 News Award for Investigative Journalism, a winner of four Kennedy Awards – for Journalist of the Year, Political Journalist of the Year, Columnist of the Year and Scoop of the Year – and joint winner of the 2019 Press Gallery Political Journalist of the Year award. Sharri was previously The Daily Telegraph’s National Political Editor, The Australian’s Media Editor, CLEO magazine editor, News Editor at Seven News and Chief of Staff and political reporter at The Sunday Telegraph.

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Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, May 24, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Barnaby’s media deal sparks calls for ban

BARNABY JOYCE’S National Party colleagues have joined other MPs calling for a ban on politicians receiving cash for media comment and say the former leader can no longer complain about a breach of privacy over revelations of his affair and love child.

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Australia’s biggest carbon polluter

THE greenhouse emissions of energy company AGL have increased dramatically since green-friendly US boss Andy Vesey took over. As AGL spends big money boasting about its green credentials it has become Australia’s biggest carbon polluter.

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Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, May 24, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Barnaby’s $150k TV deal an insult to Aussies

BARNABY Joyce’s decision to sell his love story for a whopping $150,000, after months of objecting to scrutiny, sets a dangerous precedent. Politicians are accountable to the public who both elect and fund them, writes Sharri Markson.

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White flight: Locals ask ‘where are the Aussies?’

LUKE Foley was forced into a humiliating backdown after Labor colleagues were incensed he had injected race into the debate over immigration in Sydney’s west by using the phrase “white flight”. Meantime, a wide range of Fairfield residents could see Mr Foley’s point about overstretched resources.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Turnbull’s company tax plan left in tatters

CROSS-BENCHERS say the Turnbull Government has gone quiet on their company tax cuts and claim those leading the negotiations have a sense of “resignation” that they won’t get the support to pass the $35 billion package.

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Labor Senator Penny Wong speaks during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, May 21, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Wong smuggled out Budget papers in security breach

PENNY Wong took confidential Budget papers from the official lockup in a major security breach — then refused to come out of her office when the head of Treasury Security arrived to retrieve the documents.

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